Tigers debut draft pick Osgood amid three-game losing streak vs Wheat Kings
The Medicine Hat Tigers are dealing with multiple injuries as they travel to face the East Division-leading Brandon Wheat Kings on Saturday.
The Medicine Hat Tigers will give 2026 first-round pick Max Osgood his WHL debut as the team battles injury problems and a three-game losing streak. Osgood, from Plymouth, Michigan, steps into the lineup as Luke Ruptash and Arvid Drott are held out, joining already-injured players Noah Davidson, Gavin Kor and Reily Pickford.
The Tigers have lost back-to-back games by 6-1 scores, marking the first time since March 2024 that Medicine Hat has been held to one goal or fewer in consecutive games. Forward Luke Cozens has scored the team's last two goals, each in the first period. Medicine Hat's special teams have also struggled, with the penalty kill at 60 percent over its last 20 chances and the power play scoreless over its last 18 opportunities.
Brandon enters the game off a six-game B.C. Division road trip that ended in a five-game win streak, including a 3-2 overtime comeback win in Kelowna. The Wheat Kings recently acquired Tampa Bay Lightning prospect Aiden Foster from the Prince George Cougars for four draft picks, but Foster is serving a three-game suspension and won't play against Medicine Hat. The game was scheduled for 5 p.m. MST at Assiniboine Credit Union Place in Brandon, Manitoba.
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