Game 66: March 5 vs. Swift Current
Published on March 5, 2016 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Medicine Hat Tigers News Release
VS. BRONCOS: Tonight the Tigers are matched up against the Swift Current Broncos for the final time this season. The season series only started in February with the Tabbies holding a 1-2-0-0 record. Medicine Hat won the last meet, just a week ago, a 2-0 victory where Nick Schneider stopped 34 saves for his 1st shutout of the season.
TONIGHT'S MATCHUP:
Medicine Hat come in unbeaten in regulation in their past 6 games and have earned points in 7 of their last 8 games, leaving the Tabbies 4 points back of the final wildcard spot with 7 games remaining (14 points available)
Swift Current is coming off of a 3-2 shootout victory last night in Regina, which snapped a 5 game winless streak for the Broncos
Steven Owre continues to lead the Tigers in scoring against the Broncos with just 2 goals in 3 games, Lane Pederson has 12 points (8 as a Red Deer Rebel) against Medicine Hat this season
2015-16 WHL RANKINGS: Record (26-34-3-2). Central Div. - 5th Eastern Con. - 9th Home - (14-15-1-2) Away (12-19-2-0)
TIGERS FAST FACTS:
Medicine Hat is 6-3-0-1 over their past 10 games, including riding a 4 game winning streak. The Tigers are coming off of a huge victory against the Edmonton Oil Kings last night, which Matt Bradley scored with 31 seconds left to win it
Tigers will look to improve their 6-14-1-1 record against the East Division, Tigers are 2-0-0-1 in their last 3 against East Division teams
Swift Current goaltender Taz Burman has struggled as of late, in his last 9 starts he sports a 1-6-1-1 record, meanwhile for the Tigers, Nick Schneider has won 4 straight starts including 2 shutouts since an 8-1 loss to Portland
Ryan Jevne has 9 points on the season with 6 of those points coming against the Edmonton Oil Kings, including another goal last night
TIGERS VS: (BDN 1-3), (CGY 4-1), (EDM 6-0), (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 5th TEAM HISTORY: We head back to the 2001-02 season when the Tigers took on the Lethbridge Hurricanes. Medicine Hat was looking to finish strong, looking for their 30th win of the year. The Tigers would end up with a 7-4 victory on the heels of a huge performance by Joffrey Lupul, who recorded 6 points including 4 goals (50, 51, 52, 53), Chris St. Jacques also had a 4 point night (2G, 2A) and 3 defenseman had 2 point nights as well, including Jay Bouwmeester.
PLAYOFF PUSH: The Medicine Hat Tigers are in a fight for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference and have made their stance that nothing will get in their way after a 5-4 victory over Edmonton last night. The Tabbies are 4 points behind the Oil Kings with 7 games left.
WHO'S HOT: TIGERS: David Quenneville has 17 points in his past 17 games, Max Gerlach has 3 goals in his last 2 games, Matt Bradley has 10 points in his last 6 games and Nick Schneider has won 5 of his last 6 starts in net. BRONCOS: Jamal Watson is on a modest 3 game point streak (2G, 1A), Tyler Steenbergen has 5 points in 5 games (4G, 1A) and Lane Pederson has 3 points in his last 5 games
BREAKING BARRIERS: Both Steven Owre and Ryan Jevne broke out of longer than usual slumps last night against Edmonton. Owre snapped a 7 game goalless drought, while Jevne snapped a 33 game goalless drought.
2015-16 CLUB LEADERS:
Goals (28) Max Gerlach Assists (37) Chad Butcher  Points (60) Chad Butcher
PIM (111) Connor Clouston Plus/Minus (+1) Steven Owre Wins (17) Nick Schneider
SPECIAL TEAMS:
POWER PLAY: 54/275 - 19.6% (ranked 13th in WHL)
HOME- 32/135 - 23.7% (ranked 7th in WHL)
PENALTY KILL: 190/252 - 75.4% (ranked 21st in WHL)
HOME- 79/110 - 71.8% (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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