Gameday Preview: Game 25 Vs Saskatoon Blades
Tonight’s Matchup: Tonight’s matchup is the second of four meetings between the Medicine Hat Tigers and Saskatoon Blades this season. The Tigers were bested in their previous matchup with the Blades, as Medicine Hat looks to rebound from their 5-3 loss on November 19.
2024-25 Season Series:
- Medicine Hat 3 @ Saskatoon 5 (Nov. 19, 2024)
Last Game: The Tigers are coming off a physical game in Edmonton Friday night. The Oil Kings would come back from behind late in the third period to steal the Tigers’ final game on their three-game road trip, 3-2 Oil Kings. A fast-paced, high-intensity game gave good insight as to what’s to come over the next four matchups between these teams.
2024-25 Standings:
13-11-0-0 Central Div. – 1st Eastern Con. – 2nd Home (8-4-0-0) Away (5-7-0-0)
2024-25 Tigers Statistical Leaders:
| Skater Stats | Goalie Stats |
| Goals – Hunter St. Martin (18) | Wins – Harrison Meneghin (7) |
| Assists – Gavin McKenna (32) | Save % – Harrison Meneghin (.891) |
| Points – Gavin McKenna (47) | GAA – Harrison Meneghin (2.93) |
| PIMs – Oasiz Wiesblatt (60) | Shutouts – Harrison Meneghin (1) |
| Plus/Minus – Gavin McKenna (+19) |
Special Teams:
- Power Play: 20 – 91 – 22%
- Penalty Kill: 79 – 101 – 78.2%
Recent Transactions: The Tigers have called up Cash Christie (G) from SAHA. The Tigers have also removed “AP” status from forward Carter Cunningham, making him a full-time roster player for the 2024-25 season.
Milestones:
Tigers forward Hunter St. Martin secured his 50th WHL goal as he scored the overtime winner for the Tigers Wednesday in Prince Albert. St. Martin is also looking to secure other milestones being 4 points from 100 career points and 4 assists from 50 career assists.
Ruck N’ Roll: The Ruck brothers Markus and Liam, have made their mark since returning from a great performance at the U17 World Hockey Challenge posting a combined 6 points over 5 games since returning to the Tigers lineup since their goal medal showing in Sarnia.
Hunt…ing for Goals: Hunter St. Martin is having a career year for the Medicine Hat Tigers. With some standout performances this season, he’s tallied 18 goals over 20 games, including an impressive 9 goals in a 5-game stretch. St. Martin has recorded two hat tricks so far, one of which included an incredible 5-goal game. The Florida Panthers prospect also potted his 50th career goal vs Prince Albert on November 20th.
League Leaders:
| Stat Categories | Player (Rank) |
| Points | Gavin McKenna – 47 Points (1st) |
| Goals | Hunter St. Martin – 18 Goals (Tied 5th) |
| Assists | Gavin McKenna – 31 Assists (1st) |
| Short Handed Goals | Hunter St. Martin – 3 SHG (Tied 1st) Andrew Basha 2 SHG (Tied 2nd) |
| Power Play Assists | Gavin McKenna – 11 PPA (Tied 2nd) |
| Game Winning Goals | Hunter St. Martin – 4 GWG (Tied 3rd) |
Roster Makeup: 26 players on the roster – 3 Goaltenders – 7 Defencemen – 16 Forwards
| 20 Years Old (2004) | Meneghin, Ward, Weisblatt |
| 19 Years Old (2005) | Pacheco, St. Martin, Basha, Van Mulligen, Neutens |
| 18 Years Old (2006) | Cunningham, Lindstrom, Ritchie, Vaisanen, Muhonen, Pickford, Woo |
| 17 Years Old (2007) | Harsanyi, McCann, McKenna, Kashkowski, Paranych, Switzer |
| 16 Years Old (2008) | M. Ruck, L. Ruck, Ryan-MacKay, Gordon-Carroll |
| 15 Years Old (2009) | Christie |
NHL Drafted / Signed Players: Andrew Basha (Calgary Flames), Cayden Lindstrom (Columbus Blue Jackets), Harrison Meneghin (Tampa Bay Lightning), Niilopekka Muhonen (Dallas Stars), Ryder Ritchie (Minnesota Wild), Hunter St. Martin (Florida Panthers), Veeti Vaisanen (Utah Hockey Club)
Tigers Schedule:
| LAST FIVE | RESULTS | NEXT FIVE | TIME |
| @ Edmonton Oil Kings | 2-1 Win | Vs Saskatoon, Sat. Nov 23 | 7:00 PM (MT) |
| Vs Victoria Royals | 5-1 Win | Vs Brandon, Fri. Nov 29 | 7:00 PM (MT) |
| @ Saskatoon Blades | 5-3 Loss | Vs Calgary, Sat. Nov 30 | 7:00 PM (MT) |
| @ Prince Albert Raiders | 3-2 Win (OT) | @ Swift Current, Wed. Dec 4 | 7:00 PM (ST) |
| @ Edmonton Oil Kings | 3-2 Loss | @ Lethbridge, Fri. Dec 6 | 7:00 PM (MT) |
Gametime is 7:00 PM (MST). You can purchase tickets at the Tiger Box Office or Tixx.ca OR you can listen live on Wild 94.5 or watch at watch.chl.ca.
