Lethbridge – Looking to build off their first weekend sweep of the season, the Lethbridge Pronghorns head out on the road to face the Regina Cougars in Regina.
 
The Pronghorns and Cougars will square off Friday and Saturday night at 7:00pm CT at the Co-operators Centre. Both games will also be streamed live on www.canadawest.tv.
 
"The Cougars have been playing some very good hockey of late," said Pronghorn head coach Spiros Anastas. "They are a tough team to play against and Coach Johnson had them working extremely hard."
 
"We just need to keep things simple moving forward and just control what we can right now. We are short bodies, but we're confident that if we stick to our process that we will come out with a favorable outcome."
 
"We had great success in Regina last season, so we are hoping to replicate that performance."
 
This weekend will be the first of four games this season between the Pronghorns and Cougars but a season ago, the Pronghorns won the season series, winning three of four games, including both games in Regina.
 
A look at the teams
 
The Pronghorns (3-8-1-0) put an end to an eight-game losing streak last weekend, sweeping the Manitoba Bisons with a pair of 4-3 overtime victories.
 
Despite scoring eight goals last weekend, the Pronghorns have still scored the fewest goals in Canada West, scoring only 26 goals in 12 games. Lethbridge has also allowed the second most goals against this season, allowing 54 goals.
 
Regina (2-8-1-1), who are only one point behind the Pronghorns are coming off a road split last weekend, beating the nationally ranked Calgary Dinos 3-2 before losing the next day by the same 3-2 score.
 
Statistically, while the Cougars have scored five more goals than the Pronghorns with 31, Regina has allowed the most goals against in Canada West at 56.
 
Players to watch
 
Captain Mitch Maxwell was named the Canada West first star of the week after a six point weekend last week, including scoring the overtime winner Saturday afternoon. Maxwell sits tied for third in Canada West scoring and leads the Pronghorns with six goals and 11 assists.
 
With two goals last Saturday, Justin Valentino moved to 10 points in 12 games this season.
 
Second-year goaltender Garret Hughson has seen action in eight of the Pronghorns 12 games, including both wins last week. He sits with a 3.88 goals against-average and a 0.894 save percentage.
 
For the Cougars, freshman Zak Zborosky and Ian McNulty lead the team with 12 points. Zborosky sits second among Canada West freshmen in scoring with five goals and seven assists, while McNulty has four goals to go along with eight assts.
 
In the crease, first-year netminder Michael Herringer has played in 11 of the 12 Cougar games and sits with a 4.82 goals against-average.
 
Next Up:
The Pronghorns will wrap up the 2017 portion of the Canada West schedule next weekend in a home-and-home series with the Calgary Dinos, starting Friday night at Nicholas Sheran Arena.