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Game Day Preview December 6 at Edmonton

December 6, 2022 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Medicine Hat Tigers News Release


LAST GAME: 2-1 L Vs Saskatoon Blades: It was a goaltenders duel between the Tigers Beckett Langkow and Blades netminder Austin Elliott. Despite outplaying the Blades it would be goals from Vaughn Watterodt and Jayden Wiens would be enough for the Blades to steal one from the Tigers Saturday Night. Oasiz Wiesblatt would score his 11th of the year to make things interesting and releasing the bears on the Tigers Teddy Bear Toss game but couldn't find the equalizer.

VS EDMONTON: It's the second of six meetings between the Tigers & Oil Kings this season. Medicine Hat won the season opener at home 6-1 over the defending WHL Champions November 23 at Co-op Place. The Tigers got goal scoring from six different players in Oasiz Wiesblatt, Brenden Lee, Brayden Boehm, Reid Andresen, Pasha Bocharov & Tomas Mrsic. While Beckett Langkow made 25 stops in the win.

Since 2007-08, the Head to Head match-up between Edmonton & Medicine Hat has the Tigers with a 57-36-3-2 record while the Tigers on the road against the Oil Kings are 25-18-1-3. Medicine Hat is 4-3 in overtime and 8-3 in shootouts against Edmonton

HEAD TO HEAD

2021-22 2022-23

Oct 9 @ MH (3-2 SOW) Nov 23 @ MH (6-1 W)

Oct 23 @ EDM (5-4 L) Dec 6 @ EDM

Dec 3 @ EDM (6-2 L) Jan 6 @ EDM

Feb 2 @ EDM (6-2 L) Mar 3 @ MH

Mar 2 @ EDM (5-2 L) Mar 17 @ EDM

Mar 9 @ MH (7-3 L) Mar 22 @ MH

Apr 15 @ MH (3-0 L)

TALE OF THE TAPE

MEDICINE HAT TIGERS (9-13-4-1) 23pts

5TH in Central Division

9TH in Eastern Conference

PP - Overall 27/124 - 21.8% - Away 13/56 - 23.2%

Vs EDM 2/3 - 66.6 % @ EDM -

PK - Overall 98/127 - 77.2% - Away 46/61 - 75.4%

Vs EDM -2/2 - 100% @ EDM -

EDMONTON OIL KINGS (4-22-1) 9pts

6th in Central Division

12th in Eastern Division

PP - Overall 15/119 - 12.6% - Home 8/66 - 12.1%

Vs MH - @ MH 0/2 - 0%

PK - Overall 85/123 - 69.1% - Home 42/59 -71.2%

Vs MH - @ MH 1/3 33.3%

2022-23 REGULAR SEASON STAT LEADERS

Goals - Lee (15) Assists - Basha (21)

Points - Basha (28) +/- Basha (+10)

PIMS - Bocharov (41) Wins - Langkow (9)

Shutouts - N/A Save % - Langkow .895%

GAA - Langkow (3.00)

PLAYERS TO WATCH

- Andrew Basha 26 GP: 7-21-28 PTS - Oasiz Wiesblatt 26 GP: 10-10-20 PTS

- Brenden Lee 27 GP: 15-11-26 PTS (10 PPG) - Brayden Boehm 27 GP: 9-8-17 PTS

- Tyler MacKenzie 27 GP: 9-8-17 PTS - Dru Krebs 25 GP: 2-12-14 PTS

- Reid Andresen 27 GP: 5-12-17 PTS

MILESTONE WATCH

Dru Krebs - 3 points away from 60 in his career Braydon Boehm - 1 points away from 40 in career

Owen MacNeil - 3 points from 50 in his career Hunter St. Martin - 8 GP from 50 career GP

Tyler MacKenzie - 2 games away from 100 GP

HC/GM Willie Desjardins - 2 wins away from 400 as Tigers Head Coach

NEWS & NOTES

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 have contributed to 71 points (16 goals, 55 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.

Smith, Shane Smith: Tigers Rookie Forward Shane Smith, leads all Tiger rookies in scoring with 10 points (8 goals, 2 assists), while the Cessford, AB product is 14th in WHL Rookie Scoring and 3rd in Rookie goals this season.

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 10 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 2 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

Sun Nov 27 Vs Prince Albert Raiders (4-2 L) Tue Dec 6 @ Edmonton Oil Kings (7pm)

Fri Dec 2 @ Calgary Hitmen (4-3 W) Wed Dec 7 @ Red Deer Rebels (7pm)

Sat Dec 3 Vs Saskatoon Blades (2-1 L) Fri Dec 9 @ Lethbridge Hurricanes (7pm)

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