WHL Medicine Hat Tigers

Game Day Preview January 6 at Edmonton

Published on January 6, 2023 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Medicine Hat Tigers News Release


LAST GAME: 4-3 OTL @ Swift Current Broncos: Despite trailing 2-0 going into the 3rd period on New Year's Eve, the Medicine Hat Tigers were able to come back thanks to third period goals from Brayden Boehm, Brenden Lee & Owen MacNeil before the Broncos would eventually take their first meeting of the year against the Tigers 4-3 on a Josh Filmon overtime winner. Beckett Langkow made 36 saves in a losing effort for the tabbies.

VS EDMONTON: It's the third of six meetings between the Tigers & Oil Kings this season. The Tigers have taken both games so far this season, last time occurring on December 6, 2022 as Oasiz Wiesblatt, Rhett Parsons, Tyler MacKenzie & Bogdans Hodass were on the scoresheet while Beckett Langkow made 16 saves in the win.

Since 2007-08, the Head to Head match-up between Edmonton & Medicine Hat has the Tigers with a 58-36-3-2 record while the Tigers on the road against the Oil Kings are 26-18-1-3. 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 (4-2 W)

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 (13-18-5-1) 32pts

5TH in Central Division

10TH in Eastern Conference

PP - Overall 33/162 - 20.4% - Away 17/86 - 19.8%

Vs EDM - 2/3 - 66.6% @EDM 1/4 - 25%

PK - Overall 123/163 -75.5% - Away 65/88 -73.9%

EDMONTON OIL KINGS (4-32-1-0) 9pts

6TH in Central Division

12TH in Eastern Conference

PP - Overall 19/170 - 11.2% - Home 10/93 - 10.8%

@ MH - 0/2 - 0% Vs MH 1/3 - 33.3%

PK - Overall 111/162 -67.3% - Home 54/79 - 68.4%

2022-23 REGULAR SEASON STAT LEADERS

Goals - Lee (20) Assists - Basha (25)

Points - Lee (36) +/- Parsons (+12)

PIMS - Pasha (52) Wins - Langkow (13)

Shutouts - N/A Save % - Langkow .887%

GAA - Langkow (3.14)

PLAYERS TO WATCH

- Andrew Basha 36 GP: 7-25-32 PTS - Oasiz Wiesblatt 37 GP: 15-14-29 PTS

- Brenden Lee 37 GP: 20-16-36 PTS (12 PPG) - Brayden Boehm 37 GP: 14-10-24 PTS

- Dru Krebs 36 GP: 3-16-19 PTS - Reid Andresen 36 GP: 5-15-20 PTS

- Cayden Lindstrom 28 GP: 9-9-18 PTS - Kadon McCann (WHL Debut)

(06 Born)

MILESTONE WATCH

Kurtis Smythe - 3 games away from 150 GP

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's 725 saves this season puts him 5th in WHL Goaltending categories, while being second in minutes played with 1759.

Defenders Attacking: The Tigers defence core of Rhett Parsons, Bogdans Hodass, Dru Krebs, Pasha Bocharov, Josh Van Mulligen & Reid Andresen have contributed to 88 points (20 goals, 68 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 11 goals.

Man Down, No Problem: Going into tonight's game in Red Deer, the Tigers are 6th in shorthanded goals for in the WHL with 5, (Smith, St. Martin, Bocharov, Boehm, MacNeil)

Lee's Laser: Coming into action tonight, Tigers forward Brenden Lee is 3rd in the Western Hockey League with 12 power play goals but also 5th 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 (9): Andresen, Parsons, Wiesblatt, MacKenzie, Krebs, St. Martin, Boehm, Van Mulligen, Mrsic, Lindstrom, Basha, McCann

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

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

Sat Dec 17 Vs Kelowna Rockets (4-1 W) Fri Jan 6 @ Edmonton Oil Kings (7pm)

Tue Dec 27 @ Lethbridge Hurricanes (3-2 L) Sat Jan 7 Vs Swift Current Broncos (7pm)

Sat Dec 31 @ Swift Current Broncos (4-3 OTL) Tue Jan 10 @ Swift Current Broncos (6pm)

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