Canes' Win 5th in a Row...Oil Kings Tonight

The Lethbridge Hurricanes rattled off a season high 5th win in a row last night with a 5-0 shutout of the Red Deer Rebels. Juha Metsola recorded his league leading 4th shutout between the pipes for the Canes'. This is also the 2nd time in the past couple of weeks he's blanked the Rebels. Lethbridge has now outscored Red Deer 8-0 in two games. The two teams will meet again in late January in Red Deer.

Garrett Taylor scored his first ever WHL goal last evening for the Canes' on Teddy Bear Toss night at the Enmax Centre. The goal sparked a deluge of 3796 stuffed animals flying onto the ice. Those animals will help out a number of local charities throughout the year to comfort needy children in the Lethbridge area. A big thank you to the community for once again stepping up and getting the job done!

Colton Sceviour scored a pair of goals last night and the red hot Carter Ashton scored once and added one assist for a Lethbridge team that is on a roll at the moment. Ashton's goal was his 15th of the year. That leads the team.

Earlier today, the entire Hurricanes team attended the funeral of former Canes' goalie Michael Maniago who passed away in a car crash a week ago in Calgary. Mourners packed a large Catholic Church in Southeast Calgary to pay their respects to "Mani", a player that played a significant roll in the Canes' success last season. Maniago's 5 shutouts last season still ties him with two other former Hurricane goaltenders with a team record 5 shutouts in one season. "Mani" and Juha Metsola set a Hurricanes team record between them last season as well with a combined 8 shutouts. As expected it was a very emotional funeral mass for Maniago today. A very classy move from the Hurricanes' organization I think to come to Calgary after last night's game to pay their respects to the Maniago family in what I'm sure is a very difficult time. All the players wore their jerseys to the service and sat in the front two rows of the church. Again, our hearts and prayers are with them.

Tonight Lethbridge plays Edmonton for the 3rd time this season, this time we're at Rexall Place. The Canes' have won the two previous meetings. Edmonton defeated Kamloops last night as they try and stay in the hunt for a playoff spot. Lethbridge has also won 7 of it's past 8 games on this current streak.

Tonight's game from Edmonton is a 7 o'clock start. The pre-game show on CJOC at 6:30.