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Game 48: January 25 vs. Prince George

January 25, 2016 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
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@ COUGARS: Tonight marks the second and final meeting between the Cougars and Tigers as Medicine Hat concludes their 4 game road trip on the West Coast. Medicine Hat has lost 3 straight games on the road trip including Saturday night's 4-0 loss in Kelowna against the Rockets. In their only other meeting this season, the Cougars took home a 5-2 victory at the Canalta Centre. Last season the team's split the two game series with both being played in Medicine Hat.

TONIGHT'S MATCHUP:

The Cougars have won 2 straight games heading into tonight, scoring 15 goals in those two games and 25 goals in their past 4 games

Max Gerlach and Mason Shaw scored against the Cougars earlier this season, meanwhile for Prince George Chase Witala and Jansen Harkins had 2 point performance against the Tigers

For the Cougars Ty Edmonds has started the last 9 games in goal for the Cougars, however it was Nick McBride who took home the victory at the Canalta Centre, McBride hasn't seen action since January 3rd

2015-16 WHL RANKINGS: Record (18-25-3-1). Central Div. - 5th Eastern Con. - 9th Home - (10-11-1-1) Away (8-14-2-0)

TIGERS FAST FACTS:

Cougars forward Brad Morrison is riding a 4 game point streak scoring 9 points in that span including 6 goals and his first hat trick of the season Jan. 16th, Chase Witala, Jansen Harkins and Colby McAuley all are riding 3 game point streaks into tonight

Medicine Hat is 2-8-0-0 against the BC Division and are 6-2-0-0 against Prince George over the past 5 seasons, heading into tonight Prince George sits 1 point back for 2nd in the BC Division, while the Tigers sit 5 points back for the final wild card spot

With last night's shutout loss, Medicine Hat has now been shut out 4 times this season, with the last one coming against Calgary December 18th, last season the Tigers were only shut out twice at this point in the year

JANUARY 25th TEAM HISTORY: Take you back to the 2010-11 season as the Tigers were in the Queen City of Regina to take on the Pats January 25th. With Tyler Bunz in net, the Tigers got multi-point nights from Thomas Carr, Linden Vey and Hunter Shinkaruk. Shinkaruk would put up 3 points on the night and Cole Grbavac got into a fight with Art Bidlevskii in the first period to set the tone.

CN CENTRE: Medicine Hat has seen some recent success at the home of the Cougars, having a mark of 3-0-0-0 over the past 5 seasons at the CN Centre. The Tigers haven't lost in Prince George since the 2005-2006 seasons a January 15th game in which the Tabbies lost 3-2.

ROAD WOES: The Tigers have a record of 8-14-2-0 on the road this season, a respectable mark, however the 14 losses are the 2nd most in the entire WHL tied with the Tri-City Americans. Of Course the most road losses goes to the Kootenay Ice who have 20 already this season. Despite the road losses coming over the last 3 games, Medicine Hat is 5-5-0-0 in their past 10 road games.

PENALTY LEADER: The Medicine Hat Tigers haven't had a resident tough guy on their roster for a quite a while, with the way the game has changed the need for someone who could potentially rack up 200 penalty minutes isn't seen very often. For Connor Clouston however, he has made a case to reach at least 150 minutes in the box this season. Clouston currently leads the entire WHL with 107 minutes and 41 minor penalties. Colby McAuley of the Cougars is right behind him with 105 minutes on the season.

2015-16 CLUB LEADERS:

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

PIM (107) Connor Clouston Plus/Minus (+1) Steven Owre Wins (11) Nick Schneider

SPECIAL TEAMS:

POWER PLAY: 38/205 - 18.5% (ranked 16th in WHL)

AWAY- 13/107 - 12.1% (ranked 22nd in WHL)

PENALTY KILL: 145/191 - 75.9% (ranked 21st in WHL)

AWAY- 88/113 - 77.9% (ranked 15th 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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