Gameday Preview November 4 at Calgary
November 4, 2022 – Western Hockey League (WHL) – Medicine Hat Tigers News Release
LAST GAME: 3-2 OTL vs Vancouver Giants: For the second straight home game for the Medicine Hat Tigers, they’d need to go to overtime to decide their fate. Vancouver would take a 1-0 lead after 1 thanks to a Mazden Leslie goal. But Brayden Boehm & Bogdans Hodass would give the home side a 2-1 lead heading to the 3rd. Vancouver would force overtime with the extra attacker with 5.6 seconds left on the clock as Zach Ostapchuk would hit the equalizer. In overtime the Giant’s Jaden Lipinski would sneak in behind the Tigers defence and score the OT winner for the eventual winning goal.
VS CALGARY: This is the 1st meeting of the season between Medicine Hat & Calgary the Tigers and Hitmen will face each other 6 times this season, in the 2021-22 WHL Season the Hitmen took 7 of 8 games against the Orange & Black. The All-time record for the Tigers against the Hitmen in 178 games played, the Tigers have a record of 78-75-9-5 including 3 ties. When the Tigers play at the Saddledome or the 7 Chiefs Sportsplex, the Tigers have a 31-43-4-2 record with 2 ties. When it comes to overtime the Tigers are 6-9 against the Hitmen while the Tigers are 5-6 if a game with the Hitmen ends up going to a shootout.
HEAD TO HEAD
2021-2022 2022-23
November 13, 2021 @ MH (4-2 L) November 4, 2022 @ CGY
November 14, 2021 @ CGY (4-3 OTL) November 26, 2022 @ MH
December 28, 2021 @ CGY (3-1 L) December 2, 2022 @ MH
December 30, 2021 @ MH (3-2 L January 21, 2023 @ MH
January 2, 2022 @ CGY (4-2 L) March 18, 2023 @ MH
January 29, 2022 @ MH (6-5 L) March 19, 2023 @ CGY
March 26, 2022 @ MH (2-0 L
March 30, 2022 @ CGY (3-2 L)
TALE OF THE TAPE
CALGARY HITMEN (6-4-1) (14pts) MEDICINE HAT TIGERS (4-6-3) (11pts)
2nd – Central Division 5th – Central Division
7th – Eastern Conference 10th – Eastern Conference
PP – OVR 9/57 – 15.8% – HM 5/33 – 15.2% PP – OVR 17/63 – 27.0% – RD 8/35 – 22.9%
PK – OVR 45/57 -78.9% – HM 23/27 – 85.2% PK – Overall 47/61 – 77.0% -RD 19/27 – 70.4%
2022-2023 REGULAR SEASON STATS LEADERS:
Goals (6) – Lee & Wiesblatt Assists (10) – Hodass
Points (12) – Hodass PIMS (25) – Wiesblatt
Plus/Minus (8) – Rhett Parsons Wins (4) – Beckett Langkow
Shutouts (0) – N/A Save % (.935) – Evan May
Goals Against Average (2.08) – May
WHO’S HOT
– Bogdans Hodass: 12 GP: 1G 10A – 11 PTS – Andrew Basha 12 GP: 4G 7A – 11 PTS
– Brenden Lee 12 GP: 6G-4A – 9 PTS (6 PPG) – Oasiz Wiesblatt 11 GP: 6G-3A – 9 PTS
– Dru Krebs 11 GP: 0G-8A – 8 PTS
MILESTONE WATCH:
– Dallon Melin, playing career game 200
– Pasha Bocharov, 1 game away from 100 games played
– Brayden Boehm, 6 games away from 100 games played
– Owen MacNeil, playing in career game 145
– Rhett Parsons, 3 games away from 100 games played
– Dru Krebs, 3 games away from 160 games played
– 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.
Local, Local, Local: 5 members of the Tigers roster have ties to the City of Calgary including the line of Owen MacNeil, Oasiz Wiesblatt & Andrew Basha who all grew up in Calgary, while defencemen Dru Krebs (Okotoks, AB) and Rhett Parsons (Cremona, AB), their hometowns are less than 90 KM from 7 Chiefs Sportsplex.
Smith, Shane Smith: Tigers Rookie Forward Shane Smith, leads all Tiger rookies in scoring with 6 points (5 goals, 1 assist), while the Cessford, AB product is 11th in WHL Rookie Scoring and 2nd in Rookie goals this season.
Mr. 200: Tigers Forward Dallon Melin will be playing in his 200th game tonight against the Hitmen. In Melin’s first 199 WHL games he’s accumulated 25 goals & 32 assists along with 176 penalty minus and a career +/- of -1. In his only season with the Tigers thus far he’s scored 3 goals & 4 assists.
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.
OT Woes: The Medicine Hat Tigers are 0-3 when it comes to overtime games this season, dropping two straight to Victoria & Vancouver on Oct 29 & Nov 1
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.
Lindstrom Late Addition: Joining Tomas Mrsic at the U17’s is Cayden Lindstrom who was added to Team Canada White and will be in action against Sweden Thursday.
From Jelgava With Love: Tigers defenceman Bogdans Hodass is in the Top 5 of WHL defencemen in scoring 11 points through 11 games.
Parsons a Plus!: Tigers defencemen Rhett Parsons has a team leading +/- rating of +8 through 12 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 (10): Andresen, Parsons, Shtrom, Wiesblatt, 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 – 5 – Smythe, Lindstrom *, Mrsic *, Boehm & May
Saskatchewan – 2 – Andresen
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 – 6 – (Andresen, *, St. Martin *, Smith Hanas *, Van Mulligen *, Basha)
2006 – 2 – (Mrsic *, Lindstrom *)
2007 – 2 – McKenna AP
Previous Three Games Next Three Games (all times MT)
Sat, Oct. 28th – vs Saskatoon (2-1 L) Fri, Nov 4th – vs Calgary Hitmen (7:00pm)
Sat, Oct. 29th – vs Victoria (4-3 OTL) Sat, Nov 5th – vs Lethbridge Hurricanes (7:00pm)
Tues, Nov 1st – vs Vancouver Giants (3-2 OTL) Tues, Nov 8th – vs Prince Albert Raiders (7:00pm)
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