(View of the Toyota Centre ice in Tri-City from the broadcast booth)Hi from Kennewick!
The Lethbridge Hurricanes will try and finish off their U.S. trip by going 3 and 1 down south.
The Canes' won their second game on this swing 5-4 last night in Everett. Kyle Beach was the game's 3rd star notching one goal and 2 assists against his former team and in his first game back at Comcast Arena since being traded to Lethbridge. The Hurricanes got off to a great start Saturday night scoring 3 times in the first period. The Canes' would add another one early in the 2nd to go up 4-0, but that's when the Silvertips got back into the game and made things interesting. Everett got two goals in a span of 1:13 to cut the Canes' lead to 4-2, but early in the 3rd Kyle Beach would score what turned out to be the game winner. The Tips added two more in the final frame, but Lethbridge would hold for the victory and get another big 2 points in the race for positioning in the Eastern Conference. Carter Ashton, Brody Sutter, Brennan Yadlowski, and Austin Fyten scored the other Lethbridge goals. Michael Tadjdeh got the win between the pipes. One thing Lethbridge did well was forcing the Tips into turning the puck over. 3 out of the 5 Canes' goals were the result bad giveaways by Everett. The Hurricanes took advantage of those mistakes. The Canes' now have 28 wins on the season and sit in 6th spot in the conference going into this game tonight in Tri-City.
Kyle Beach left the building with a big smile on his face. He played well in his return to Everett. He'll be looking to help lead the way this evening here in Kennewick, WA. This will be a good test for Lethbridge. The Tri-City Americans are one of the top teams in the WHL again this year. They sit in 2nd place in the Western Conference and have 37 wins in 55 games. This will be the first time the Hurricanes will play against Mitch Fadden since he was traded to Tri-City for Drew Hoff and Eric Mestery. Fadden scored 4 times last night here in Kennewick to lead Tri-City to a 7-1 win over Seattle. Hoff and Mestery I'm sure will be excited to play against their former team as well. The Americans have a very good club this year and their record and consistent play clearly show that. They are a very offensive-minded team led by Fadden, Taylor Procyshen, and Jason Reese. Those are 3 players the Canes will have to keep close watch on tonight.
Lethbridge would love nothing more than to come home with 3 wins in 4 games on this trip. This will be a very good test no question. The Canes will have to play simple hockey given it's their 4th game in 5 days on the road. Lethbridge will have to stay out of the penalty box as well and take advantage of their chances. The Americans, like Calgary and Vancouver don't give their opponents much. Tri-City is also playing its 3rd game in 3 days, so really both teams are no worse for wear.
Should be another fun one!
Game time tonight is 6 o'clock (Alberta time). The pre-game show on CJOC at 5:30.
Hurricanes This Week:
Monday night Marty Baceda from Global TV Sports in Lethbridge will co-host the one hour talk show with me. Our guests this week include:
1. Ashley Matthews, GM of the Enmax Centre. He will talk to us about the upcoming renovations to the Enmax and what that will mean for hockey fans heading into the future.
2. Hurricanes forward Dwight King
3. Cam Moon, Radio voice of the Red Deer Rebels
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