TIGERS DEFEAT BLADES 6-4
The Tigers hosted the Saskatoon Blades on Saturday night in their annual Stick It To Breast Cancer game. Tiger players used pink wrapped sticks in warm ups and during their first shift of the game. The sticks were then auctioned off throughout the first two periods. There were also team signed sticks and a pair of pink jerseys up for raffle. Between the two promotions the event brought in $7,798.25 for the Canadian Cancer Society. Not only did the Tigers have a big night off the ice they also came away with a big 6-4 win over the Blades to end a three game slide.
The Blades opened the scoring 6:48 into the first period to take the early lead. Matt Revel scored his second of the season unassisted. The lead wouldn’t last too long though as Curtis Valk scored his fifth of the season while on the power play at 13:07. Dylan Bredo and Tommy Vannelli picked up the assists on the goal.
The second period was a lot busier for the score keeper. The Blades jumped out to a 3-1 lead with Nathan Burns scoring a pair of goals only nine seconds apart. The two goals gave Burns nine on the season. The Tigers would come back though with four straight goals to end the period. Kyle Becker started the comeback with his second of the season from Jacob Doty and Miles Koules. Steven Owre tied the game at 2-2 with his fourth of the season. Matt Staples sand Chad Butcher would pick up the helpers on Owre’s fourth of the season. Curtis Valk would give the Tigers their first lead of the game with a beautiful penalty shot goal for his sixth of the season. And to end the period’s scoring Markus Eisenschmid scored his second of the season to make it a two goal game. Curtis Valk and Tommy Vannelli added to their point totals with the assists.
The Tigers would build on their lead with another power play goal to start the third period. Kyle Becker made it a 6-3 game with his second of the night. Jacob Doty and Ty Stanton were credited with the helpers. The Blades would cut the lead back to two with Cody Millette’s fourth of the season late in the third while on the power play. The Blades would pull their goaltender and try to catch up but 6-4 is the closest they would come.
Daniel Wapple had a solid game in net for the Tigers making 34 saves. The win brought his record up to 4-1-1-0. The Tigers made sure that Alex Moodie had a busy night in the Blades net. Moodie allowed six goals against on 48 shots in the loss.
The Tigers went 2 for 4 on the power play and were able to kill off 1 of 2 Blades’ power play opportunities.
Earls Restaurant Three Stars of the Night:
- Curtis Valk – Medicine Hat Tigers
- Tommy Vannelli – Medicine Hat Tigers
- Nathan Burns – Saskatoon Blades
The Tigers’ next game is Tuesday, October 29th when they travel to Prince Albert to take on the Raiders. The game will begin at 7:00pm (MST) and can be heard live on CHAT 94.5 FM at tigershockey.com or watched via webcast at livestream.whl.ca.
