Thoughts
Too early to tell. They had 6 picks in the top 3 rounds. As long as the scouts did well come 2023-2024 the Tigers should see an upswing season barring trades etc.
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Draft Reviews
2013 - Director of Scouting & Assistant General Manager: Brad McEwen
| Rnd | Pos. | Name | P | H | lbs | GP | PTS | |
| 1 | 10 | Quenneville, David | RD | 5.07 | 175 | 251 | 214 | |
| 2 | 32 | Shaw, Mason | C | 5.06 | 150 | 162 | 142 | |
| 2 | 35 | Jevne, Ryan | RW | 5.09 | 175 | 273 | 253 | |
| 3 | 54 | Skapski, Marshall | LD | 5.08 | 151 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | 75 | McGrath, Austin | G | 5.11 | 148 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | 113 | Taupert, Jordan | C | 5.04 | 125 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | 118 | Gerlach, Max | C | 5.05 | 130 | 278 | 251 | |
| 6 | 121 | Fantillo, Caleb | RW | 5.09 | 162 | 159 | 35 | |
| 8 | 162 | Makar, Cale | RD | 5.06 | 125 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | 202 | Roberts, Ryan | LD | 5.10 | 154 | 0 | 0 |
Avg Height: 5''7.5
Avg Weight: 150 lb
Total GP: 1123
Total Pts: 895
Thoughts
This was an incredible Draft. Their top 3 picks all turned into key players. They also drafted 2 gems in the later rounds. Unfortunately, 1 didn't come to the WHL and will likely be a star defenceman in the NHL. If Makar had come over it would have been a draft for the history books, nonetheless an above average draft with 4 key players and a depth player.
2012 - (GM: Brad McEwen Head Coach: Sean Clouston)
Avg Height: 5"10
Thoughts
I feel the Tigers did very well considering their positioning @ 16th overall and no 3rd or 4th round picks. They still found 1 star, 1 core player, and 1 depth player. If you were to string a couple of these types of drafts back to back, it would pose talent problems with the lineup.
It was a slightly underwhelming draft but they did pretty well-finding talent with lean pick selection.
2011
Avg Height: 5.08
GM: Brad McEwen
Head Coach: Sean Clouston
Thoughts
The Tigers did extremely well because they had a late-round selection and no 2nd round pick. They found 2 whl stars and 2 depth players
Thoughts
This was an incredible Draft. Their top 3 picks all turned into key players. They also drafted 2 gems in the later rounds. Unfortunately, 1 didn't come to the WHL and will likely be a star defenceman in the NHL. If Makar had come over it would have been a draft for the history books, nonetheless an above average draft with 4 key players and a depth player.
2012 - (GM: Brad McEwen Head Coach: Sean Clouston)
| Rnd. | Pos. | Name | Pos | Height | Weight | GP | PTS |
| 1 | 16 | Schultz, Ty | RD | 5.11 | 150 | 187 | 50 |
| 2 | 38 | Bradley, Matthew | C/LW | 5.09 | 150 | 281 | 247 |
| 5 | 104 | Xavier, Jordan | C | 5.08 | 134 | ||
| 6 | 125 | Dubuisson, Mendell | RW | 6 | 150 | ||
| 6 | 126 | Dyck, Mitchell | RD | 6 | 184 | ||
| 7 | 143 | Morris, Riley | G | 5.1 | 154 | ||
| 7 | 148 | Young, Justin | RW | 5.11 | 152 | ||
| 8 | 170 | Forrest, Brad | LD | 5.09 | 135 | 151 | 36 |
| 9 | 191 | Fletcher, Jake | LW | 5.09.5 | 155 | 1 | |
| 10 | 211 | Bredo, Todd | LD | 6.02 | 170 | ||
| 11 | 226 | Uhrich, Brayden | RW | 5.09 | 151 | 7 |
Avg Height: 5"10
Avg Weight: 153 lb
Total GP: 627
Total Pts: 333
Thoughts
I feel the Tigers did very well considering their positioning @ 16th overall and no 3rd or 4th round picks. They still found 1 star, 1 core player, and 1 depth player. If you were to string a couple of these types of drafts back to back, it would pose talent problems with the lineup.
It was a slightly underwhelming draft but they did pretty well-finding talent with lean pick selection.
2011
| Rnd. | Pos. | Name | Pos. | Height | Weight | GP | PTS |
| 1 | 18 | Penner, Blake | LW | 5.09 | 170 | 165 | 43 |
| 3 | 62 | Butcher, Chad | RW | 5.05 | 121 | 302 | 260 |
| 4 | 69 | Mortlock, Nathyn | RD | 5.11 | 160 | 46 | 4 |
| 4 | 79 | Mowbray, Alex | C | 5.11 | 174 | 213 | 50 |
| 6 | 124 | Robidoux, Zac | G | 6.02 | 190 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 128 | Owre, Steven | C/RW | 5.09 | 140 | 283 | 221 |
| 7 | 150 | McEachern, Michael | LD | 5.09 | 124 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 172 | McCulloch, Josh | C/LW | 5.07 | 155 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 194 | Martens, Nolan | LW | 5.11 | 145 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 213 | Normandeau, Patrick | LD | 5.08 | 162 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 223 | Donnelly, Matthew | RW | 5.08 | 125 | 0 | 0 |
Avg Height: 5.08
Avg Weight: 151 lb
Total GP: 1009
Total Pts: 578
GM: Brad McEwen
Head Coach: Sean Clouston
Thoughts
The Tigers did extremely well because they had a late-round selection and no 2nd round pick. They found 2 whl stars and 2 depth players
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Also a list of some past players I dug up.
Hunter Shinkaruk - AHL 10 points in 54 games.
Curtis Valk - Playing in Russia 27 points in 50 games.
Darren Dietz - Local kid who played for Saskatoon is a star over in the KHL. Led his team in points as a defenceman.
Cole Sanford - Finished his 3rd year at the U of A. 39 points in 28 games.
Trevor Cox - Also finished his 3rd year @ U of A. 28 points in 25 games.
Steven Owre - Finished his 2nd year @ U of A. 22 Points in 28 games.
Clayton Kirichenko - 2nd year U of A. 20 points in 26 games.
Kenny Cameron - Backup Goalie for U of A. Played in 3 games.
Mark Rassell - First year at Univ of New Brunswick. 29 points in 30 games, won the CIC
Riley Sheen - Finished 2nd year at Univ. Calgary 34 points in 28 games
Brennan Bosch - Playing Senior Hockey in Saskatchewan
Logan McVeigh - Finished 4th year at Univ. Saskatchewan, 27 points in 28 games.
Mason Shaw - AHL - Minnesota 33 points in 76 games
David Quenneville - 21 points in 55 games ECHL (islanders)
Zach Fischer - 40 games 9 points 168 PM in ECHL
Kristians Rubins - split time in AHL/ECHl 71 GP 21 pts combined
Ty Schultz - No Information
Markus Eisenschmid - 42 points in 50 games in Germany
Nick Schneider - Split time in AHL/ECHL. Much better numbers in AHL
Marek Langhamer - Split time in Czech league and KHL. .929 SVP in 19 games
Miles Koules - Split time in the AHL and Finland. 6 points in 32 games
Dryden Hunt - AHl with Florida. 44 pts in 51 games
Kyle Becker - Finished 4th year with Univ of BC. 2 points in 24 games
Tyler Lewington - AHL assistant Captain, 2 games in NHL. 67 games 17 points
Kyle Burroughs - Finished 4th season in AHL. 15 points in 69 games.
Boston Leier - Split time in AHL/ECHL. 12 points in 44 games. (finished 4 year university hockey with Acadia University
Chad Labelle - Finished 4th year with Univ. PEI. 8 points in 29 games.
Jacob Doty - Split time in UK hockey league and ECHL. 14 pts in 69 games. 152PM
Dylan Bredo - Finished University hockey. 48 points in 72 games ECHL
Elgin Pearce - ECHL/AHL Callup - 41 pts in 63 games
Ty Stanton - Played 1 season in AHL/ECHL. Played 1 year with NAIT. No information this season.
Alex Theriau - Retired after whl due to Hip Injury
Dylan Busenius - Finished 5th year at Univ. Calgary. 18 pts in 27 games.
Cole Grbavac - Finished his university hockey and is a Senior Accountant in Calgary.
Kellan Tochkin - Spent time in ECHL/Sweden, coached Everett Jr Silvertips in 2015/2016. No longer active
Reid Petryk - ECHL/AHL 45 points in 59 games.
Emerson Etem - Retired after 9 games in the AHL. Apparently lives in Medicine Hat
Kale Kessy - AHL/ECHL 51 GP 33 pts. 370 PM
tyler Pitlick - NHL 12 points in 47 GP with Dallas Stars
Linden Vey - KHL 43 points in 56 GP
Matthew Konan - No information after 2015-2016. A big concussion left him sidelined for 15 months. He returned to the ECHl the following year, but there is no information after that.
Jace Coyle - Looks to have retired last year. Spent some time in ECHL & Europe
Thomas Carr - Played for the U of A, then went to france. No information after 2016-2017
Tyler Bunz - Last pro season in 2015 with the Oilers. Plays senior hockey
Calgary made a big deal for Star Moose Jaw Warriors Defenceman Jett Woo.
Tigers draft the smallest player in round 1 at 5'5.When are they going to learn small teams dont win championships.Been putting together small teams for years and where has that got us.Big kid that skates just as well as smaller player will win the battle every time.
They have not learned that and will not with the current GM.
Of the first 105 picks, which encompasses the first five rounds there was only 18 players 6' and over picked so the Tigers were not alone drafting small players. Weisblatt was ranked number 14 by draft geek so it's not like they went way off the board with their pick. His brothers are in the 5'10" range so he'll most likely grow some before he shows up here. Ive seen him play twice and he was a ball of fire both times, doesn't shy away from contact and in most cases initiated and he's got lots of skill.
Max Gerlach was 5'5 when he was drafted at 14. He is only 5'9 now but he has been a 30 goals a season scorer since his rookie season when he was 17.
Whether Wiesblatt grows 4 inches or not doesn't matter, what matters is what he can do with the puck and like longtimefan said he doesn't shy away from contact so he won't be a little guy getting pushed around
I don't agree that those drafts are so successful. As another poster mentioned too many small players. You cannot succeed having the same type of players. Need a mix.
If you look up the heights of the past championship teams they all have a good mix of sizes.
They have the 6"3 power forwards. They also have the 5'8 skilled slippery players.
I agree thoroughly that the best team chemistry includes a mix of sizes.
Soo it is our 50th Anniversary season and I got my season ticket renewal in the mail. No letter accompanying it like previous years, nothing special to honor the 50th. Just the same old, same old. Very disappointing!!
That is why after 30 years of season tickets I'm going to say goodbye ...the owners are 50 years behind the times
You have got to be kidding?!!!
Nothing for the season ticket holders to celebrate 50 YEARS, absolutely pathetic.
Thanks for nothing fans!!!!
What did you expect?
I'm looking forward to rookie camp this weekend. Sounds like all events that are open to the public will be at FLC.
I watched some of the prospects today and I can honestly say I was impressed and I am one who admits that too much. I was questioning buying season tickets again however I can say that watching these kids today changed my mind - I will be buying again. Our first round pick Oasiz W. was incredible and super quick. Yes, he is small but he doesn't shy away from the big guys at all. Unfortunately they didn't have the players listed with jersey numbers so I wasn't able to figure out who some of the other players and goalies were so hopefully tomorrow they have that available for fans going to watch. As for the goalies they were all pretty strong - there were only 3 at camp. My favorite was 33 but not sure of his name. He resembles Mads because he is super tall and has good positioning although not as quick as Mads but I think once he gets used to this speed of play that will improve. There is a lot of promise coming so to those of you questioning buying season tickets again...I say go tomorrow (Sunday) and watch the black vs white game - see for yourself. Oh and hats off to Dylan MacPherson and Jaeger White for suiting up and playing with the prospects today - well done.
33 was Liam Vaderkooi I believe. I personally thought Cayden Glover looked pretty good. He is pretty close to 6 feet tall and skates well and can really shoot the puck. I thought Rhett parsons also looked pretty solid from what I seen today.
Wow, there it is. The Medicine Hat Tigers announced this morning that the Hockey Club and General Manager/ Head Coach Shaun Clouston have parted ways. Will be interesting to see how the Tigers do this upcoming season.
Just saw that about Clouston, I am on my way now to renew my season tickets!
I think you and a few other from the city are about to do the exact same thing. Will be very interesting to see if the Tigers can make the playoffs without Clouston. They made the playoffs 8 out of the last 9 years under Shaun and some of those years they shouldn't have even been a playoff team.
YAHOOOOOOOO!!! Great news , thought we were going to be stuck with him for another year.Is there a chance Willie comes back and runs his academy on the side??I would think they have someone lined up because the Import Draft is in another month.Looking forward to a fresh start it was time.At least we wont have to see Sillinger and Weisblatt ask for trades out of town in a year or two.
Greg Drinnan who has reported on the WHL forever is reporting Willie Desjardins has agreed to become the head coach and gm of the Tigers. Press conference tomorrow at 10am.
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!
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