Game Day Preview December 14 at Prince Albert
Published on December 14, 2022 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Medicine Hat Tigers News Release
LAST GAME: 8-3 L Vs Saskatoon Blades: After taking a 1-0 lead into the second period on Brenden Lee's 12th Power Play Goal of the year on 18th on the campaign, the Saskatoon Blades would explode for 6 straight goals before they'd finally finish Tuesday's game over the Tigers 8-3. Shane Smith and Oasiz Wiesblatt would score for Medicine Hat in the loss.
VS PRINCE ALBERT: It's the 4th and final meeting of the season between the Tigers and the Raiders, the Raiders have won all three match-ups in Medicine Hat November 8th 3-1 thanks to goals from Sloan Stanick, Hayden Pakkala & Carson Latimer, while Tikhon Chaika would steal the show making 32 saves in the win while Tyler MacKenzie would score for the Tigers in the loss. While in their most recent affair in Prince Albert November 19th, Shane Smith, Brenden Lee, Tyler MacKenzie & Cayden Lindstom would score but it wouldn't be enough as the Tigers fell 5-4 to the Raiders at the Art Hauser Centre.
The most recent win for Prince Albert came on November 27, as Cole Peardon, Evan Herman and Sloan Stanick would score a pair to give the Raiders a 4-2 win at Co-op Place.
Since 1996-97 the Head to Head match-up between Prince Albert & Medicine Hat has the Tigers with a 54-41-7-2 and two ties while the Tigers at the Art Hauser Centre are 22-23-3-2 with 1 tie.
HEAD TO HEAD
2021-22 2022-23
Oct 16 @ PA (3-2 SOL) Nov 8 @ MH (3-1 L)
Oct 22 @ MH (6-2 W) Nov 19 @ PA (5-4 L)
Jan 22 @ PA (6-4 W) Nov 27 @ MH (4-2 L)
Feb 21 @ MH (4-1L) Dec 14 @ PA
TALE OF THE TAPE
MEDICINE HAT TIGERS (11-16-4-1) 27pts
4TH in Central Division
9TH in Eastern Conference
PP - Overall 31/146 - 21.2% - Away 16/75 - 21.3%
Vs PA - 2/7 - 33.33% @ PA - 1/4 - 24%
PK - Overall 109/145 - 75.2 - Away 41/52 - 82.7%
Vs PA - 5/7 - 71.4% @ PA 9/11 - 81.8%
PRINCE ALBERT RAIDERS (10-18-2) 22pts
6th in East Division
11th in Eastern Conference
PP - Overall 29/147 - 19.7% - Home 18/71 -25.4%
Vs MH - 2/11 - 18.1% @MH - 2/7 - 25.0%
PK - Overall 104/129 - 76.4% - Home 31/42 -73.8%
Vs MH - 3/4 - 75.0% @MH - 5/7 - 71.4%
2022-23 REGULAR SEASON STAT LEADERS
Goals - Lee (18) Assists - Basha (24)
Points - Basha (32) +/- Parsons (12)
PIMS - St.Martin (47) Wins - Langkow (11)
Shutouts - N/A Save % - Langkow .886%
GAA - Langkow (3.24)
PLAYERS TO WATCH
- Andrew Basha 301GP: 7-23-31 PTS - Oasiz Wiesblatt 32GP: 13-13-26 PTS
- Brenden Lee 32 GP: 18-15-32 PTS (12 PPG) - Brayden Boehm 32 GP: 12-9-21 PTS
- Tyler MacKenzie 32 GP: 10-10-20 PTS - Dru Krebs 31 GP: 3-14-17 PTS
- Reid Andresen 32 GP: 5-13-18 PTS - Cayden Lindstrom 25GP: 7-7-14 PTS *06 Born
MILESTONE WATCH
Beckett Langkow - 4 GP from 60 Career GP Hunter St. Martin - 4 GP from 50 career GP Owen MacNeil - 1 point from 50 in his career
NEWS & NOTES
Mr. 400: Tigers Head Coach & Willie Desjardins notched his 400th win as a Head Coach with the Medicine Hat Tigers December 10th in a 6-3 win at home against the Moose Jaw Warriors. Desjardins record in his 11 seasons coaching in the WHL has his record at 783: 410-310-64. Desjardins first win as Tigers Head Coach was a 4-3 win on September 24, 2002 agains the Saskatoon Blades.
Busy Beckett:Tigers Goaltender Beckett Langkow leads the WHL in minutes played with 1516 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.
Defenders Attacking: The Tigers defence core of Rhett Parsons, Bogdans Hodass, Dru Krebs, Pasha Bocharov, Josh Van Mulligen & Reid Andresen have contributed to 82 points (20 goals, 62 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.
The Lindstrom Lightning: Tigers Centre Cayden Lindstrom is in the Top 15 in WHL Rookie scoring with 14 points (7 goals, 7 assists) in 24 games played.
From Cessford with Love: Tigers Rookie Forward Shane Smith is 3rd in Rookie goal scoring with 10 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 12 power play goals but also 2nd in the entire Canadian Hockey League.
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
Fri Dec 9 @ Lethbridge Hurricanes (5-3 L) Wed Dec 14 @ Prince Albert Raiders (6pm)
Fri Dec 10 Vs Moose Jaw Warriors (6-3 W) Fri Dec 16 Vs Red Deer Rebels (7pm)
Tue Dec 13 @ Saskatoon Blades (8-3 L) Sat Dec 17 Vs Kelowna Rockets (7pm)
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- Rysavy Headed to Czechia's World Junior Camp - Moose Jaw Warriors
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- Americans Hit the Road on 6-Game Winning Streak - Tri-City Americans
- Samuel Honzek Invited to Slovakia's World Junior Selection Camp - Vancouver Giants
- Winterhawks Call up Defenseman Nicholas Andrusiak - Portland Winterhawks
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