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Game 71: March 20 vs. Saskatoon

March 20, 2015 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
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@ BLADES : Tonight will mark the beginning of a historic home and home series between these two clubs. The Tigers and Blades have split their previous two games, with Saskatoon taking home a 5-4 victory on January 16th. Dryden Hunt leads all active Tigers in scoring against the Blades this season, netting 6 points in 4 games played, 4 of those as a member of the Regina Pats.

TONIGHT'S MATCHUP:

Tigers goaltender Nick Schneider has started in both games against the Blades this season, posting a 1-1-0-0 mark and 3.04 GAA Saskatoon has lost 7 straight games heading into tonight's game and have lost 8 of their last 9 Saskatoon is 2-8-0-0 in their last 10 games, while Medicine Hat is 6-3-1-0, and have won 6 of the last 9 games

2014-15 WHL RANKINGS:

Record (43-23-2-2). Central Div. - 2nd

Eastern Con. - 3rd

HOME (24-9-2-0) AWAY (19-14-0-2)

TIGERS FAST FACTS:

With the Tigers victory and a Calgary victory on Wednesday, the Tigers are now just 1 point back of the Central Division title race Cole Sanford recorded his 50th goal of the season on this night and became the 2nd WHL player to reach the mark this season as well Tigers goaltender Marek Langhamer has started the last 6 of 7 games for Medicine Hat, posting 2 shutouts in that span With the win and a Red Deer overtime loss, the Tigers have clinched home ice advantage for the playoffs but still trail Calgary for the Central Division lead

LAST GAME: The Tigers finished off their season series with the Prince Albert Raiders on Wednesday night as the Tigers got out to a quick start with a Chad Butcher goal just over a minute into the game. The Tigers had a scoring spree in the second, netting three goals on Raiders goaltender Rylan Parenteau. Matt Staples kicked things off in the frame with his 2nd of the season tipping in a point shot, 17 seconds later Dryden Hunt added a marker on a quick wrist shot and Steven Owre added one before the buzzer sounded to give the Tigers a 4-1 lead after 2 period. The final frame saw the team's trade goals but the Tigers would add one more on a marker from Cole Sanford, his 50th of the season, Marek Langhamer stopped 27 shots for his 28th victory of the season.

IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THIS: Tigers fans will be scoreboard watching as we enter the final weekend of the season and the playoffs begin. Medicine Hat is currently sitting in second place in the Central Division, battling the Calgary Hitmen for the banner. Calgary will finish with a home and home series with Kootenay which kicks off tonight as well.

CLUB LEADERS:

Goals (50) Cole Sanford Assists (79) Trevor Cox - WHL Points (106) Trevor Cox

PIM (97) Tyler Lewington Plus/Minus (+33) Kyle Burroughs Wins (28) Marek Langhamer

SPECIAL TEAMS:

POWER PLAY: 67/315 - 21.3% (ranked 10th in WHL) HOME: 21.9% (Ranked 14th in WHL), AWAY: 20.5% (Ranked 7th in WHL) PENALTY KILL: 209/257 - 81.3% (ranked 7th in WHL) HOME: 86.5% (Ranked 3rd in WHL), AWAY: 76.3% (Ranked 15th in WHL)

TIGERS ROSTER MAKEUP: The Tigers currently have 24 players on the roster - 2 Goaltenders, 8 Defenseman and 14 forwards

AGE BREAKDOWN : 3 - 20 year olds, 10 - 19 year olds, 4 - 18 year olds, 5 - 17 year olds and 2 - 16 year olds

NHL DRAFTED / SIGNED PLAYERS: Marek Langhamer (Phoenix Coyotes), Tyler Lewington (Washington Capitals), Tommy Vannelli (St. Louis Blues) and Kyle Burroughs (New York Islanders)

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.

LAST FIVE: RESULTS:

VS. Kootenay Ice 1-0 WIN

@ Kootenay Ice 7-1 WIN

VS. Edmonton Oil Kings 6-3 WIN

VS. Prince Albert Raiders 4-3 OTL

@ Prince Albert Raiders 6-2 WIN

NEXT FIVE: TIME:

@ Saskatoon Blades Friday March 20 7:00 PM (MT)

VS. Saskatoon Blades Saturday March 21 7:30 PM (MT)

Playoffs Game #1 vs. TBD TBD

Playoffs Game #2 vs. TBD TBD

Playoffs Game #3 vs. TBD TBD

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