GAME SUMMARY: Oil Kings bitten by Tigers
Medicine Hat, AB – The Edmonton Oil Kings dropped a 5-2 decision to the Medicine Hat Tigers on Friday night at Co-Op Place.
In the first period, the Tigers jumped all over the Oil Kings scoring four times to take a 4-0 lead into the first intermission.
Brendan Lee opened the scoring at the 9:40 mark after sliding in a backdoor pass from Tyler MacKenzie.
Just 3:24 later, MacKenzie found the back of the net himself firing home a wrist shot from the high-slot of the Edmonton zone while the Tigers were shorthanded.
With just under two minutes left in the frame, Tomas Mrsic was able to finish off a cross-ice feed from Hunter St. Martin at the side of the Edmonton net to make it 3-0 and then less than a minute later Lee put in his second of the period by roofing a pass in front of the Edmonton net from MacKenzie.
In the second period, the Tigers were able to tack on another goal with Cayden Lidstrom hoisting a puck top-shelf on a broken 2-on-1 rush into the Edmonton zone at the 13:39 mark of the middle stanza.
In the third period, the Oil Kings were able to push back with a couple of goals of their own.
Rhys Pederson scored his first career WHL goal 6:02 into the third after he ripped home a drive from the left-circle on setup from Jacob Hoffrogge.
Mason Finley closed the scoring with his 10th of the season after he got in on the forecheck and forced Medicine Hat netminder Beckett Langkow into an errant outlet pass that deflected off Finley and into the back of the net with 2:37 left in the game.
Logan Cunningham finished the night making 29 saves for the Oil Kings, while Langkow turned in 25 for the Tigers. Edmonton went 0-for-5 on the power play, Medicine Hat was 0-for-1.
Next up, the Oil Kings return home tomorrow night to battle the Swift Current Broncos at 7:00 p.m. for Superhero Night at Rogers Place in support of Edmonton’s Food Bank.
The Edmonton Oil Kings next home game is Superhero Night, Saturday, March 4 against the Swift Current Broncos at 7:00 p.m.
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