Tigers Down Silvertips 4-1 in Convincing Fashion

Gino De Paoli - Tigers Staff Writer

Medicine Hat, AB – Ethan McCallum (Brandon, MB) and the timely saves that followed him in his second career start proved to be the difference needed, while Hayden Harsanyi (Calgary, AB) would score his first goal in the Western Hockey League. As part of the Medicine Hat Tigers 4-1 victory over the Everett Silvertips Saturday night at Co-op Place.

A fast paced first period saw both starting goaltenders busy as Tigers starter McCallum & Silvertips goaltender Tyler Palmer would deal with 12 & 13 shots respectively. On a Silvertips power play, Tigers captain Tyler MacKenzie (Red Deer, AB) would set-up Andrew Basha (Calgary, AB) for his 5th of the season and second shorthanded goal of the campaign to make it 1-0 Tigers at 15:25. But on that same power play, the Silvertips would solve McCallum as Beau Courtney would one-time the tying goal in the 1st making it 1-1 at 16:21.

Another busy period in the 2nd period for both goaltenders as Ethan McCallum made twelve saves in the period including a handful of opportunities on the second power play of the game for the Silvertips. Tyler Palmer would make 11 saves in the second, but no one would be able to solve either goaltender to push that 1-1 score to the third period.

In the third period the first 1:44 would prove to be the difference as Hayden Harsanyi (Calgary, AB) would score his first WHL goal at 1:27 from Oasiz Wiesblatt & Tomas Mrsic (Surrey, BC). Then 14 seconds later, Bogdans Hodass (Jelgava, LAT) would score his first of the season from Wiesblatt & Harsanyi. Everett would get a pair of power plays to try and cut the lead but McCallum stood tall making 29 saves for his first WHL win in his career. While Hunter St.Martin (Edmonton, AB) would finish things off with an empty net goal.

With the win the Tigers are the 4th WHL team to ten wins with a 10-5-2 record. Sitting alone atop the Central Division standings.

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