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Game Day Preview November 1 vs Vancouver

November 1, 2022 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Medicine Hat Tigers News Release


LAST GAME: 4-3 OTL vs Victoria Royals: After getting ahead 2-0 going into the 3rd period against the Victoria Royals thanks to goals from Oasiz Wiesblatt & Pasha Bocharov, the Victoria Royals made things interesting thanks to a string of three goals in under five minutes thanks to Jake Poole's pair and Riley Gannon. The Royals had a 3-2 lead with less than a minute left in regulation, the Tigers would have the extra attacker and Dallon Melin scored his 3rd of the year to get the game to overtime. Where the Royals would have Jake Poole get his hat-trick for the win just 1:28 into the extra frame.

VS VANCOUVER: The Tigers & Giants haven't played each other since the 2019-20 season when Medicine Hat travelled to Vancouver on November 3, 2019 and the Giant took the tilt 5-2. The only player remaining from that game on either roster is Tigers defenceman Dru Krebs. The last time Vancouver played in Medicine Hat was January 2, 2019 where the Tigers were victorious 4-3. Since the Giants entered the WHL in 2001-02, the Head to Head Record for the Tigers has a slight advantage of 21-17-3 in 42 games. The Tigers record at home is an astounding 16-3-3 in 22 games.

TALE OF THE TAPE:

VANCOUVER GIANTS 2-10-2 (11pts) MEDICINE HAT TIGERS (4-6-1) (10pts)

3rd - BC Division 5th - Central Division

7th - Western Conference 10th - Eastern Conference

PP - Overall 9/51 - 17.6% - Away 4/25 - 16.0% PP - Overall 17/60 - 28.3% - Home 8/32 - 25.0%

PK - Overall 45/57 - 78.9% - Away 26/28 - 92.9% PK - Overall 45/59 - 76.3% - Home 26/32 - 76.9%

2022-2023 REGULAR SEASON STATS LEADERS:

Goals (6) - Lee & Wiesblatt Assists (10) - Hodass

Points (11) - Hodass PIMS (25) - Wiesblatt

Plus/Minus (9) - Rhett Parsons Wins (4) - Beckett Langkow Shutouts (0) - N/A

Save % (.935) - Evan May Goals Against Average (2.08) - May

WHO'S HOT

- Bogdans Hodass: 12 GP: 1G 10A - 11 PTS - Andrew Basha 12 GP: 4G 7A - 11 PTS

- Brenden Lee 12 GP: 6G-4A - 9 PTS (6 PPG) - Oasiz Wiesblatt 11 GP: 6G-3A - 9 PTS

- Dru Krebs 11 GP: 0G-8A - 8 PTS

MILESTONE WATCH:

- Dallon Melin, 1 game away from 200 career GP

- Oasiz Wiesblatt, Playing in career game 100

- Beckett Langkow, playing in career game 40 career

- Willie Desjardins, 7 wins away from 400 as Tigers Head Coach

NEWS & NOTES:

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.

Lee's Laser: Coming into action tonight, Tigers forward Brenden Lee leads not just the Western Hockey League with power play goals but also has the Canadian Hockey League mark of 6 PPG.

O' Canada: Tigers forward Tomas Mrsic will represent Team Canada Red at the World U-17's in Langley BC in November, Mrsic has 5 points (2g, 3a) in 6 GP with the Tigers this season.

Lindstrom Late Addition: Joining Tomas Mrsic at the U17's is Cayden Lindstrom who was added to Team Canada White and will be in action against Sweden Thursday.

From Jelgava With Love: Tigers defenceman Bogdans Hodass is in the Top 5 of WHL defencemen in scoring 11 points through 11 games.

Busy Beckett: Tigers goaltender Beckett Langkow started the first ten games of the Tigers season. Sporting a 4-5-1 record with a .885 Save Percentage and a 3.44 GAA,

Parsons a Plus!: Tigers defencemen Rhett Parsons improved his +/- rating to 10 through 12 games, including a +5 performance in Tri City October 12th.

Behind the Bench: This is Tigers Head Coach Willie Desjardins' 11th season coaching the Tigers in two different tenures and is just 7 wins away from 400 while coaching the Orange & Black

HOW THE TIGERS WERE BUILT:

WHL Draft (11): Andresen, Parsons, Shtrom, Wiesblatt, Ekren-Bratton*, MacKenzie, Krebs, St. Martin, Boehm, Van Mulligen, Mrsic, Lindstrom, Basha, McKenna

Trade (5): Bocharov, Lee, MacNeil, Smythe & May

CHL Import Draft (1): Hodass (18)

Listed/Signed (2): Langkow, Hanas

Waivers (1): Melin

GEOGRAPHICAL BREAKDOWN (* indicates rookie):

Alberta - 11 - Parsons, Wiesblatt, MacKenzie, Krebs, Langkow, St. Martin *, Smith *, Melin, Van Mulligen *, MacNeil, Basha

BC - 4 - Lindstrom *, Mrsic *, Boehm & May

Saskatchewan - 2 - Andresen, Ekren-Bratton *

Yukon - McKenna *

USA - 2 - Hanas, Bocharov Latvia - 1 - Hodass

ROSTER AGE BREAKDOWN (* indicates rookie):

2002 - 3 - (Melin, Lee,Smythe)

2003 - 5 - (Langkow, Parsons, Krebs, Hodass, MacNeil

2004 - 5 - (May, Wiesblatt, MacKenzie, Bocharov, Boehm)

2005 - 6 - (Andresen, *, St. Martin *, Smith Hanas *, Van Mulligen *, Basha)

2006 - 2 - (Mrsic *, Lindstrom *)

2007 - 2 - McKenna AP

Previous Three Games Next Three Games (all times MT)

Sat, Oct. 22nd - vs Brandon (5-1 W) Tues, Nov 1st - vs Vancouver Giants (7:00pm)

Sat, Oct. 28th - vs Saskatoon (2-1 L) Fri, Nov 4th - vs Calgary Hitmen (7:00pm)

Sat, Oct. 29th - vs Victoria (4-3 OTL) Sat, Nov 5th - vs Lethbridge Hurricanes (7:00pm)

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