Medicine Hat Tigers

The Medicine Hat Tigers are a junior ice hockey team in the Western Hockey League (WHL) who play out of Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. Established in 1970. The team has won two national Memorial Cups, five WHL League Championships and seven Division Titles, and continues to rally for the Cup annually. Starting in the 2015–16 season, the Tigers have begun play at the Canalta Centre after forty-five seasons at the Medicine Hat Arena. They had a sell-out streak at The Arena dating back 197 games (as of May 15, 2007).

Medicine Hat Tigers
City	Medicine Hat, Alberta
League	Western Hockey League
Conference	Eastern
Division	Central
Founded	1970
Home arena	Canalta Centre
Colours	Orange and Black
General manager	Willie Desjardins[1]
Head coach	Willie Desjardins
Championships	1987 & 1988 Memorial Cup Champions 1973, 1987, 1988, 2004, 2007 WHL Champions
Website	www.tigershockey.com

Travis Dunstall playing for the Medicine Hat Tigers

The Tigers lost the 2007 Memorial Cup 3–1 on May 27, 2007, against the Vancouver Giants, which was hosted by Vancouver at the Pacific Coliseum. This was after beating the Giants in double overtime in Game 7 of the WHL Finals two weeks earlier.

Season-by-season record

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Season	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Points	Finish	Playoffs
1970–71	66	22	43	1	-	271	351	45	5th West	Out of playoffs
1971–72	68	35	30	3	-	351	312	73	4th West	Lost in quarter-final
1972–73	68	39	20	9	-	348	254	87	2nd West	Won championship
1973–74	68	29	31	8	-	305	314	66	3rd West	Lost in quarter-final
1974–75	70	40	22	8	-	380	291	88	2nd West	Lost in quarter-final
1975–76	72	38	24	10	-	379	306	86	3rd West	Lost in quarter-final
1976–77	72	32	28	12	-	330	304	76	1st Central	Lost in preliminary round
1977–78	72	22	41	9	-	293	365	53	3rd Central	Lost in Central Division final
1978–79	72	15	50	7	-	270	479	37	4th Central	Out of playoffs
1979–80	72	37	30	5	-	344	315	79	3rd East	Lost in East Division final
1980–81	72	40	29	3	-	358	302	83	3rd East	Lost in East Division quarter-final
1981–82	72	25	46	1	-	308	446	51	7th East	Out of playoffs
1982–83	72	37	34	1	-	345	338	75	6th East	Lost in East Division quarter-final
1983–84	72	45	26	1	-	404	288	91	2nd East	Lost in East Division final
1984–85	72	53	17	2	-	355	224	108	2nd East	Lost in East Division final
1985–86	72	54	17	1	-	384	245	109	1st East	Lost in final
1986–87	72	48	19	5	-	383	264	101	1st East	Won championship and Memorial Cup
1987–88	72	44	22	6	-	353	261	94	2nd East	Won championship and Memorial Cup
1988–89	72	41	27	4	-	359	326	86	3rd East	Lost in East Division quarter-final
1989–90	72	32	38	2	-	298	331	66	5th East	Lost in East Division quarter-final
1990–91	72	40	27	5	-	366	296	85	2nd East	Lost in East Division final
1991–92	72	48	24	0	-	336	264	96	2nd East	Lost in East Division quarter-final
1992–93	72	29	38	5	-	285	343	63	7th East	Lost in East Division semi-final
1993–94	72	33	33	6	-	263	264	72	5th East	Lost in East Division quarter-final
1994–95	72	38	32	2	-	244	229	78	5th East	Lost in East Division quarter-final
1995–96	72	30	37	5	-	243	288	65	3rd Central	Lost in Eastern Conference quarter-final
1996–97	72	39	32	1	-	270	278	79	3rd Central	Lost in Eastern Conference quarter-final
1997–98	72	16	50	6	-	188	340	38	5th Central	Out of playoffs
1998–99	72	15	56	1	-	185	323	31	5th Central	Out of playoffs
1999–00	72	21	39	6	6	222	295	54	5th Central	Out of playoffs
2000–01	72	24	40	5	3	271	316	56	5th Central	Out of playoffs
2001–02	72	30	36	4	2	277	316	66	5th Central	Out of playoffs
2002–03	72	29	34	2	7	278	314	67	3rd Central	Lost in Eastern Conference semi-final
2003–04	72	40	20	9	3	277	216	92	1st Central	Won championship
2004–05	72	45	21	4	2	234	143	96	1st Central	Lost in Eastern Conference semi-final
Season	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Points	Finish	Playoffs
2005–06	72	47	16	1	8	257	171	103	1st Central	Lost in Eastern Conference final
2006–07	72	52	17	3	0	264	175	107	1st Central	Won championship; Lost Memorial Cup final
2007–08	72	43	22	5	2	234	191	93	3rd Central	Lost in Eastern Conference quarter-final
2008–09	72	36	29	4	3	249	242	79	2nd Central	Lost in Eastern Conference semi-final
2009–10	72	41	23	3	5	276	232	90	3rd Central	Lost in Eastern Conference semi-final
2010–11	72	46	18	4	4	265	196	100	2nd Central	Lost in Eastern Conference final
2011–12	72	42	24	2	4	255	209	90	3rd Central	Lost in Eastern Conference semi-final
2012–13	72	36	33	2	1	243	244	75	4th Central	Lost in Eastern Conference semi-final
2013–14	72	44	24	3	1	260	196	92	3rd Central	Lost in Eastern Conference final
2014–15	72	45	23	2	2	268	213	94	2nd Central	Lost in Eastern Conference semi-final
2015–16	72	30	37	3	2	223	287	65	5th Central	Lost tiebreaker game vs Edmonton Out of playoffs
2016–17	72	51	20	1	0	350	248	103	1st Central	Lost in Eastern Conference semi-final
2017–18	72	36	28	8	0	260	252	80	1st Central	Lost in Eastern Conference quarter-final
2018–19	68	35	27	4	2	217	222	76	4th Central	Lost in Eastern Conference quarter-final
2019–20	63	41	19	2	1	265	182	85	2nd Central	Cancelled

WHL Championship history

• 1972–73: Win, 3-0-2 vs Saskatoon
• 1985–86: Loss, 1-4 vs Kamloops
• 1986–87: Win, 4-3 vs Portland
• 1987–88: Win, 4-2 vs Kamloops
• 2003–04: Win, 4-0 vs Everett
• 2006–07: Win, 4-3 vs Vancouver

Team records

Team records for a single season
Statistic	Total	Season
Most points	109	1985–86
Most wins	54	1985–86
Most goals for	404	1983–84
Fewest goals for	185	1998–99
Fewest goals against	143	2004–05
Most goals against	479	1978–79

Individual player records for a single season
Statistic	Player	Total	Season
Most goals	Don Murdoch	88	1975–76
Most assists	Greg Carroll	111	1975–76
Most points	Greg Carroll	171	1975–76
Most points, rookie	Don Murdoch	141	1974–75
Most points, defenceman	Cliff Lane	82	1975–76
Best GAA (goalie)	Matt Keetley	1.66	2004–05
Goalies = minimum 1500 minutes played

Players

Current roster

Updated June 16, 2020.[2]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace	Drafted
27		Damon Agyeman	D	L	18	2018	Cochrane, Alberta	Eligible 2020
11		Baxter Anderson	LW	L	20	2015	Burnaby, British Columbia	Undrafted
4		Daniel Baker	D	L	19	2016	Edmonton, Alberta	Undrafted
33		Garin Bjorkland	G	L	18	2017	Calgary, Alberta	Eligible 2020
19		Jonathan Brinkman Andersen	LW	L	19	2019	Aalborg, Denmark	Undrafted
5		Elijah Brown	C	L	20	2018	Edmonton, Alberta	Undrafted
29		Ryan Chyzowski (A)	C	L	20	2015	Kamloops, British Columbia	Undrafted
34		Cole Clayton	D	R	20	2015	Strathmore, Alberta	Undrafted
14		Noah Danielson	C	R	18	2017	Olds, Alberta	Eligible 2020
16		Corson Hopwo	RW	L	19	2016	Victoria, British Columbia	Undrafted
21		Brett Kemp	C	R	20	2019	Yorkton, Saskatchewan	Undrafted
15		Dru Krebs	D	L	17	2018	Okotoks, Alberta	Eligible 2021
23		Bryan Lockner (A)	RW	R	20	2018	Windsor, Colorado	Undrafted
36		Nick McCarry	LW	L	19	2017	Calgary, Alberta	Undrafted
17		Cyle McNabb	RW	R	19	2019	Winnipeg, Manitoba	Undrafted
24		Nick Perna	D	L	19	2019	Dallas, Texas	Undrafted
44		Cole Sillinger	C	L	17	2018	Regina, Saskatchewan	Eligible 2021
30		Mads Sogaard	G	L	19	2018	Aalborg, Denmark	2019, 37th Overall, OTT
20		Lukas Svejkovsky	RW	R	18	2019	Point Roberts, Washington	Eligible 2020
28		Eric Van Impe	D	R	18	2017	Calgary, Alberta	Eligible 2020
26		Caleb Willms	LW	L	18	2018	Cochrane, Alberta	Eligible 2020

NHL alumni

Johnathan Aitken Ron Areshenkoff Cam Barker Doug Barkley Bob Bassen Hank Bassen Craig Berube Tim Bothwell Derek Boogaard Jay Bouwmeester Neil Brady Rod Buskas Brian Carlin Greg Carroll Jason Chimera Shane Churla Dean Chynoweth Martin Cibak Al Conroy David Cooper Murray Craven Barry Dean Rob DiMaio Derek Dorsett Rocky Dundas

Tyler Ennis Emerson Etem Vernon Fiddler Mark Fitzpatrick Ron Flockhart Val Fonteyne Troy Gamble Bob Gassoff Brad Gassoff Josh Green Travis Green Bruce Greig Kevan Guy Len Haley Darren Helm Brian Hill John Hilworth Justin Hocking Ken Holland Ryan Hollweg Doug Houda Kelly Hrudey Jamie Huscroft Gord Hynes Eddie Johnstone Matt Keetley

Dan Kordic Dale Kushner Mark Lamb Jamie Linden Trevor Linden Morris Lukowich Joffrey Lupul Ron Lyons Tom Lysiak Clarke MacArthur David Mackey Mike MacWilliam Merlin Malinowski Milan Marcetta Bryan Maxwell Alan May Wayne McBean Bryan McCabe Jim McCrimmon Lanny McDonald Ryan McGill John McKenzie Tom McMurchy Barry Melrose Stefan Meyer

Jason Miller Don Murdoch Rob Niedermayer Jim Nill Jaroslav Obsut Chris Osgood Allen Pedersen Mark Pederson Pete Peeters Mike Rathje Stacy Roest Kris Russell Paxton Schafer David Schlemko Don Smith Ken Solheim Brent Thompson Rocky Thompson Rocky Trottier Greg Vaydik Stan Weir Neil Wilkinson Mike Zanier Richard Zemlak

See also

• List of ice hockey teams in Alberta

References

1. "Willie Desjardins Named GM & Head Coach". OurSports Central. May 31, 2019.
2. WHL Network, Western Hockey League, retrieved 2020-06-16

External links

• Official site