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Mavericks announce first returning player for 2025 season
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on January 8th, 2025
sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Mavericks unveiled the first of their returning group for the 2025 WCBL season. The Mavs announced local product Evan Morrison will return to the red and white for a second season, suiting up this summer. The first baseman had 16 hits and six RBIs in 30 games last season for his ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Basha out long term, updates on other injuries
By JAMES TUBB on January 8th, 2025
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Medicine Hat Tigers head coach and general manager Willie Desjardins provided updates on the WHL’s club’s injury statuses. Desjardins says 19-year-old forward Andrew Basha will be out of the lineup long-term with a lower body injury. The Calgary Flames prospect will have the injury checked out, with more information to come from that. Basha ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!McKenna excited for Tigers’ playoff push after early exit from World Juniors
By JAMES TUBB on January 8th, 2025
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Gavin McKenna’s first World Junior experience was far shorter than expected or desired. The Medicine Hat Tigers forward returned from Ottawa on Sunday, returning after Canada’s quarter-finals exit at the U20 tournament, a second year in a row the red and white have bowed out of the tournament ahead of the medal round, falling ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mrsic makes first return to Hat since August trade to Raiders
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on January 8th, 2025
sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews A familiar face will be back at Co-op Place on Wednesday. Former Medicine Hat Tigers forward Tomas Mrsic will play his first game at Co-op Place since being traded to the Prince Albert Raiders on Aug. 26, 2024. The Tigers sent the 18-year-old Mrsic to Prince Albert, as well as a 2025 third-round pick ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hurricanes continue to bolster, acquire World Junior blue liner Caden Price
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on January 7th, 2025
sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Lethbridge Hurricanes decided the Price was Right Monday night. The Hurricanes acquired 19-year-old defenceman Caden Price from the Kelowna Rockets in exchange for 17-year-old blue liner Will Sharpe, the WHL playing rights to 17-year-old goaltender Harrison Boettiger and five draft picks. They sent Kelowna a 2026 first-round draft pick, a 2025 fourth and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!WHL trade tracker: Hitmen further bolster lineup ahead of trade deadline
By JAMES TUBB on January 7th, 2025
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Calgary Hitmen made a pair of trades Saturday. The Hitmen acquired Seattle Thunderbirds defenceman Sawyer Mynio, fresh off a World Juniors appearance with Team Canada. The 19-year-old Vancouver Canucks prospect has five goals and 19 points in 18 games this season. Mynio was part of the Thunderbirds’ 2023 championship roster, scoring a goal ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cubs win first game back from holiday break
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on January 7th, 2025
sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Cubs shook off the holiday rust. The Cubs won the first game back from the Heritage Junior Hockey League’s holiday break, beating the Mountainview Colts 7-4 on Saturday. Kyle Woolridge extended his league-leading point tally, with two goals and four assists in the win. Hayden King had a goal and three ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ward propels Tigers in split weekend with Broncos
By JAMES TUBB on January 7th, 2025
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers maintained a fragile division lead with a weekend split. After a 4-1 loss Friday at Swift Current, the Tigers rebounded with a 5-2 win Saturday at home over the Broncos. Both games had standout, individual performances. On Friday, Broncos’ forward Luke Mistelbacher scored all four goals for the green and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Minor Hockey roundup: U17AAA SEAC Tigers pickup three points over weekend
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on January 7th, 2025
sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Medicine Hat News The Medicine Hat U17AAA SEAC Tigers had a three-point weekend in the standings. The South East Athletic Club Tigers picked up a point in a 3-3 draw Saturday with the SPKAC Squires before topping the MLAC Leafs 6-4 on Sunday at home. In Saturday’s tie, Ryker Watson scored twice and Treyden ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tigers swing blockbuster, acquire Tanner Molendyk and Misha Volotovskii from Saskatoon
By James Tubb on January 6th, 2025
The Medicine Hat Tigers swung a ‘holy moly’ kind of trade Monday evening. The Tigers acquired 19-year-old defencemen Tanner Molendyk and 19-yearold forward Misha Volotovskii from the Saskatoon Blades in exchange for a seven-piece package that includes 17-yearold forward Hayden Harsanyi and 17-year-old defenceman Jack Kachkowski. The Tigers also send five draft picks to Saskatoon, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ward pots hat trick Saturday night in 5-2 win over his former club
By James Tubb on January 4th, 2025
Mat Ward scored three times Saturday night to propel the Medicine Hat Tigers 5-2 over the Swift Current Broncos at Co-op Place. That sentence would have put a WHL fan into a spiral a year ago. But the 20-year-old former Bronco led the Tigers in a bounce-back win, adding an assist for a four-point night ... Read More »
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