Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Tigers VS Edmonton Round One

Round One
Game: 1: Sat March 23rd - 7:30 Edmonton
Game: 3: Sun March 24th - 6:00 Edmonton

Game: 3 Tue March 26th - 7:00 Medicine Hat
Game: 4 Wed March 27th - 7:00 Medicine Hat

Game: 5 Fri March 29th - 7:00 PM Edmonton

Game 6: Sun March 31st - 6:00 PM Medicine Hat

Game 7: Tue April 2nd - 7:00 PM Edmonton


Notes:
 Dylan Myskiw is 11-1 all-time against the Tigers. Myskiw was the goaltender for Brandon last season when the Tigers took a 2-0 playoff series lead but lost the next 4 games.

The Tigers lone victory against him was a 4-3 Shootout win January 16th.

The Good News is that one of Edmonton's Top Scorers against the Tigers now plays with the Tigers. Brett Kemp had 5 points in 2 games when playing for the Oil Kings against the Tigers

Links
Tigers Ready To Embrace Underdog Role
Tigers to Face Edmonton
Edmonton Set To Take Centre Stage
Oil Kings, Tigers to duel in first round



Monday, March 4, 2019

Playoff Push

Playoff Outlook
It's unfortunate the Tigers season took a recent slide. It is now very unlikely that they can grab a divisional playoff seeding, whereas a couple weeks ago they were in a fight for first place.


Divisional Seeding
1st - Not Possible
2nd - Almost Eliminated (2 Lethbridge Points or Tigers loss of points disqualifies from 2nd)
3rd -  Unlikely - 7 points back with 6 games to play. They need to run the table to have a chance.

1st Wildcard - Very Possible
2nd Wildcard - Very Possible
Missing Playoffs - Very Possible

3 Teams for 2 Spots
Medicine Hat, Red Deer, Brandon - These 3 teams are very close in winning percentage. We could very well see a 1 game playoff at the end of the season (total wins)

Remaining Schedules

Medicine Hat ( 4 Home - 2 Road)
Calgary - Home
Lethbridge - Road
Brandon - Home
Red Deer - Home
Kootenay - Road
Lethbridge - Home

Better Home Record Than Road Record.

Red Deer ( 4 Home, 2 Road)
Brandon - Home
Kootenay - Home
Edmonton - Home
Medicine Hat - Road
Lethbridge - Home
Kootenay - Road

Fairly Equal Home & Road Record


Brandon ( 5 Road, 2 Home)
Kootenay - Road
Lethbridge - Road
Red Deer - Road
Medicine Hat - Road
Moose Jaw - Home
Regina - Road
Regina - Home

Very good Home team,  10-14 Road Record


Potential Playoff Opponents
Prince Albert - Very possible
Edmonton Very Possible
Lethbridge - Very Possible
Eliminated - Very possible
Calgary - Possible