How the 2023-24 Tigers roster was built
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on September 22, 2023.
sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Tigers roster, like all Western Hockey League Clubs, has been constructed through multiple methods. Whether players were acquired in trades, through free-agent signings, the WHL Prospects Draft or the CHL Import, they all have made it to the same level of junior hockey. Here is how the Tigers’ 2023-24 roster was built. Free agent signings The Tigers have one player who signed with the club as a free agent after going undrafted. Cru Hanas (F, 18, Dallas, Tex.) put pen to paper with the Tigers in November 2021. Trade Evan May (G, 19, Nanaimo, B.C.) was acquired by the Tigers in a trade with the Everett Silvertips on Nov. 18, 2022. CHL Import Draft Bogdans Hodass (D, 20, Jelgava, Latvia) was taken 71st overall by the Tigers in the 2021 Import draft. WHL Prospects Draft A majority of the Tigers roster was acquired through the WHL draft. 2018 Draft: Dru Krebs (D, 20, Okotoks, Alta.), 38th overall. Rhett Parsons (D, 20, Cremona, Alta.), 99th overall. 2019 Draft: Oasiz Wiesblatt (F, 19, Calgary, Alta.), 12th overall Brayden Boehm (F, 19, Nanaimo, B.C.), 37th overall. Tyler MacKenzie (F, 19, Red Deer, Alta.), 122nd overall 2020 Draft: Reid Andresen (D, 18, Saskatoon, Sask.), 11th overall Josh Van Mulligen (D, 18, Medicine Hat), 39th overall Shane Smith (F, 18, Cessford, Alta.), 51st overall Blake Ekren-Bratton (D, 18, Porcupine Plain, Sask.), 61st overall Andrew Basha (F, 17, Calgary, Alta.), 105th overall Hunter St. Martin (F, 18, Edmonton, Alta.), 124th overall Zach Zahara (G, 18, Rocky View, Alta.), 171st overall Brett Calhoon (F, 18, Oliver, B.C.), 193rd overall 2021 Draft: Tomas Mrsic (F, 17, Surrey, B.C.), 8th overall Ethan McCallum (G, 17, Brandon, Man.), 39th overall Cayden Lindstrom (F, 17, Chetwynd, B.C.), 54th overall Nate Corbet (D, 17, Calgary, Alta.), 60th overall 2022 Draft: Gavin McKenna (F, 15, Whitehorse, Yukon), 1st overall Hayden Harsanyi (F, 16, Calgary, Alta.), 16th overall Kadon McCann (F, 16, Cochrane, Alta.), 23rd overall Matt Paranych (D, 16, Edmonton, Alta.), 45th overall 39-38
