The Medicine Hat Tigers are a junior ice hockey team in the

Western Hockey League The Western Hockey League (WHL) is a major junior ice hockey league based in Western Canada and the Northwestern United States. The WHL is one of three leagues that constitutes the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) as the highest level of junior h ...

(WHL) who play in

Medicine Hat Medicine Hat is a city in southeast Alberta, Canada. It is located along the South Saskatchewan River. It is approximately east of Lethbridge and southeast of Calgary. This city and the adjacent Town of Redcliff to the northwest are with ...

Alberta Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ...

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. Established in 1970, the team has won two national

Memorial Cup The Memorial Cup () is the national championship of the Canadian Hockey League, a consortium of three major junior ice hockey leagues operating in Canada and parts of the United States. It is a four-team round-robin tournament played between t ...

s, five WHL League Championships and seven Division Titles, and continues to rally for the Cup annually. Starting in the 2015–16 season, the Tigers have begun play at

Co-op Place Co-op Place (formerly Canalta Centre) is a 7,100-seat indoor arena located in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. It opened on August 22, 2015 as the new home of the Medicine Hat Tigers of the Western Hockey League, replacing the Medicine Hat Arena. ...

after forty-five seasons at the

Medicine Hat Arena The Medicine Hat Arena is a 4,006-seat multi-purpose arena in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. It was built in 1970 to replace Arena Gardens (Medicine Hat), the old rink that burned down in a fire where the Medicine Hat Inn is now situated. It was ...

. They had a sell-out streak at The Arena dating back 197 games (as of May 15, 2007). The Tigers lost the 2007 Memorial Cup championship game 3–1 on May 27, 2007, against the

Vancouver Giants The Vancouver Giants are a major junior ice hockey team playing in the Western Hockey League (WHL). Inaugurated in 2001–02, the Giants have won one President's Cup (now known as the Ed Chynoweth Cup) in 2006 and one Memorial Cup in 2007 in t ...

, which was hosted by

Vancouver Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the ...

at the

Pacific Coliseum Pacific Coliseum, known to locals as "The Coliseum" or the "Rink on Renfrew," is an indoor arena located at Hastings Park in Vancouver, British Columbia. Its main use has been for ice hockey and the arena has been the home for several ice hock ...

. This was after beating the Giants in double overtime in Game 7 of the WHL Finals two weeks earlier.

Season-by-season record

''Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against''

WHL Championship history

* 1972–73: Win, 3-0-2 vs Saskatoon * 1985–86: Loss, 1-4 vs Kamloops * 1986–87: Win, 4-3 vs Portland * 1987–88: Win, 4-2 vs Kamloops * 2003–04: Win, 4-0 vs Everett * 2006–07: Win, 4-3 vs Vancouver

Team records

Players

Current roster

Updated October 19, 2022.

NHL alumni

* Johnathan Aitken *

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Cam Barker Cameron Barker (born April 4, 1986) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenseman. He was selected third overall in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft by the Chicago Blackhawks and spent four seasons with the club before being traded to the Minn ...

Doug Barkley Norman Douglas Barkley (born January 6, 1937) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He played in the National Hockey League with the Chicago Black Hawks and Detroit Red Wings between 1957 and 1966. After his playing career he w ...

Bob Bassen Robert Paul "Bob" Bassen (born May 6, 1965) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre. He played in the National Hockey League between 1985 and 2000. Internationally Bassen played for the Canadian national team at the 1985 World Junio ...

Hank Bassen Henry "Hank, Red" Bassen (December 6, 1932 – May 29, 2009) was a Canadian ice hockey goaltender. He played in the National Hockey League for the Chicago Black Hawks, Detroit Red Wings and Pittsburgh Penguins between 1954 and 1968. He was the fat ...

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* Neil Brady *

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* Brian Carlin * Greg Carroll * Jason Chimera *

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* Dean Chynoweth * Martin Cibak *

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* David Cooper *

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* Barry Dean *

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Derek Dorsett Derek Dorsett (born December 20, 1986) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger who played for the Columbus Blue Jackets, New York Rangers and Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Blue Jackets drafted him i ...

* Rocky Dundas * Tyler Ennis * Emerson Etem * Vernon Fiddler * Mark Fitzpatrick * Ron Flockhart *

Val Fonteyne Valere Ronald Fonteyne (born December 2, 1933) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1959 to 1972, serving the Detroit Red Wings (on two tours of duty), New York Rangers and Pi ...

* Troy Gamble * Bob Gassoff *

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* Josh Green *

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* Bruce Greig * Kevan Guy * Len Haley *

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* Brian Hill *

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* Justin Hocking * Ken Holland *

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Doug Houda Douglas Harold Houda (born June 3, 1966) is a Canadian former National Hockey League (NHL) defenceman and current assistant coach of the New York Islanders. He was a former assistant coach for the Detroit Red Wings of the NHL. He was drafted in t ...

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* Jamie Huscroft *

Gord Hynes Gordon Ross Hynes (born July 22, 1966) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played two seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Boston Bruins and Philadelphia Flyers. Hynes was a member of the Canadian 1992 Win ...

Eddie Johnstone Edward Lavern "Eddie" Johnstone (born March 2, 1954) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played for the Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades in the World Hockey Association (WHA), followed by parts of ten seasons in the National ...

* Matt Keetley * Dan Kordic * Dale Kushner * Mark Lamb * Jamie Linden *

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Morris Lukowich Morris Eugene Lukowich (born June 1, 1956) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He was a member of the Winnipeg Jets of the World Hockey Association (WHA) and the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1976 to 1985, and later played fo ...

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* Ron Lyons * Tom Lysiak * Clarke MacArthur * David Mackey * Mike MacWilliam *

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* Milan Marcetta *

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Alan May Alan Randy May (born January 14, 1965) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and current analyst. He played in the National Hockey League with five teams between 1988 and 1995. Playing career May began his NHL career when he was s ...

* Wayne McBean * Bryan McCabe *

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* Ryan McGill * John McKenzie *

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* Stefan Meyer * Jason Miller *

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* Jaroslav Obsut *

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* Allen Pedersen * Mark Pederson *

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* Mike Rathje * Stacy Roest *

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* David Schlemko * Cole Sillinger * Don Smith * Ken Solheim * Brent Thompson * Rocky Thompson *

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* Greg Vaydik * Stan Weir * Neil Wilkinson *

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References

External links

Official site
{{Alberta Sports Ice hockey teams in Alberta Sport in Medicine Hat Ice hockey clubs established in 1970 Western Hockey League teams 1970 establishments in Alberta