Wiesblatt Makes the Fur Fly in Tigers' Loss to Blades
December 3, 2022 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Medicine Hat Tigers News Release
Medicine Hat, AB - With over 2600 in attendance saw plenty of opportunities to make the fur fly at Co-op Place Saturday night, but the Saskatoon Blades made Medicine Hat Tigers fans wait till the third period ultimately taking their third straight game from the Tigers 2-1.
In the opening frame despite a great start by the home side, it would be Vaughn Watterodt squeezing a shot past Tigers goaltender Beckett Langkow (Vegreville, AB) at 1:57 into the game giving the Blades a 1-0 lead. Medicine Hat would see Oasiz Wiesblatt (Calgary, AB) and Tomas Mrsic (Surrey, AB) both had chances shortly after including a goal post hit by Mrsic but Saskatoon goaltender Austin Elliott would stand tall making 14 saves in the period.
Off to the second period and fans once again saw Mrsic hit the crossbar and a bounty of chances would follow for the Tigers but they still could not turn the red light on again as Elliott would continue to give Medicine Hat fits making another 10 saves in the period.
Into the third period where time became the enemy for the Tigers as early on in the third on third power play of the night Jayden Wiens would re-direct his 9th of the season to give the Blades some much needed insurance at 2-0 at 5:36.
But the Tigers would finally solve Austin Elliott and set-up a great finish as Oasiz Wiesblatt would be this year's Teddy Bear scorer with 5:33 left on the clock to beat the Blades goaltender, Andrew Basha (Calgary, AB) & Josh Van Mulligan (Medicine Hat, AB) would tally the assists to cut the deficit to 2-1.
Medicine Hat would pull the goaltender but couldn't find the equalizer and the Blades would sneak away with the 2-1 win.
The loss drops the Tigers record 9-13-4-1 while Blades are now 19-5 on the season, The Tigers were unable to score on the power play going 0/3 while the Blades were 1/3. Beckett Langkow 22 saves in the loss.
The Tigers are back on the road starting Tuesday night at Rogers Place in Edmonton to face the Oil Kings for the 2nd time this season before heading to Red Deer on Wednesday. You can catch all road games on the Home of the Tigers WILD 94.5 with Gino De Paoli with both games starting at 7 PM. Medicine Hat's next home game goes Saturday, December 10 against the Moose Jaw Warriors.
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