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Game Day Preview December 7 at Red Deer

December 7, 2022 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Medicine Hat Tigers News Release


LAST GAME: 4-2 W @ Edmonton Oil Kings: It would take a while but the Medicine Hat Tigers picked up their 2nd straight win and third straight road win against the Edmonton Oil Kings Tuesday Night at Rogers Place. Despite trailing 1-0 early in the first period Oasiz Wiesblatt would notch the equalizer at 9:11 of the opening period before Kolby Hay of the Oil Kings put on a show in the 2nd period stopped a period high 25 shots from the Tigers to keep things deadlocked at 1-1 heading to the 3rd. But Rhett Parsons, Tyler MacKenzie and Bogdans Hodass would all find the back of the net to help secure the Tigers 4-2 victory over Edmonton.

VS RED DEER: It's the 3rd of 6 meetings this season between the Tigers. The most recent encounter happened November 25 at the Centrium where a back and forth affair saw Tyler MacKenzie & Brenden Lee score in regulation to force overtime and it would take a shootout to finish things off as Andrew Basha, Brenden Lee and Oasiz Wiesblatt would score to give the Tigers their 1st win of the season series against Red Deer 3-2. Head to Head dating back to 1996-97, The Tigers have a record of in 170 GP: 86 wins, 71 losses, 5 overtime losses, 4 shootout losses and 4 ties. On the road, Medicine Hat is exactly .500 with the Rebels, going 38-38-1-4 with two ties.

HEAD TO HEAD

2021-22 2022-23

Oct 8 @ RD (4-2 L) Oct 21 @ MH (4-2 L)

Dec 11 @ RD (4-3 SOW) Nov 25 @ RD (3-2 SOW)

Jan 16 @ MH (5-2 L) Dec 7 @ RD

Jan 30 @ MH (3-2 W) Dec 16 @ MH

Mar 1 @ MH (11-1 W) Feb 18 @ MH

Mar 11 @ RD (6-3 L) Feb 20 @ RD

Mar 12 @ MH (6-2 L)

Mar 25 @ RD (3-0 L)

TALE OF THE TAPE

MEDICINE HAT TIGERS (10-13-4-1) 25pts

4TH in Central Division

8TH in Eastern Conference

PP - Overall 28/128 - 21.9% - Away 14/60 - 23.3%

Vs RD - 0/5 - 0% @ RD - 1/5 - 20%

PK - Overall 100/130 -76.9% - Away 48/64 - 75.0%

Vs RD - 4/5 - 80% @ RD 3/4 - 75.0%

RED DEER REBELS (18-5-1) 40pts

1st in Central Division

3rd in Eastern Division

PP - Overall 32/130 - 24.6% - Home 15/61 - 24.6%

Vs MH - 1/4 - 25.0% @MH - 1/4 - 25%

PK - Overall 111/132 - 83.2% - Home 48/56 -85.7%

Vs MH - 4/5 - 80.0% @MH - 5/5 - 100%

2022-23 REGULAR SEASON STAT LEADERS

Goals - Lee (15) Assists - Basha (23)

Points - Basha (30) +/- Basha (+11)

PIMS - St.Martin (43) Wins - Langkow (10)

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

GAA - Langkow (2.95)

PLAYERS TO WATCH

- Andrew Basha 27 GP: 7-23-30 PTS - Oasiz Wiesblatt 28GP: 12-11-23 PTS

- Brenden Lee 28 GP: 15-12-27 PTS (10 PPG) - Brayden Boehm 28 GP: 9-8-17 PTS

- Tyler MacKenzie 28 GP: 10-8-18 PTS - Dru Krebs 27 GP: 2-12-14 PTS

- Reid Andresen 28 GP: 5-13-18 PTS

MILESTONE WATCH

Tyler MacKenzie - Playing in Game #100 Hunter St. Martin - 8 GP from 50 career GP

Dru Krebs - 3 points away from 60 in his career Beckett Langkow - 7 GP from 60 Career GP

Oasiz Wiesblatt - 3 points away from 60 career

Owen MacNeil - 3 points from 50 in his career

Braydon Boehm - 1 points away from 40 in career

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

NEWS & NOTES

Busy Beckett: Tigers Goaltender Beckett Langkow leads the WHL in minutes played with 1381 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 74 points (18 goals, 56 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 (5 goals, 6 assists) in 21 games played.

From Cessford with Love: Tigers Rookie Forward Shane Smith is 3rd in Rookie goal scoring with 8 goals whiles he's 18th in WHL Rookie Scoring with 8 goals and 2 assists.

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 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

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)

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

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