Game Day Preview October 28 vs Saskatoon
October 28, 2022 – Western Hockey League (WHL) – Medicine Hat Tigers News Release
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 1st 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 39th 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.
It’s Gonna Be May! : Tigers goaltender Evan May will make his Tigers debut tonight after being acquired by Medicine Hat via trade with the Everett Silvertips last weekend. May was acquired in exchange for Oren Shtrom along with both teams acquiring WHL Draft Picks.
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 5th Round Pick in the 2025 WHL Draft from the Everett Silvertips for Oren Shtrom and 8th Round Pick in 2023 & a 9th 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 8th 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 12th.
Behind the Bench: This is Tigers Head Coach Willie Desjardins’ 11th 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)
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