Three quick goals in the second period helped the Brandon Wheat Kings to a 6-1 route of the Hurricanes last night in the Wheat City.A heck of a good start for the Hurricanes last night at the Keystone Centre. Lethbridge managed to hold off the high powered offence of the Wheat Kings in the opening 20 minutes and actually went into the dressing room with a 1-0 lead. The Canes' scored a late power play goal with just 42 seconds left when Reid Jackson took a feed from Brody Sutter and put the puck passed a screened Andrew Hayes in the Brandon goal. That was Jackson's first ever WHL goal and big one for the Hurricanes, who again played with a very young defensive corps. The Hurricanes iced the same defence as they had in Calgary this past Sunday. The shots were 9-9 after one. Check out the Brandon fans behind the Canes' bench! These guys were cheering loud, blowing their horns, and banging their drums all night. Security wasn't too far away either!
Don't be surprised to see Rich Preston add a defenceman or two before the trade deadline this Sunday. I put the trade question to the Canes' GM/Head Coach again before last night's game and he said with Derek Ryckman out for the season and Mike Reddington as well as Luca Sbisa both being injured, that leaves the Hurricanes very short-handed on the blue line. He says, "it's pretty obvious we need a defenceman or two". He didn't say anything about trading any current roster players away before the Sunday deadline. At this time, it appears Preston is more intent on adding than deleting. If he does plan on trading someone, he sure is holding his cards close to his chest.
Hurricanes To Wear Pink for Breast Cancer
The Lethbridge Hurricanes invite the public to participate in a unique event designed to raise money for a charity that is dedicated to finding the cure for a disease that has touched all of our lives. The Hurricanes 1st annual "Pink the Rink" event will serve as an opportunity to raise awareness about breast cancer as well as funds for the Canadian Cancer Society with the help of community-minded businesses as well as the fans, players and staff of the Lethbridge Hurricanes. Fans are encouraged to wear pink to the next two Hurricanes home games on January 15th versus Spokane and January 16th against Calgary. The Hurricanes themselves will be wearing special pink jerseys for both games They will then be auctioned off after the Calgary game in a silent auction. Proceeds from the jersey auction will go to the Canadian Cancer Society and the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation.
A full day of festivities is planned in Lethbridge on Sunday, January 17th when the torch relay makes it way from Taber into Lethbridge. The route will actually take the torch across the High Level Bridge, down Scenic Drive, up to Mayor Magrath Drive, and then to Henderson Lake where the Lethbridge flame will be lit. The torch is expected to arrive in Lethbridge next Sunday around 4pm and make it's way along that route to Henderson Park for the lighting ceremony around 6pm. For more information on the torch route visit the news section at http://www.cjocfm.com/.
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ReplyDeleteI moved from Lethbridge to Winnipeg in September and have been listening to the broadcasts and finally got to see them on TV last night. What a great start!! but they seemed to fall apart in the second and never got back to their style of game. I still think the boys can make the playoffs. We just need to get healthy and keep playing our style of game.
If Preston says he is looking to add a d-man or two, that could indicate that he is planning on keeping Sbisa to tutor the young defensemen for the rest of the season. If he is going to keep Sbisa then I would suggest that he will keep Bancks in order to keep the leadership in tact. Some might argue that Bancks has earned a spot with a "contender" but that would only be if Bancks wanted to be traded, which I doubt.
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