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WHL Medicine Hat Tigers

Game 65: March 4. vs. Edmonton

March 4, 2016 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Medicine Hat Tigers News Release


@ OIL KINGS: Tonight the Tigers play in one of the biggest games of the season as they take on the Edmonton Oil Kings for the final time this season. The Tigers sit just 6 points back of Edmonton for the final wildcard position in the post season. The Tigers have taken all 5 games this year including their last matchup a 4-3 victory in the shootout, January 15th.

TONIGHT'S MATCHUP:

Medicine Hat come in unbeaten in regulation in their past 5 games and have earned points in 6 of their last 7 games, leaving the Tabbies 6 points back of the final wildcard spot with 8 games remaining (16 points available)

Edmonton has lost 2 straight games heading into tonight and are 4-6-0-0 in their past 10 games, Edmonton has allowed 14 goals in their 2 straight losses, while only scoring 5 times

Mason Shaw leads all Tigers in scoring against the Oil Kings this year, with 6 points in 5 games and Brandon Baddock leads all Oil Kings in scoring against the Tigers with 4 goals in 5 games

2015-16 WHL RANKINGS: Record (25-34-3-2). Central Div. - 5th Eastern Con. - 9th Home - (14-15-1-2) Away (11-19-2-0)

TIGERS FAST FACTS:

Edmonton is 6-3-0-0 over their past 10 games at Rexall Place, meanwhile the Tigers are 3-7-0-0 in their past 10 games on the road dating back to January 22nd, however Medicine Hat has won their last 2 road games

Tigers have their only winning record against the Central Division (14-9-2-1), they have 6 games left against division rivals

Edmonton's power play at Rexall Place is ranked 4th in the WHL with a 24.5% mark, the Tigers have the 3rd most power play opportunities in the league on the road this season (136)

TIGERS VS: (BDN 1-3), (CGY 4-1), (EDM 5-0), (EVT 1-0), (KAM 2-0), (KEL 0-3), (KTN 4-0-1), (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 1-2), (TRI 0-1), (VAN 0-2), (VIC 0-2)

MARCH 4th TEAM HISTORY: The Oil Kings and Tigers met on this day during the 2007-2008 season in Medicine Hat. Ryan Holfeld stopped a second period penalty shot on Logan Proulx and stopped another 17 shots in a 4-1 victory. Jerrid Sauer had 2 assists on the night, joining him were Mark Isherwood, Tyler Ennis and Bretton Cameron who also had multi-point games. The victory was the Tigers 39th on the season and was their second win of a 6 game winning streak.

EVERYONE CONTRIBUTING: Medicine Hat has had lots of success against the Oil Kings this season, a feat that was unheard of during Edmonton's back to back to back runs to the WHL Finals. Every roster player, with the exception of 2 have recorded a point this season against Edmonton, with 4 players (Bradley, Jevne, Butcher, Quenneville) recording 5 points.

WHO'S HOT: TIGERS: David Quenneville has 15 points in his past 16 games, Zach Fischer has goals in 3 of his last 4 games, Matt Bradley has 8 points in his last 5 games and Nick Schneider has won 4 of his last 5 starts in net. OIL KINGS: Davis Koch has 5 points in his last 3 games, Aaron Irving has 6 points in his last 4 games, Dysin Mayo has 4 points his last 2 games and Patrick Dea has started 9 of the last 12 games.

SCHNEIDER SHUTTING THE DOOR: Tigers netminder Nick Schneider has been on fire as of late, with 2 shutouts in 3 games, Schneider has 3 career shutouts and sits with a 3.51 GAA and 0.900 SV % respectively. Against the Oil Kings, Schneider is 4-0-0-0 with a 2.25 GAA & 0.942 SV %.

2015-16 CLUB LEADERS:

Goals (26) Max Gerlach Assists (37) Chad Butcher Points (60) Chad Butcher

PIM (111) Connor Clouston Plus/Minus (E) Clayton Kirichenko, Steven Owre

Wins (16) Nick Schneider

SPECIAL TEAMS:

POWER PLAY: 52/271 - 19.2% (ranked 13th in WHL)

AWAY- 20/136 - 14.7% (ranked T21st in WHL)

PENALTY KILL: 188/249 - 75.3% (ranked 20th in WHL)

AWAY- 109/139 - 78.4% (ranked 10th 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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