NEWS FILE PHOTO The Medicine Hat Tigers trio of Shaeffer Gordon-Carroll, Liam Ruck and Markus Ruck will be relied upon heavily in their second WHL season after a plethora of off-season departures from the defending WHL champion's forward core.

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From rookies to the top six, the Medicine Hat Tigers’ young line from last season have catapulted up the depth chart.

The forward trio of Shaeffer Gordon-Carroll and twins Markus and Liam Ruck were relied upon to produce at times en route to the franchise’s sixth Ed Chynoweth Cup. The Rucks played over 60 games, (Markus 62, Liam 61) and Gordon-Carroll played ‘just’ 55 due to a mid-season injury.

With the graduation of Oasiz Wiesblatt and Mat Ward, both Hunter St. Martin and Andrew Basha off to play pro

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