Hurricanes Game Day vs. Saskatoon

Well the Vancouver Giants showed last night why they are one of the top teams in the WHL this season. They came to the Enmax Centre and walked out with a 4-1 win. They haven’t lost yet this season in regulation play. I thought the Canes’ played well in the first period despite being down 2-0, but Vancouver took control in the final 40 minutes, out shooting Lethbridge 31-8 in the final two periods alone. Vancouver didn’t give the Canes’ much to work with in those final two periods. Yes, Vancouver did get a couple of good breaks especially on their first goal and then Ben Wright hit a cross bar for Lethbridge and Austin Fyten putting one wide of an open goal. Those are the breaks. Sometimes you get them, sometime you don’t. I guess it wasn’t the Canes’ night, but tonight they have a chance to get back on the winning track against a very good team from Saskatoon.
The Blades are on a tear this season and are coming off a 5-4 win last night in Kootenay. This will be anything but an easy game. The Canes’ had great success over the Blades last year winning all 4 meetings and will try and carry that success into this game tonight. This match-up also marks the return of Adam Chorneyko to Lethbridge. He was traded to Saskatoon a few weeks ago at the overage deadline. I guess that’ll be the story line going into this game not to mention two very good teams in an Eastern Conference battle! For Lethbridge though it’s another shot at rebounding from a loss. As assistant coach Matt Kabayama said after the game, the goal is to not lose two games in a row. Nobody likes to lose, but things can be learned from a loss. As the Canes’ had trouble getting shots through, especially in the last two periods, that’ll be something for Lethbridge to key in on in this game.
The pre-game show on CJOC at 5:30 this evening and the puck drops at 6. Also, tomorrow on "Hurricanes This Week", GM Roy Stasiuk will join Dick and I for the entire hour and take your calls. After that, it'll be time to hop the bus and take the trip to BC and get ready for games next week in Chilliwack, Kamloops, and Kelowna.