GAME 6: TIGERS @ BRANDON WHEAT KINGS
Vs BRANDON – The Tigers lead the best of seven WHL Eastern Conference Quarter-finals against the Brandon Wheat Kings 3-2. Each team has scored 24 goals in the series and Medicine Hat has outshot Brandon 170-169. Leading the way for the Tigers are forwards Linden Vey (5G,4A) and Cole Grbavac (3G,5A) with nine and eight points, respectively. Goaltender Tyler Bunz (0-1) allowed five goals (6.53 G.A.A.) on 27 shots (.815 SV%) in his only appearance, while Deven Dubyk (3-1) has allowed 18 goals (4.27 G.A.A) on 141 shots (.872 SV%) in five appearances. Medicine Hat is 7 for 19 with the man advantage (36.8%), while having killed off 18 of 28 (64.3%) Brandon power plays.
1st ROUND SERIES SCHEDULE:
#1 – Brandon 7, Medicine Hat 2
#2 – Medicine Hat 5, Brandon 2
#3 – Brandon 6, Medicine Hat 3
#4 – Medicine Hat 5, Brandon 4
#5 – Medicine Hat 9, Brandon 5
#6 – Medicine @ Brandon (Winnipeg), Monday, April 4 (6:30pm)
#7 – Brandon @ Medicine Hat, Wednesday, April 6 (7:00pm)**
** If necessary
SEASON RANKINGS: Record (46-18-4-4). Central Div. – 2nd. Eastern Con. – 3rd. HOME (24-9-1-2). AWAY (22-9-3-2).
STREAKS: Jace Coyle (2G,5A) and Hunter Shinkaruk (2G,3A) have been offensive threats throughout the series against Brandon. Both have recorded points in each game they’ve played in the series. Hunter missed Game 4 with a one game suspension. Goaltender Deven Dubyk has been playing great hockey lately and is 7-3-0-0 in his last 10 starts.
MILESTONES: Linden Vey scored his 100th goal as a Tiger in the 6-2 victory over the Calgary Hitmen on March 8th. Vey has been rewriting the Tigers record books surpassing Kevin Riehl (172 assists) for 11th all-time on the Tigers career assist leaders and Tom Bast (272 points) for 14th on the all-time Tiger scoring leaders. In his career, Vey has amassed 102 goals and 178 assists for 280 points.
TIGERS ROSTER MAKEUP: The Tigers currently have 23 players on the roster – 2 Goaltenders, 9 Defenceman and 12 forwards, including 7 rookies.
AGE BREAKDOWN: 3 – 20 year olds, 7 – 19 year olds, 5 – 18 year olds, 6 – 17 year olds, 1 – 16 year old and 1 – 15 year old.
- Goals (5) Linden Vey
- Assists (5) Cole Grbavac, Jace Coyle
- Points (9) Linden Vey
- PIM (10) Kale Kessy
- Plus/Minus (5) Sebastian Owuya
- Wins (3) Deven Duybk
NHL DRAFTED / SIGNED PLAYERS: Linden Vey (L.A. Kings), Sebastian Owuya (Atlanta Thrashers), Kellan Tochkin (Vancouver Canucks), Jace Coyle (Dallas Stars), Alex Theriau (Dallas Stars), Tyler Bunz (Edmonton Oilers), Tyler Pitlick (Edmonton Oilers) and Emerson Etem (Anaheim Ducks).
PP: (7/19) – (36.8%) PK: (18/28) – (64.3%)
