Wednesday . . . early

The WHL is experiencing those first-round attendance blues again and nothing signifies that better than a press release issued Wednesday morning by the Medicine Hat Tigers who announce attendance of 4,006 at every single regular-season game but weren’t sold out Tuesday night. . . .
“Medicine Hat, AB - Tickets for tonight's game four versus Swift Current Broncos are still available at the Tiger's box office in The Arena.
Tickets can be purchased in person at The Arena or by calling the Tiger's Ticket Hotline at 403-527-8406.
Adults $20
Youth $16
Child $12
Swift Current leads the best of seven quarter final series two games to one with game 5 slated for Swift Current on Friday night.”
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In Cranbrook, meanwhile, the Kootenay Ice drew 2,344 fans to Game 3 of its series with the Brandon Wheat Kings. Jeff Bromley of the Kootenay NewsAdvertiser reports that “was the second-smallest playoff crowd since the club moved to the Rec Plex in 2000, beating only Game 3 of the first round of the 2004 playoffs when the Ice was swept by the Kelowna Rockets.”
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G Martin Jones of the Calgary Hitmen is the ADT CHL goaltender of the week, the third time this season he has won the award. He was 2-0-0-0 with a shutout, a GAA of 0.50 and a .978 save percentage last week.