TIGERS PRESS RELEASE FEBRUARY 2, 2016
Press Release
It was another must win weekend for the Tigers as they hosted the Saddle Lake Warriors and St. Paul Canadiens over the weekend.
Saddle Lake has endured a tough season winning a lowly 3 games coming into the contest Friday. The pace to start the game was slow. Goaltender Danton Brooks made some key saves to keep the game scoreless early. Tiger forward Carter Myhovich got the scoring started at the midpoint of the 1st and that was quickly followed by another 4 goals as the Tigers paced themselves to a 5-0 lead after the 1st.
Ryan VanGenderen led the way scoring his first NEAJBHL hat-trick. Affiliated player Hayden Missler took over between the pipes heading into the 3rd period and shared the shutout with Brooks as they stopped all 26 shots as the Tigers prevailed 8-0.
The Tigers pounded 65 shots on the Warriors. Rounding out the scoring was Lucas Dennill, Dylan Elke, Jake McCormack and Chase Fletcher. It was a huge win and left the Tigers in the playoff mix heading into Saturday's game vs St. Paul.
Saturday brought a motivated St. Paul team to Vermilion. The Canadiens are a talented and we'll coached club. They took it to the Tigers early and often. The Tigers found themselves in a 3-0 deficit after the first and couldn't rebound all night.
Bad luck seemed to chase the cats all night as missed open nets, post after post and jumping pucks prevented the Tigers from pulling closer. The Tigers did out shoot the Canadiens but in the end only Rylan Mauws could solve the mystery as the game ended in a 6-1 Canadiens victory.
The Tigers currently sit 5 points back of the 8th place Lloydminster Bandits. The Bandits have one game left and the Tigers are 5 points back with 3 games remaining. The cats head to Onion Lake Wednesday in a must win or tie scenario. A loss ensures a 2nd straight year of missed postseason action.
News and Notes: Tigers host Frog Lake and Vegreville this Saturday and Sunday respectively to wrap up the regular season. The Tigers will be selling off their home jerseys via silent auction at the Sunday, February 7th game.
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