WHL Medicine Hat Tigers

Playoffs Game 7: April 12 vs. Calgary

Published on April 12, 2015 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Medicine Hat Tigers News Release


@ HITMEN : The Tigers and Hitmen continue their second round series for a matinee game in Calgary after the Hitmen beat the Tigers 3-1 in Medicine Hat on Friday night. Calgary's Jake Virtanen extended his point streak to 6 games this post season after a 1 goal and 1 assist night Friday. The Tigers will look to bounce back on the road for the next two games and look to even the series at 1.

TONIGHT'S MATCHUP:

The Tigers had the league's second best road record behind Calgary, while the Hitmen had the second best home record behind Medicine Hat during the regular season in the Central Division Adam Tambellini currently leads all WHL players in playoff scoring with 15 points in 7 games

PLAYOFF SERIES

Calgary leads Best of 7 series 1-0 HOME (3-1-0) AWAY (1-1-0)

TIGERS FAST FACTS:

Calgary's Jake Virtanen has a 6 game point streak which includes 1G and 8A, meanwhile the Tigers Cole Sanford had his 5 game point streak snapped on Friday night With the victory Marek Langhamer is fourth among WHL playoff goaltenders with a 1.98 GAA and 0.932 SV % Medicine Hat is 8-7-0-0 at the Saddledome dating back 5 seasons in the regular season

LAST GAME: In Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals the Tigers played host to the Calgary Hitmen on Friday night. The Tigers would come out strong pumping 14 shots on net in the opening frame while holding the Hitmen to just 5. The Tigers would trail after 20 minutes though as the Hitmen scored twice off goals from Connor Rankin and Jake Virtanen. The Tigers would capitalize when Dryden Hunt let go a bullet of a wrist shot top shelf on the short side to cut into the lead and pull the Tigers within one. The middle period saw no scoring and a lack of scoring chances heading into the final 20 minutes. The Hitmen extended the lead in the third period on a Chase Lang goal which squeaked past Tigers goalie Marek Langhamer for the 3-1 lead and the eventual final score.

HOME COMING: With the series shifting to Calgary for games 2 and 3, the Saddledome will sure be filled with parents and relatives for 8 young athletes as the two teams combined have 8 players who were born in Cow Town. The Tigers have three of those eight players in Alex Mowbray, Chad Labelle and Mark Rassell.

PLAYOFF CLUB LEADERS:

Goals (4) Cole Sanford Assists (4) Trevor Points (7) 2 tied

PIM (12) Steven 0 Plus/Minus (+7) Cole Sanford Wins (4) Marek Langhamer

PLAYOFF SPECIAL TEAMS:

POWER PLAY: 3/25 - 12.0% (ranked 13th in WHL) HOME: 13.3% (Ranked 10th in WHL), AWAY: 10.0% (Ranked 13th in WHL) PENALTY KILL: 15/17 - 88.2% (ranked 4th in WHL) HOME: 81.8% (Ranked 6th in WHL), AWAY: 100% (Ranked tied for 1st in WHL)

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:

VS. Red Deer Rebels 1-0 OTW

@ Red Deer Rebels 2-1 LOSS

@ Red Deer Rebels 5-3 WIN

VS. Red Deer Rebels 4-3 WIN

VS. Calgary Hitmen 3-1 LOSS

NEXT FIVE: TIME:

Game #2 @ Calgary Sunday April 12 4:00 PM (MT)

Game #3 @ Ca;gary Monday April 13 7:00 PM (MT)

Game #4 vs. Calgary Wednesday April 15 7:00 PM (MT)

TBD TBD

TBD TBD

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