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Game Day Preview December 10 vs Moose Jaw

December 10, 2022 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Medicine Hat Tigers News Release


LAST GAME: 5-3 L @ Lethbridge Hurricanes: Tyson Zimmer would be the hero for the 4th meeting of the season between the Tigers and Hurricanes. His two goal effort proved to more than enough despite the Tigers tying the game up in the 2nd period going to the 3rd thanks to goals by Dru Krebs, Owen MacNeil & Brayden Boehm, but Zimmer's 2nd of the night at 10:47 would be the eventual game winner to give the Hurricanes the victory and now lead the season series against the Tigers three game to one.

VS MOOSE JAW: This is the 3rd of 4 meeting this seasons between the Tigers and the Warriors with the season series split at one game a piece. Moose Jaw won the opening match-up on Remembrance Day in a 5-4 shootout win that went back and forth with Denton Mateychuk scoring the shootout winner.

The next night in Moose Jaw it would the Tigers scoring 5 unanswered goals to take the second game of the season series 5-1 at the Moose Jaw Events Centre. Brayden Boehm & Brenden Lee scored twice in the victory.

The Head to Head match-up for the Tigers and Warriors going back to the 1996-97 season has Medicine Hat with a 58-37-8-1 record including 5 ties, while at home, The Tigers are 34-11-4-3 with two ties against the Warriors.

HEAD TO HEAD

2021-2022 2022-23

Oct 29 @ MJ (4-3 L) Nov 11 @ MH (5-4 SOW)

Nov 6 @ MH (3-2 L) Nov 12 @ MJ (5-1 L)

Jan 14 @ MJ (6-2 L) Dec 10 @ MH

Feb 5 @ MH (5-2 L) Jan 28 @ MJ

TALE OF THE TAPE

MEDICINE HAT TIGERS (10-15-4-1) 25pts

4TH in Central Division

9TH in Eastern Conference

PP - Overall 29/137 - 21.2% - Home 14/68 - 20.6%

Vs MJ - 1/5 - 20.0% @ MJ - 0/2 - 0%

PK - Overall 106/137 -77.4% - Home 52/66 - 78.8%

Vs MJ - 1/2 - 50.0% @ MJ 3/4 - 75.0%

MOOSE JAW WARRIORS (19-10-0) 38pts

3rd in East Division

4th in Eastern Conference

PP - Overall 26/107 - 24.3% - Away 10/48 - 20.8%

Vs MH - 1/4 - 25% @MH - 1/2 - 50.0%

PK - Overall 82/103 - 79.6% - Away 40/50 -80.0%

Vs MH - 2/2 - 100% @MH - 4/5 - 80%

2022-23 REGULAR SEASON STAT LEADERS

Goals - Lee (16) Assists - Basha (23)

Points - Basha (30) +/- Parsons (10)

PIMS - St.Martin (45) Wins - Langkow (10)

Shutouts - N/A Save % - Langkow .892%

GAA - Langkow (3.07)

PLAYERS TO WATCH

- Andrew Basha 29 GP: 7-23-30 PTS - Oasiz Wiesblatt 30GP: 12-12-24 PTS

- Brenden Lee 30 GP: 15-13-27 PTS (11 PPG) - Brayden Boehm 30 GP: 10-8-17 PTS

- Tyler MacKenzie 30 GP: 10-8-18 PTS - Dru Krebs 29 GP: 3-12-15 PTS

- Reid Andresen 30 GP: 5-13-18 PTS

MILESTONE WATCH

Dru Krebs - 2 points away from 60 in his career Beckett Langkow - 6 GP from 60 Career GP

Oasiz Wiesblatt - 2 points away from 60 career Hunter St. Martin - 6 GP from 50 career GP

Owen MacNeil - 2 points from 50 in his career

HC/GM Willie Desjardins - 1 win away from 400 as Tigers Head Coach

NEWS & NOTES

Busy Beckett: Tigers Goaltender Beckett Langkow leads the WHL in minutes played with 1408 including a stretch of ten straight starts from September 24 to October 2.

Latvian Leap: Second year defenceman Bogdans Hodass will represent Team Lativa at the upcoming World Junior Hockey Championships in Halifax, Nova Scotia for the second straight year. In 24 GP this season, Hodass has 4 goals and 11 assists for 15 points. At this summer's World Juniors in Edmonton, Hodass had 1 goal and 1 assist in 5 games making it to the Quarter Finals.

Tigers Teddies: The Medicine Hat Tigers held their Annual Teddy Bear Toss Saturday night at Co-op Place. Oasiz Wiesblatt would score the Teddy Goal in a 2-1 L against Saskatoon

Defenders Attacking: The Tigers defence core of Rhett Parsons, Bogdans Hodass, Dru Krebs, Pasha Bocharov, Josh Van Mulligen, Reid Andresen & Josh Van Mulligen have contributed to 75 points (18 goals, 57 assists)

Silver Lining: Tigers forward Tomas Mrsic returns to the Tigers after taking home a silver medal at the World U17s in Langley, BC. Mrsic had one goal and one assists for Team Canada Red. Cayden Lindstrom also participated in the U17s as a member of Team White scoring two goals and two assists in the tournament.

Lindstrom Lightning: Tigers Centre Cayden Lindstrom is in the Top 15 in WHL Rookie scoring with 11 points (6 goals, 6 assists) in 23 games played.

From Cessford with Love: Tigers Rookie Forward Shane Smith is 3rd in Rookie goal scoring with 8 goals.

Go Shorty: Going into tonight's game in Red Deer, the Tigers are 9th in shorthanded goals for in the WHL with 4, (Smith, St. Martin, Bocharov, Boehm)

Lee's Laser: Coming into action tonight, Tigers forward Brenden Lee is 2nd in the Western Hockey League with 11 power play goals but also 2nd in the entire Canadian Hockey League.

Behind the Bench: This is Tigers Head Coach Willie Desjardins' 11th season coaching the Tigers in two different tenures and is just 1 wins away from 400 while coaching the Orange & Black.

MacNeil's Navy: The Tigers announced their leadership group for the 2022-23 WHL Season, Owen MacNeil was named the 39th Captain in Tigers history, while Rhett Parsons, Dru Krebs, Tyler MacKenzie & Dallon Melin will all wear alternate captain's A's on their jerseys this season.

HOW THE TIGERS WERE BUILT

WHL Draft (9): Andresen, Parsons, Wiesblatt, MacKenzie, Krebs, St. Martin, Boehm, Van Mulligen, Mrsic, Lindstrom, Basha, McKenna

Trade (5): Bocharov, Lee, MacNeil, Smythe & May

CHL Import Draft (1): Hodass

Listed/Signed (2): Langkow, Hanas

Waivers (1): Melin

ROSTER AGE BREAKDOWN (* indicates rookie):

Alberta - 11 -Parsons, Wiesblatt, MacKenzie, Krebs, Langkow, St. Martin *, Smith *, Melin, Van Mulligen *, MacNeil, Basha

BC - 5 - Smythe, Lindstrom *, Mrsic *, Boehm & May

Saskatchewan- 1 - Andresen

Yukon-1-McKenna*

USA - 3 - Lee, Hanas & Bocharov Latvia - 1 - Hodass

PREVIOUS THREE GAMES NEXT THREE GAMES (all times MT/SD

Tue Dec 6 @ Edmonton Oil Kings (4-2 W) Fri Dec 10 Vs Moose Jaw Warriors (7pm)

Wed Dec 7 @ Red Deer Rebels (5-2 L) Tue Dec 13 @ Saskatoon Blades (6pm)

Fri Dec 9 @ Lethbridge Hurricanes (5-3 L) Wed Dec 14 @ Prince Albert Raiders (6pm)

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