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Preview: Oil Kings at Tigers 3.1.24

March 1, 2024 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Edmonton Oil Kings News Release


EDMONTON OIL KINGS (21-34-2-1) vs. MEDICINE HAT TIGERS (33-18-5-2) -

MARCH 1, 2024 - CO-OP PLACE - 7:00 PM

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2023-24 Schedule vs. Medicine Hat Tigers

Friday, Oct 27 @ Medicine Hat (7-4 MH)

Sunday, Nov 5 @ Edmonton (5-1 MH)

Friday, Dec 8 @ Medicine Hat (8-2 LETH)

Saturday, Dec 9 @ Edmonton (3-2 MH)

Monday, Feb 19 @ Edmonton (9-7 MH)

Friday, Mar 1 @ Medicine Hat

Matchup Notes

Tonight marks the 6th and final meeting in the regular season between the 2 clubs. Medicine Hat has won all of the previous 5 meetings.

Roan Woodward leads all Oil Kings in scoring during the season series with seven points (2G, 5A), while Oasiz Wiesblatt (4G, 9A) leads the way for the Tigers in the head to head with thirteen points.

All-time, the Oil Kings and Tigers have met 105 times in the regular season with the Oil Kings holding a record of 41-50-4-10.

Coming In

The Oil Kings are coming off of a 6-3 loss to the Calgary Hitmen on Wednesday in the Hockey Hooky day game, snapping their 3 game win streak.

Their second 11 am MT start time in a 7-day period.

Edmonton scored only :10 seconds into the game (a season high for the Oil Kings) when Landon Hanson flew down the right wing and snapped a wrist shot that surprised Calgary Goalie Ethan Buenaventura on the short side. The Hitmen answered back twice before the end of the opening period, while the Oil Kings held the edge in shots 13-9.

Special teams were the difference in the final 40 minutes as the Oil Kings gave up a shorthanded goal against, in a similar rush to the game's opening goal. Hitmen Forward Oliver Tulk snuck down the right win, 1-on-4 and snapped a laser over the short side shoulder of Edmonton Goalie Hudson Perry for his second of the game. The Oil Kings would give up a 5-on-3 powerplay goal, and were down 6-1 until late in the 3rd when they'd add 2 more but it was too little, too late.

Edmonton finished the game with the edge in shots, 35-27.

EOK Notables

€” Oil Kings prospect Owen Mastroianni collected his first point in the Western Hockey League, an assist on Adam Jecho's third period goal vs Calgary on Wednesday.

€” Oil Kings prospect Cage Smith collected his first point in the Western Hockey League on Wednesday, an assist on Cole Miller's third period goal vs Calgary on Wednesday.

€” Oil Kings Defenseman Rhys Pederson is coming off back-to-back career high games in his last two outings. He picked up 2 assists on Wednesday vs Calgary, and was +/- plus 4 vs Wenatchee on Sunday.

€” Oil Kings defenceman Marc Lajoie sits 13th in defenceman points (44), 2nd in defenceman goals (19), 1st in defenceman PP goals (11) and tied for 7th in defenceman PP points (23) in the WHL. His 11 power play goals rank tied for 6th overall in the entire WHL amongst all skaters.

€” Oil Kings defenceman Marc Lajoie is in for 5th for the most career power play goals by an Oil Kings defenceman in franchise history with 11 trailing only Griffin Reinhart (12), Cody Corbett (12), Aaron Irving (13) and Conner McDonald (14).

€” Oil Kings defenseman Marc Lajoie is currently tied with Conner McDonald for the all-time total for goals in a single season by a rear guard (19).

MHT Notables

€” Tigers Forward Gavin McKenna sits 2nd in the Western Hockey League rookie scoring race with 83 points, and is just 16 years old.

€” The Tigers are the highest scoring team in the Eastern Conference with 248 goals, and tops in the East with 88 goals-for in the second period.

Milestone Watch

€” F Ty Nash is 4 games away from 250 career WHL games.

€” F Ty Nash is 12 assists away from 100 career WHL assists.

€” D Marc Lajoie is 8 assists away from 100 career WHL assists.

€” F Skyler Bruce is 3 goals away from 50 career WHL goals.

Lineup Report

€” D Ethan MacKenzie, upper-body, week-to-week (Games missed: 39)

€” F Presley Kerner, lower-body, week-to-week (Games missed: 8)

€” F John Szabo, upper-body, day-to-day (Games missed 7)

€” F Skyler Bruce, lower-body, day-to-day (Games missed: 7)

€” F Andrej Tomasec, day-to-day (Games missed: 4)

Streaks

€” D Rhys Pederson is on a 3-game point streak (1g-3a-4pts).

€” F Smyth Rebman is on a 2-game point streak (1g-1a-2pts).

Who's Hot

€” F Marshall Finnie has 5 points (3G, 2A) in his last 5 games.

€” F Ty Nash has 18 points (5G, 13A) in his last 18 games.

€” F Smyth Rebman has 6 points (3G, 3A) in his last 7 games.

€” F Gracyn Sawchyn has 14 points (4G, 10A) in his last 15 games.

€” F Gavin Hodnett has 11 points (3G, 8A) in his last 10 games.

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