WHL Medicine Hat Tigers

Game 62: February 26 vs. Swift Current

Published on February 26, 2016 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Medicine Hat Tigers News Release


@ BRONCOS: Tonight the Tigers face-off against the Swift Current Broncos for the third time this season. Swift Current has taken both games this year by 2-1 and 4-1 scores. The final game of the season series will conclude March 5th at the Canalta Centre. Steven Owre has both of the Tigers goals against the Broncos this season as both Mason Shaw and Brian Williams have the lone assists as well.

TONIGHT'S MATCHUP:

Medicine Hat come in unbeaten in regulation in their past 2 games and have earned points in 3 of their last 4 games. Swift Current comes in 0-1-1-0 and 3-4-1-2 in their past 10 games

The Broncos are a better team in front of the home crowd as they sport a 13-15-1-1 record compared to a 8-16-4-2 record on the road

The two clubs come in ranked as the number 10 (Swift Current) and number 11 teams (Medicine Hat) in the Eastern Conference with only one point separating them

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

TIGERS FAST FACTS:

Lane Pederson has played a handful of games against the Tigers this season, 7 to be exact, and has recorded 12 points in those games including 9 assists, Pederson also leads all Broncos skaters with a +9 rating vs. Medicine Hat

Swift Current since January 13th have played 17 games, they have almost doubled their win total and have points in 12 of those games, climbing from 11th in the conference to battling for the final wildcard spot

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 0-3-0-1), (SAS 2-2), (SEA 0-1), (SPO 1-0), (SC 0-2), (TRI 0-1), (VAN 0-2), (VIC 0-2)

FEBRUARY 26th TEAM HISTORY: On this day during the 2010-11 season the Tigers welcomed the Prince Albert Raiders to town as Emerson Etem, Linden Vey and captain Wacey Hamilton were looking to reach 39 wins on the season. Deven Dubyk was making his first start in 13 games, giving starter Tyler Bunz a night off. Medicine Hat would take the game 7-3, Tyler Pitlick scored a hat trick (25, 26, 27), while Vey had 3 assists, Etem chipped in with 2 goals (37, 38) and rookie Curtis Valk scored his 5th of the year.

GAME OF FIRSTS: Last game against the Regina Pats sported a trio of firsts for Tiger players as Zach Fischer buried his first goal of the season, the last time #9 bulged the twine was March 21st, 2015. Brian Williams also scored his 1st goal as a Tiger and 1st goal in 20 games (split with Tri-City and MH), his last goal was on December 15th, 2015 as a member of the Americans. Finally, Brad Forrest, who setup the Fischer goal, notched his first career multi-point game with 2 assists on the night

WHO'S HOT: TIGERS: David Quenneville has 12 points in his past 13 games, Chad Butcher has 10 points in his past 13 games and Matt Bradley has 4 points in his last 2 games. BRONCOS: Tyler Steenbergen has 8 goals in his last 7 games, Lane Pederson has 5 points in his last 5 games and Scott Feser has recorded 4 points in his last 5 games

11 LEFT: Medicine Hat's season is coming to a close but the Tabbies know they aren't going down without a fight for the final wildcard position. With 11 games left (including tonight), Medicine Hat faces 7 division rivals including the Kootenay Ice 3 times, points are crucial for the Tigers to compete for a 14th consecutive year in the post season

2015-16 CLUB LEADERS:

Goals (25) Max Gerlach Assists (36) Chad Butcher Points (56) Chad Butcher

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

SPECIAL TEAMS:

POWER PLAY: 51/253 - 20.2% (ranked 12th in WHL)

AWAY- 20/132 - 15.2% (ranked T21st in WHL)

PENALTY KILL: 179/238 - 75.2% (ranked 21st in WHL)

AWAY- 106/136 - 77.9% (ranked 12th 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.

TIGERS SCHEDULE:

LAST FIVE REGULAR SEASON

RESULTS:

NEXT FIVE:

TIME:

Feb. 13 @ Swift Current Broncos

4-1 LOSS

@ Swift Current Broncos Fri. Feb. 26

6:00 PM (MT)

Feb. 19 VS. Calgary Hitmen

3-2 WIN

VS. Brandon Wheat Kings Sat. Feb. 27

7:30 PM (MT)

Feb. 20 VS. Portland Winterhawks

8-1 LOSS

VS. Kootenay Ice Tues. Mar. 1

7:00 PM (MT)

Feb. 21 @ Calgary Hitmen

3-2 OTW

@ Edmonton Oil Kings Fri. Mar. 4

7:00 PM (MT)

Feb. 23 VS. Regina Pats

5-4 SOL

VS. Swift Current Broncos Sat. Mar. 5

7:30 PM (MT)

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