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Game 61: February 23 vs. Regina

February 23, 2016 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
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VS. PATS: Tonight Medicine Hat welcomes the Regina Pats to the Canalta Centre for the final time this season. Regina has taken all 3 matchups this season by 6-2, 4-2 and 5-1 scores respectively. Max Gerlach and Chad Butcher lead the Tigers in scoring against the Pats with 2 points in 3 games; Gerlach leads all Tigers with 25 goals.

TONIGHT'S MATCHUP:

Medicine Hat comes in having won 2 of their last 3 games, both against the Calgary Hitmen on Friday and Sunday and are 9 points back of the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference with 12 games to go (including tonight)

Regina's Adam Brooks leads all Pats skaters in points against the Tabbies this season, recording 8 points in 3 games including a team high 6 assists. Brooks also sits 2nd in WHL scoring with 97 points

The Pats have won 5 straight games heading into tonight's matchup and are 7 points back of the 3rd spot in the East Division and 6 points up on Edmonton for the 1st wildcard spot

2015-16 WHL RANKINGS: Record (22-34-3-1). Central Div. - 5th Eastern Con. - 11th Home - (12-15-1-1) Away (10-19-2-0)

TIGERS FAST FACTS:

Multiple Tigers players broke pointless streaks over the weekend as Ty Stanton snapped a 8 game pointless streak, Matt Bradley snapped a 5 game streak and Alex Mowbray broke a 6 game streak

Regina's leading scorer Adam Brooks is on a 10 game point streak, having scored 26 points over that span. During that time Brooks has four 4+ point games, including a 6 point game vs. Kootenay Feb. 19

TIGERS VS: (BDN 0-3), (CGY 4-1), (EDM 5-0), (EVT 1-0), (KAM 2-0), (KEL 0-3), (KTN 3-0-1), (LETH 1-3-1), (MJ 2-2), (POR 0-1), (PA 0-2-1), (PG 1-1), (RD 0-5-0-1), (REG 0-3), (SAS 2-2), (SEA 0-1), (SPO 1-0), (SC 0-2), (TRI 0-1), (VAN 0-2), (VIC 0-2)

FEBRUARY 23rd TEAM HISTORY: On this day during the 1998-1999 season the Tigers took on the Portland Winterhawks. Coming off just their 13th win of the season the game before, Medicine Hat was looking for a good showing against Andrew Ference and Jason LaBarbera's Winterhawks. Aaron Millar recorded 3 assists in the game as Medicine Hat had a 3-2 lead into the 3rd period, where the Winterhawks would tie it on a power play and then end things in overtime, 4-3.

EAST STRUGGLES: Medicine Hat has not had much luck against the East Division this season. In 19 games versus the Saskatchewan and Manitoba teams, Medicine Hat sits with a 4-14-1-0 record. Compare that to a 13-9-2-1 record against division rivals.

WHO'S HOT: TIGERS: David Quenneville has 11 points in his past 12 games, Chad Butcher has 9 points in his past 12 games and Steven Owre has 4 points in his last 5 games. PATS: Sean Richards has 5 points in 5 games, Sam Steel has 13 points in his last 9 games, Cole Sanford is on a 7 game point streak with 13 points in that span and Tyler Brown has won his last 7 starts for the Pats

TOP 50 WHL PLAYERS: Medicine Hat got news this week that former Tiger and member of the original Tigers, Tom Lysiak was voted in the Top 50 WHL players of all-time. Lysiak was voted in at #39 and played 3 seasons with the Tabbies, recording back to back seasons of 143 and 157 points respectively. Lysiak also holds the 2nd and 3rd most assists in Tigers franchise history for a single year after recording 97 and 96 in back to back seasons

2015-16 CLUB LEADERS:

Goals (25) Max Gerlach Assists (35) Chad Butcher Points (55) Chad Butcher

PIM (111) Connor Clouston Plus/Minus (-3) Steven Owre Wins (13) Nick Schneider

SPECIAL TEAMS:

POWER PLAY: 48/248 - 19.4% (ranked 14th in WHL)

HOME- 28/116 - 24.1% (ranked 4th in WHL)

PENALTY KILL: 177/234 - 75.6% (ranked 19th in WHL)

HOME- 71/98 - 72.4% (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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