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Game Day Preview December 27 at Lethbridge

December 27, 2022 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Medicine Hat Tigers News Release


LAST GAME: 4-1 W Vs Kelowna Rockets: The Medicine Hat Tigers closed out their start to the Holiday break in a big way defeating the Kelowna Rockets 4-1 on December 17th at Co-op Place. Oasiz Wiesblatt scored with .1 seconds left on the clock to tie the game at 1-1 in the first period and the tabbies never looked back Tyler MacKenzie would bang home the game winner in the second period while Dallon Melin and Cayden Lindstrom would each register a goal and an assist in the third period on route to the 13th win of the season for the Tigers as well as Beckett Langkows win totals making 13 saves.

VS LETHBRIDGE: It's the 5th of 8 meetings this season between the Tigers and Hurricanes, Medicine Hat won the season opener September 24 at Co-op Place 9-1 while the Hurricanes has won the last two games in the season series in their home opener September 30, 5-4 and at Co-op Place on November 5, it was Lethbridge picking up a 3-2 road win. Jett Jones, Logan Wormald & Tyson Zimmer would score for the Hurricanes while Dallon Melin and Andrew Basha tallied for the Tigers in the loss. The most recent encounter came on December 9 as the Tigers fell 5-3 to the Hurricanes as Tyson Zimmer would score the game winner at 9:36 in the third period while Dru Krebs, Owen MacNeil and Brayden Boehm would score in the loss for Medicine Hat.

The All-time record for the Tigers over the Hurricanes since the 1996-97 season is 114-81-8-4 with one tie. While the Tigers on the road are 50-48-5-1 in 105 games played.

HEAD TO HEAD

2021-2022 2022-23

Nov 19 @ LET (7-3 L) Sept 23 @ MH (9-1 W)

Dec 17 @ LET (6-4 L) Sept 30 @ LET (5-4 L)

Dec 18 @ MH (5-3 L) Nov 5 @ MH (3-2 L)

Jan 15 @ MH (6-3 L) Dec 9 @ LET(5-3 L)

Feb 19 @ MH (2-1 L) Dec 27 @ LET

Feb 26 @ LET (9-2 L) Feb 4 @ MH

Apr 1 @ MH (6-3 L) Feb 10 @ LET

Apr 2 @ MH (6-1 L) Feb 11 @ MH

TALE OF THE TAPE

MEDICINE HAT TIGERS (13-17-4-1) 31pts

4TH in Central Division

8TH in Eastern Conference

PP - Overall 32/154 - 20.8% - Away 16/78 - 20.5%

Vs LET - 3/8 - 37.5% @ LET - 2/9 - 22.2%

PK - Overall 117/154 -76.0% - Away 59/79 -74.7%

Vs LET - 12/13 - 92.3% @ LET 5/7 - 71.4%

LETHBRIDGE HURRICANES (19-13-0-1) 39pts

2nd in Central Division

5th in Eastern Conference

PP - Overall 27/152 - 17.8% - Home 11/82 - 13.4%

Vs MH - 2/7 - 28.5% @MH - 1/13 - 7.6%

PK - Overall 105/138 - 76.1% - Home 60/72 -83.3.4%

Vs MH - 7/9 - 77.7% @MH - 5/8 - 62.5%

2022-23 REGULAR SEASON STAT LEADERS

Goals - Lee (18) Assists - Basha (25)

Points - Lee (33) +/- Parsons (+12)

PIMS - Bocharov (48) Wins - Langkow (13)

Shutouts - N/A Save % - Langkow .888%

GAA - Langkow (3.12)

PLAYERS TO WATCH

- Andrew Basha 34 GP: 7-25-32 PTS - Oasiz Wiesblatt 35 GP: 15-13-28 PTS

- Brenden Lee 35 GP: 18-15-33 PTS (12 PPG) - Brayden Boehm 35 GP: 13-10-23 PTS

- Tyler MacKenzie 35 GP: 12-11-23 PTS - Dru Krebs 34 GP: 3-15-18 PTS

- Reid Andresen 35 GP: 5-14-19 PTS - Cayden Lindstrom 28 GP: 9-9-18 PTS (06 Born)

MILESTONE WATCH

Beckett Langkow - 2 GP from 60 Career GP Hunter St. Martin - 4 GP from 50 career GP

Brenden Lee - 1 G away from 40 Career Reid Andresen - 2 PTS away from 40 Career PTS Brenden Lee - 2 PTS away from 75 Career PTS

NEWS & NOTES

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.

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 13 seasons coaching in the WHL. Desjardins first win as Tigers Head Coach was a 4-3 win on September 24, 2002 against the Saskatoon Blades.

Busy Beckett:Tigers Goaltender Beckett Langkow leads the WHL in minutes played with 1638 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 86 points (20 goals, 66 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 8th in WHL Rookie scoring with 18 points (9 goals, 9 assists) in 28 games played.

From Cessford with Love: Tigers Rookie Forward Shane Smith is 3rd in Rookie goal scoring with 11 goals.

Man Down, No Problem: Going into tonight's game in Red Deer, the Tigers are 10th 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

Wed Dec 14 @ Prince Albert Raiders (3-2 W) Tue Dec 27 @ Lethbridge Hurricanes (7pm)

Fri Dec 16 Vs Red Deer Rebels (6-4 L) Wed Dec 28 Vs Swift Current Broncos (7pm)

Sat Dec 17 Vs Kelowna Rocket (4-1 W) Sat Dec 31 @ Swift Current Broncos (7pm)

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