GAME 49: JAN. 29 VS. MOOSE JAW

VS. WARRIORS: Tonight marks the third of four meetings this season between the Warriors and Tigers as they will conclude their season set this weekend, starting with the Warriors final visit to the Canalta Centre. This season the two clubs have split their series with Moose Jaw winning their last matchup 4-2 on January 5^th. David Quenneville leads all Tigers against the Warriors with 4 assists in 2 games, Nick Schneider and Mack Shields have split the games, with Shields picking up the last victory in 2015 on New Year’s Eve.

 

TONIGHT’S MATCHUP:

• Moose Jaw is unbeaten in their past 2 games and are 5-3-2-0 in their past 10 games overall, meanwhile for Medicine Hat they come off a 6-4 victory in Prince George and sit 5-5-0-0 in their past 10 games
• Warriors goaltender Zach Sawchenko is 5-1-1-0 in his last 7 starts, and is back after attending the CHL Prospects game in Vancouver last night
• Medicine Hat netminder Mack Shields has won 3 of his last 4 starts including the game Monday against the Cougars, Nick Schneider has won 3 of his last 5 starts as well and faced more than 30 shots in 4 of them

   

2015-16 WHL RANKINGS: Record (19-25-3-1).       Central Div. – 5th   Eastern Con. – 9th   Home – (10-11-1-1)   Away (9-14-2-0)      

 

TIGERS FAST FACTS:

• Former Tiger Dryden Hunt is one of 2 players who have recorded points in back to back games heading into tonight as Moose Jaw concludes 6 straight road games, Hunt also sits 3^rd in WHL scoring with 69 points
• Warriors star forward Brayden Point will make his season debut against the Tabbies, Point was at the World Juniors when these teams played last. In just 26 games Point has recorded 53 points
• Medicine Hat have drawn the 3^rd most penalties in the WHL with 210 opportunities, Moose Jaw has the league’s 7^th ranked penalty kill but are the only team to not have scored a shorthanded goal this season

 

JANUARY 29^th TEAM HISTORY: Let’s go back just a couple seasons ago on January 29^th the Tigers took on division rival Kootenay Ice at The Arena. The Tigers got 6 goals from six different players including Miles Koules, Curtis Valk and Anthony Ast. Tyler Lewington recorded 3 assists as one of three Tigers to record multi point nights. Trevor Cox had 3 points and Dylan Bredo recorded a 2 point night. Marek Langhamer stopped 30 shots in the victory.

 

HOME DEBUT: New Tiger Brian Williams will make his Canalta Centre and home debut tonight against the Warriors. The 20 year old was acquired from Regina in the trade that sent Cole Sanford to the Pats. Williams has played 4 games with the Tabbies and recorded 1 assist.

 

NO PLACE LIKE HOME: The Tigers headed into their last matchup against the Warriors on January 5^th with a perfect record at home, posting a 10-0-0-0 over the past 5 seasons. The Warriors broke the streak that night but still continue to play well at home against them, netting a 8-1-0-0 record and 13-5-0-0 record in the past 5 years.

 

WARRIOR ROOKIES: With Brayden Point out majority of the season because of the World Juniors with Team Canada, the Warriors have relied upon rookies to do their scoring, very similar to the Tigers season. In the two games versus the Tabbies, 3 Warriors rookies led their team in scoring, with Ryan Bowen recording 3 points in 2 games, followed by Tristan Langan and Nikita Popugaev with a point per game pace.

 

2015-16 CLUB LEADERS:

Goals (22) Max Gerlach                Assists (33) Chad Butcher             Points (49) Chad Butcher

PIM (107) Connor Clouston Plus/Minus (+2) Steven Owre, Ty Stanton Wins (11) Nick Schneider

 

SPECIAL TEAMS:

• POWER PLAY: 40/210 – 19.0% (ranked 15th in WHL)
• HOME– 25/98 – 25.5% (ranked 4th in WHL)

• PENALTY KILL: 146/193 – 75.6% (ranked 21st in WHL)
• HOME– 57/78 – 73.1% (ranked 22nd in WHL)

 

TIGERS ROSTER MAKEUP: The Tigers currently have 22 players on the roster – 2 Goaltenders, 7 Defenseman, 13 forwards

AGE BREAKDOWN: 3 – 20 year olds, 5 – 19 year olds, 7 – 18 year olds, 5 – 17 year olds, and 2 – 16 year olds

 

NHL DRAFTED / SIGNED PLAYERS: Matt Bradley (Montreal Canadiens), Nick Schneider (Calgary Flames)

 

ATB FINANCIAL – TIGERS BROADCAST:Listen to legendary Bob Ridley broadcast all Tigers games on CHAT 94.5 FM. Bob Ridley has called all but one Tigers’ Game in Team history since the Medicine Hat Tigers came into the league in 1970.

 

TIGERS SCHEDULE:

LAST FIVE REGULAR SEASON	RESULTS:	NEXT FIVE:	TIME:
Jan. 16 @ Kootenay Ice	4-2 WIN	VS. Moose Jaw Warriors Fri. Jan. 29	7:30 PM (MT)
Jan. 20 @ Victoria Royals	8-2 LOSS	VS. Prince Albert Raiders Sat. Jan. 30	7:30 PM (MT)
Jan. 22 @ Vancouver Giants	4-1 LOSS	@ Moose Jaw Warriors Sun. Jan. 31	6:00 PM (MT)
Jan. 23 @ Kelowna Rockets	4-0 LOSS	VS. Swift Current Broncos Tues. Feb. 2	7:00 PM (MT)
Jan. 25 @ Prince George Cougars	6-4 WIN	@ Regina Pats Fri. Feb. 5	6:00 PM (MT)