Hurricanes @ Moose Jaw

(Above is a picture of Ace, the Canes bus driver hauling the team to practice in Regina)

The Hurricanes will try and right the ship tonight against the Warriors.

The Canes' have been sailing on some choppy seas the past couple of weeks and are looking to get that taste of victory again. With 9 games to go, the Hurricanes find themselves only 4 points ahead of Prince Albert and Edmonton and still one point behind Kootenay. Lethbridge needs to put together a good performance this evening in Moose Jaw. Let's be honest, this is a game that the Canes' should win, but as we all know nothing is a given in this league. Moose Jaw won't be making the playoffs this year, but that doesn't mean this Warriors team is going to close up shop and mail Lethbridge the 2 points. The Warriors have nothing to lose and everything to gain. It's the opposite for the Hurricanes. The Canes' tonight need to put together a solid game from start to finish, not 20 minutes here or 30 minutes there. They need to start strong and end strong and maintain that through the whole game.

Captain Ben Wright could make his return tonight on the blue line. He's missed the Hurricanes last 3 games with a thigh injury. Juha Metsola played well in his return from injury in the 4-2 loss in Brandon on Wednesday. His presence was felt for sure between the pipes.

One of the emails I received at the end of Wednesday's game from a frustrated Hurricanes fan suggested Lethbridge should just pack it in and call it a season because nothing seems to be working. I truly understand where he's coming from, but I can say no team in this league, including the Hurricanes are going to give up and call it a year. Yes, things haven't gone the way a lot of us expected, but I know this Lethbridge team will not pack it in.

Yesterday was a good day of practice for the Canes'. After that we all headed out to do a little 5 pin bowling. Yours truly bowled a 168, but it was Carter Bancks who finished with a 175. Ace the bus driver had a 166, and that was followed by Austin Fyten and Brent Henke. It was a lot of fun for the boys. After that a nice team supper and back to the hotel.

Tonight's game from Moose Jaw is a 6pm start. The pre-game show on CJOC at 5:30.