The Lethbridge Hurricanes woke up in the third period and scored twice to erase a one-goal deficit in a come-from-behind victory against the visiting Kootenay Ice last night.

It's the second loss in as many nights for the Ice, who dropped a 1-0 decision against the Brandon Wheat Kings at the Rec Plex on Tuesday.

The Ice are still struggling with injuries, with Luke Paulsen sitting out while dealing with a concussion and Drew Czerwonka watching from the press box with an upper-body injury.

However, Kootenay's Max Reinhart also joined them, sitting out to rest his foot, which blocked a blistering slap shot against Brandon on Tuesday.

The older Reinhart will be evaluated later this week by the Ice's medical staff which should provide a more precise timeline for his return, said Ice assistant coach Todd Johnson.

But he cautions that Reinhart will return when he is ready.

"Your looking at your top player and you want to make sure he's healthy and ready before you push him in there so you don't want to hurt him and obviously if he's out longer than necessary, it hurts the team even more."

Despite missing the two veteran forwards, the team managed to score four goals in forty minutes, but the Hurricanes came alive in the final frame, and outshot the Ice in their march to victory.

It was Mackenzie Skapski's second start in three games, taking the loss after playing an exceptional game in Manitoba where the Ice beat the Wheat Kings 7-3 in Brandon last week.

Skapski made 22 saves, while his opponent in Liam Liston across the arena, made 23 saves on the Ice.

The final outcome couldn't have been predicted, based on the Ice's effort in the first period.

Three goals were scored in the span of roughly three minutes during the first period between the two teams.

Sam Reinhart set a new franchise record when he potted his 17th goal of the season, capitalizing on a turnover and faking a pass that opened a hole when Liston took the bait.

Approximately a minute later, 'Canes rookie Jamal Watson split Ice defensemen Spencer Wand and Mike Simpson, burying a backhand shot through Skapksi's legs to tie up the game.

But two dozen seconds later, the Ice bench celebrated again when Joe Antilla snapped a shot top shelf off the crossbar in the slot.

The Ice kept up the pressure in the second, and defenseman John Neibrandt got his second goal of the season when he blasted a slap shot off the top of the faceoff circle after breaking into the offensive zone.

Five minutes later, near the halfway mark of the second frame, Skapski made two great saves with his glove and left pad in his crease, but 'Canes forward Craig Leverton got a handle on the puck and scored on the third rebound.

Jesse Ismond answered for the Ice near the end of the period, getting the puck in the neutral zone while killing a powerplay. He gained the offensive zone and fanned on his shot, but the puck somehow slid into the net.

"I came down and had a clear breakaway and it was just kind of funny because I put it where I wanted it, but I kind of fanned on it," said Ismond.

However, Lethbridge responded two minutes later on an effort from Jamien Yakubowski, putting his club within a one-goal reach of a tie.

The 'Canes didn't stop in the third, as Brody Sutter tied the game on the powerplay when he took a pass from Graham Hood behind the net and beat Skapski.

Philip Tot put Lethbridge in the lead with five minutes left in the game, redirecting a pass on the back doorstep on another man advantage.

"I thought we had a really strong first period and we just didn't follow it up with the second and third," said Johnson. "You got to give Lethbridge credit; they didn't quit, but we just have to be better.

"They started to push midway through the second period and we just didn't answer."

Failing to capitalize on the man-advantage hurt the Ice, as they were given five opportunities, while Lethbridge scored twice in their six powerplays.

Johnson said the team's penalty troubles allowed Lethbridge to get some chances to get back in the game, which came to fruition at the end of the game.

"Penalties didn't help, we took some timely penalties that hurt us in the end, we gave up two powerplay goals in the third period."

Ismond agreed, noting that killing penalties disrupts the flow of the game when the Ice is trying to control the pace.

"When you're in the box, it's hard to control the play and control the tempo of the game so they definitely took over when we started getting into penalty trouble."

The Ice will regroup at home today and prepare for a game against the Prince Albert Raiders, who will storm the Rec Plex on Friday night.