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By Chris Brown

Key schedule dates announced

Tigers pick two defensemen in CHL Import Draft

Jun 30, 2021 | 11:15 AM

MEDICINE HAT, AB – The Medicine Hat Tigers used both of their picks in today’s CHL Import Draft on the blueline.

With their first pick, the Tigers chose Gleb Ivanov at 55th overall. Ivanov played last season for MHK Dynamo Moskav in Russia, where he put up two goals and six assists in 50 games.

The six-foot, 178-pounder has a lengthy resume in international hockey, including the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge held in Medicine Hat and Swift Current in 2019. He scored two assists in six games to help Russia to the championship.

Tigers director of player personnel Bobby Fox says Ivanov is an “elite skating, puck-moving guy. He loves to jump in the play, he’s always involved in the attack.”

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With their second pick at 71 the Tigers went for a bigger blueline presence, selecting Bogdans Hodass from Latvia.

Hodass stands six-foot-three and weight 194 pounds.

Hodass scored seven goals and added nine assists playing for Sport U20 in Finland.

“With Bogdans, he plays a Western Hockey League style. He’s a big rig, he loves to tee it up from the point and loves to shoot, he’s got a heavy shot,” Fox says.

Both Ivanov and Hodass were born in 2003.

Schedule Highlights

The full 2021-22 WHL schedule hasn’t been released yet, but the Tigers have highlighted some key dates on the calendar.

They begin on the road on Oct. 1 against the Swift Current Broncos, and return for the home opener against those same Broncos the next night.

Day games on the schedule include Jan. 1 against the Winnipeg Ice and Feb. 21 against the Prince Albert Raiders.

The final regular season home game is set for April 2 against the Lethbridge Hurricanes. That will also be Fan Appreciation Night.

Season ticket renewals are currently underway and sales to the general public are expected to take place in August. Single-game tickets will go on sale in the fall.

Click here for all confirmed Tigers games for the 2021-22 season.