WICHITA, Kan. (Feb. 14) - Wichita closed its season-series against Rapid City last week. Get caught up on the team with this edition of Thunder Weekly. LAST WEEK'S GAMES - Thursday, February 10Wichita at Rapid City, 3-2 W (OT) recapWatch highlights HERE
Friday, February 11Wichita at Rapid City, 4-3 W recapWatch highlights HERE
Saturday, February 12Wichita at Rapid City, 6-5 L (OT) recapWatch highlights HERE
THIS WEEK'S GAMES - (All times are Central) Wednesday, February 16Idaho at Wichita, 7:05 p.m. Black History Night. Buy tickets HERE
Friday, February 18Allen at Wichita, 7:05 p.m. Noche Del Trueno Night honoring Hispanic Heritage in Wichita, presented by Wichita Furniture and Mattress. Buy tickets HERE
Saturday, February 19Wichita at Allen, 7:05 p.m.
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**Join Matthew Harding and Matthew Will before every game for the Field Pass Hockey Wichita Thunder Pregame Show. The show starts at 6:30 p.m. for home games and 6:40 p.m. for road games. For Sunday home games, the show starts at 3:30 p.m. and 25 minutes before puck drop on the road. You can listen on the Field Pass Hockey app.**
WICHITAHOME: 10-11-5-0AWAY: 9-10-2-0OVERALL: 19-21-7-0Last 10: 5-3-2-0Streak: 6-0-2-0Rank: 7th, Mountain Division, .479 winning % TEAM LEADERSGoals: Peter Crinella, 16Assists: Brayden Watts, 27Points: Jay Dickman, 40+/-: Logan Fredericks, +7PIM: Sean Allen, 105
TIME AND A HALF - Wichita leads the league in games past regulation. The Thunder have been in games decided in overtime or a shootout 12 times this year. Four of the last six games have been decided in extra time.
FIRSTS - Wichita has scored first in eight-straight games and leads the league in that category with 29 first goals this season. The Thunder are 15-9-5-0 when scoring first.
CLOSE TO 100 - Jay Dickman is nearing a career milestone. He tallied his 15th goal of the season on Saturday to force overtime. He sits at 93 career points heading into this week.
NEW HIGHS - Cam Clarke had an outstanding week against Rapid City. He recorded a game-winner on Friday, a shorthanded marker on Saturday night and finished with five points in three games. He set new career highs in assists (26) and points (31). Clarke is seventh in scoring by a defensman and fifth for assists for a blueliner.
STREAKING - Logan Fredericks is riding eight-game point streak. Fredericks has nine points (3g, 6a) over that stretch.
TEAM LEAD - Peter Crinella took over the team-lead in goals over the weekend. He tallied a goal and an assist in back-to-back games, giving him 16 goals and 15 helpers in 31 games this season. He needs three goals to equal his career-high and one point to equal his career high in points, both of which took place in the 2019-20 campaign. He had 19 goals and 32 points that year.
EXELLING - Billy Exell is starting to find his scoring touch again. The second-year forward had three points over the weekend, scoring on Friday night and then netting an assist on Saturday.
THUNDERBOLTS... Brayden Watts is tied for sixth with 27 assists...Jake Theut has won his last four starts...Brendan van Riemsdyk has two points in his last three games...Sean Allen is sixth in penalty minutes (105)...Wichita is 9-3-2-0 when leading after one...Wichita is 11-2-3-0 when leading after two...Wichita is 8-5-6-0 in one-goal games...Wichita is 2-0-0-0 in four-goal games...
Single game tickets are on sale now. Tickets can be purchased at the Wichita Thunder office located at 505 W. Maple, Suite 100, Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. On weekday game days, the Thunder office closes at 4 p.m. Click here to purchase online!
Fans can also purchase tickets at the Select-A-Seat Box Office at INTRUST Bank Arena Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and starting at noon on weekend game days.