Hurricanes Hold on for 3-2 Win Over Tips

The Lethbridge Hurricanes put an end to a modest two game losing skid with a 3-2 victory over the Everett Silvertips last night at the Enmax Centre.

It was a big victory for the Canes' against a very good team from the Western Conference. For the first time in 6 games, Lethbridge opened the scoring and were able to maintain that momentum for most of the game. The win improves the Hurricanes record to 6-11-2-0 in 19 games on the season. Brandon Anderson played goal for the Canes' and recorded his first-ever WHL win between the pipes.

The Hurricanes got off to a much better start last night against Everett too. That was certainly something I know this team was focusing on going into the game. Wednesday night's game was scoreless after one and then the goose eggs were broken by the two teams in the second.

It was another solid game for Hurricanes 19-year old rookie Mitch Maxwell. The Magrath product scored his team leading 10th and 11th goals of the season. He's now scored in 5 straight games and when you really look at it, he has been a pleasant surprise for this team. Maxwell has been getting better and better each game and has fit it very nicely on the first line with the two Carters: Ashton and Bancks. Maxwell has also scored 5 goals in his last two games.

This is the way I fell the Hurricanes are going to have to play the rest of the season if they want to be successful. They've been involved in a lot of one goal games recently and perhaps the Canes' are going to have to win a few more of these tight, low scoring games as they get closer to the half-way point in the season.

The Hurricanes only play one other game this week, that's this Saturday night when they play host to Swift Current. Note the start time for that game. The puck will drop at 7:30 with the pre-game show on CJOC at 7. This is the only home game this year for the Hurricanes with a 7:30 face-off. There's a very good chance goaltender Ville Kolppanen, who's been sidelined with a concussion for the past two weeks will be ready to go on Saturday. Head Coach/GM Rich Preston said on our pre-game show last night that Kolppanen should be cleared to play on the weekend.

The Hurricanes will have a busy week next week though with 4 games, including a Tuesday night match-up against the Calgary Hitmen at the Enmax Centre. Then on the weekend it'll 3-games in 3 days: Tri-City at home Friday, on the bus for a short trip to Medicine Hat Saturday, and back at the Enmax Centre to take on Kootenay on Sunday, November 15th.

Thanks,
Pat