Playoff Series Preview - Round 4 vs Spokane

Sports stats



WHL Medicine Hat Tigers

Playoff Series Preview - Round 4 vs Spokane

May 5, 2025 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Medicine Hat Tigers News Release


Calgary, AB. - The Western Hockey League has announced the initial schedule of games for the 2025 WHL Championship Series presented by Nutrien, featuring the Western Conference champion Spokane Chiefs and Eastern Conference champion Medicine Hat Tigers.

This marks the first time the Tigers and Chiefs have battled for a league title.

The 2025 Championship Series will follow a 2-3-2 format, with Game 1 slated for Friday, May 9 at Co-op Place in Medicine Hat.

The action will shift south of the border for Game 3 at the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena on Tuesday, May 13.

Times and dates for the final three games, if necessary, will be released at a later date.

All seven games of the WHL Championship Series will be broadcast live by TSN - the national broadcast partner of the WHL and Canadian Hockey League- for Canadian viewers.

Spokane punched its ticket to the big dance by completing a sweep of the U.S. Division rival Portland Winterhawks on Thursday, May 1. The Chiefs are the highest-scoring team in the postseason, breezing past the Vancouver Giants (4-1) in Round One and eking out a pair of double-overtime thrillers to down the B.C. Division Champion Victoria Royals (4-2) in the second round.

Medicine Hat has only lost one game in the 2025 WHL Playoffs presented by Nutrien and is 22-1-0-0 dating back to February 22, 2025, in the regular season. The Central Division Champions dispatched Swift Current (4-1) in the first round before dominating in sweeps of Prince Albert (4-0) in Round Two and Lethbridge (4-0) in the Eastern Conference Championship.

This is the first time in WHL history that the two remaining teams swept their respective Conference Championships.

The matchups will see three WHL Player of the Year finalists, Berkly Catton and Andrew Cristall (Spokane), face off against the Whitehorse Wizard Gavin McKenna (Medicine Hat).

McKenna will put his modern CHL-record 53-game point streak on the line in hopes of helping Medicine Hat lift the Ed Chynoweth Cup for the first time since 2007.

Both teams won the WHL Championship in their last trip to the final round, with Spokane clinching the Ed Chynoweth Cup and the Memorial Cup in 2008.

By The Numbers

Regular Season

Record

Medicine Hat

Overall - 47-17-3-1

League - 2nd

Eastern Conference - 1st

Central Division - 1st

Home - 25-7-2-0 (4th)

Away - 22-10-1-1 (3rd)

Spokane

Overall - 45-20-1-2

League - 4th

Western Conference - 3rd

U.S. Division - 2nd

Home - 23-9-1-1 (6th)

Away - 22-11-0-1 (4th)

Leading Scorers

Medicine Hat

Gavin McKenna - 56 GP - 41 G - 88 A - 129 PTS

Oasiz Wiesblatt - 66 GP - 36 G - 67 A - 103 PTS

Ryder Ritchie - 53 GP - 29 G - 32 A - 61 PTS

Spokane

Andrew Cristall - 57 GP - 48 G - 84 A - 132 PTS

Berkly Catton - 57 GP - 38 G - 71 A - 109 PTS

Shea Van Olm - 66 GP - 49 G - 43 A - 92 PTS

Goaltenders

Medicine Hat

Harrison Meneghin - 36 GP - 23-10-1-1 - 2.58 GAA - .900 Save %

Jordan Switzer - 32 GP - 23-6-2-0 - 2.65 GAA - .901 Save %

Spokane

Dawson Cowan - 51 GP - 34-14-0-2 - 2.67 GAA - .905 Save %

Carter Esler - 18 GP - 10-6-1-0 - 3.23 GAA - .894 Save %

Special Teams

Power Play

Medicine Hat - 67/240 - 27.9% (4th)

Spokane - 74/256 - 28.9% (1st)

Penalty Kill

Medicine Hat - 212/265 - 80.0% (4th)

Spokane - 211/261 - 80.8% (3rd)

Head-To-Head

Record

Medicine Hat - 1-0-0-0

Home - 0-0-0-0

Away - 1-0-0-0

Spokane - 0-1-0-0

Home - 0-1-0-0

Away - 0-0-0-0

Games This Season

Medicine Hat 3 @ Spokane 2 (Jan 24 2025)

Leading Scorers

Medicine Hat

Gavin McKenna- 1 GP - 1 G - 2 A - 3 PTS

Josh Van Mulligen - 1 GP - 1 G - 1 A - 2 PTS

Ryder Ritchie - 1 GP - 0 G - 2 A - 2 PTS

Spokane

Assanali Sarkenov - 1 GP - 1 G - 0 A - 1 PT

Shea Van Olm - 1 GP - 1 G - 0 A - 1 PT

Three Players Tied - 1 GP - 0 G - 1 A - 1 PT

Goaltenders

Medicine Hat

Harrison Meneghin - 1 GP - 1-0-0-0 - 2.00 GAA - .931 Save %

Spokane

Dawson Cowan - 1 GP - 0-1-0-0 - 3.07 GAA - .900 Save %

Special Teams

Power Play

Medicine Hat - 1/3 - 33.3%

Spokane - 0/3 - 0.0%

Penalty Kill

Medicine Hat - 1/1 - 100.0%

Spokane - 2/3 - 66.7%

Series Schedule

Game Visitor Home Date Time (MST)

1 Spokane @ Medicine Hat Friday, May 9 TBD

2 Spokane @ Medicine Hat Sunday, May 11 TBD

3 Medicine Hat @ Spokane Tuesday, May 13 TBD

4 Medicine Hat @ Spokane Wednesday, May 14 TBD

5* Medicine Hat @ Spokane TBD TBD

6* Spokane @ Medicine Hat TBD TBD

7* Spokane @ Medicine Hat TBD TBD

*- If necessary

Check out the Medicine Hat Tigers Statistics

• Discuss this story on the Western Hockey League message board...

Western Hockey League Stories from May 5, 2025


The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.

Other Recent Medicine Hat Tigers Stories



Sports Statistics from the Stats Crew
OurSports Central