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Game 39: January 5 vs. Moose Jaw

January 5, 2016 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
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VS. WARRIORS: Tonight will mark the second meeting in 6 days between the Warriors and Tigers, with Medicine Hat having beaten Moose Jaw in decisive fashion on New Year's Eve 6-2. In that game Cole Sanford had 3 points, while Matt Bradley, Caleb Fantillo, David Quenneville and Mason Shaw all had multi-point nights. The final game of 2015 also saw affiliate Baxter Anderson score his first WHL goal in the third period. For Moose Jaw, Tanner Jeannot had a multi-point game, assisting on both Warriors goals.

TONIGHT'S MATCHUP:

Medicine Hat has an undefeated record against the Warriors on home ice over the past 5 seasons, sporting a 8-0-0-0 mark as the Warriors make their first ever visit to the Canalta Centre

Tigers forward Matt Bradley has points in 8 of his last 9 games, including a 5 game goal scoring streak. Over the 8 games Bradley has recorded (7G, 4A) and his 5 game streak ties the current longest in the WHL

Former Tiger Dryden Hunt leads the Warriors in scoring this season with 54 points (25G, 29A) and currently sits 4th in WHL scoring, his 25 goals ranks him 2nd in WHL scoring. Additionally, Hunt has a 5 game point streak heading into tonight, with 5G and 4A in that span

2015-16 WHL RANKINGS: Record (14-20-3-1). Central Div. - 5th Eastern Con. - 10th Home - (8-10-1-1) Away (6-10-2-0)

TIGERS FAST FACTS:

Moose Jaw has been outshot in 31 of 39 games this season and have a record of 14-13-3-1 in those games, while the Warriors when they outshoot someone have a record of 5-2-1-0

Tigers defenseman David Quenneville plays in his 100th game of his career tonight, he is the 246th player in franchise history to do so

Warriors goaltender Zach Sawchenko has faced the Tigers 5 times in his career and boasts a 1-3-1-0 record, with his only victory a shutout March 4th, 2015, overall Sawchenko has lost his last 3 starts against Medicine Hat

JANUARY 5TH TEAM HISTORY: Medicine Hat has done fairly well playing on January 5th in the past 20 years, sporting a 4-5-0-0 record, with their largest victory happening in 1996-97 when Mark Polak recorded four points including a hat trick in a 7-3 victory over Calgary, Josh Green also chipped in with 4 assists.

THIS DAY IN TIGERS HISTORY: On this day during the 1998-1999 seasons, Tigers import defenseman Vladimir Sicak scored his first career WHL in a 3-2 loss to the Saskatoon Blades, Sicak currently plays in the Czech super league for Karlovy Vary HC

BRADLEY ON FIRE: Matt Bradley's season had a turnaround during the BC road trip. Bradley has been on a tear to not only end the first half but start the second half. In the month of December leading to the Holiday break, Bradley had recorded 9 points in 11 games and since coming back from the break has netted a goal in all 4 games, extending his point streak to 5 games.

PASSING A GREAT: Cole Sanford has 17 assists on the season but his next assist will move him past one of the best Tigers to dawn the orange and black jersey, Jay Bowumeester. Sanford tied the St. Louis Blues defenseman with 111 career assists against the Warriors on New Year's Eve

LOTS OF GAMES: Ty Stanton reached a milestone in his Tiger career as he surpassed the 200 games played mark on Saturday vs. Edmonton. The game marked the 78th player in franchise history to reach the mark. Fellow teammate Chad Butcher is the 79th player in franchise history, as he hits the 200 games mark tonight

2015-16 CLUB LEADERS:

Goals (21) Max Gerlach Assists (27) Chad Butcher Points (37) Chad Butcher, Cole Sanford

PIM (83) Connor Clouston Plus/Minus (+4) Connor Clouston   Wins (8) Nick Schneider

SPECIAL TEAMS:

POWER PLAY: 31/167 - 18.6% (ranked 15th in WHL)

HOME - 21/87 - 24.1% (ranked 7th in WHL)

PENALTY KILL: 120/159 - 75.5% (ranked 20th in WHL)

HOME - 50/70 - 71.4% (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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