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Game 70: March 13 vs. Calgary

March 13, 2016 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
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@ HITMEN: Tonight Medicine Hat will finish the season series against the Calgary Hitmen with the Tigers holding a 4-1-0-0 record this season. Calgary comes into tonight's game having won 3 straight games taking the home and home series against the Edmonton Oil Kings. Medicine Hat comes off of a heartbreaking 4-3 loss to the Kootenay Ice last night, despite throwing 59 shots on goal.

TONIGHT'S MATCHUP:

Medicine Hat continues to battle for the final playoff spot with 3 games remaining (including tonight), the Tabbies sit 2 points back of Edmonton, Medicine Hat is 7-2-0-1 down the stretch in their past 10 games

Calgary comes into tonight game 6-3-0-1 in their past 10 games and are the most penalized team in the Eastern Conference (1026)

Mason Shaw leads all Tigers in scoring against the Hitmen with 8 points in 5 games, while Ty Stanton has 6 points in 5 games and Chad Butcher leads the Tigers in goals with 4 in 5 games this season

2015-16 WHL RANKINGS: Record (28-36-3-2). Central Div. - 5th Eastern Con. - 9th Home - (16-16-1-2) Away (12-20-2-0)

TIGERS FAST FACTS:

Tigers goalie Mack Shields is 3-0-0-0 against his former team, sporting a 2.33 GAA and 0.923 save percentage, Shields spent the first 3 years of his WHL career with the Hitmen before coming over in a trade with Prince George this season

Jordy Stallard leads all Hitmen skaters in points against the Tigers with 4 in 5 games

Cody Porter, Calgary's goaltender has started the past 6 games, posting a 4-2-0-0 record and only allowing 3 goals in 2 of those starts, Porter hasn't allowed 4 or more goals since February 14th vs. Lethbridge

TIGERS VS: (BDN 1-3), (CGY 4-1), (EDM 6-0), (EVT 1-0), (KAM 2-0), (KEL 0-3), (KTN 5-1-1), (LETH 1-3-1), (MJ 2-2), (POR 0-1), (PA 1-2-1), (PG 1-1), (RD 0-5-0-1), (REG 0-3-0-1), (SAS 2-2), (SEA 0-1), (SPO 1-0), (SC 1-3), (TRI 0-1), (VAN 0-2), (VIC 0-2)

MARCH 13th TEAM HISTORY: Medicine Hat took on the Regina Pats back during the 2004-2005 season on a Sunday night in the Queen City. The Tigers would have 6 skaters who recorded 2 or more points on the night. Stefan Meyer recorded his 34th of the season but also chipped in with 3 assists on the night. Cam Barker, Kieran Block and Clarke MacArthur all had 3 point night in an 8-1 victory.

SOMETHING FISHY: Tigers forward Zach Fischer has had a tough season battling two long term injuries that sidelined him for 38 games this year. However Fischer has recorded 7 points in his last 9 games

WHO'S HOT: TIGERS: David Quenneville has 20 points in his past 20 games, Chad Butcher has 9 points in his last 3 games and Mason Shaw has 5 points in his last 3 games. HITMEN: Jakob Stukel and Taylor Sanheim are on 3 game point streaks, Radel Fazleev has 4 points in his last 2 games, Carsen Twarynski is on a 5 game point streak, recording 7 points during that span and Travis Sanheim is on a 4 game point streak with 9 points in that span

30 GOAL MARK: Max Gerlach has had a great season in his rookie year, currently leading the Tigers in goals scored and for a while, led all WHLers in power play markers. Last night Gerlach scored his 30th of the season, becoming the 136th player in franchise history to reach the mark in a single season. His 30 goals are the most by a Tigers rookie since Emerson Etem had 37 during the 2009-10 season.

2015-16 CLUB LEADERS:

Goals (30) Max Gerlach Assists (43) Chad Butcher   Points (70) Chad Butcher

PIM (115) Connor Clouston Plus/Minus (+5) Clayton Kirichenko Wins (19) Nick Schneider

SPECIAL TEAMS:

POWER PLAY: 59/292 - 20.2% (ranked 13th in WHL)

AWAY-22/147 - 15.0% (ranked 20th in WHL)

PENALTY KILL: 197/264 - 74.6% (ranked 21st in WHL)

AWAY- 111/143 - 77.6% (ranked 11th 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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