Medicine Hat Tigers
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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 Cup
s, five WHL League Championships
and seven Division Titles. The Tigers play at the Medicine Hat Arena
. They have a sell-out streak at The Arena dating back 197 games (as of May 15, 2007). This streak ended on March 28, 2008 when a less than capacity crowd attended game five of the first playoff round.
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.
Junior ice hockey
Junior hockey is a catch-all term used to describe various levels of ice hockey competition for players generally between 16 and 20 years of age...
team in the Western Hockey League
Western Hockey League
The Western Hockey League is a major junior ice hockey league based in Western Canada and the Northwestern United States. The WHL is one of three leagues that constitute the Canadian Hockey League as the highest level of junior hockey in Canada...
(WHL) who play out of Medicine Hat, Alberta
Medicine Hat, Alberta
Medicine Hat, known to locals as "The Hat", is a city of 61,097 people located in the southeastern part of the province of Alberta, Canada. It is enclaved within Cypress County along with the nearby Town of Redcliff, although neither is part of the county....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. Established in 1970, the team has won two national Memorial Cup
Memorial Cup
The Memorial Cup is a junior ice hockey club championship trophy awarded annually to the Canadian Hockey League champion. It is awarded following a four-team, round robin tournament between a host team and the champions of the CHL's three member leagues: the Ontario Hockey League , Quebec Major...
s, five WHL League Championships
President's Cup (WHL)
The Ed Chynoweth Cup is an ice hockey club championship trophy awarded to the playoff champion of the Western Hockey League . Originally called the President's Cup when the league was founded in 1966, the trophy was renamed in 2007 to honour Ed Chynoweth's long service to junior hockey in Canada...
and seven Division Titles. The Tigers play at the Medicine Hat Arena
Medicine Hat Arena
The Medicine Hat Arena is a 4,006-seat multi-purpose arena in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. It was built in 1970 to replace the old rink that burned down in a fire where the Medicine Hat Inn is now situated. It is home to the Medicine Hat Tigers Ice hockey team...
. They have a sell-out streak at The Arena dating back 197 games (as of May 15, 2007). This streak ended on March 28, 2008 when a less than capacity crowd attended game five of the first playoff round.
The Tigers lost the 2007 Memorial Cup
2007 Memorial Cup
The 2007 MasterCard Memorial Cup was played in May 2007 in Vancouver, British Columbia, at the Pacific Coliseum. The tournament was competed between the WHL champion Medicine Hat Tigers, the OHL champion Plymouth Whalers, the QMJHL champion Lewiston Maineiacs, and the host team and tournament...
3–1 on May 27, 2007, against the Vancouver Giants
Vancouver Giants
The Vancouver Giants are a major junior ice hockey team playing in the Western Hockey League . Inaugurated in 2001–02, the Giants have won one President's Cup in 2006 and one Memorial Cup in 2007 in their ten-season history...
, which was hosted by Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
at the Pacific Coliseum
Pacific Coliseum
Pacific Coliseum is an indoor arena, at Hastings Park, in Vancouver, British Columbia.Completed in 1968, at the former site of the Pacific National Exhibition, the arena currently holds 16,281, for ice hockey, though capacity at its opening was 15,713....
. 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 againstSeason | 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 quarter-final |
1972–73 | 68 | 39 | 20 | 9 | - | 348 | 254 | 87 | 2nd West | Won championship President's Cup (WHL) The Ed Chynoweth Cup is an ice hockey club championship trophy awarded to the playoff champion of the Western Hockey League . Originally called the President's Cup when the league was founded in 1966, the trophy was renamed in 2007 to honour Ed Chynoweth's long service to junior hockey in Canada... |
1973–74 | 68 | 29 | 31 | 8 | - | 305 | 314 | 66 | 3rd West | Lost quarter-final |
1974–75 | 70 | 40 | 22 | 8 | - | 380 | 291 | 88 | 2nd West | Lost quarter-final |
1975–76 | 72 | 38 | 24 | 10 | - | 379 | 306 | 86 | 3rd West | Lost quarter-final |
1976–77 | 72 | 32 | 28 | 12 | - | 330 | 304 | 76 | 1st Central | Lost preliminary round |
1977–78 | 72 | 22 | 41 | 9 | - | 293 | 365 | 53 | 3rd Central | Lost 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 East Division final |
1980–81 | 72 | 40 | 29 | 3 | - | 358 | 302 | 83 | 3rd East | Lost 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 East Division quarter-final |
1983–84 | 72 | 45 | 26 | 1 | - | 404 | 288 | 91 | 2nd East | Lost East Division final |
1984–85 | 72 | 53 | 17 | 2 | - | 355 | 224 | 108 | 2nd East | Lost East Division final |
1985–86 | 72 | 54 | 17 | 1 | - | 384 | 245 | 109 | 1st East | Lost final |
1986–87 | 72 | 48 | 19 | 5 | - | 383 | 264 | 101 | 1st East | Won championship President's Cup (WHL) The Ed Chynoweth Cup is an ice hockey club championship trophy awarded to the playoff champion of the Western Hockey League . Originally called the President's Cup when the league was founded in 1966, the trophy was renamed in 2007 to honour Ed Chynoweth's long service to junior hockey in Canada... and Memorial Cup Memorial Cup The Memorial Cup is a junior ice hockey club championship trophy awarded annually to the Canadian Hockey League champion. It is awarded following a four-team, round robin tournament between a host team and the champions of the CHL's three member leagues: the Ontario Hockey League , Quebec Major... |
1987–88 | 72 | 44 | 22 | 6 | - | 353 | 261 | 94 | 2nd East | Won championship President's Cup (WHL) The Ed Chynoweth Cup is an ice hockey club championship trophy awarded to the playoff champion of the Western Hockey League . Originally called the President's Cup when the league was founded in 1966, the trophy was renamed in 2007 to honour Ed Chynoweth's long service to junior hockey in Canada... and Memorial Cup Memorial Cup The Memorial Cup is a junior ice hockey club championship trophy awarded annually to the Canadian Hockey League champion. It is awarded following a four-team, round robin tournament between a host team and the champions of the CHL's three member leagues: the Ontario Hockey League , Quebec Major... |
1988–89 | 72 | 41 | 27 | 4 | - | 359 | 326 | 86 | 3rd East | Lost East Division quarter-final |
1989–90 | 72 | 32 | 38 | 2 | - | 298 | 331 | 66 | 5th East | Lost East Division quarter-final |
1990–91 | 72 | 40 | 27 | 5 | - | 366 | 296 | 85 | 2nd East | Lost East Division final |
1991–92 | 72 | 48 | 24 | 0 | - | 336 | 264 | 96 | 2nd East | Lost East Division quarter-final |
1992–93 | 72 | 29 | 38 | 5 | - | 285 | 343 | 63 | 7th East | Lost East Division semi-final |
1993–94 | 72 | 33 | 33 | 6 | - | 263 | 264 | 72 | 5th East | Lost East Division quarter-final |
1994–95 | 72 | 38 | 32 | 2 | - | 244 | 229 | 78 | 5th East | Lost East Division quarter-final |
1995–96 | 72 | 30 | 37 | 5 | - | 243 | 288 | 65 | 3rd Central | Lost Eastern Conference quarter-final |
1996–97 | 72 | 39 | 32 | 1 | - | 270 | 278 | 79 | 3rd Central | Lost 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 Eastern Conference semi-final |
2003–04 | 72 | 40 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 277 | 216 | 92 | 1st Central | Won championship President's Cup (WHL) The Ed Chynoweth Cup is an ice hockey club championship trophy awarded to the playoff champion of the Western Hockey League . Originally called the President's Cup when the league was founded in 1966, the trophy was renamed in 2007 to honour Ed Chynoweth's long service to junior hockey in Canada... |
2004–05 | 72 | 45 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 234 | 143 | 96 | 1st Central | Lost 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 Eastern Conference final |
2006–07 | 72 | 52 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 264 | 175 | 107 | 1st Central | Won championship |
2007–08 2007–08 WHL season The 2007–08 WHL season was the 42nd season of the Western Hockey League . The regular season began on September 20, 2007, and ended on March 16, 2008. The WHL Playoffs began on March 21, 2008, and ended on May 7, 2008.... |
72 | 43 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 234 | 191 | 93 | 3rd Central | Lost Eastern Conference quarter-final |
2008–09 2008–09 WHL season The 2008–09 WHL season was the 43rd season of the Western Hockey League . The regular season began on September 18, 2008, and ended on March 15, 2009. The WHL Playoffs commenced on March 20, 2009, and the 2008 ADT Canada Russia Challenge series, featuring Team WHL versus the Russian Selects, took... |
72 | 36 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 249 | 242 | 79 | 2nd Central | Lost Eastern Conference semi-final |
2009–10 2009–10 WHL season The 2009–10 WHL season is the 44th season of the Western Hockey League . The regular season began on September 17, 2009 and ended on March 14, 2010... |
72 | 41 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 276 | 232 | 90 | 3rd Central | Lost Eastern Conference semi-final |
2010–11 2010–11 WHL season The 2010–11 WHL season is the 45th season of the Western Hockey League . The regular season began on September 24, 2010 and ended on March 20, 2011. The 2010 Subway Super Series, featuring Team WHL versus Team Russia, took place from November 17–18, 2010.... |
72 | 46 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 265 | 196 | 100 | 2nd Central | Lost Eastern Conference final |
Team records
Team records for a single season | ||
Statistic | Total | Season |
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Most points | 109 | 1985–86 |
Most wins | 54 | 1985–86 |
Most goals for | 404 | 1983–84 |
Least goals for | 185 | 1998–99 |
Least goals against | 143 | 2004–05 |
Most goals against | 479 | 1978–79 |
Individual player records for a single season | |||
Statistic | Player | Total | Season |
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Most goals | Don Murdoch Don Murdoch Donald Walter Murdoch is a retired former professional ice hockey player. After a standout junior career with the Medicine Hat Tigers, Murdoch made the New York Rangers as a 20-year-old and had an impressive rookie scoring 56 points in 59 games his rookie season... |
88 | 1975–76 |
Most assists | Greg Carroll Greg Carroll Gregory John Carroll is a retired Canadian ice hockey centre.Drafted in 1976 by both the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League and the Cincinnati Stingers of the World Hockey Association, Carroll chose to play with the Stingers. He would also play for the New England Whalers... |
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 Matt Keetley Matt Keetley is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who is currently a free agent-Personal life:... |
1.66 | 2004–05 |
Goalies = minimum 1500 minutes played |
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