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WHL Medicine Hat Tigers

Game 32: December 15 vs. Edmonton

December 15, 2015 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Medicine Hat Tigers News Release


@ OIL KINGS: Tonight marks the third game in a row between the Oil Kings and Tigers with Medicine Hat having won both of them, a 5-3 decision Saturday and a 5-4 victory on Sunday night. For the Tigers Cole Sanford and David Quenneville have 4 points each in the 2 games as only 3 rostered players haven't registered a point against the Oil Kings this season. For Edmonton, Brandon Baddock has 3 goals in 2 games and Tyler Robertson's 3 point night Sunday is good for the team lead in points against the Tigers.

TONIGHT'S MATCHUP:

Tigers rookie defenseman Brad Forrest has a 2 game point streak heading into tonight, previously to the streak, Forrest had 2 points in 29 games this season

Matt Bradley has been red hot as of late recording 6 points in 6 games heading into tonight, as well as Ryan Jevne who recorded his first career multi-goal game on Sunday has a 2 game point streak

2015-16 WHL RANKINGS: Record (10-18-2-1). Central Div. - 5th Eastern Con. - 11th Home - (7-9-0-1) Away (3-9-2-0)

TIGERS FAST FACTS:

Medicine Hat has now scored a power play in 5 consecutive games and David Quenneville has been in on all 6 power play goals scored over that span

Medicine Hat has won 2 straight games heading into tonight; marking the first time since Oct. 16 and 17 the Tabbies have won 2 consecutive games. The Tigers have also won 2 of their last 3 games on the road after starting with 1 win in their first 11 games

David Quenneville is on fire as of late, quarterbacking the Tigers streaking power play having extended his point streak to 6 games, recording 3 multi-point games in that span for a total of 9 points (1G, 8A)

Max Gerlach has 6 goals over his past 5 games and now has 17 on the year, 1 shy of the rookie lead in the WHL

HOLIDAY BREAK: The Tigers kicked off their final six games before the Holiday break Friday night Red Deer, picking up a 2-1 defeat in the process. The Tigers followed that up with 5-3 and 5-4 victories over the Edmonton Oil Kings. Wins haven't been 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, so far this year Medicine Hat is 2-1-0-0.

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 1 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 9 games shy of the mark. Ty Stanton is 7 games away from hitting the 200 games played mark. David Quenneville is 8 games away from 100 in his career as well.

MAN ADVANTAGE: Medicine Hat's power play has been electric over the past 5 games, recording a man advantage goal in every game, scoring 6 goals total. A new look first unit coupled with a rookie second unit has provided the Tabbies with some offense from the special teams and climbed all the way into 18th in the WHL. Max Gerlach leads the Tigers with 8 power play goals, while Cole Sanford has 6 and David Quenneville has 4. Chad Butcher is the team leader in power play assists. Over the past 3 games, Medicine Hat is 5/14 on the power play (35.7%).

2015-16 CLUB LEADERS:

Goals (17) Max Gerlach Assists (23) Chad Butcher Points (32) Chad Butcher

PIM (75) Connor Clouston   Plus/Minus (+3) Connor Clouston   Wins (6) Mack Shields

SPECIAL TEAMS:

POWER PLAY: 24/141 - 17.0% (ranked 18th in WHL)

o AWAY - 6/65 - 9.2% (ranked 21st in WHL)

PENALTY KILL: 106/140 - 75.7% (ranked 21st in WHL)

o AWAY - 61/77 - 79.2% (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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