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Boehm wears heart and family on his sleeve
By JAMES TUBB on December 28th, 2022
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Most hockey players’ favourite sounds are skates on a fresh sheet of ice or a puck clanging off the cross bar before dropping into the net. One of Brayden Boehm’s favourite sounds is the reassuring tick of the mechanical valves in his dad Dave’s heart. The 18-year-old Medicine Hat Tigers forward’s dad had heart ... Read More »
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By James Tubb on December 27th, 2022
The South Alberta Hockey Academy men’s hockey team got their Circle K Classic started on a high note Tuesday night. SAHA beat the Saskatoon Blazers 4-2 to start their tournament 1-0. The Dunmore based Hockey Academy entered the U18 Invitational as defending champions after winning the Mac’s championship in April, which has since been rebranded ... Read More »
1 responseTigers fall in first game of second half
By James Tubb on December 27th, 2022
The Medicine Hat Tigers couldn’t shake the holiday cobwebs Tuesday night. The Tigers fell behind early and lost 3-2 in Lethbridge against the Hurricanes. Medicine Hat entered the break with a 4-1 win over the Kelowna Rockets on Dec. 17. The Hurricanes got on the board first with two goals within the first 10 minutes ... Read More »
1 responseSoakin’ in the Tubb: Strong start to year for Tigers with room to grow
By JAMES TUBB on December 27th, 2022
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb There’s a lot to like about the Medicine Hat Tigers start to the 2022-23 WHL season. The Tigers have already surpassed their win total from last season, and 35 games in to the year look like an entirely different team with a lot of the same players on the roster. They sit in eighth ... Read More »
1 responseSAHA gearing up to defend Mac’s championship
By JAMES TUBB on December 24th, 2022
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The South Alberta Hockey Academy was a surprise to a lot of teams when they won the 43rd Mac’s Invitational Tournament in April. Now, newly rebranded to the Circle K Classic, the only surprise SAHA is looking to make is by going back-to-back. “Last year we were a late entrant, I don’t think we ... Read More »
1 responseTigers and SAHA excited for holiday plans and traditions
By JAMES TUBB on December 24th, 2022
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Holidays have arrived, which means a bit of a break for even the busiest of hockey players and staff. The Medicine Hat Tigers have a total of nine days between games, giving them a chance to head home and see family and friends they have not seen since training camp got underway in ... Read More »
1 responseTigers looking for consistency in second half
By JAMES TUBB on December 24th, 2022
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Head coach and general manager Willie Desjardins draws a lot of positives from the Medicine Hat Tigers’ first 35 games but says they will have to be better if they want to remain in the playoff hunt. The Tigers sit with a record of 13-17-4-1 at the Holiday break, good for eighth in the ... Read More »
1 responseSAHA’s Pearce commits to St. Francis Xavier
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on December 24th, 2022
sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The South Alberta Hockey Academy women’s team continues to make commitment history. The Dunmore based Hockey Academy announced Friday forward Téa Pearce has committed to play for St. Francis Xavier University next season. She is the first SAHA athlete to commit to a U Sports program. Pearce, a product of Calgary, has played two ... Read More »
1 responseTigers rookies looking for growth and a big second half
By JAMES TUBB on December 23rd, 2022
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb First-year Western Hockey League players have the first half to get used to the new league and build consistency. The second half is where they can prove they belong. The Medicine Hat Tigers have had two 16-year-olds step up and become everyday players this season in forwards Tomas Mrsic and Cayden Lindstrom. Both were ... Read More »
1 responseTigers seeing improvements throughout lineup
By JAMES TUBB on December 23rd, 2022
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers have seen strings of success up and down the lineup in the first 35 games of the season. They are one contest past the halfway mark on the year and sit in eighth place in the Eastern conference with a record of 13-17-4-1, good enough for the final playoff spot. ... Read More »
1 responseSAHA women’s team to build off early success
By JAMES TUBB on December 23rd, 2022
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The South Alberta Hockey Academy women’s team have put themselves in a spot where they can have a strong second half. The U18 women’s team has a record of 11-6-1 through the first half of a CSSHL season that started with a streak of seven wins in a row. At the start of the ... Read More »
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