GAME 63 VS CALGARY

The Story Coming In

The Medicine Hat Tigers defeated the Swift Current Broncos 3-2 in overtime on Saturday night. Linus Nassen scored with 59 seconds left in the third period to tie the game up 2-2 and Ryan Chyzowski scored the game winning goal just over a minute into overtime. The Tigers are now 32-25-3-2 and they are sitting in 7^th place in the Eastern Conference. Medicine Hat is led by veteran forward James Hamblin with 69 points (32G, 37A).

Tigers vs. Hitmen

Tonight’s game will be the sixth and final meeting between these two Central Division rivals. The Tigers are 1-4-0-0 against the Hitmen this season and their lone victory came at home Nov 4^th, 2018, in a 5-4 contest.

View from Calgary

The Calgary Hitmen had a busy weekend playing three games in three days. They hosted the Brandon Wheat Kings Friday night and won 3-2 in overtime before playing a home and home series with the Kootenay ICE. Saturday the Hitmen won 5-2 in Cranbrook and Sunday they won 6-2 at home. The Hitmen are 35-22-5-1 and they are sitting in 6^th place in the Eastern Conference. Calgary is led by veteran forward Mark Kastelic with 74 points (45G, 29A).

Tigers Talent

Ryan Chyzowski is a veteran forward in his third season with the Orange and Black. The former first round 2015 bantam draft pick scored the game winning goal in overtime on Saturday and not only has he set a new career high in goals with 22 but he has 4 points (2G, 2A) in the Tigers’ last 2 games. The 18-year-old Kamloops native is a skilled forward with a nose for the puck and he is not afraid to mix it up. Look for Chyzowski to drive to the net and create scoring lanes in tonight’s tilt.

Captain’s Corner

Captain James Hamblin has been the Tigers’ top point producer all season and he currently has 69 points (32G, 37A) in 62 games played. The 19-year-old Edmonton, AB product is a hard working, two way forward who leads his team by example. Hamblin was the Tigers’ first-round bantam pick in 2014 and since then he has played in 256 games for the Orange and Black while scoring 78 goals and picking up 106 assists.

Quick Hits

• Corson Hopwo is the Tigers’ leading rookie with 16 points (5G, 11A). Hopwo scored his first career WHL goal against the Hitmen on Nov 4, 2018.
• Linus Nassen played his 100^th career WHL game on Saturday night against the Swift Current Broncos. In his WHL career, Nassen has 68 points (7G, 61A).
• James Hamblin has been the most effective Tiger against the Hitmen this season picking up 7 points (1G, 6A) in 5 games played.
• Tyler Preziuso scored his first career WHL goal against the Hitmen Dec 19, 2015. Preziuso’s goal was the game-tying goal midway through the final frame that led to a 7-5 Tigers victory.
• The Medicine Hat Tigers will suit up for their RE/MAX Presents the WHL Suits up with Don Cherry to Promote Organ Donation game on March 9^th against the Brandon Wheat Kings. The Tigers will sport themed jerseys for the game and all the jerseys will be auctioned off online. All information about the online auction can be found on the Tigers’ website.
• After tonight’s game, Baxter Anderson, Bryan Lockner, Damon Agyeman, Jordan Hollett and Elijah Brown will all be signing autographs on the main concourse in front of the Tigers’ Souvenir Store.

Game Sponsor

House of Cars offers quality pre-owned vehicles and they operate parts of service centres as well as finance department. They are known for their credit rebuilding program and the Medicine Hat location is one of 10 locations.

Hut 8 Community Corner

Hut 8 Mining Company is a cryptocurrency mining and blockchain infrastructure company established through an exclusive partnership with the Bitfury Group, the world’s leading full-service blockchain technology company that recently opened in Medicine Hat.

Medicine Hat Minor Softball runs divisions from Super FUN U4 Blastball, through Learn to Play divisions (U6 Tball, U8 Parent Pitch and U10Mites), Jr High divisions (U12 & U15) and a High School League, where kids play for their school teams. There are both female and male divisions, house and rep teams with over 400 kids playing each year.

Family Packs

The Medicine Hat Tigers are excited to introduce Family Packs this season! Two adult tickets and two children tickets, 4 hot dogs and 4 pops for $69.95. Family packs can be purchased online through Ticketmaster or in person at the box office.

About the Medicine Hat Tigers
The Medicine Hat Tigers are a junior hockey team in the Western Hockey League (WHL) who play out of Medicine Hat, AB and were established in 1970. In 48 seasons of playing major junior hockey, the Tigers have won 2 Scotty Munro Memorial Trophies, as well as, 210 playoff games which led to winning 43 playoff series, raising 33 banners, winning five Ed Chynoweth Cups and two Memorial Cups.