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Preview: Oil Kings vs. Medicine Hat Tigers

November 5, 2023 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Edmonton Oil Kings News Release


EDMONTON OIL KINGS (5-9-0-1) vs. MEDICINE HAT TIGERS (10-5-2-0) - November 5, 2023 - Rogers Place - 6:00 PM

2023-24 Schedule vs. Medicine Hat Tigers

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

Sunday, Nov 5 @ Edmonton

Friday, Dec 8 @ Medicine Hat

Saturday, Dec 9 @ Edmonton

Monday, Feb 19 @ Edmonton

Friday, Mar 1 @ Medicine Hat

2023-24 vs. Medicine Hat: 0-1-0-0 Home: 0-0-0-0 Away: 0-1-0-0 PP: 1/8 (12.5%) PK: 2/7 (71.4%)

2022-23 vs. Medicine Hat: 0-6-0-0 Home: 0-3-0-0 Away: 0-3-0-0 PP: 3/22 (13.6%) PK: 5/18 (72.2%)

Matchup Notes

Tonight marks the second of six meetings between the Oil Kings and Tigers this season.

These two teams last met on October 27 in Medicine Hat where the Tigers won a wild back-and-forth game by a 7-4 final.

All-time, the Oil Kings and Tigers have met 101 times in the regular season with the Oil Kings holding a record of 41-46-4-10.

Sitting at 9-4-1-0 on the season at the start of this week, the Tigers led the Central Division in points with 19.

Coming In

The Oil Kings come in winners of two in a row for the second time this year after securing a 7-5 win over the Moose Jaw Warriors on Friday night at Rogers Place.

In the win, Skyler Bruce recorded his first career WHL hat-trick (had five previous two-goal games) with his first two goals helping the Oil Kings erase an early 2-0 deficit. Rilen Kovacevic extended his goal scoring streak to four games, while Cole Miller notched his first of the season, Marshall Finnie counted his sixth of the season and Marc Lajoie's third period goal, just as a power play expired, served as the game winner. The Oil Kings have now scored 16 goals in their last three games following of run of eight games that saw the Club score only 13 times.

The Tigers come in off a 4-1 win last night at home over the Everett Silvertips to finish their five-game homestand with a record of 3-1-1-0.

Milestone Watch

D Carter Kowalyk is 2 games away from 100 career games.

F John Szabo is 4 games away from 100 career games.

F Nathan Pilling is 6 games away from 100 career games.

G Kolby Hay is 58 saves away from passing Sebastian Cossa for 5th most saves in franchise history.

G Kolby Hay is 4 wins away from passing Dylan Myskiw and Torrie Jung for 5th most wins in franchise history.

Lineup Report

F Ty Nash, upper-body, week-to-week (Games missed: 15).

D Carter Kowalyk, upper-body, month-to-month (Games missed: 14).

F Aidan Litke, upper-body, season ending (Games missed: 5).

F John Szabo, lower-body, week-to-week (Games missed: 4).

F Nathan Pilling, upper-body, day-to-day (Games missed: 2).

D Blake Fiddler, attending U-17 WHC (Games missed: 1).

D Rhys Pederson, lower-body, TBD (Games missed: 0).

Streaks

F Rilen Kovacevic is on a 4-game goal/point streak (4G-0A-4PTS).

F Roan Woodward is on a 4-game point streak (1G-3A-4PTS).

F Gavin Hodnett is on a 4-game assist/point streak (0G-6A-6PTS).

F Adam Jecho is on a 3-game point streak (2G-3A-5PTS).

F Skyler Bruce is on a 3-game point streak (4G-2A-6PTS).

F Marshall Finnie is on a 3-game point streak (2G-2A-4PTS).

D Marc Lajoie is on a 2-game goal/point streak (2G-1A-3PTS).

F Landon Hanson is on a 2-game point streak (1G-1A-2PTS).

Who's Hot

F Rilen Kovacevic has 18 points (12G, 6A) in his last 25 games and 23 points (14G, 9A) in his last 32 games.*

F Marshall Finnie has 12 points (7G, 5A) in his last 16 games.*

F Adam Jecho has 15 points (7G, 8A) in his last 15 games.

F Skyler Bruce has 15 points (8G, 7A) in his last 16 games.*

F Aidan Litke has 11 points (4G, 7A) in his last 9 games.

F Ty Nash has 4 points (2G, 2A) in his last 6 games.*

*Dating back to last regular season

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