Medicine Hat Tigers

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Medicine Hat Tigers
City: Medicine Hat, Alberta
League: Western Hockey League
Conference: Eastern
Division: Central
Founded: 1970–71
Home Arena: Medicine Hat Arena
Colours: orange and black
Head Coach: Willie Desjardins
General Manager: Willie Desjardins
Travis Dunstall playing for the Medicine Hat Tigers
Travis Dunstall playing for the Medicine Hat Tigers

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 Cups, 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.

Many fans expected that in the Spring of 2007 the Medicine Hat city council would approve a new $90 Million (CDN) Medicine Hat Events Centre, with a seating capacity of 6,500 for the Tiger games. Unfortunately for them, the city realized it was not fiscally responsible to spend so much money on a new arena when in fact the existing one was sufficient and it was delayed. This decision was looked upon very favorably by the residents.

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.

Memorial Cup titles: (2) -- 1987 and 1988
WHL League Championships: (5) -- 1973, 1987, 1988, 2004 and 2007
Regular season titles: (2) -- 1986 and 2006
Division titles: (7) -- 1977, 1986, 1987, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007

Contents

[edit] Season-by-season record

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties OTL = Overtime losses Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Season 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
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 Championship final
1986–87 72 48 19 5 - 383 264 101 1st East Won championship and Memorial Cup
1987–88 72 44 22 6 - 353 261 94 2nd East Won championship and Memorial Cup
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 45 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
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 72 43 22 5 2 234 191 93 3rd Central Lost Eastern Conference quarter-final

[edit] Team records

Team Records for a single season
Statistic Total Season
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
Most Goals Don Murdoch 88 1975–76
Most Assists Greg Carroll 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 1.66 2004–05
Goalies = minimum 1500 minutes played


[edit] NHL alumni

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  • 2005–06 WHL Guide

[edit] External links

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