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Playoffs Game 5: April 4 vs. Red Deer

April 4, 2015 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Medicine Hat Tigers News Release


VS. REBELS : The Tigers and Rebels meet in Game 5 of their best-of-7 series tonight with the Tigers just one game from eliminating Red Deer from the playoffs. It would be the 5th straight time the Rebels have been bounced from playoff contention by Medicine Hat in their franchise history.

TONIGHT'S MATCHUP:

Medicine Hat has won 4 straight home games dating back to the final weekend of the regular season The Tigers hold a 7-2-0-0 record against the Rebels dating back 5 seasons of playoff hockey Goaltenders Rylan Toth and Marek Langhamer have played in all 10 games against each other this season

PLAYOFF SERIES

Tigers lead Best of 7 series 3-1 HOME (2-0-0) AWAY (1-1-0)

TIGERS FAST FACTS:

Medicine Hat has been perfect on the penalty kill in this series, killing off 9 straight Red Deer opportunities With the victory Marek Langhamer is the WHL Playoff goaltending leader with a 1.45 GAA and 0.955 SV % Cole Sanford is riding a 5 game point streak dating back to the final regular season home game Tigers goaltender Marek Langhamer has started the last 12 of 13 games for Medicine Hat, posting 3 shutouts in that span

LAST GAME: In Game 4 of this series, fans were treated to goals, something we haven't seen in the three previous games. The Rebels opening the scoring when Haydn Fleury wristed a shot past Langhamer, but the Tigers came back with 20 seconds left in the first period, Cole Sanford wristed a shot of his own past a screen Rylan Toth. The middle period saw two goals for the Tigers, Trevor Cox and Steven Owre netted goals 7 minutes apart to extend the lead to 3-1 through 40 minutes. Langhamer was stellar in net but was very busy in the final 20 minutes stopping 20 of 22 shots. The Tigers would give him some more support burying a goal just a minute in as Dryden Hunt was sprung on a breakaway making it 4-1. The Rebels would get 2 in the period but the Tigers sealed it with an empty netter to win 5-3.

DEPTH: Even though this series has not seen much scoring the Tigers are filled with goal scorers and it showed on Thursday night when Medicine Hat got 5 different goal scorers including Dryden Hunt. Hunt was brought in for the playoff run and to give the Tigers another weapon up front along with Trevor Cox and Cole Sanford. Hunt delivered in the regular season and finally found the back of the net, after many chances in the games previous. Look for the Tigers depth to continue to shine in the games to come.

PLAYOFF CLUB LEADERS:

Goals (3) Cole Sanford Assists (3) Trevor Points (5) 2 tied

PIM (4) 3 tied Plus/Minus (+5) Cole 2 Wins (3) Marek Langhamer

PLAYOFF SPECIAL TEAMS:

POWER PLAY: 2/17 - 11.8% (ranked 12th in WHL) HOME: 14.3% (Ranked 8th in WHL), AWAY: 10.0% (Ranked 12th in WHL) PENALTY KILL: 9/9 - 100.0% (ranked 1st in WHL) HOME: 100.0% (Ranked tied for 1st in WHL), AWAY: 100% (Ranked tied for 1st 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:

VS. Saskatoon Blades 6-2 WIN

VS. Red Deer Rebels 2-1 WIN

VS. Red Deer Rebels 1-0 OTW

@ Red Deer Rebels 2-1 LOSS

@ Red Deer Rebels 5-3 WIN

NEXT FIVE: TIME:

Game #5 vs. Red Deer Rebels Saturday April 4 7:30 PM (MT)

Game #6 @ Red Deer Rebels Sunday April 5** 5:00 PM (MT)

Game #7 vs. Red Deer Rebels Tuesday April 7** 7:00 PM (MT)

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