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Medicine Hat Tigers prospect Gavin McKenna reaches for a puck during Team Yukon's 13-3 loss against Team New Brunswick on Feb. 22 at the Canada Winter Games in P.E.I.
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The Medicine Hat Tigers were well represented at the Canada Winter Games in P.E.I.
Five Tigers prospects suited up in the U16 tournament, with Gavin McKenna representing Team Yukon and forwards Kadon McCann and Hayden Harsanyi, defenceman Matthew Paranych and goaltender Jordan Switzer donned the Team Alberta blue.
Neither team was able to come away with a medal in the tournament but it was McKenna leaving an impact on the games. The 15-year-old Whitehorse product had a six-game total of 14 goals and 29 points, breaking the Games’ scoring record of 27 points in one tournament held by New Brunswick’s Kelsey Tessier in 2007 and Quebec’s Francois Methot in 1995.
Here are the February performances from prospects in the Tigers system, including the Winter Games stats.
(Players put in order of statistics and level played. Only those signed to player agreements are included. Stats entering play Mar. 7).
F, Gavin McKenna
1st overall, 2022 WHL draft
Team Yukon, Canada Winter Games
– 6 GP, 14 G, 15 A, 29 P
WHL, Medicine Hat Tigers
Season: 11 GP, 8 A, 8 P
CSSHL, U18 SAHA
– 1 GP, 1 G, 1 A, 2 P
Season: 26 GP, 37 G, 38 A, 75 P
F, Kadon McCann
23rd, 2022 WHL draft
Team Alberta, Canada Winter Games
– 5 GP, 3 G, 1 A, 4 P
WHL, Medicine Hat Tigers
– 2 GP
Season: 3 GP
CSSHL, U18 SAHA
– 1 GP
Season: 33 GP, 17 G, 21 A, 38 P
F, Brett Calhoon
206th, 2020 WHL draft
WHL, Medicine Hat Tigers
– 2 GP, 1 G, 1 P
Season: 8 GP, 1G, 2 A, 3 P
CSSHL, U18 SAHA
– 1 GP
Season: 25 GP, 12 G, 15 A, 27 P
F, Hayden Harsanyi
16th, 2022 WHL draft
Team Alberta, Canada Winter Games
– 5 GP, 1 G, 2 A, 3 P
WHL, Medicine Hat Tigers
Season: 4 GP
CSSHL, Edge School
– 3 GP, 2 G, 4 A, 6 P
Season: 33 GP, 19 G, 22 A, 41 P
D, Nate Corbet
60th, 2021 WHL draft
CSSHL, U18 SAHA
– 1 GP
Season: 34 GP, 3 G, 20 A, 23 P
D, Matthew Paranych
45th, 2022 WHL draft
Team Alberta, Canada Winter Games
– 5 GP, 3 A, 3 P
CSSHL, U18 SAHA
– 1 GP, 1 A, 1 P
Season: 29 GP, 7 G, 25 A, 32 P
D, Kolby Gapter
25th, 2021 WHL U.S. draft
CSSHL, U18 SAHA
– 1 GP
Season: 32 GP, 2 G, 8 A, 10 P
D, Blake Ekren-Bratton
61st, 2020 WHL draft
SJHL, La Ronge Ice Wolves
Season: 8 GP, 1 G, 1 A, 2 P
PJHL, Saskatoon Quakers
Season: 11 GP, 1 G, 4 A, 5 P
G, Zach Zahara
171st, 2020 WHL draft
CSSHL, U18 SAHA
– 1 GP, 4.00 GAA, .846 SV, 0-1-0
Season: 23 GP, 3.23 GAA, .902 SV, 12-9-2, 2 SO
G, Ethan McCallum
39th, 2021 WHL draft
CSSHL, U18 SAHA
Season: 7 GP, 3.11 GAA, .891 SV, 5-1-0, 1 SO
G, Jordan Switzer
111th, 2022 WHL draft
Team Alberta, Canada Winter Games
– Goalie stats not available
CSSHL, U17 Northern Alberta Extreme
– 1 GP, 0.00 GAA, 1.000 SV, 1-0-0, 1 SO
Season: 15 GP, 1.59 GAA, .942 SV, 15-0-0, 4 SO
