Tigers Defeat Bronco's 2-1

Some quick notes on today's game. The only scratch was Kale Kessey (other than the 9 guys away at nhl camps).

Despite the close score the Tigers controlled most of the play. The Tigers offense did a really good job at keeping the broncos in their own end for extended periods of time. Their systems play was way above average being 2 weeks away from the start of the season. However they weren't able to finish their chances. The Broncos didn't take it up a notch until the last 10 minutes of the 3rd period.

I was really enjoying watching all the new faces play. These coaches have a tough tough decision on deciding who to keep. Each new face looked pretty good and made a nice play or two during parts of the game. Their basically going to cut whl caliber players, their 50 PPL will be stuffed.


A couple things that stood out for me.

Deven Dubyk looked real poised in his net and didn't look like he broke a sweat until the broncos scored to make it 2-1 with 9 minutes left in the game. I beleive he was screened and the puck might have been tipped.

One player for me that stood out was #21 Colin Mospanchuck. He was hitting hard, scooping up the loose pucks, won a one sided fight, and was the first guy back multiple times.

There was one play where Curtis Valk turned Broncos Defender Graeme Craig inside out with a Tyler Ennis like move.

Reid Petryk and Dylan Bredo also looked pretty strong along the boards controlling the puck. Petryk has looked like he has grown a bit. Boston Leier played well, he reminds me a lot of Brennan Bosch. Trent Oullette I only noticed him a couple times but when i did it was because he knocked a broncos defender off the puck.

Sam Dezman is making a case to stick in the lineup. He showed tonight he has some hands, although he seems to play more of an individual game, and I noticed a couple times where he stayed out on the ice too long.

Defensman Patrik Parkkonen was caught a couple times giving up an odd man rush, but he has an awesome talent of being able to pick up the puck along the boards with his backhand.

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Medicine Hat Tigers 2, Swift Current Broncos 1

1st Period
No Scoring

2nd Period
1 – MH – Thomas Carr (Matt Konan, Sam Dezman) - 8:24 PP
2 – MH – Thomas Carr (Trent Ouellette, Riley Sheen) – 10:59

3r Period
1 – SC – Graeme Craig (Jordan Peddle, Andy Blake)

Goaltenders
MH – Deven Dubyk (16/17)
SC – Austin Smith (22/24)

Shots on Goal
MH - 11,7,6 = 24
SC - 5, 5, 7 = 17
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If you interested in following Tigers players at nhl camps. Anaheim is streaming their prospect games live on thier website.

Pacific Time
Sunday, Sept. 12 vs. San Jose at 7:30 p.m. PDT
Monday, Sept. 13 vs. Calgary at 4 p.m. PDT
Wednesday, Sept. 15 vs. Vancouver at 4 p.m. PDT
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Also I found a pretty good website for keeping track of the prospects at the Traverse City Tournament ( Kundratek, Isherwood, Coyle, Grbavac, King)
http://www.pointstreak.com/prostats/scoreboard.html?leagueid=505&seasonid=5958