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Shaw signs ATO with Iowa Wild
By Ryan McCracken on April 6th, 2018
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken Medicine Hat Tigers centre Mason Shaw took another big step toward a professional hockey career Friday by signing an amateur tryout agreement with the American Hockey League’s Iowa Wild. The 97th overall Minnesota Wild draft pick missed all 72 games of the Western Hockey League’s regular season and the first round of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Provincial 5-pin titles earned
By Sean Rooney on April 4th, 2018
Medicine Hat News No hometown bowlers wound up on the top of the podium at the Alberta 5-pin Open Bowling Championships, but there was a zone representative who came pretty close to earning a spot at nationals. At Medicine Hat’s Panorama Lanes this past weekend, Lethbridge’s Dianne Violini, competing in her 50th provincial tournament, was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Shaw says he would’ve played in second round
By Ryan McCracken on April 3rd, 2018
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken The Medicine Hat Tigers fell two wins shy of returning star centre Mason Shaw to the ice. Shaw got the green light from Minnesota Wild staff earlier this week and returned to Canada on Sunday in the hopes of returning to his Western Hockey League club after missing the entire regular season with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Peewee Hounds clinch provincial championship
By Ryan McCracken on April 2nd, 2018
Medicine Hat News Deegan Kinniburgh got to live out a dream on Sunday afternoon at the Flames Community Arena in Calgary. The Medicine Hat Hounds forward scored 17 seconds into double overtime to send his teammates pouring over the bench in a 2-1 provincial peewee AA championship victory over the Springbank Rockies. Springbank’s Aidan Larose ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Another overtime exit
By Ryan McCracken on April 2nd, 2018
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken Mark Rassell’s Western Hockey League career came to an end on Sunday at Dauphin’s Credit Union Place, but he made sure to go out with a bang. The Medicine Hat Tigers overage captain potted a hat trick to keep hope alive in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference quarter-final series against Brandon, but ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!WHL commissioner says Hat attendance will improve with time
By Ryan McCracken on April 2nd, 2018
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken Western Hockey League commissioner Ron Robison says he believes Medicine Hat Tigers attendance will steadily rise with time, but he’d still like to see higher numbers in the interim. The Tigers have seen a consistent drop-off in attendance through the opening round of the post-season for the past 11 years, but hit ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Werre, Dolter win top awards at college’s athletic banquet
By Sean Rooney on March 31st, 2018
Medicine Hat News Medicine Hat College held its annual athletic awards banquet Thursday and the top awards went to a pair of graduating stars. Kennedy Werre, who set multiple records with the women’s basketball team, was named female athlete of the year. Fellow fifth-year player Brodie Dolter, an all-conference player in men’s volleyball, got the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lacroix going for gold
By Sean Rooney on March 31st, 2018
Medicine Hat News Janick Lacroix has his shot. At the national junior boxing championships in Edmonton Friday, the Medicine Hat Boxing Club fighter beat B.C.’s Elias Martinez to advance to Sunday’s final against Saskatchewan’s Thomas Gordon. After losing last year’s final in Quebec, Lacroix is back in position in the 70 kilogram division against a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sorry, there’s no magic pill
By Sean Rooney on March 31st, 2018
First off, Happy Easter! Secondly, in the last year, I have read or had a couple of questions regarding an “exercise pill.” The conversation usually goes as follows: an individual will come up to me and say something like, “If we have pills to help us sleep, relax, or inhibit our hunger, why don’t we ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hounds have great day at provincials
By Sean Rooney on March 31st, 2018
Medicine Hat News They’ve now got two losses on the year, but oh, how did the Medicine Hat peewee AAHounds respond. After dropping their opener 5-4 Thursday to the Springbank Rockies, the South Central Alberta HockeyLeague champs bounced back in a big way Friday with wins of 11-3 (over the Sherwood Park Jets)and 7-0 (over ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Down to their last life
By Ryan McCracken on March 31st, 2018
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken The Medicine Hat Tigers will return to Dauphin in desperation mode. Ty Lewis potted a goal and added three assists to lead the Brandon Wheat Kings to a 5-2 win over Medicine Hat in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference quarter-finals on Friday at the Canalta Centre —leaving the Tigers teetering on the ... Read More »
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