GameSheet: http://www.whl.ca/schedule/show/game/59413
The Tigers have Video highlights on their website.
Tiger Vets In Lineup:6 + Wheaton King, Ryan Aasman
Regina Vets In Lineup: 8 + 5 players with 30 games or more whl experience
Dawson MaCauley was in net for all 5 Regina goals. Kenny Cameron came into the game in the second period and shut the door the rest of the way. However he was beaten twice in 2 attempts in the shootout. The seesaw battle for backup continues.
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The Tigers make their only home exhibition game Tonight at the Arena.
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Devan Dubyk Moving On
Full Article: http://www.tigershockey.com/article/dubyk-moving-on
"It was a tough overeager situation here, and I didn't crack the top three so I've decided to play Junior 'A' in Humboldt, Saskatchewan for the Broncos," states Dubyk.
"It's sad to leave a great organization like the Tigers, and a great group of guys. I know I'll miss them and hopefully they miss me, and hopefully they'll make a long playoff push."
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Well with the numbers game, I think he knew that the oulook for this season didn't look very good for him. I'm happy to see that he will be able to keep playing hockey for another year, where it looks like he will be a starter. I wish him Good Luck!
That essentially cuts camp down one more to 34.
"It was a tough overeager situation here, and I didn't crack the top three so I've decided to play Junior 'A' in Humboldt, Saskatchewan for the Broncos," states Dubyk.
"It's sad to leave a great organization like the Tigers, and a great group of guys. I know I'll miss them and hopefully they miss me, and hopefully they'll make a long playoff push."
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Well with the numbers game, I think he knew that the oulook for this season didn't look very good for him. I'm happy to see that he will be able to keep playing hockey for another year, where it looks like he will be a starter. I wish him Good Luck!
That essentially cuts camp down one more to 34.
Tigers Cut 4
Blake Penner(15)
Nathan Mortlock(15)
Quinlan Moore (17)
Brennan Hunker (17)
35 players remain in camp. From what I remember last year they had 29 players but had no extra's spares as players left for NHL Camps. 8 Players will be heading off to pro camps this next week(not including linden Vey, or tyler pitlick) Both are expected to be gone. Their may be an outside shot of pitlick returning if the Oilers farm system is filled with thier many up and coming prospects, however I still think it is unlikely for that scenario to happen.
Emerson Etem will have a chance to make the Ducks this year. If Anaheim Forward Teemu Selanne decides to retire Etem might just be given a chance to stick in the nhl if he impresses. IMO I think they will send Etem back after a handful of nhl games, but if selanne does retire they just may end up keeping him. Keep your fingers crossed.
http://www.tigershockey.com/article/tigers-cut-down-roster-after-weekend-tourney
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Dieno Shows Spark
Camp Exodus Set to Begin
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If I may make a comment :), this year the MH News and tigershockey.com have done an excellent job at reporting any and all news about the Tigers so far this season. Much Much better than in years past. Keep it up, Good Work!
Nathan Mortlock(15)
Quinlan Moore (17)
Brennan Hunker (17)
35 players remain in camp. From what I remember last year they had 29 players but had no extra's spares as players left for NHL Camps. 8 Players will be heading off to pro camps this next week(not including linden Vey, or tyler pitlick) Both are expected to be gone. Their may be an outside shot of pitlick returning if the Oilers farm system is filled with thier many up and coming prospects, however I still think it is unlikely for that scenario to happen.
Emerson Etem will have a chance to make the Ducks this year. If Anaheim Forward Teemu Selanne decides to retire Etem might just be given a chance to stick in the nhl if he impresses. IMO I think they will send Etem back after a handful of nhl games, but if selanne does retire they just may end up keeping him. Keep your fingers crossed.
http://www.tigershockey.com/article/tigers-cut-down-roster-after-weekend-tourney
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Dieno Shows Spark
Camp Exodus Set to Begin
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If I may make a comment :), this year the MH News and tigershockey.com have done an excellent job at reporting any and all news about the Tigers so far this season. Much Much better than in years past. Keep it up, Good Work!
Monday, September 5, 2011
Oil Kings Defeat Tigers 3-2 in Ex. Game 2
WHl Gamesheet: http://www.whl.ca/schedule/show/game/59406
Despite the loss the Tiger rookies should be proud as they played a more veteran Oil King lineup, as I counted 12 Oil Kings vets who played last season in the game.
The Tigers dressed Devan Dubyk,Patrik Parkkonen, and Curtis Valk along with (,King,Aasman) as the other whler's with at least half a season of whl experience.
Curtis Valk wore the "C"
Patrik Parkonen the "A"
Ryan Aasman the "A"
Rhyse Dieno scored a pair of power-play goals. Dawson MaCauley stopped 20 of 20 shots for the Tigers, while Devan Dubyk surrendered 3 powerplay goals.
In the past the Tigers have made a couple more cuts after the Edmonton Tourney. They'll likely cut down on their 15 year olds as well.
Their Next game is on Friday in Shanavun against the Regina Pats. Followed by their only exhibition game at home on Saturday against Lethbridge.
Despite the loss the Tiger rookies should be proud as they played a more veteran Oil King lineup, as I counted 12 Oil Kings vets who played last season in the game.
The Tigers dressed Devan Dubyk,Patrik Parkkonen, and Curtis Valk along with (,King,Aasman) as the other whler's with at least half a season of whl experience.
Curtis Valk wore the "C"
Patrik Parkonen the "A"
Ryan Aasman the "A"
Rhyse Dieno scored a pair of power-play goals. Dawson MaCauley stopped 20 of 20 shots for the Tigers, while Devan Dubyk surrendered 3 powerplay goals.
In the past the Tigers have made a couple more cuts after the Edmonton Tourney. They'll likely cut down on their 15 year olds as well.
Their Next game is on Friday in Shanavun against the Regina Pats. Followed by their only exhibition game at home on Saturday against Lethbridge.
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Tigers Win First Exhibition Game 4-2 Against Calgary
Game Sheet link: http://www.whl.ca/schedule/show/game/59401
Kenny Cameron and Dawson MacAuley split the goal-tending duties for the Tigers.
The Tigers dressed 3 whl regulars in Hunter Shinkaruk, Ryan Aasman, and Sebastien Owuya, as well as two former wheat kings in Wheaton King, and Jonathen Gaudet.
The Tigers also dressed Two 15 year olds in Blake Penner, and Nathyn Mortloch. Penner had a goal while Mortloch had an assist.
Hunter Shinkaruk wore the C, while Ryan Aasman and Sebastien Owuya wore the "A"'s
Rhyse Dieno, and Jayden Hart lead the way with a goal and assist each.
Next exhibition game is tomorrow vs the Oil Kings.
Kenny Cameron and Dawson MacAuley split the goal-tending duties for the Tigers.
The Tigers dressed 3 whl regulars in Hunter Shinkaruk, Ryan Aasman, and Sebastien Owuya, as well as two former wheat kings in Wheaton King, and Jonathen Gaudet.
The Tigers also dressed Two 15 year olds in Blake Penner, and Nathyn Mortloch. Penner had a goal while Mortloch had an assist.
Hunter Shinkaruk wore the C, while Ryan Aasman and Sebastien Owuya wore the "A"'s
Rhyse Dieno, and Jayden Hart lead the way with a goal and assist each.
Next exhibition game is tomorrow vs the Oil Kings.
Friday, September 2, 2011
Tigers Cut Down to 39
www.tigershockey.com listed their current roster http://www.tigershockey.com/article/tiger-trim-training-camp-roster
Comparing that to the players who played in the intrasquad game the following players have been cut.
Cody Schlosser
Spencer Bomboir
Wyatt Trumbley
Wyatt Johnson
Allan Killback
Devon McAndrews
Cameron Gotaas
Paige Maul
The Tigers play a couple exhibition games Sunday and Monday in the Oil Kings annual Pres-season tournament. Historically the Tigers have played mostly all of thier new players to see how they fit in, and make more cuts after the weekend.
MHNews Article on the cuts: http://www.medicinehatnews.com/local-sports/tigers-cut-down-to-39-players.html
EditAlso added Tyler Bunz blog to the blog roll on the right hand side.
Comparing that to the players who played in the intrasquad game the following players have been cut.
Cody Schlosser
Spencer Bomboir
Wyatt Trumbley
Wyatt Johnson
Allan Killback
Devon McAndrews
Cameron Gotaas
Paige Maul
The Tigers play a couple exhibition games Sunday and Monday in the Oil Kings annual Pres-season tournament. Historically the Tigers have played mostly all of thier new players to see how they fit in, and make more cuts after the weekend.
MHNews Article on the cuts: http://www.medicinehatnews.com/local-sports/tigers-cut-down-to-39-players.html
EditAlso added Tyler Bunz blog to the blog roll on the right hand side.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Black & White Intrasquad Game!
Thoughts
First time I saw a lot these players, so descriptions will be extremely brief. Kinda wished I kept a closer eye on some of the forwards, as they tended to blend it together. which is not a bad thing.
Spenser Jenson(16)(defense) - big agile, mobile, plays the body well. Needs some coaching but has a shot at making the team this year.
Blake Penner(15)(forward) - Quick, feisty and has a gritty aggressiveness in his game. Threw a lot of hits.
Riley Sheen(17) - Slick hands looked pretty shifty and has some speed to his game. Good hustle and picked up his man in the D-Zone.
Adam Rehak(19) - new Euro Loves to shoot from anywhere. Has an aggressive nose for finding the puck. I think he scored 2 or 3 goals in the Intrasquad game.
Cody Schlosser(15 Goalie) covers and controls the lower half of the net real well. shots up high seemed to handcuff him.
Dawson McAuley(17 Goalie) - Was victim to a number(3-4) of rebound goals. Real big in net, and made the first save though.
Kenny Cameron (18, goalie) has a Tim Thomas like attitude fighting for the puck. Quick and agile, Never gave up on the shot and made some good 2nd and 3rd saves. Has the potential to edge out McAuley if he can keep it up long-term.
Wheaton King(forward) - bigger body the few times I saw him he was throwing out hits, Good positioning.
Reid Petryk - looked really good controlling the puck. Noticed him and shinkaruk the most.
Jonathen gaudet (19)(forward) - This years version of Sam Dezman. Skated real hard, bigger body and threw some hits, looked real solid. He will have to play hard every day if he wants to get a spot.
Devon McAndrews(16)(forward) - HUGE looked like he was 6'5. Didnt get a long look at him but The couple times I watched him the smaller guys seemed to be skating around him. Although he did seem to posses some good straight line speed.
Emerson Etem(19) had a couple big rushes, He was playing the body and being aggressive.
Ryan Aasman(19)(defence) - wasn't particularly impressed. Good skater, but seemed to be fighting the puck. He had the initial poise of a veteran but I remember watching quite a few times where he fumbled the puck, and had no finish. He will have to be better if he wants a spot.
Hunter Shinkaruk(17) was flying out their and was easily beating all the rookies to the puck. Best Tigers off the night.
Gavin Broadhead(16)(forward) - I honestly thought he wasn't playing until I saw him in the third period. Watched him closely for a couple shifts and he looked real good at controlling the puck along the boards and anticipating the play. Based on those couple shifts he may be a front runner for a spot.
Nathyn Mortlock(15)(defense) looked very small on the ice.
Ty Stanton's(Defence) I liked his offensive instincts, but he might be a liability defensively.
Cameron Gotaas(forward) - (16) Very speedy, very small.
Thier was one line for team black, Paige Maul? Riley Sheen?, Brennan Hunker? cant 100% remember but they created lots of havoc stealing pucks and creating offense for team black. Rhys Dieno, and Trevor Cox I remember thinking they created some pretty good offense for team white But team white also struggled defensively at times.
The game roster is down below. Html is buggering up with blogger code so it may be a ways down.
Allan Caldwell over at his blog has the Tiger players left at camp.
http://smallatlarge.blogspot.com/2011/08/2011-12-camp-rosters.html
First time I saw a lot these players, so descriptions will be extremely brief. Kinda wished I kept a closer eye on some of the forwards, as they tended to blend it together. which is not a bad thing.
Spenser Jenson(16)(defense) - big agile, mobile, plays the body well. Needs some coaching but has a shot at making the team this year.
Blake Penner(15)(forward) - Quick, feisty and has a gritty aggressiveness in his game. Threw a lot of hits.
Riley Sheen(17) - Slick hands looked pretty shifty and has some speed to his game. Good hustle and picked up his man in the D-Zone.
Adam Rehak(19) - new Euro Loves to shoot from anywhere. Has an aggressive nose for finding the puck. I think he scored 2 or 3 goals in the Intrasquad game.
Cody Schlosser(15 Goalie) covers and controls the lower half of the net real well. shots up high seemed to handcuff him.
Dawson McAuley(17 Goalie) - Was victim to a number(3-4) of rebound goals. Real big in net, and made the first save though.
Kenny Cameron (18, goalie) has a Tim Thomas like attitude fighting for the puck. Quick and agile, Never gave up on the shot and made some good 2nd and 3rd saves. Has the potential to edge out McAuley if he can keep it up long-term.
Wheaton King(forward) - bigger body the few times I saw him he was throwing out hits, Good positioning.
Reid Petryk - looked really good controlling the puck. Noticed him and shinkaruk the most.
Jonathen gaudet (19)(forward) - This years version of Sam Dezman. Skated real hard, bigger body and threw some hits, looked real solid. He will have to play hard every day if he wants to get a spot.
Devon McAndrews(16)(forward) - HUGE looked like he was 6'5. Didnt get a long look at him but The couple times I watched him the smaller guys seemed to be skating around him. Although he did seem to posses some good straight line speed.
Emerson Etem(19) had a couple big rushes, He was playing the body and being aggressive.
Ryan Aasman(19)(defence) - wasn't particularly impressed. Good skater, but seemed to be fighting the puck. He had the initial poise of a veteran but I remember watching quite a few times where he fumbled the puck, and had no finish. He will have to be better if he wants a spot.
Hunter Shinkaruk(17) was flying out their and was easily beating all the rookies to the puck. Best Tigers off the night.
Gavin Broadhead(16)(forward) - I honestly thought he wasn't playing until I saw him in the third period. Watched him closely for a couple shifts and he looked real good at controlling the puck along the boards and anticipating the play. Based on those couple shifts he may be a front runner for a spot.
Nathyn Mortlock(15)(defense) looked very small on the ice.
Ty Stanton's(Defence) I liked his offensive instincts, but he might be a liability defensively.
Cameron Gotaas(forward) - (16) Very speedy, very small.
Thier was one line for team black, Paige Maul? Riley Sheen?, Brennan Hunker? cant 100% remember but they created lots of havoc stealing pucks and creating offense for team black. Rhys Dieno, and Trevor Cox I remember thinking they created some pretty good offense for team white But team white also struggled defensively at times.
The game roster is down below. Html is buggering up with blogger code so it may be a ways down.
| Team Black
| Team White
|
| Goalies | Goalies |
| Kenny Cameron | Tyler bunz |
| Cody Schlosser | Dawson McAuley |
| Devon dubyk | Spencer Bomboir |
| Skaters | Skaters |
| Wyatt Trumbley | Sebastien Owuya |
| Ty Stanton | Scott McKay |
| Nathyn Mortloch | Ryan Aasman |
| Matt Konan | Tyler Lewington |
| Spenser Jenson | Quinlan Moore |
| Emerson Etem | Jared Wilson |
| Wheaton King | Hunter Shinkaruk |
| Riley Sheen | Gavin Broadhead |
| Brennan Hunker | Cameron Gotaas |
| Allan Killback | Rhys Dieno |
| Cole sanford | Trevor Cox |
| Wyatt Johnson | Blake Penner |
| Paige Maul | Reid petryk |
| Boston Leier | Curtis Valk |
| Dylan Bredo | Jayden Hart |
| Adam Rehak | Devon McAndrews |
| Kale Kessy | Jonathon Gaudet |
| Patrick Parkkonen | Chad Labelle |
Allan Caldwell over at his blog has the Tiger players left at camp.
http://smallatlarge.blogspot.com/2011/08/2011-12-camp-rosters.html
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Tiger Articles
Sheen Ready To Step Up
http://www.medicinehatnews.com/sheen
Petryk Looks for Bigger Role
http://www.medicinehatnews.com/local-sports/petryk
Tyler Bunz Training Camp Blog
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
New Shaw TV Sports Reporter
http://dawsonscrease.blogspot.com
Black and White Intrasquad Game
The Tigers have thier annual Black and White intrasquad game Wednesday Night at 7:00PM admission is free.
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Wednesday Updates
Imports In A Crunch
Happy To Be Home
Making Their Case
http://www.medicinehatnews.com/sheen
Petryk Looks for Bigger Role
http://www.medicinehatnews.com/local-sports/petryk
Tyler Bunz Training Camp Blog
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
New Shaw TV Sports Reporter
http://dawsonscrease.blogspot.com
Black and White Intrasquad Game
The Tigers have thier annual Black and White intrasquad game Wednesday Night at 7:00PM admission is free.
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Wednesday Updates
Imports In A Crunch
Happy To Be Home
Making Their Case
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Could Pitlick be back for another season?
I have been hearing some chatter about the remote possibility of Tyler Pitlick being sent back to junior for another season.
The Oilers camp will be packed with prospects this year, and Pitlick might be behind a few players on the depth charts. He missed most of the Oilers development camp in the off-season because his ankle wasn't fully healed.
This years Oilers training camp will be their ultimate evaluation on prospects but if he stays behind a few players on the depth charts their is a small chance that the Tigers just might get a Huge bonus for this upcoming season.
IMO Pitlick is good enough for the ahl, and in normal circumstances he would be playing their this year. However, with the Oilers packed prospect in training camp it begs the question of whether to send him back and watch him play huge minutes back in juniors. (He only played 58 games last year due to his injuries/suspensions), or watch him get his feet wet in the ahl.
The Tigers graduated Wacey Hamilton last year and its almost certain Linden Vey will stick in the Kings systems, but if Pitlick came back he would probably slot on to be the Tigers #1 centerman.
Right now its a fools hope to think he will be back, however its not out of the realm of possibility, as we saw a similar situation with Thomas Kundratek a couple years ago with the New York Rangers.
For a good read on his situation visit check out these 2 Oiler Blogs:
http://lowetide.blogspot.com/2011/08/eta-pitlick.html
http://www.coppernblue.com/
The Oilers camp will be packed with prospects this year, and Pitlick might be behind a few players on the depth charts. He missed most of the Oilers development camp in the off-season because his ankle wasn't fully healed.
This years Oilers training camp will be their ultimate evaluation on prospects but if he stays behind a few players on the depth charts their is a small chance that the Tigers just might get a Huge bonus for this upcoming season.
IMO Pitlick is good enough for the ahl, and in normal circumstances he would be playing their this year. However, with the Oilers packed prospect in training camp it begs the question of whether to send him back and watch him play huge minutes back in juniors. (He only played 58 games last year due to his injuries/suspensions), or watch him get his feet wet in the ahl.
The Tigers graduated Wacey Hamilton last year and its almost certain Linden Vey will stick in the Kings systems, but if Pitlick came back he would probably slot on to be the Tigers #1 centerman.
Right now its a fools hope to think he will be back, however its not out of the realm of possibility, as we saw a similar situation with Thomas Kundratek a couple years ago with the New York Rangers.
For a good read on his situation visit check out these 2 Oiler Blogs:
http://lowetide.blogspot.com/2011/08/eta-pitlick.html
http://www.coppernblue.com/
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Dylan Businius Invited to Minnesota's Prospect Camp
I was extremely quiet with this blog in the off-season, and skipped quite a bit of Tiger News, but other sources have done a much better job at relaying information (especially now that twitter and facebook all have whl/tiger feeds).
Now that hockey season is around the corner its time to start this blog back up.
Dylan Busenius (finally spelled his name right)
Dylan Busenius participated in the Minnesota Wild's prospect camp this off-season. Dylan must have done well enough because he is listed on the roster for the Minnesota Wild's Traverse City prospect camp. So that makes 10 Tigers in total invited to prospect camps. Read the Medicine Hat News Article for More information on the other 9 Tigers going off to NHL Camps.
http://redwings.nhl.com/v2/ext/Prospect%20Tournament/2011-12%20MN%20Traverse%20City%20Roster.pdf - Minnesota Roster
I'd also be a little surprised if Mathew Konan does not eventually get an invite somewhere. He is a big body, long reach, stay at home physical defenceman, who has the potential to skate the puck out of the zone. I'm hoping this kid put some muscle on in the off-season. I still think he has a degree of pro potential in him at least of ahl quality, but he still needs to get stronger and quicker.
Now that hockey season is around the corner its time to start this blog back up.
Dylan Busenius (finally spelled his name right)
Dylan Busenius participated in the Minnesota Wild's prospect camp this off-season. Dylan must have done well enough because he is listed on the roster for the Minnesota Wild's Traverse City prospect camp. So that makes 10 Tigers in total invited to prospect camps. Read the Medicine Hat News Article for More information on the other 9 Tigers going off to NHL Camps.
http://redwings.nhl.com/v2/ext/Prospect%20Tournament/2011-12%20MN%20Traverse%20City%20Roster.pdf - Minnesota Roster
I'd also be a little surprised if Mathew Konan does not eventually get an invite somewhere. He is a big body, long reach, stay at home physical defenceman, who has the potential to skate the puck out of the zone. I'm hoping this kid put some muscle on in the off-season. I still think he has a degree of pro potential in him at least of ahl quality, but he still needs to get stronger and quicker.
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