The Everett Silvertips may have won 5-0 Saturday in Medicine Hat, but all they did was make the Tigers angry!
The Bengals ended a goal-less streak at 89:10 when former Blade Cyle McNabb scored just 2:45 into Tuesday’s game. That started an avalanche of goals as Medicine Hat raked Saskatoon by an 11-3 score before 2,632 fans at SaskTel Centre. McNabb ended up with three goals and an assist against the team that traded him to the Tigers two weeks ago. The Bengals scored the first six goals of the game, five of them in the first period, and led 8-2 after 40 minutes on the way to extending their road winning streak to four games and improving their overall record to 21-8-1. Overage Medcine Hat centre James Hamblin collected five assists to take over the W-H-L scoring lead by one point over Dylan Cozens of Lethbridge. Captain Chase Wouters scored a pair of power play goals for the Bridge City Bunch while Jayden Wiens added the other tally as the Blue and Gold dropped to 14-14-3 for the season. They get their chance to avenge a tough loss Friday when they host the B-C Division-leading Kamloops Blazers. Following is the official game summary from the W-H-L…
Medicine Hat Tigers 11 at Saskatoon Blades 3 – Status: Final
Tuesday, December 10, 2019 – SaskTel Centre – Saskatoon, SK
Medicine Hat 5 3 3 – 11
Saskatoon 0 2 1 – 3
1st Period-1, Medicine Hat, McNabb 4 (Plouffe, Hamblin), 2:45. 2, Medicine Hat, Svejkovsky 6 (Hamblin, Parker Gavlas), 3:16. 3, Medicine Hat, Brett Kemp 11 (Sillinger, Hamblin), 16:37 (PP). 4, Medicine Hat, Lockner 6 (McNabb), 17:38. 5, Medicine Hat, Chyzowski 13 (Brett Kemp, Sillinger), 18:27 (PP). Penalties-Hopwo Mh (hooking), 5:57; Hopwo Mh (slashing), 11:30; McKay Sas (checking to the head), 14:58; Wouters Sas (tripping), 18:08.
2nd Period-6, Medicine Hat, Brown 6 (Sillinger, Hamblin), 3:42 (PP). 7, Saskatoon, Wouters 11 (Crnkovic, Robins), 7:22 (PP). 8, Medicine Hat, McNabb 5 (Brown), 8:54. 9, Medicine Hat, McNabb 6 (Brown), 17:49. 10, Saskatoon, Wouters 12 (Crnkovic, Robins), 19:40 (PP). Penalties-Dach Sas (elbowing), 3:21; Danielson Mh (slashing), 5:41; McNabb Mh (inter. on goaltender), 8:54; Kneen Sas (slashing), 11:02; Brett Kemp Mh (hooking), 18:41.
3rd Period-11, Medicine Hat, Svejkovsky 7 (Hamblin), 4:01. 12, Saskatoon, Wiens 5 (Dach, Schmidt), 10:46. 13, Medicine Hat, Baker 8 (Clayton, Chyzowski), 14:22. 14, Medicine Hat, Lockner 7 (Baker, Clayton), 18:56. Penalties-No Penalties
Shots on Goal-Medicine Hat 12-14-12-38. Saskatoon 9-10-6-25.
Power Play Opportunities-Medicine Hat 3 / 4; Saskatoon 2 / 5.
Goalies-Medicine Hat, Bjorklund 10-2-0-0 (23 shots-20 saves); Fradette 0-0-0-0 (2 shots-2 saves). Saskatoon, Maier 11-11-1-2 (12 shots-7 saves); MacInnes 3-3-0-0 (26 shots-20 saves).
A-2,632
Referees-Jason Bourdon (20), Bob Millette (61).
Linesmen-Devan Thiessen (94), Brayden Glynn (96).
