WHL Medicine Hat Tigers

Tigers Fall in New Year's Eve Thriller to Broncos

Published on December 31, 2022 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Medicine Hat Tigers News Release


Swift Current, SK - Despite trailing 2-0 going to the 3rd period, the Medicine Hat Tigers were able to get at least one point in a 4-3 loss in overtime to the Swift Current Broncos Saturday night.

The Broncos would take their early 2-0 lead thanks to Sam McGinley notching his 7th of the year at 10:25 of the 1st frame followed by a late first period power play goal from Josh Filmon with 36 seconds left in the period for his 22nd of the season beating Tigers goaltender Beckett Langkow (Vegreville, AB) on a one timer from the right circle.

Broncos would outshoot the Tigers 15-7 after 1.

Off to the second period where no team would score but the Tigers would create plenty of momentum heading to the third outshooting the Broncos 13-8 and the 2nd was highlighted by a spirited tilt from Tigers defenceman Rhett Parsons (Cremona, AB) & Adam McNutt.

Off to the third period and the Tigers were finally able to solve Broncos' goaltender Reid Dyck as Brayden Boehm (Nanaimo, BC) would re-direct an Oasiz Wiesblatt (Calgary, AB) one-timer on the power play just 1:50 into the 1st to make it a 2-1 Bronco lead.

Special teams would once again make pay dirt for the Tigers as Brenden Lee (Seattle, WA) would take a Bronco turnover shorthanded beating Dyck for his 20th of the season and tying the game at 2-2 at 9:22. Medicine Hat would take their first lead a little bit later in the 3rd with 6:50 left in regulation as Tomas Mrsic (Surrey, BC) was denied on a breakaway but captain Owen MacNeil (Calgary, AB) would bury an eventual rebound for his 6th of the season to give the Tigers a 3-2 lead.

But the Tigers couldn't hold the lead as Brady Birnie would score on a loose puck in front of the Tigers net just 1:02 later to force overtime.

In the extra frame Filmon would score his second of the night and the New Jersey Devils draft pick would help lead the Tigers to the 4-3 win with 1:36 left in overtime.

With the loss the Tigers are 13-18-5-1 on the campaign just one point back of the Broncos for 8th in the Eastern Conference Playoff race.

The Tigers special teams ended up 1/2 on the power play and 2/3 on the penalty kill but were able to get their 6th shorthanded goal of the season thanks to Brenden Lee.

Next up for the Orange & Black is a trip up to Edmonton for their 3rd meeting of the year against the Oil Kings on January 6th followed by their return home to Co-op Place January 7th against the very same Broncos they faced on New Year's Eve.

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