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Key dates on the Tigers’ 2023-24 WHL calendar
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on September 22nd, 2023
sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Another Western Hockey League season has arrived and there are a number of dates that stand out for the Medicine Hat Tigers in their 68-game schedule. The Tigers’ 54th season gets underway Friday at Calgary’s Saddledome when they battle the Calgary Hitmen. The Tigers’ home opener at Co-op Place is Saturday against the same ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tigers’ forwards carry youth, energy into season
By JAMES TUBB on September 22nd, 2023
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers’ forward core is young and looking to fill the back of the net. The Tigers enter the 2023-24 season with a younger group of forwards than the year prior, with only three 19-year-olds (Oasiz Wiesblatt, Tyler MacKenzie and Brayden Boehm) followed by four 18-year-olds (Shane Smith, Andrew Basha, Hunter St. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Veteran defence to lead younger Tigers’ lineup
By JAMES TUBB on September 22nd, 2023
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers won’t have to worry about rookie mistakes coming from their defence corps. The Tigers enter the 2023-24 WHL regular season with one of, if not the most veteran defence in the league, led by 20-year-olds Dru Krebs, Rhett Parsons and Latvian Bogdans Hodass. Returning 18-year-olds Reid Andresen and Josh Van ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tigers still have choices to make between pipes
By JAMES TUBB on September 22nd, 2023
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers are starting the season with three goaltenders who all want to be the go-to guy in net. Evan May, Zach Zahara and Ethan McCallum are all on the roster to start the 2023-24 season and they are all in different points of their junior hockey career. The 19-year-old May joined ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!How the 2023-24 Tigers roster was built
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on September 22nd, 2023
sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Tigers roster, like all Western Hockey League Clubs, has been constructed through multiple methods. Whether players were acquired in trades, through free-agent signings, the WHL Prospects Draft or the CHL Import, they all have made it to the same level of junior hockey. Here is how the Tigers’ 2023-24 roster was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tigers name 2023-24 leadership group
By JAMES TUBB on September 22nd, 2023
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers have put their leaders in place with the WHL season getting underway tonight. The Tigers named forward Tyler MacKenzie as the 40th captain in franchise history Thursday morning. The assistants are 20-year-old defencemen Rhett Parsons and Dru Krebs, with a third assistant captain to be named at a later date. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Connaught golf closing course earlier due to irrigation concerns
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on September 21st, 2023
sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Golfers wanting to play some more golf at the Connaught Golf Club before the winter season better tee it up sooner than later. The club announced Wednesday via its website and social media it will be closing the course for the season at end of play on Oct. 9. Connaught will continue normal operations ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tigers assoc. coach Frazer: ‘There’s a buzz around the city’
By JAMES TUBB on September 21st, 2023
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers put in the work over the summer to get better, but now, it’s about improving on that, associate coach Joe Frazer says. “We’re really excited about some of the development the young guys have made and seeing the leadership come back, the veteran guys have had really good summers,” Frazer ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cubs built on character and strong work ethic
By JAMES TUBB on September 21st, 2023
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Randy Wong is entering his fourth season at the helm of the Medicine Hat Cubs and is excited for what the season ahead holds. The Cubs open their 50th season of operation and the 2023-24 Heritage Junior Hockey League season on Sunday at Coaldale against the Copperheads. Wong took over as head coach and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Inside the CFL: Bueller, Bueller: Is anyone going to step up and win?
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on September 21st, 2023
sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Until last weekend, Winnipeg romping home in first place winning the Western Final and making their fourth straight Grey Cup appearance was about as sure a thing as you could get. All the attention was on which team would finish third or cross over. But now the focus is on top spot. After losing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wiesblatt getting extended look with Blue Jackets
By JAMES TUBB on September 20th, 2023
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Oasiz Wiesblatt left the Medicine Hat Tigers last week for a weekend prospects tournament and is now gearing up for his first National Hockey League training camp. The 19-year-old forward received an amateur tryout contract to be one of the 73 players taking part in the Columbus Blue Jackets’ training camp that gets underway ... Read More »
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