Sports stats

WHL Medicine Hat Tigers

Game 54: February 6 vs. Brandon

February 6, 2016 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Medicine Hat Tigers News Release


@ WHEAT KINGS: Tonight marks the third meeting of four this season between the Tigers and Wheat Kings this season. The two clubs last met November 28th at the Canalta Centre with Brandon taking home a tight 4-3 victory. A trio of Wheat Kings have had good games against the Tigers with Ivan Provorov leading with 5 points in 2 games and Jayce Hawyrluk and Reid Duke each have 4 points in 2 games. Max Gerlach and Chad Butcher have played well against Brandon, each sitting with 3 points in the 2 games played.

TONIGHT'S MATCHUP:

Brandon is 7-3-0-0 in their past 10 games and 8-2-0-0 in their past 10 home games, the Wheat Kings are coming off of a 8-3 victory over Prince George last night

Medicine Hat have lost 4 straight games heading into tonight, coming off a 5-1 defeat to Regina last night facing a Brandon team who has won 10 of their last 13

Medicine Hat has lost 6 straight games against Brandon dating back to last season, Medicine Hat only has 1 point out of a possible 12 with an shootout loss last season

2015-16 WHL RANKINGS: Record (20-29-3-1). Central Div. - 5th Eastern Con. - 9th Home - (11-13-1-1) Away (9-16-2-0)

TIGERS FAST FACTS:

Ivan Provorov has 8 points in his last 3 games, including a 4 assist night yesterday vs. Prince George

Brandon goaltender Jordan Papirny has started the last 6 games going 4-2-0-0, Papirny has only allowed 4 goals or more once in his last 13 starts (Jan. 29 vs. Edmonton)

Tigers netminder Nick Schneider has been playing well despite the 4 game losing streak for Medicine Hat, stopping 115 saves his last 3 starts

FEBRUARY 6TH TEAM HISTORY: On this day during the 2007-2008 season the Wheat Kings and Tigers met up at Westman Place stacked with future NHLers Tyler Ennis and Linden Vey. Ennis recorded just 1 goal, the overtime winner as Vey chipped in with 2 points (1G, 1A). The Wheat Kings would score two goals in the final 3 minutes of the game, including the tying goal shorthanded with 19 seconds left in the third period. Ennis would end things with his 32nd of the season on the power play after Brandon player Matt McCue was called for a major for kneeing.

SCORING BY COMMITTEE: The Brandon Wheat Kings only have 1 skater in the top 20 in WHL scoring (Nolan Patrick), however the Wheaties have 6 skaters with 45+ points this season, including 20 goal scorers Reid Duke (27), Nolan Patrick (22), Jayce Hawryluk (26).

BREAKOUT SEASON: Tigers forward Alex Mowbray is making his 19 year old season one to remember as the Calgary native has surpassed all his career totals from last year as he recorded his 10th goal on the season last night in Regina. Mowbray has 19 points in 50 games.

FEBRUARY RECORD: Medicine Hat historically have had a good record in the month of February, with the exception of last year when the Tabbies had their first losing record in the Valentines month posting a 4-9-0-0 mark. Overall in the past 5 seasons, Medicine Hat has a 39-23-2-4 record with their best season taking place in 2013-14 when they posted 11 victories out of 15 games.

2015-16 CLUB LEADERS:

Goals (23) Max Gerlach Assists (33) Chad Butcher Points (50) Chad Butcher

PIM (107) Connor Clouston Plus/Minus (-1) Clayton Kirichenko Wins (12) Nick Schneider

SPECIAL TEAMS:

POWER PLAY: 44/226 - 19.5% (ranked 15th in WHL)

AWAY- 17/122 - 13.9% (ranked 22nd in WHL)

PENALTY KILL: 159/208 - 76.4% (ranked 20th in WHL)

AWAY- 96/123 - 78.0% (ranked 14th 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.

Check out the Medicine Hat Tigers Statistics



Western Hockey League Stories from February 6, 2016


The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.

Other Recent Medicine Hat Tigers Stories



Sports Statistics from the Stats Crew
OurSports Central