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Game Day Preview January 13 at Brandon

January 13, 2023 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Medicine Hat Tigers News Release


LAST GAME 3-1 L Vs Swift Current Broncos: The Swift Current Broncos would notch their third straight win in the season series against the Tiger January 10, as Josh Filmon, Braeden Lewis and Luke Mistelbacher would score while Joey Rocha made 37 saves as the Broncos took out the Tigers 3-1. Shane Smith scored his 12th of the season on the power play and goaltender Evan May made 20 saves on 20 Broncos shots after relieving starter Beckett Langkow.

VS BRANDON: It's the 3rd of 4 meetings this season between the Wheat Kings & Tigers. The Tigers won the first two games at home 5-1 on October 22 & 6-1 November 16. Defence pair of Pasha Bocharov & Dru Krebs lead the Tigers in scoring against the Wheaties this season with 3 pts (1 goal & 2 assists).

Historically a since the 1996-1997 WHL Season the Tigers 48-53-6-2 with 4 ties, when travelling to Brandon the Tigers are 16-33-3-1 with two ties.

HEAD TO HEAD

2021-2022 2022-23

Nov 26 @ BDN (7-4 L) Oct 22 @ MH (5-1 W)

Dec 4 @ MH (4-1 L) Nov 16 @ MH (6-1 W)

Dec 7 @ BDN (6-4 L) Jan 13 @ BDN

Jan 12 @ MH (4-3 OTW) Mar 8 @ BDN

Feb 16 @ MH (4-1 L)

Apr 8 @ BDN (6-3 L)

TALE OF THE TAPE

MEDICINE HAT TIGERS (14-20-5-1) 34pts

5TH in Central Division

10TH in Eastern Conference

BRANDON WHEAT KINGS (17-18-4) 38pts

PP - Overall 35/173 - 20.2% - Away 19/93 - 20.4%

Vs BDN - 4/13 - 30.7% @BDN -

PK - Overall 132/175 -75.4% - Away 71/96 -74.0%

Vs BDN - 6/8 - 75.0% @BDN -

5TH in Central Division

9TH in Eastern Conference

PP - Overall 35/165 - 21.2% - Home 16/77 - 20.8.3%

Vs MH - @MH - 2/8 - 25.0%

PK - Overall 156/195 -80.0% - Home 67/88 -76.1%

Vs MH - @MH - 9/13 - 69.2%

2022-23 REGULAR SEASON STAT LEADERS

Goals - Lee (20) Assists - Basha (28)

Points - Lee (38) +/- Basha (+10)

PIMS - Parsons (56) Wins - Langkow (13)

Shutouts - N/A Save % - May .889%

GAA - Langkow (3.24)

PLAYERS TO WATCH

- Andrew Basha 39 GP: 7-28-35 PTS - Oasiz Wiesblatt 40 GP: 16-16-32 PTS

- Brenden Lee 39 GP: 20-18-38 PTS (12 PPG) - Brayden Boehm 40 GP: 16-11-27 PTS

- Dru Krebs 39 GP: 5-17-22 PTS - Cayden Lindstrom 33 GP: 9-9-18 PTS

- Dallon Melin 39 GP: 8-14-22 PTS - Shane Smith 40 GP: 12-5-17

MILESTONE WATCH

NEWS & NOTES

Latvian Leap: Second year defenceman Bogdans Hodass represented Team Lativa at the completed 2023 World Junior Hockey Championships in Halifax, Nova Scotia for the second straight year. Hodass had 4 points (2 goals, 2 assists. As he returns to the Tigers line-up in 27 GP, Hodass has 4 goals & 11 assists for 15 points.

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's 762 saves this season puts him 6th in WHL Goaltending categories, while being second in minutes played with 1840.

Defenders Attacking: The Tigers defence core of Rhett Parsons, Bogdans Hodass, Dru Krebs, Pasha Bocharov, Josh Van Mulligen & Reid Andresen have contributed to 90 points (21 goals, 69 assists)

The Chetwynd Kid: Tigers Centre Cayden Lindstrom is 10th in WHL Rookie scoring with 18 points (9 goals, 9 assists) in 30 games played.

From Cessford with Love: Tigers Rookie Forward Shane Smith is 5th in Rookie goal scoring with 12.

Man Down, No Problem: Going into tonight's game against Swift Current, the Tigers are 6th in shorthanded goals for in the WHL with 7, (Smith, St. Martin, Bocharov, Boehm x2, MacNeil, Lee)

Lee's Laser: Coming into action tonight, Tigers forward Brenden Lee is 4th in the Western Hockey League with 12 power play goals but also 7th in the entire Canadian Hockey League.

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.

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 (12): Andresen, Parsons, Wiesblatt, MacKenzie, Krebs, St. Martin, Boehm, Van Mulligen, Mrsic, Lindstrom, Basha, Calhoon

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

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 Jan 6 @ Edmonton Oil Kings (3-2 W) Fri Jan 13 @ Brandon Wheat Kings (6pm)

Fri Jan 7 @ Swift Current Broncos (6-4 L) Sat Jan 14 @ Winnipeg Ice (7pm)

Tue Jan 10 @ Swift Current Broncos (6pm) Tue Jan 17 Vs Prince George Cougars (7pm)

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