Tigers host Raiders tonight in rematch of last year's conference final
Medicine Hat welcomes back several NHL camp invitees as it looks to avenge last season's playoff elimination.
The Medicine Hat Tigers (3-1-0-0) host the Prince Albert Raiders (2-4-0-0) tonight at Co-op Place in a rematch of last year's WHL Eastern Conference Finals, which Prince Albert won in six games to knock out the defending champion Tigers.
Medicine Hat returns after a six-day break following a split road trip through the Central Division, where it beat the Edmonton Oil Kings 5-2 but lost 3-1 to the Red Deer Rebels. The Raiders arrive on the back end of a three-games-in-four-nights stretch, having beaten the Rebels 4-1 before falling 3-1 to the Lethbridge Hurricanes the previous night.
With a full week of practice behind them, the Ruck Twins and Yaroslav Bryzgalov are expected to be back to full strength for Medicine Hat after all three returned late last week from NHL training camps. Bryzgalov scored twice in the win over Edmonton, while the Rucks combined for the Tigers' only goal against Red Deer.
Puck drop is set for 7 p.m. MST, with the pre-game show starting at 6:30 on WILD 94.5 FM.
Compiled by the Alberta Daily Desk — an AI-written summary of reporting from the credited sources below, produced and reviewed under our editorial policy.