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Medicine Hat Tigers

Game 60: February 22 vs. Edmonton

February 22, 2015 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Medicine Hat Tigers News Release


@ OIL KINGS : Tonight will mark the second last time the Tigers and Oil Kings will meet this season. The Tigers have won the last 3 meetings versus Edmonton after dropping the season series opener 2-1 in September. Dryden Hunt and Tyler Lewington lead the way for the Tigers against Edmonton this season, recording 5 points each. Hunt has recorded 5 points in just 2 games, while Lewington has 5 points in 4 games.

TONIGHT'S MATCHUP:

Medicine Hat over the past 5 seasons are 12-13-1-2 against the Oil Kings, 7-4-1-2 at the Rexall Place Both Marek Langhamer and Nick Schneider boast 2.00 GAA against Edmonton this season Medicine Hat has been in a slump as of late, winning only twice in the past 10 games

2014-15 WHL RANKINGS:

Record (37-19-1-2). Central Div. - 1st Eastern Con. - 2nd

HOME (21-9-1-0) AWAY (16-10-0-2)

TIGERS FAST FACTS:

Trevor Cox was suspended on Monday after his hit on Calgary captain Kenton Helgesen from behind. There was only a 2 minute penalty called on the play but after a review was suspended by the league for 3 games, he has already served 2 games and will miss this afternoon's game Steven Owre is riding a 4 game point streak, recording 5 points over that span since coming back from injury Edmonton's Tristan Jarry is in a personal slide, losing 5 of his last 6 starts

LAST GAME: The Tigers made the day trip to Calgary to finish off the season series against the Hitmen. Calgary was looking to tie up the series at 3's after the Tigers had taken the first 3 of 4 meetings. It was another defensive battle between the two with a solid effort by the Tabbies on this night. Nick Schneider got the start for the Tigers while Brendan Burke made his second consecutive start for Calgary. Scoring did not happen until the second period when the Hitmen got on the board first, netting goals from Connor Rankin and Radel Fazleev. The Tigers would answer on the power play before the buzzer sounded; Steven Owre buried his 15th of the season putting the Tigers down only 2-1 after 40 minutes. The third period had a rough start for Medicine Hat as Calgary would score 23 seconds into the period giving Calgary the lead, a lead that they would not give up, winning the game 4-1.

TOUGH SLEDDING: The Medicine Hat Tigers current slide hasn't been felt by Tigers fans since the 2012-13 season when the Tigers lost 8 straight games mid-season and 9 of 11 games overall. Tigers fans have seen small slides of 4 games or less over the past few seasons but know that the Tigers best games come during the playoffs where they have made the big dance in 13 straight seasons, heading to the Eastern Conference Finals last season against Edmonton.

CLUB LEADERS:

Goals (46) Cole Sanford- WHL Leader Assists (71) Trevor Cox - WHL Leader Points (94) Trevor Cox - WHL Leader

PIM (91) Tyler Plus/Minus (+33) Kyle Burroughs Wins (23) Marek Langhamer

SPECIAL TEAMS:

POWER PLAY: 59/271 - 21.8% (ranked 9th in WHL) HOME: 21.1% (Ranked 13th in WHL), AWAY: 22.7% (Ranked 6th in WHL) PENALTY KILL: 181/225 - 80.4% (ranked 9th in WHL) HOME: 85.7% (Ranked 4th in WHL), AWAY: 75.2% (Ranked 17th in WHL)

TIGERS ROSTER MAKEUP: The Tigers currently have 24 players on the roster - 2 Goaltenders, 8 Defenseman and 14 forwards

AGE BREAKDOWN : 3 - 20 year olds, 10 - 19 year olds, 4 - 18 year olds, 5 - 17 year olds and 2 - 16 year olds

NHL DRAFTED / SIGNED PLAYERS: Marek Langhamer (Phoenix Coyotes), Tyler Lewington (Washington Capitals), Tommy Vannelli (St. Louis Blues) and Kyle Burroughs (New York Islanders)

ATB FINANCIAL - TIGERS BROADCAST: Listen to legendary Bob Ridley broadcast all Tigers games on CHAT 94.5 FM. Bob Ridley has called all but one Tigers' Game in Team history since the Medicine Hat Tigers came into the league in 1970.

LAST FIVE: RESULTS:

@ Kootenay Ice 6-3 LOSS

VS. Prince George Cougars 4-2 LOSS

VS. Calgary Hitmen 2-1 LOSS

@ Swift Current Broncos 6-3 WIN

@ Calgary Hitmen 4-1 LOSS

NEXT FIVE: TIME:

@ Edmonton Oil Kings Sunday February 22 1:00 PM (MT)

@ Brandon Wheat Kings Wednesday February 25 6:00 PM (MT)

@ Regina Pats Friday February 27 6:00 PM (MT)

@ Swift Current Broncos Saturday February 28 6:00 PM (MT)

VS. Red Deer Rebels Tuesday March 3 7:00 PM (MT)

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