Calgary Hitmen Game Preview - Monday, April 5 at Medicine Hat
April 5, 2021 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Calgary Hitmen News Release
CALGARY HITMEN (5-6-2-0, 12 pts.) at MEDICINE HAT TIGERS (9-3-0-0, 18 pts.) Monday, April 5, 2021 - 7:00 p.m. MT - Co-op Place
TODAY'S GAME
The Calgary Hitmen complete a three-game set with the Medicine Hat Tigers tonight on the road at Co-op Place. Game time is 7:00 p.m. Brett Kemp scored his second goal of the night on a breakaway 4:43 into overtime to lift the Tigers past the Hitmen 6-5 on Saturday night at Seven Chiefs Sportsplex on Tsuut'ina Nation. The Hitmen forced the extra session with a pair of markers in the final four minutes of regulation including the equalizer from Riley Fiddler-Schultz with 10.9 seconds remaining. Adam Kydd notched a pair of goals for Calgary while Blake Allan and Josh Prokop added singles. The Tigers, who had leads of 2-0 and 5-3, also received goals from Corson Hopwo, Tyler MacKenzie, Teague Patton and Lukas Svejkovsky.
BROADCAST INFORMATION Radio: chat945.com
Webcast: WHL Live at watch.chl.ca
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STREAKS
- Josh Prokop (2g, 3a) and Sean Tschigerl (2g, 3a) are both riding four-game point streaks. Prokop also has points in 10 (6g, 6a) of his last 11 outings.
NOTEWORTHY VS. MEDICINE HAT: Tonight is the last of six meetings in the 2021 season between the Hitmen and Tigers. Medicine Hat has grabbed four of five by a combined score of 24-15. Josh Prokop (4g, 2a) leads the Hitmen in scoring against their Trans-Canada Highway rivals with six points. Jackson van de Leest (2g, 3a) is next with five. Cole Clayton (4g, 6a) and Brett Kemp (4g, 6a) are the top performing Tigers with 10 points each.
SERIES RECAP March 12/21: MH 6 CGY 2...Brett Kemp (1g, 3a) topped the Tigers with four points. March 13/21: MH 4 CGY 2...Eric Van Impe (1g, 2a) led Medicine Hat with three points. March 14/21: CGY 5 MH 4...Jackson van de Leest (2g) and Cael Zimmerman (1g, 1a) had two points each for Calgary. April 2/21: MH 4 CGY 1...Lukas Svejkovsky netted a pair of third period power play goals to extend a 2-1 lead. April 3/21: MH 6 CGY 5 OT...Brett Kemp opened and closed the scoring for Medicine Hat.
INSIDE THE SERIES Shots on Goal: CGY 185 MH 175 Power Plays: CGY 0-14 (0%) MH 10-16 (62.5%)
BROADCAST NEWS: Under AHS COVID-19 protocols, fans are not permitted to enter WHL facilities but are invited to watch games with a subscription to the all-new WHL Live on CHL TV at watch.chl.ca. Tonight's game is also available on the Tigers radio broadcast at chat945.com.
STATS PACK: The Hitmen are averaging the fourth most shots on goal per game in the WHL this season at 34.38. Conversely they are also giving up the fifth most at 34.69 per game....Calgary is 4-1-1-0 when scoring first while Medicine Hat is 8-2....Josh Prokop tops the Hitmen in shots on goal with 46. Riley Fiddler-Schultz is next with 42...Josh Prokop, Tyson Galloway and Jackson van de Leest share the team lead in plus/minus. All three are +7....Adam Kydd and Josh Prokop have at least one shot on goal in all 13 games this season....Calgary's power play is a combined 0-43....A total of 12 Hitmen have two goals or more....Tristan Zandee is tied for sixth in WHL Rookie Scoring with eight points (1g, 7a) in 13 games. His seven assists rank third in the league....Calgary is 2-4-1-0 on the road while Medicine Hat is 5-1 at home.
DID YOU KNOW? There have been five penalty shots in the WHL this season the Hitmen have been involved in two of them. The latest was on Saturday night when Calgary's Brayden Peters stopped Corson Hopwo of the Tigers in the second period. Shooters overall are just 1-5.
MAYFAIR DIAGNOSTICS INJURY REPORT: Luke Prokop (day-to-day, upper body).
HITMEN VS: (EDM 1-2-0-0), (LET 2-1-0-0), (MH 1-3-1-0), (RD 1-0-1-0).
ALUMNI WATCH: Kyle Olson, who notched 18 points (8g, 10a) in 14 games with the Hitmen last season following a trade from Tri-City, is in the AHL with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. The 22 year-old Calgary product has 2 points (1g, 1a) in 15 games.
UPCOMING GAMES: The Calgary Hitmen 2021 schedule will end May 5th. Here are the next three games; Friday, April 9: Calgary Hitmen at Red Deer Rebels - 7 p.m. MT Sunday, April 11: Red Deer Rebels at Calgary Hitmen - 4 p.m. MT Monday, April 12: Calgary Hitmen at Red Deer Rebels - 7 p.m. MT
HALF IS BEST
For the remainder of the 2021 season and for home games only, the Hitmen will host an online RE/MAX 50/50 draw.
Tickets go on sale at hitmenhockey.com/50-50 from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
The next draw is Sunday, April 11th. Proceeds support the Calgary Hitmen Foundation.
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CAREER MILESTONE WATCH
- Josh Prokop is three assists away from 50.
- Jack McNaughton needs 75 saves to reach 2,000.
- Rookie defenceman Rory Neill picked up his first career WHL assist on Saturday against Medicine Hat. His first career goal came last season against Spokane.
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