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Game 30: December 12 vs. Edmonton

December 12, 2015 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
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VS. OIL KINGS: Tonight marks the first meeting of the season between the Oil Kings and Tigers and first of three straight games between the clubs. The Tigers will welcome Edmonton on their annual Teddy Bear Toss game tonight as after Medicine Hat scores their first goal bears will be thrown onto the ice. Last season the Tigers were led by 3 departed players (Lewington, Hunt, Cox) in points against Edmonton, the highest returning player is Chad Butcher who recorded 6 points in 6 games.

TONIGHT'S MATCHUP:

Medicine Hat has been outscored 41-22 in the first period, including 3 goals on Wednesday to the Rebels. Medicine Hat has only led after the opening 20 minutes once in their past 6 games

Edmonton's Ben Carroll led the Oil Kings in scoring last season against Medicine Hat, recording 5 points in 5 games, while current leading scorers Lane Bauer and Brett Pollock had 1 and 3 points in 6 games respectively last year vs. Tigers

Medicine Hat has a 8-14-1-1 record over the past 5 seasons against the Oil Kings, however they went 4-2-0-0 last season

2015-16 WHL RANKINGS: Record (8-18-2-1). Central Div. - 5th Eastern Con. - 11th Home - (6-9-0-1) Away (2-9-2-0)

TIGERS FAST FACTS:

After only scoring 1 goal on the power play in over 30 chances to start the season on the road, Medicine Hat has scored a power play goal in consecutive games and are out of the basement running at a 6.9% clip, better than the Kamloops Blazers

Edmonton is 6-4-0-0 in their past 10 games and are coming off of a 3-1 loss to Swift Current Thursday night, which snapped the Broncos 11 game winless streak. Medicine Hat is 2-8-0-0 in their past 10 games and will play their first 3 games in 3 nights this season

Multiple Tigers continued their point streaks last night in Red Deer as David Quenneville extended his to 4 games, while Max Gerlach with the only goal for the Tabbies extended his to 3 games

Ty Schultz played in his 100th WHL game last night in Red Deer

HOLIDAY BREAK: The Tigers kicked off their final six games before the Holiday break last night in Red Deer, picking up a 2-1 defeat in the process. The victory is not uncommon at this time of the year as Medicine Hat has seen great performances before the players head home to see family and friends. Over the past 5 seasons, Medicine Hat has a 20-10-0-0 record coming down the stretch before the break. Last season the Tabbies went 4-2-0-0 and had their best showing in those six games in 2010-11 when they went 5-1-0-0.

HITTING MILESTONES: The Tigers have had some milestones this season including first career goals by rookies Max Gerlach, Brad Forrest, James Hamblin, Ryan Jevne and affiliate Josh McNeil netting his first ever goal in his first ever game. While the rookies have shown their skills, the older veteran players have also hit milestones this season. More recently was Cole Sanford, recording his 200th career point in Kamloops on December 5th. Sanford is also just 3 goals shy of 100 in his career and should hit that before the break. Chad Butcher will hit 200 games played in the WHL before season's end as he is just 10 games shy of the mark. Matt Bradley will play in his 100th game tomorrow night in Edmonton. Ty Stanton is 9 games away from hitting the 200 games played mark. David Quenneville is 10 games away from 100 in his career as well.

TEDDY BEAR TOSS TONIGHT: The Tigers annual Teddy Bear Toss presented by the Medicine Hat News occurs TONIGHT against the Edmonton Oil Kings. Fans are encouraged to bring throw their stuffed animals along with winter jackets, socks, toques, mittens and scarves to help the Medicine Hat Women's Shelter, Salvation Army and the Pediatric Ward of the Regional Hospital.

2015-16 CLUB LEADERS:

Goals (15) Max Gerlach Assists (22) Chad Butcher Points (31) Chad Butcher

PIM (73) Connor Clouston - WHL Leader Plus/Minus (+3) Connor Clouston   Wins (5) Mack Shields (2 as a Tiger)

SPECIAL TEAMS:

POWER PLAY: 21/129 - 16.3% (ranked 18th in WHL)

HOME - 16/69 - 23.2% (ranked 8th in WHL)

PENALTY KILL: 99/131 - 75.6% (ranked 20th in WHL)

HOME - 42/59 - 71.2% (ranked 22nd 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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