Tiger Trauma
10-31-2007, 05:20 AM
Tigers win in familiar fashion
By COLLIN GALLANT
Medicine Hat Tigers' Yashar Farmanara battles in front of the next with Red Deer Rebels' Mike Scarborough as goaltender Morgan clark reaches for the puck during WHL action at The Arena Tuesday evening.
Welcome back to the Central Division, Pat Kozyra.
Not a whole lot’s changed since you left.
The newly acquired defenceman scored his first goal in a Medicine Hat Tiger uniform against his old team, the Red Deer Rebels, as the Central Division rivals got re-acquainted Tuesday at The Arena.
The Tigers built a three-goal lead early in the third period of the dreary contest before the Rebels scored a pair late in an eventual 4-3 Medicine Hat win.
It was a game that Medicine Hat fans have probably watched a dozen times before, as has Kozyra.
“They base their game plan on intensity, hard work and wearing the other team down, stay out of the box and usually they have great success,” said the 6-foot-2, 200-pound defenceman, who played 55 games for the Rebels last season.
An off-season trade sent the Edmonton native to the Spokane Chiefs, who sent him to the Tigers last week for a draft pick.
It was a standout night for the rebuilding Tiger blueline as a whole. Both Kozyra and fellow blueliner Mark Isherwood fired home power-play goals for the Tigers (12-3-2), who led 4-1 early in the third period before Red Deer (4-12-3) scored twice in the final five minutes to make this interesting.
It wasn’t that close as the Tigers dominated the middle frame and first half of the third.
The Rebels led midway through the first after winger Clayton Bauer finally put the puck into the Tigers net on the power play after two quality stops by goaltender Tomas Vosvrda with Rebels on the doorstep.
That marker stood as the difference until 17:39 of the frame when Kozyra’s point shot snuck through traffic and beat Red Deer starter Morgan Clark.
The Tigers took their first lead early in the second when Wacey Hamilton’s centring pass was kicked in by a Rebel defender, then Isherwood’s point shot blast cleanly beat Clark, who was working behind a heavy screen from Brennan Bosch (two assists) and Yashar Farmanara.
Farmanara opened the third period with a rush that resulted in his ninth goal of the season.
That ended Clark’s night at 1:04 of the third. Backup James Reimer finished the game, and Dallas Jackson and Tyler Perry scored late in thecomeback bid.
“They’re a young team, but the work ethic’s there, it was pretty typical,” said Tiger associate coach Shaun Clouston, who handles the blue line and doled out the praise after the contest.
“(Kozyra) played a very strong game, not just the goal, but strong decisions.
“Trevor Glass has had an outstanding start to the season . . . Isherwood had a big goal. That’s the first goal he scored since one two years ago in a game at Vancouver when he was 16.”
“We’re a young team but were getting better,” said Brandon Sutter, the 18-year-old alternate captain for the Rebels, who have now lost 11 one-goal games.
“There’s a new coach and some line-up changes, but for the most part the same philosophy is there.”
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Isherwood is coming along great. IMO outta this year isherwood has improved the most, he is like a schlemko clone :) and thats a good thing.
I agree with the coaches when they said Kozyra had a strong game. Trevor glass laid some big hits out. Little suprised that Ennis got the third star, I thought he had a tough time finding his rythym tonight, but 2 assists helps I guess:)
By COLLIN GALLANT
Medicine Hat Tigers' Yashar Farmanara battles in front of the next with Red Deer Rebels' Mike Scarborough as goaltender Morgan clark reaches for the puck during WHL action at The Arena Tuesday evening.
Welcome back to the Central Division, Pat Kozyra.
Not a whole lot’s changed since you left.
The newly acquired defenceman scored his first goal in a Medicine Hat Tiger uniform against his old team, the Red Deer Rebels, as the Central Division rivals got re-acquainted Tuesday at The Arena.
The Tigers built a three-goal lead early in the third period of the dreary contest before the Rebels scored a pair late in an eventual 4-3 Medicine Hat win.
It was a game that Medicine Hat fans have probably watched a dozen times before, as has Kozyra.
“They base their game plan on intensity, hard work and wearing the other team down, stay out of the box and usually they have great success,” said the 6-foot-2, 200-pound defenceman, who played 55 games for the Rebels last season.
An off-season trade sent the Edmonton native to the Spokane Chiefs, who sent him to the Tigers last week for a draft pick.
It was a standout night for the rebuilding Tiger blueline as a whole. Both Kozyra and fellow blueliner Mark Isherwood fired home power-play goals for the Tigers (12-3-2), who led 4-1 early in the third period before Red Deer (4-12-3) scored twice in the final five minutes to make this interesting.
It wasn’t that close as the Tigers dominated the middle frame and first half of the third.
The Rebels led midway through the first after winger Clayton Bauer finally put the puck into the Tigers net on the power play after two quality stops by goaltender Tomas Vosvrda with Rebels on the doorstep.
That marker stood as the difference until 17:39 of the frame when Kozyra’s point shot snuck through traffic and beat Red Deer starter Morgan Clark.
The Tigers took their first lead early in the second when Wacey Hamilton’s centring pass was kicked in by a Rebel defender, then Isherwood’s point shot blast cleanly beat Clark, who was working behind a heavy screen from Brennan Bosch (two assists) and Yashar Farmanara.
Farmanara opened the third period with a rush that resulted in his ninth goal of the season.
That ended Clark’s night at 1:04 of the third. Backup James Reimer finished the game, and Dallas Jackson and Tyler Perry scored late in thecomeback bid.
“They’re a young team, but the work ethic’s there, it was pretty typical,” said Tiger associate coach Shaun Clouston, who handles the blue line and doled out the praise after the contest.
“(Kozyra) played a very strong game, not just the goal, but strong decisions.
“Trevor Glass has had an outstanding start to the season . . . Isherwood had a big goal. That’s the first goal he scored since one two years ago in a game at Vancouver when he was 16.”
“We’re a young team but were getting better,” said Brandon Sutter, the 18-year-old alternate captain for the Rebels, who have now lost 11 one-goal games.
“There’s a new coach and some line-up changes, but for the most part the same philosophy is there.”
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Isherwood is coming along great. IMO outta this year isherwood has improved the most, he is like a schlemko clone :) and thats a good thing.
I agree with the coaches when they said Kozyra had a strong game. Trevor glass laid some big hits out. Little suprised that Ennis got the third star, I thought he had a tough time finding his rythym tonight, but 2 assists helps I guess:)