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Game Day Preview January 7 vs Swift Current

January 7, 2023 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Medicine Hat Tigers News Release


LAST GAME 3-2 W @ Edmonton Oil Kings: The Medicine Hat Tigers opened the 2023 portion of the 2022-23 WHL Season with their third consecutive victory in their season series with the defending WHL Champions, but it wasn't easy. Despite trailing twice including a 2-1 deficit heading into the third period at Rogers Place, Brayden Boehm was able to tie it early in the third, with Pasha Bocharov re-directing the eventual game winner at 17:08 while Evan May made 29 saves for his 1st ever Western Hockey League win.

VS SWIFT CURRENT: It's the 2nd of 8 meetings this season between the Broncos & Tigers. The 1st encounter went in favour of the Broncos on New Year's Eve by a 4-3 overtime winner from Josh Filmon who had a pair of goals in the loss for the Tigers.

Despite falling to the Broncos, the Tigers showed some resiliency in the 3rd period after going down 2-0 after 40 at the iPlex as Brayden Boehm, Brenden Lee and Owen MacNeil would all tally to help insure at least a single point in what has already been deemed a pivotal series in regards to the potential post season for both clubs.

Since the 1996-97 season the Tigers 71-60-6-1 with two ties in 140 games played while at home against the Broncos, Medicine Hat is 43-21-3. With two ties

HEAD TO HEAD

2021-2022 2022-23

Oct 1 @ SC (2-0 L) Dec 31 @ SC (4-3 OTL)

Oct 2 @ MH (3-2 L) Jan 7 @ MH

Oct 19 @ MH (5-4 OTW) Jan 10 @ SC

Nov 5 @ SC (3-2 L) Jan 18 @ MH

Feb 18 @ SC (7-2 L) Jan 22 @ SC

Mar 5 @ MH (2-0 W) Feb 28 @ MH

Mar 18 @ SC (5-1 L) Mar 24 @ SC

Mar 19 @ MH (2-0 L) Mar 25 @ MH

TALE OF THE TAPE

MEDICINE HAT TIGERS (14-18-5-1) 34pts

5TH in Central Division

10TH in Eastern Conference

PP - Overall 34/166 - 20.5% - Home 16/76 - 21.1%

Vs SC - @SC 1/2 - 50%

PK - Overall 125/166 -75.3% - Home 58/75 -77.3%

Vs SC - @SC 2/3 - 66.6%

SWIFT CURRENT BRONCOS (17-15-1) 35pts

4TH in Central Division

9TH in Eastern Conference

PP - Overall 26/125 - 20.8% - Away 13/45 - 28.9%

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

PK - Overall 135/175 -77.1% - Away 60/72 -83.3%

2022-23 REGULAR SEASON STAT LEADERS

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

Points - Lee (37) +/- Parsons (+11)

PIMS - Parsons (54) Wins - Langkow (13)

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

GAA - Langkow (3.14)

PLAYERS TO WATCH

- Andrew Basha 37 GP: 7-25-32 PTS - Oasiz Wiesblatt 38 GP: 15-15-30 PTS

- Brenden Lee 38 GP: 20-17-37 PTS (12 PPG) - Brayden Boehm 38 GP: 15-11-26 PTS

- Dru Krebs 37 GP: 4-17-21 PTS - Gavin McKenna 8GP: 0-8-8

- Cayden Lindstrom 30 GP: 9-9-18 PTS (07 Born)

(06 Born)

MILESTONE WATCH

Kurtis Smythe - 2 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 against Swift Current, 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 - 12 - 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

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)

Fri Jan 6 @ Edmonton Oil Kings (3-2 W) Fri Jan 13 @ Winnipeg Ice (6pm)

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