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Yahoo
a day ago
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Memorial Cup run comes to an end for Lightning prospect
Medicine Hat Tigers goaltender and South Surrey's own Harrison Meneghin has won back-to-back WHL Goaltender of the Week honours. (Randy Feere/Medicine Hat Tigers photo) Lightning prospect Harrison Meneghin and the Medicine Hat Tigers fell short on Sunday night, after losing 4-1 in the Memorial Cup Final to the London Knights. Meneghin was originally drafted by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the seventh round, 206th overall, of the 2024 NHL Draft. On May 19, the Lightning announced Meneghin was signed to a three-year, entry-level contract. Advertisement The 20-year old goalie helped lead the Medicine Hat Tigers to their first Memorial Cup appearance since 2007. Through 16 post-season games, he recorded a 14-1 record while posting a .906 save percentage, a 2.35 goals against average and three shutouts. His efforts earned him WHL Playoff MVP honors, which made him only the third player in Tigers history to receive the award. Meneghin finished the tournament with 4GP 2.54GAA and a .906SV%.
Global News
2 days ago
- Sport
- Global News
London Knights win 2025 Memorial Cup championship
For the third time in their history the London Knights are Memorial Cup champions. Team captain Denver Barkey scored twice and defenceman Sam Dickinson recorded three assists and goaltender Austin Elliott stopped 31 shots as London downed the Medicine Hat Tigers 4-1 on June 1, 2025 at Le Colisee Financiere Sun Life. With the victory the Knights joined the Cornwall Royals, the Kamloops Blazers and the Windsor Spitfires as the only teams to hoist the Memorial Cup since 1972 when the championship moved to a tournament format. Neither team sat back to begin the game. Through ten minutes and five seconds of the first period the clubs had combined for 19 shots. Not long after that a puck crossed the goal line as Henry Brzustewicz took a pass from Sam Dickinson and fired a puck forward to the Medicine Hat blue line right on the tape of Jacob Julien who skated in alone and went to the backhand on Harrison Meneghin of the Tigers for his second goal of the tournament to give London a 1-0 lead. Story continues below advertisement Both Meneghin and Elliott of the Knights were called up to make big saves in the opening 20 minutes and did. Get daily National news Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. Sign up for daily National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy Easton Cowan and Denver Barkey struck with goals 1:40 apart to extend London's lead to 3-0 before the second period was five minutes old. Meneghin lost his stick and Sam O'Reilly found Cowan going to the net and the Mt. Brydges, Ont., native scored to become the all-time Knights leading scorer in the Memorial Cup tournament with his 15th point in his ninth game. Mitch Marner had 14 points in four games in 2016. Cowan's goal came at 3:13 and Dickinson picked up the second assist. At 4:53 Barkey and Dickinson and combined to knock a puck away at the London blue line and Barkey raced down the ice on a breakaway and put the puck between the legs of Meneghin for his second goal in two games at the tournament to give London a 3-0 advantage. The Knights thought they had gone ahead 4-0 when O'Reilly fed Cowan a second time in the slot but it was ruled that O'Reilly had made contact with Meneghin's arm as he rounded behind the net befdore feeding a pass in front and the goal was disallowed. London did get their fourth goal on a power play as Barkey blocked a Medicine Hat clearing attempt on the right side and wristed a puck through bodies in front and into the Tigers net. Story continues below advertisement Gavin McKenna scored Medicine Hat's goal at 2:43 of the third period and put another puck into the net late in the game only to have the goal disallowed when a review showed that the puck had hit a high stick before it got to McKenna. The Tigers outshot the Knights 32-24. Cowan was named tournament MVP after leading the tournament in scoring for the second consecutive year. London was 1-for-2 on the power play. Medicine Hat was 0-for-2. Four former London Knights Memorial Cup champions in Stanley Cup final There were 26 former London Knights on the opening night rosters of National Hockey League teams. Four of those players have made it to the Stanley Cup Final which begins on Wednesday, June 4 as the Edmonton Oilers face the Florida Panthers for the second year in a row. Matthew Tkachuk was a rather large key to London's Memorial Cup championship team in 2016 and is after his second consecutive Stanley Cup title after the Panthers edged the Oilers in seven games in 2024. Edmonton returns Corey Perry and Evan Bouchard from last year and they have also added Max Jones. Jones and Bouchard were also on the 2016 championship team. Perry helped the Knights to win their first Memorial Cup crown in 2005.
Hamilton Spectator
3 days ago
- Sport
- Hamilton Spectator
Tigers want to win Memorial Cup for goalie Meneghin: ‘Harrison's our heartbeat'
RIMOUSKI - Oasiz Wiesblatt skated up to the Western Hockey League's championship trophy. A hockey team's captain traditionally hoists the silver chalice first before handing it off to teammates for their celebratory laps. Not this time. Wiesblatt, who wears the 'C' for the Medicine Hat Tigers, posed for a quick photo with the Ed Chynoweth Cup two weeks ago before calling over Harrison Meneghin — the team's goalie who unexpectedly lost his father in March — to raise it into the air. 'Something that we did for Harry,' Wiesblatt said of that night in Spokane, Wash. 'We're all striving for doing things for him, and for the team and the city, but this thing was a lot more special than that.' The Tigers have rallied around Meneghin in the months since his father, Derek, died at just 49. Their goal now is to give him another trophy to lift Sunday when they battle the London Knights in the Memorial Cup final. 'Without him, we wouldn't be here,' star forward Gavin McKenna said. 'We want to do it for him, he's done a lot for us.' On March 23 in Calgary, Meneghin stopped 35 of 37 shots to help the Tigers beat the Hitmen and clinch first place in the Eastern Conference in their final regular-season game. The team celebrated after achieving a season-long goal. The mood drastically shifted when Meneghin stepped off the ice and received the devastating news of his father's passing. 'It went from such a high to such a low, I've never experienced a flip so quick on a team,' Tigers head coach Willie Desjardins said. 'It didn't just devastate Harrison, it devastated the whole team, because the whole team looked at it like, what happens if it was my dad?' 'It was so, so bad. But with that, for sure we rallied, the boys had his back,' he added. 'They did everything they could for him. They knew he was going to have good times and bad times, and they were there for it.' Meneghin flew home to Surrey, B.C., for a few days, but returned to the Tigers for their next game on March 28, posting a 21-save shutout in a 4-0 win over the Swift Current Broncos to open the playoffs. Wiesblatt said it's one of the most memorable moments of his junior career. 'He didn't have to come, and we said we would do it for him, and he decided to come back,' he said. 'It's just a really remarkable thing.' Meneghin went on to earn the WHL playoff MVP after backstopping the Tigers with a 14-1 record, posting three shutouts, a 2.32 goals-against average and a .907 save percentage. Two days later, the 20-year-old signed an entry-level contract with the NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning. And so far in the Memorial Cup, the six-foot-four, 174-pound netminder has a 3-0 record with a .927 save percentage, including a 35-stop outing in a 3-1 win over London that propelled Medicine Hat into the final. 'Harrison's our heartbeat,' Wiesblatt said. 'For him to go through something like that, which is never easy to go through and such a big tragedy, but for him to be here with the team, and for him to almost play for his dad, it's been unbelievable to be a part of.' Wiesblatt's decision to hand Meneghin the WHL trophy is one of many examples of ways the Tigers have tried to support him. Desjardins and some teammates attended Derek Meneghin's funeral in April. The head coach, who acquired Meneghin from Lethbridge earlier this season, quickly learned why he has a lighthearted nature. 'His dad had a great sense of humour. Harrison has a great sense of humour,' Desjardins said. 'He's always involved in something. There's some joke going on, you know Harrison's part of it. 'I could see his dad in Harrison.' Medicine Hat forward Mathew Ward, who also grew up playing spring hockey with Meneghin, said teammates have made a point of spending time with their netminder. 'You just don't really want to be alone thinking about stuff, because then things can snowball,' Ward said. 'He definitely did rely on us a lot, I know that, but I think that just speaks to how much of a family we are in our room.' Desjardins also said they've given Meneghin — who hasn't spoken to reporters at the Memorial Cup — a break from media sessions, hoping to avoid a scenario where difficult moments come flooding back to him in front of cameras. 'The hardest thing about something like that is you can be going along so well, then one thing can happen, and it can bring you back to the worst moment you've ever had,' he said. 'That's just the nature of it. So I don't know when that moment could happen, but you don't want it to happen in media.' The hockey, meanwhile, is giving Meneghin something else to focus on. 'There's no right or wrong way to grieve,' Desjardins said. 'What you do, you do as hard as you can, and then you let them know that they're part of it and you're doing it for them.' This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 31, 2025.
Winnipeg Free Press
3 days ago
- Sport
- Winnipeg Free Press
Tigers want to win Memorial Cup for goalie Meneghin: ‘Harrison's our heartbeat'
RIMOUSKI – Oasiz Wiesblatt skated up to the Western Hockey League's championship trophy. A hockey team's captain traditionally hoists the silver chalice first before handing it off to teammates for their celebratory laps. Not this time. Wiesblatt, who wears the 'C' for the Medicine Hat Tigers, posed for a quick photo with the Ed Chynoweth Cup two weeks ago before calling over Harrison Meneghin — the team's goalie who unexpectedly lost his father in March — to raise it into the air. 'Something that we did for Harry,' Wiesblatt said of that night in Spokane, Wash. 'We're all striving for doing things for him, and for the team and the city, but this thing was a lot more special than that.' The Tigers have rallied around Meneghin in the months since his father, Derek, died at just 49. Their goal now is to give him another trophy to lift Sunday when they battle the London Knights in the Memorial Cup final. 'Without him, we wouldn't be here,' star forward Gavin McKenna said. 'We want to do it for him, he's done a lot for us.' On March 23 in Calgary, Meneghin stopped 35 of 37 shots to help the Tigers beat the Hitmen and clinch first place in the Eastern Conference in their final regular-season game. The team celebrated after achieving a season-long goal. The mood drastically shifted when Meneghin stepped off the ice and received the devastating news of his father's passing. 'It went from such a high to such a low, I've never experienced a flip so quick on a team,' Tigers head coach Willie Desjardins said. 'It didn't just devastate Harrison, it devastated the whole team, because the whole team looked at it like, what happens if it was my dad?' 'It was so, so bad. But with that, for sure we rallied, the boys had his back,' he added. 'They did everything they could for him. They knew he was going to have good times and bad times, and they were there for it.' Meneghin flew home to Surrey, B.C., for a few days, but returned to the Tigers for their next game on March 28, posting a 21-save shutout in a 4-0 win over the Swift Current Broncos to open the playoffs. Wiesblatt said it's one of the most memorable moments of his junior career. 'He didn't have to come, and we said we would do it for him, and he decided to come back,' he said. 'It's just a really remarkable thing.' Meneghin went on to earn the WHL playoff MVP after backstopping the Tigers with a 14-1 record, posting three shutouts, a 2.32 goals-against average and a .907 save percentage. Two days later, the 20-year-old signed an entry-level contract with the NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning. And so far in the Memorial Cup, the six-foot-four, 174-pound netminder has a 3-0 record with a .927 save percentage, including a 35-stop outing in a 3-1 win over London that propelled Medicine Hat into the final. 'Harrison's our heartbeat,' Wiesblatt said. 'For him to go through something like that, which is never easy to go through and such a big tragedy, but for him to be here with the team, and for him to almost play for his dad, it's been unbelievable to be a part of.' Wiesblatt's decision to hand Meneghin the WHL trophy is one of many examples of ways the Tigers have tried to support him. Desjardins and some teammates attended Derek Meneghin's funeral in April. The head coach, who acquired Meneghin from Lethbridge earlier this season, quickly learned why he has a lighthearted nature. 'His dad had a great sense of humour. Harrison has a great sense of humour,' Desjardins said. 'He's always involved in something. There's some joke going on, you know Harrison's part of it. 'I could see his dad in Harrison.' Medicine Hat forward Mathew Ward, who also grew up playing spring hockey with Meneghin, said teammates have made a point of spending time with their netminder. 'You just don't really want to be alone thinking about stuff, because then things can snowball,' Ward said. 'He definitely did rely on us a lot, I know that, but I think that just speaks to how much of a family we are in our room.' Thursdays Keep up to date on sports with Mike McIntyre's weekly newsletter. Desjardins also said they've given Meneghin — who hasn't spoken to reporters at the Memorial Cup — a break from media sessions, hoping to avoid a scenario where difficult moments come flooding back to him in front of cameras. 'The hardest thing about something like that is you can be going along so well, then one thing can happen, and it can bring you back to the worst moment you've ever had,' he said. 'That's just the nature of it. So I don't know when that moment could happen, but you don't want it to happen in media.' The hockey, meanwhile, is giving Meneghin something else to focus on. 'There's no right or wrong way to grieve,' Desjardins said. 'What you do, you do as hard as you can, and then you let them know that they're part of it and you're doing it for them.' This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 31, 2025.
Yahoo
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Lightning prospect shines, advances to Memorial Cup Final
After finishing 3-0 in the preliminary games, newly signed Lightning goalie Harrison Meneghin and the Medicine Hat Tigers have officially punched their ticket to the Memorial Cup Final on June 1. Last week, the Lightning announced Meneghin was signed to a three-year, entry-level contract after an inspiring end to the 2025 WHL postseason. Meneghin helped lead the Medicine Hat Tigers to their first Memorial Cup appearance since 2007. Through 16 post-season games, he recorded a 14-1 record while posting a .906 save percentage, a 2.35 goals against average and three shutouts. His efforts earned him WHL Playoff MVP honors, which made him only the third player in Tigers history to receive the award. Meneghin was originally drafted by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the seventh round, 206th overall, of the 2024 NHL Draft.
