ICE CHIPS: March 13, 2021, 8:00pm Winnipeg ICE @ Brandon Wheat Kings Brandt Centre, Regina SK LAST GAME: The ICE are back in action for the first time since a 6-2 win here at the Brandt Centre in Regina on Wednesday, March 11th 2020. Five players had multipoint outings led by Michal Teply’s goal and two assists. Liam Hughes made 18 saves for the win. SCENE SETTER: Tonight’s opener is the first of four meetings between Winnipeg and Brandon this season. In the 2019-20 campaign the teams split eight games, each going 4-4-0-0. The ICE won three of the last four matchups to pull even for the year. SEASON SERIES: Date Opponent Score Record PP PK Goalie Scorers Mar. 13 @ BDN Mar. 25 v BDN Apr. 14 @ BDN Apr. 18 v BDN NOTABLE: Runners-up: The 2019-2020 Winnipeg ICE finished second in the East Division with a 38-24-1-0 record, five points back of the defending WHL champion Prince Albert Raiders and one point up on Manitoba rivals the Brandon Wheat Kings. Home Kings: Last season the ICE went 20-8-1-0 within the East Division, the best record among the six teams. Winning Ways: Winnipeg’s 38 total wins, and 22 home wins, were also East Division highs. On a roll: The ICE finished last season on a four-game win streak. Away edge: Winnipeg posted a 16-15-1-0 away record in 2019-20. Powerful PP: The ICE were 22.5% effective on the powerplay last season, tops in the East Division scoring 58 PPG in 63 games. Impressive PK: Winnipeg killed penalties at a better than 85% rate over the final three+ months of last season. NOTABLE (cont’d): Krebs Impresses: Peyton Krebs had 48 assists in 38 WHL games last season, a league-best 1.263 helpers/game. The ICE captain was fourth in the Western League in pts/game with 1.579 Silver Linings: Krebs had eight points in seven games to help Canada to a silver medal at the 2021 World Junior Championship in Edmonton before recording five points in five games with the Henderson Silver Knights (AHL, Vegas) Flying High: ICE forward Connor McClennon was drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in the sixth round of the 2020 NHL Draft. Highly-Touted: defenceman Carson Lambos is one of only two East Division “A” prospects listed by NHL Central Scouting in their latest watch list, a rank reserved for players seen as first round candidates. WHL Draft Dandies: six of the 26 players on the ICE roster are WHL Draft first round picks (Leppard, Krebs, McClennon, Lambos, Geekie, and Benson). ICE AGE: 2000-born (3): Leppard, MacDonald, Stankowski 2001-born (5): Krebs, Ladyman, Muir, Smallwood, Orzeck 2002-born (7): Alexander, Form, McClennon, McMaster, Milne, Pederson, Zloty 2003-born (7): Bertholet, Bruce, Lambos, Prosofsky, Raeside, Waldie, Young 2004-born (3): Boucher, Geekie, Hauser 2005-born (1): Benson ICE BY PROVINCE: NB (1): MacDonald MB (8): Bertholet, Bruce, Geekie, Ladyman, Lambos, Muir, Raeside, Young SK (2): Form, Prosofsky AB (12): Alexander, Boucher, Hauser, Krebs, McClennon, McMaster, Orzeck, Pederson, Stankowski, Smallwood, Waldie, Zloty BC (3): Benson, Leppard, Milne BUILDING THE ICE: First Rounders (7): Benson, Geekie, Krebs, Lambos, Leppard, MacDonald (QMJHL), McClennon ICE picks (17): Alexander, Benson, Boucher, Bruce, Form, Geekie, Hauser, Krebs, Lambos, McClennon, McMaster, Milne, Orzeck, Pederson, Prosofsky, Waldie, Zloty Listed (4): MacDonald, Raeside, Stankowski, Young Via Trade (5): Bertholet, Ladyman, Leppard, Muir, Smallwood ICE PLAYER NEWS: ACTIVE STREAKS Goals Assists Points Krebs 4pg/7A Krebs 4gp/9pts Smallwood Smallwood 3gp/3A 3gp/3A NOTABLE: MARCH LEADERS: ICE TEAM NEWS: ACTIVE SEASON STREAKS # Dates STREAKS # Dates Winning Winning H-Winning H-Winning A-Winning A-Winning Winless Winless H-Winless H-Winless A-Winless A-Winless Losing Losing H-Losing H-Losing A-Losing A-Losing RECORD Wins Losses OTL SOL March April ICE GAME-BY-GAME REPORT: Game Date Opponent Score Record PP PK Goalie Scorers 1 Mar. 13 @ BDN 2 Mar. 15 v SC 3 Mar. 17 @ SAS 4 Mar. 18 @ MJ 5 Mar. 21 v PA 6 Mar. 23 v REG 7 Mar. 25 v BDN 8 Mar. 26 @ SC 9 Mar. 28 v MJ 10 Mar. 31 v SAS 11 Apr. 2 @ PA 12 Apr. 3 @ REG 13 Apr. 6 @ SAS 14 Apr. 7 @ MJ 15 Apr. 10 v PA 16 Apr. 12 v REG 17 Apr. 14 @ BDN 18 Apr. 16 v SC 19 Apr. 18 v BDN 20 Apr. 19 @ SC 21 Apr. 21 v MJ 22 Apr. 23 v SAS 23 Apr. 26 @ PA 24 Apr. 27 @ REG ICE PLAYERS, WHL CAREER STATS: Number Player GP G A PTS Karter 2 Prosofksy 34 0 1 1 4 Ben Zloty 57 4 23 27 Mike 5 Ladyman 76 1 14 15 Anson 6 McMaster 52 1 3 4 Carson 7 Lambos 62 9 24 33 Nolan 8 Orzeck 123 8 24 32 Zach 9 Benson Jackson 10 Leppard 228 47 58 105 Skylar 11 Bruce 10 0 0 0 12 Cole Muir 183 24 35 59 Chase 14 Bertholet 9 0 1 1 Owen 17 Pederson 98 32 24 56 James 18 Form 44 3 0 3 19 Peyton 175 49 139 188 Krebs Jakin 23 Smallwood 131 27 26 53 Mikey 24 Milne 92 16 22 38 Rhys 25 Raeside 5 0 0 0 Brandt 27 Young 0 0 0 0 Conor 28 Geekie 7 0 0 0 Anderson 34 MacDonald 0 0 0 0 Evan 37 Waldie 0 0 0 0 Owen 44 Boucher 0 0 0 0 Connor 94 McClennon 93 35 43 78 GOALIES GP W L OTL SOL Shutouts PTS Carl 1 Stankowski 14 12 3 1 1 Gage 29 Alexander 1 1 1 0 Daniel 31 Hauser 0 0 0 0 WINNIPEG ICE 2020-21 ROSTER NO. FORWARDS POS SH HT WT HOMETOWN DOB 19-20 SEASON LEAGUE GP G A PTS PIM DRAFT PRONOUNCIATION 9 Benson, Zach "AP" C L 5'7 150 Chillawack, BC May 12/05 Yale Hockey Academy CSSHL U-15 30 30 56 86 26 Eligible 2023 BEN-son 10 Leppard, Jackson LW L 6'2 200 North Vancouver, BC Jan 18/00 PG/Winnipeg ICE WHL 56 20 16 36 73 Free Agent LEPP-erd 11 Bruce, Skyler RW R 5'11 165 Winnipeg, MB Jan 23/03 N. Alberta X-Treme CSSHL U-18 28 35 30 65 32 Eligible 2021 Bruce 12 Muir, Cole C L 6'3 205 Vista, MB Feb 14/01 Winnipeg ICE WHL 63 11 15 26 16 Free Agent Muir 14 Bertholet, Chase RW R 5'11 175 The Pas, MB Mar 17/03 Prince Albert Mintos SMAAAHL 39 15 20 35 38 Eligible 2021 BIRTH-uh-let 17 Pederson, Owen LW L 6'3 205 Stony Plain, AB Mar 27/02 Winnipeg ICE WHL 61 28 22 50 16 Eligible 2021 Pederson 18 Form, James C L 6'2 185 Saskatoon, SK Jan 25/02 Winnipeg ICE WHL 36 3 0 3 8 Eligible 2021 Form 19 Krebs, Peyton C L 5'11 180 Okotoks, AB Jan 26/01 Winnipeg ICE WHL 38 12 48 60 38 VGK '19 Rd 1 Krebs 23 Smallwood, Jakin RW R 6'1 185 Leduc, AB Jan 21/01 Winnipeg ICE WHL 63 14 9 23 14 Free Agent JAKE-in 24 Milne, Michael LW L 5'11 185 Abbotsford, BC Sept 21/02 Winnipeg ICE WHL 53 13 20 33 32 Eligible 2021 Miln 25 Raeside, Rhys RW R 6'3 210 Winnipeg, MB Mar 5/03 Winnipeg Blues MJHL 47 16 20 36 41 Eligible 2021 Reese RAY-side 28 Geekie, Conor C RW 6'4 205 Strathclair, MB May 5/04 Yellowhead Chiefs MU18HL 26 18 17 35 50 Eligible 2022 Geek-ee 34 MacDonald, Anderson LW L 6'2 220 Saint John, NB May 16/00 Acadie-Bath./Saint John QMJHL 57 22 22 44 44 Free Agent MacDonald 37 Waldie, Evan LW L 6'0 165 Sherwood Park, AB Mar 30/03 Sherwood Park Kings AMHL U-18 32 9 14 23 20 Eligible 2021 WALL-dee 94 McClennon, Connor RW R 5'8 160 Wainwright, AB June 25/02 Winnipeg ICE WHL 42 21 28 49 25 PHI '20 Rd 6 McClennon NO. DEFENCE SH HT WT HOMETOWN DOB 19-20 SEASON LEAGUE GP G A PTS PIM DRAFT PRONOUNCIATION 2 Prosofsky, Karter D R 5'10 176 Saskatoon, SK Sept 20/03 Winnipeg ICE WHL 34 0 1 1 35 Eligible 2022 PRUH-soff-ski 4 Zloty, Ben D L 6'0 175 Calgary, AB Feb 24/02 Winnipeg ICE WHL 54 4 23 27 8 Eligible 2021 ZUH-lotty 5 Ladyman, Mike D L 5'11 178 Winnipeg, MB Mar 30/01 Winnipeg ICE WHL 54 1 12 13 8 Free Agent Ladyman 6 McMaster, Anson D R 6'6 210 Siksika, AB July 14/02 Winnipeg ICE WHL 42 1 2 3 10 Eligible 2021 McMaster 7 Lambos, Carson D L 6'1 195 Winnipeg, MB Jan 14/03 Winnipeg ICE WHL 57 8 24 32 32 Eligible 2021 LAM-boce 8 Orzeck, Nolan D R 5'11 170 Calgary, AB Feb 20/01 Winnipeg ICE WHL 61 4 15 19 15 Free Agent ORZ-ick 27 Young, Brandt D L 5'11 172 Neepawa, MB Jan 22/03 Yellowhead Chiefs MU18HL 46 6 37 43 78 Eligible 2021 Young 44 Boucher, Owen D L 6'1 180 Bonnyville, AB Feb 15/04 Fort Sask. Rangers AMMHL 37 16 23 39 40 Eligible 2022 BOO-shay NO.