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Game 46: January 22 vs. Vancouver

January 22, 2016 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
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@ GIANTS: Tonight marks second and final meeting between the Giants and Tigers as Medicine Hat continues their 4 game road trip on the West Coast. Medicine Hat is coming off of an 8-2 defeat at the hands of the Victoria Royals. The Giants beat the Tigers 6-0 the last time they met in December with former Tiger Trevor Cox recording 3 points on the night in what was his first game against the Tabbies since the trade.

TONIGHT'S MATCHUP:

Vancouver has lost 4 straight games heading into tonight and have only 2 wins in their past 7 games overall with a 9-13-1-0 record at home, the worst in the Western Conference

Giants starting goaltender Ryan Kubic has started 25 of the last 26 games for Vancouver, allowing 3 or less goals in 18 of those games

Medicine Hat had their 3 game win streak snapped on Wednesday night against Victoria and have a record of 3-4-0-0 at the Pacific Coliseum over the past 5 seasons

2015-16 WHL RANKINGS: Record (18-23-3-1). Central Div. - 5th Eastern Con. - 9th Home - (10-11-1-1) Away (8-12-2-0)

TIGERS FAST FACTS:

Giants forward and former Tiger Trevor Cox will suit up in his 300th WHL game tonight, ironically against his former club (274 with MH)

Tigers defenceman Connor Clouston reached the 100 penalty minute mark last game, making him the 284th player in franchise history to reach the century mark in one season. It also marks the first time Clouston has reached 100 minutes in penalties in his career

Alex Mowbray, Chad Butcher and Mason Shaw all are riding 4 game point streaks heading into tonight, both Mowbray and Shaw have 5 points in that span, while Butcher has 6 points

JANUARY 22nd TEAM HISTORY: Just two seasons ago the Tigers and Giants squared off against each other on this exact date. Medicine Hat outshot the Giants 14-2 in the first period and ended up with a decisive 6-1 victory. Jacob Doty had 2 goals and a fight with Mason Geertsen, Kyle Becker had 2 assists and Marek Langhamer stopped 22 of 23 shots against him to pick up the Tigers 27th victory on the season.

SECOND CRACK: The Vancouver Giants brought back hulking winger Taylor Crunk after releasing him earlier in the season with the acquisition of Trevor Cox. The 20 year old from California recorded 4 points in 15 games before he was released. Vancouver also acquired 20 year old Daniel Wapple to be their starting goaltender but an injury forced Wapple to end his season and thus, Crunk was given a second chance in Vancouver. Since returning with the Giants on January 3rd Crunk has 3 points in 8 games with 2 fighting majors.

NHL CENTRAL SCOUTING: The Medicine Hat Tigers learned on Tuesday morning that two of their skaters were ranked in the NHL's Central Scouting midterm rankings. Rookie forward and Texas native Max Gerlach, who leads the Tigers with 22 goals, was ranked 78th and defenseman David Quenneville was ranked 201st as he ranks 19th in WHL defenseman scoring.

SETTING NEW HIGHS: Ty Stanton and Alex Mowbray have been relied upon to lead the Tigers this season. Stanton, in his last WHL season was appointed captain after the trade of Cole Sanford and Mowbray is 19 and required to give the Tabbies depth scoring. Both players have put up career numbers, matching their best point totals of their careers after just 45 games. Stanton has 28 points, matching last year's totals, while Mowbray has 16 points, also matching his career best season in 2014-15.

2015-16 CLUB LEADERS:

Goals (22) Max Gerlach Assists (32) Chad Butcher Points (46) Chad Butcher

PIM (100) Connor Clouston Plus/Minus (+2) Ty Stanton Wins (11) Nick Schneider

SPECIAL TEAMS:

POWER PLAY: 37/199 - 18.6% (ranked 15th in WHL)

AWAY- 12/101 - 11.9% (ranked 22nd in WHL)

PENALTY KILL: 142/186 - 76.3% (ranked 20th in WHL)

AWAY- 85/108 - 78.7% (ranked 13th in WHL)

TIGERS ROSTER MAKEUP: The Tigers currently have 22 players on the roster - 2 Goaltenders, 7 Defenseman, 13 forwards

AGE BREAKDOWN: 3 - 20 year olds, 5 - 19 year olds, 7 - 18 year olds, 5 - 17 year olds, and 2 - 16 year olds

NHL DRAFTED / SIGNED PLAYERS: Matt Bradley (Montreal Canadiens), Nick Schneider (Calgary Flames)

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.

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