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Playoffs Game 3: April 1 vs. Red Deer

April 1, 2015 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
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@ REBELS : The Tigers and Rebels have been in a tight checking series so far with 2-1 and 1-0 victories at The Arena. Now the series shifts to Red Deer where the Tigers have been successful over the past 5 seasons, sporting a 10-5-0-0 record at the Centrium. This season, the Tigers dropped 2 of 3 games in Red Deer, a 5-3 decision on October 28th and a 4-2 game November 21st.

TONIGHT'S MATCHUP:

Medicine Hat is now unbeaten in their past 7 games and have won 5 straight games dating back to the regular season Marek Langhamer recorded his first career playoff shutout on Sunday night and currently sports a 0.48 GAA in 2 playoff games Goaltenders Rylan Toth and Marek Langhamer have played in all 8 games against each other this season

PLAYOFF SERIES

Tigers lead Best of 7 series 2-0 HOME (2-0-0) AWAY (0-0-0)

TIGERS FAST FACTS:

Medicine Hat holds the playoff edge against the Rebels over the past 5 seasons, a 6-1-0-0 record Trevor Cox also extended his point streak to 9 games after scoring the overtime winner on Sunday Tigers goaltender Marek Langhamer has started the last 10 of 11 games for Medicine Hat, posting 3 shutouts in that span The Tigers last played an overtime game (before Sunday) in the postseason last year, March 26th against the Swift Current Broncos, the Tigers lost 2-1

LAST GAME: Another dramatic game against the Rebels took place on Sunday night when a scoreless game made its way to overtime. There aren't many scoreless games anymore in the fast paced WHL but Sunday was an exception as both head coaches had their team playing tight defence and executing their systems to perfection. It was also a goaltenders battle as Marek Langhamer and Rylan Toth went save for save throughout the game preserving the shut out for their respective clubs. Trevor Cox however would end things just over the midway point of overtime as he streaked down the wing and shot the puck from a bad angle, almost in the corner. Toth was caught cheating, playing the pass and Cox found a hole short side for the game winner, 1-0, sending the Tigers faithful home happy.

PUT THE TEAM ON THEIR BACK: During the playoffs and majority of the regular season each team relies on one guy or a duo of players to lead the team in scoring, defence or in net, for the Tigers Trevor Cox and Marek Langhamer have done just that. Cox was the WHL's leading scorer for majority of the second half and led the team with 109 points. Meanwhile Langhamer was his usual self leading the Tigers with 30 victories in goal and a stellar GAA with 2.81. If the Tigers are to have success this postseason, both players will have to continue to lead by example.

PLAYOFF CLUB LEADERS:

Goals (1) 3 tied Assists (2) Trevor Points (3) Trevor Cox

PIM (2) 4 tied Plus/Minus (+2) 3 tied Wins (2) Marek Langhamer

PLAYOFF SPECIAL TEAMS:

POWER PLAY: 1/7 - 14.3% (ranked 10th in WHL) HOME: 14.3% (Ranked 6th in WHL), AWAY: 0% (Not ranked) PENALTY KILL: 3/3 - 100.0% (ranked tied for 1st in WHL) HOME: 100.0% (Ranked tied for 1st in WHL), AWAY: 0% (Not ranked)

TIGERS ROSTER MAKEUP: The Tigers currently have 24 players on the roster - 2 Goaltenders, 8 Defenseman and 14 forwards

AGE BREAKDOWN : 3 - 20 year olds, 10 - 19 year olds, 4 - 18 year olds, 5 - 17 year olds and 2 - 16 year olds

NHL DRAFTED / SIGNED PLAYERS: Marek Langhamer (Phoenix Coyotes), Tyler Lewington (Washington Capitals), Tommy Vannelli (St. Louis Blues) and Kyle Burroughs (New York Islanders)

ATB FINANCIAL - TIGERS BROADCAST: Listen to legendary Bob Ridley broadcast all Tigers games on CHAT 94.5 FM. Bob Ridley has called all but one Tigers' Game in Team history since the Medicine Hat Tigers came into the league in 1970.

LAST FIVE: RESULTS:

@ Prince Albert Raiders 6-2 WIN

@ Saskatoon Blades 3-1 WIN

VS. Saskatoon Blades 6-2 WIN

VS. Red Deer Rebels 2-1 WIN

VS. Red Deer Rebels 1-0 OTW

NEXT FIVE: TIME:

Game #3 @ Red Deer Rebels Wednesday April 1 7:00 PM (MT)

Game #4 @ Red Deer Rebels Thursday April 2 7:00 PM (MT)

Game #5 vs. Red Deer Rebels Saturday April 4** 7:30 PM (MT)

Game #6 @ Red Deer Rebels Sunday April 5** 5:00 PM (MT)

Game #7 vs. Red Deer Rebels Tuesday April 7** 7:00 PM (MT)

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