Game Day Preview – October 7 at Everett
October 7, 2022 – Western Hockey League (WHL) – Medicine Hat Tigers News Release
2022-2023 TIGERS RECORD: 1-0-0-0 Home: 1-1-0-0 Road: 0-1-0-0
2021-2022 TIGERS RECORD: 11-53-3-1 Home: 8-25-1-0 Road: 3-28-2-1
LAST GAME: 5-2 Loss vs Winnipeg ICE: Despite opening the scoring just 15 seconds into the game by Oasiz Wiesblatt, the number one ranked team in the CHL found a way to pull away for good in the second period thanks to a Connor Geekie hat-trick to help Winnipeg take care of the Tigers at home, dropping their record to 1-2 heading into the 5 game US Division Road Trip starting tonight in Everett.
SILVERTIPS: This will be the only meeting of the 2022-23 WHL Season, the last time the Tigers and Silvertips played each other was December 7, 2019 in Medicine Hat where the Silvertips shutout the Tigers 5-0. Calgary Flames prospect Dustin Wolf got the shutout while now a Tiger Brenden Lee suited up for Everett in the win. The last Tigers win against Everett came at the Angel of the Winds Arena on February 9, 2019 where Mads Sogaard came away with the shutout while James Hamblin scored the game winning goal and is still at Edmonton Oilers camp looking to crack the opening night NHL roster in Edmonton.
2022-2023 REGULAR SEASON STATS LEADERS:
Goals (3) – Oasiz Wiesblatt Assists (5) – Basha
Points (7) – Andrew Basha
PIMS (15) – Oasiz Wiesblatt Plus/Minus (6) – Rhett Parsons
Wins (1) – Beckett Langkow Shutouts (0) – N/A
Save % (.867) – Beckett Langkow Goals Against Average (3.67) – Beckett Langkow
WHO’S HOT
Andrew Basha (05) 3 GP: 2G 5A – 7PTS
Bogdans Hodass (03) 3 GP: 1G 4A – 5 PTS
Rhett Parsons (03) 3 GP: 1G 4A – 5PTS
Oasiz Wiesblatt (04) 3 GP: 4G – 4PTS
Tyler MacKenzie 3 GP: 3 G – 3PTS
MILESTONE WATCH:
Oasiz Wiesblatt, two points away from 40 career points
Bogdans Hodass, one point away from 30 career points
Owen MacNeil, playing in career game 135 tonight
Rhett Parsons, 4 games away from 90 in his career
Reid Andresen, 2 games away from 80 in his career
Willie Desjardins, 10 wins away from 400 as Tigers Head Coach
NEWS & NOTES:
Thru 3: The Medicine Hat Tigers are sporting a 1-2 record in the 2022-23 WHL Season so far after winning their season opener against Lethbridge, the Tigers have lost two straight to Lethbridge (5-4 Sept 30) & Winnipeg (5-2 Oct 1). This is the Tigers first US road trip since February 2019.
New Blood: The Tigers will have one of their newest prospects on the road trip for the next 10 days, Defenceman Matthew Paranych who was drafted in the 3rd Round of this year Prospects Draft has been playing with the SAHA Academy in Medicine Hat.
Calgary Cowboys: The line of Andrew Basha, Oasiz Wiesblatt & Owen MacNeil are off to a great start in the Tigers season. Responsible for 7 of the Tigers first 16 goals scored this year.
Behind the Bench: This is Tigers Head Coach Willie Desjardins’ 11th season coaching the Tigers in two different tenures and is just 10 wins away from 400 while coaching the Orange & Black
HOW THE TIGERS WERE BUILT:
WHL Draft (12): Andresen, Parsons, Shtrom, Wiesblatt, Ekren-Bratton*, MacKenzie, Krebs, St. Martin, Boehm, Van Mulligen, Mrsic, Lindstrom, Basha, McKenna, McCallum
Trade (3): Bocharov, Lee, MacNeil
CHL Import Draft (1): Hodass (18)
Listed/Signed (2): Langkow, Hanas
Waivers (1): Drover, Melin
GEOGRAPHICAL BREAKDOWN (* indicates rookie):
Alberta – 11 – Parsons, Wiesblatt, MacKenzie, Krebs, Langkow, St. Martin *, Smith *, Melin, Van Mulligen *, MacNeil, Basha
BC – 3 – Lindstrom *, Mrsic *, Boehm *
Saskatchewan – 2 – Andresen, Ekren-Bratton *
Manitoba – 1 – McCallum *
Newfoundland – 1 Drover
Yukon – McKenna *
USA – 3 – Hanas, Shtrom, Bocharov Latvia – 1 – Hodass
ROSTER AGE BREAKDOWN (* indicates rookie):
2002 – 3 – (Drover, Melin, Lee,)
2003 – 5 – (Langkow, Parsons, Krebs, Hodass, MacNeil
2004 – 5 – (Shtrom, Wiesblatt, MacKenzie, Bocharov, Boehm)
2005 – 7 – (Andresen, Ekren-Bratton *, St. Martin *, Smith *, Hanas *, Van Mulligen *, Basha)
2006 – 2 – (McCallum*, Mrsic *, Lindstrom *)
2007 – 2 – McKenna AP & Paranych AP
Previous Three Games Next Three Games (all times MT)
Sat, Sept. 24th – vs Lethbridge Hurricanes (9-1 Win) Fri, Oct. 7th – at Everett Silvertips (8:00pm)
Fri, Sept 30th – at Lethbridge Hurricanes (5-4 Loss) Fri Oct. 8th – at Portland Winterhawks (7:00pm)
Sat, Oct 1st – vs Winnipeg ICE (5-2 Loss) Tues, Oct. 11th – at Seattle Thunderbirds (8:00pm)
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