GAME DAY PREVIEW OCT 28 VS SASKATOON

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2022-2023 TIGERS RECORD: 4-5-1-0

Home: 2-2-0-0

Road: 2-3-1-0

LAST GAME: 5-1 W vs Brandon Wheat Kings: Thanks to a 3 goal first period Saturday night, the Tigers dispatched the Wheaties 5-1 at Co-op Place, thanks to goals from Reid Andresen, Owen MacNeil, Pascha Bocharov, Brenden Lee & Brayden Boehm. Beckett Langkow matched his season high for least goals for in game just allowing one past the Tigers cage.

VS BLADES: This is the 1^st of 4 games between the Blades and Tigers, the Blades took the season series in 2021-22 winning all four match-ups. Head to Head between these two organizations dating back to the 1996-97 WHL Season has the Tigers with a 51-40-8-3 record along with 1 tie in 103 games played. The Tigers at home against the Blades sport a tidy 29-17-4-1 record in 51 games played.

 

2022-2023                                                                                       2021-2022

 

October 28     @ Medicine Hat                                                          October 15 @ Saskatoon     (4-0 L)

November 18 @ Saskatoon                                                                October 30 @ Medicine Hat (4-2 L)

December 3   @ Medicine Hat                                                            January 21 @ Saskatoon     (9-2 L)

December 13 @ Saskatoon                                                                April 5         @ Medicine Hat (4-0L)

 

2022-2023 REGULAR SEASON STATS LEADERS:

Goals (6) – Lee                                                             Assists (10) – Hodass

Points (11) – Hodass

PIMS (25) – Oasiz Wiesblatt                                              Plus/Minus (10) – Rhett Parsons

Wins (4) – Beckett Langkow                                              Shutouts (0) – N/A

Save % (.882) – Beckett Langkow                                   Goals Against Average (3.44) – Beckett Langkow

 

WHO’S HOT 

– Bogdans Hodass: 10 GP: 1G 10A – 11 PTS

– Andrew Basha      10 GP: 4G 6A –   10 PTS

– Brenden Lee         10 GP: 6G-4A –   9 PTS (6 PPG)

– Oasiz Wiesblatt     10 GP: 5G-3A –   8 PTS

– Dru Krebs                9 GP: 0G-8A –   8 PTS

 

MILESTONE WATCH:

• Dallon Melin, 3 games away from 200 career GP
• Oasiz Wiesblatt, 2 games away from 100 career GP
• Brayden Boehm, playing in career game 90
• Beckett Langkow, playing in career game 40 career
• Willie Desjardins, 7 wins away from 400 as Tigers Head Coach

 

NEWS & NOTES:

MacNeil’s Navy: The Tigers announced their leadership group for the 2022-23 WHL Season, Owen MacNeil was named the 39^th Captain in Tigers history, while Rhett Parsons, Dru Krebs, Tyler MacKenzie & Dallon Melin will all wear alternate captain’s A’s on their jerseys this season.

Lee’s Laser: Coming into action tonight, Tigers forward Brenden Lee leads not just the Western Hockey League with power play goals but also has the Canadian Hockey League mark of 6 PPG.

Fighting in the Ranks: For the fifth time this season, the Tigers will be facing a ranked team in the CHL Top 10 Rankings, posting a record of 1-3-1 record in games against Winnipeg, Everett, Portland, Seattle & Red Deer.

O’ Canada: Tigers forward Tomas Mrsic will represent Team Canada Red at the World U-17’s in Langley BC in November, Mrsic has 5 points (2g, 3a) in 6 GP with the Tigers this season.

Tiger Trades: The Tigers were busy on the trade front last week, acquiring G Evan May (04) & a 5^th Round Pick in the 2025 WHL Draft from the Everett Silvertips for Oren Shtrom and 8^th Round Pick in 2023 & a 9^th Round Pick in 2024. Wille Desjardins wasn’t done there as he made a separate move with the Portland Winterhawks acquiring Kurtis Smythe (02) for another 8^th Round Pick in the 2023 WHL Draft.

From Jelgava With Love: Tigers defenceman Bogdans Hodass is 2nd in WHL defencemen  scoring with 11 points through 10 games.

Busy Beckett: If he starts Tigers goaltender Beckett Langkow has started the first ten games of the Tigers season. Sporting a 4-5-1 record with a .885 Save Percentage and a 3.44 GAA,

Parsons a Plus!: Tigers defencemen Rhett Parsons improved his +/- rating to 10 through 10 games, including a +5 performance in Tri City October 12^th.

Behind the Bench: This is Tigers Head Coach Willie Desjardins’ 11^th season coaching the Tigers in two different tenures and is just 7 wins away from 400 while coaching the Orange & Black

 

HOW THE TIGERS WERE BUILT:

WHL Draft (11): Andresen, Parsons, Shtrom, Wiesblatt, Ekren-Bratton*, MacKenzie, Krebs, St. Martin, Boehm, Van Mulligen, Mrsic, Lindstrom, Basha, McKenna

Trade (5): Bocharov, Lee, MacNeil, Smythe & May

CHL Import Draft (1): Hodass (18)

Listed/Signed (2): Langkow, Hanas

Waivers (1): Melin

 

GEOGRAPHICAL BREAKDOWN (* indicates rookie):

Alberta – 11 – Parsons, Wiesblatt, MacKenzie, Krebs, Langkow, St. Martin *, Smith *, Melin, Van Mulligen *, MacNeil, Basha

BC – 4 – Lindstrom *, Mrsic *, Boehm & May

Saskatchewan – 2 – Andresen, Ekren-Bratton *

Manitoba – 1 – McCallum *

Yukon – McKenna *

USA – 2 –  Hanas, Bocharov        Latvia – 1 – Hodass

 

ROSTER AGE BREAKDOWN (* indicates rookie):

2002 – 3  – (Melin, Lee,Smythe)

2003 – 5 – (Langkow, Parsons, Krebs, Hodass, MacNeil

2004 – 5 – (May, Wiesblatt, MacKenzie, Bocharov, Boehm)

2005 – 7 – (Andresen, Ekren-Bratton *, St. Martin *, Smith *, Hanas *, Van Mulligen *, Basha)

2006 – 2 – (Mrsic *, Lindstrom *)

2007 – 2 – McKenna AP

 

Previous Three Games	Next Three Games (all times MT)
Fri,    Oct 14th   – at Spokane (6-3 Loss)	Fri, Oct 28th – vs Saskatoon Blades (7:00pm)
Fri,    Oct 21st – vs Red Deer (4-2 Loss)	Sat, Oct 29th – vs Victoria Royals (7:00pm)
Sat, Oct. 22nd – vs Brandon (5-1 W)	Tues, Nov 1st – vs Vancouver Giants (7:00pm)