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| Daxon Rudolph, left, eludes the check of Oasiz Wiesblatt. |
Those have become the two biggest themes over the first two games of a best-of-seven WHL Eastern Conference semifinal series between the two sides. The Tigers prevailed in the first two games of the set at Co-op Place in Medicine Hat by scores of 6-4 in Game 1 on Saturday and 5-4 in overtime in Game 2 on Sunday. Games 3 and 4 are set for Wednesday and Thursday night respectively at 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre.
The first two games of the series could have gone either way. The Raiders had big third period rallies in both contests, and on the bus trip home to “Hockey Town North,” they likely thought they really should have had Game 2.
The Tigers have been impressive offensively. It feels like by now everyone has seen the spectacular highlight of Gavin McKenna’s short-handed tally from Game 2 that gave the Tigers a 2-0 lead in that contest. The 17-year-old superstar left-winger has seemingly made all the sports highlight shows in Canada and is all over social media with video of that goal that needs to be seen to be believed.
This column of mine appeared in the Prince Albert Daily Herald. To read the full article, feel free to click right here.
