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Cubs bring series lead out of weekend
By JAMES TUBB on February 28th, 2023
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb In a span of 48 hours and nine periods of hockey the Medicine Hat Cubs have the lead in their semifinal series. The Cubs entered Friday’s game trailing the Cochrane Generals 1-0 in the best-of-seven series before winning Game 2, 3-2 in overtime, and taking Saturday’s road Game 3, 4-2 in double overtime, to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tigers cool the Blazers ahead of busy week
By JAMES TUBB on February 28th, 2023
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers are in the home stretch, where every game and every point matters for the standings and potentially, a playoff spot. That’s why Saturday’s win over the league’s hottest team, the Kamloops Blazers, was even more important. The Tigers broke the Blazers 11-game win streak as they beat the B.C. team ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cubs grab semifinals series lead with OT win Saturday
By James Tubb on February 26th, 2023
The Medicine Hat Cubs and Cochrane Generals went the distance and a little more Saturday night. The Cubs beat the Generals 4-3 in Cochrane 57 seconds into double overtime to take a 2-1 semifinals series lead. Medicine Hat entered the contest off an 3-2 overtime win Friday in Medicine Hat. Kyle Woolridge scored his first ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tigers score seven to beat Blazers on Saturday
By James Tubb on February 25th, 2023
The Medicine Hat Tigers contained the WHL’s hottest team Saturday night at Co-op Place. The Tigers scored seven goals to beat the Kamloops Blazers 7-3, breaking their 10-game winning streak. Medicine Hat came into the game off a 6-3 loss in Regina against the Pats on Wednesday, Kamloops was riding an 11-game winning streak. Head ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta men’s hockey finishes fifth at Winter Games
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on February 25th, 2023
sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Team Alberta’s men’s hockey team finished its Canada Games on a high note Friday. Alberta beat Manitoba 4-1 to finish the tournament in fifth place. Medicine Hat Tigers prospect Hayden Harsanyi scored in the win, with fellow prospect Matt Paranych picking up an assist. Local product Ryan Miller also had a goal and assist ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tigers gear up for Blazers,look to bounce back from Pats loss
By JAMES TUBB on February 25th, 2023
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers look to get back in the win column Saturday and they get to do so against one of the WHL’s best. The league’s fourth-place Kamloops Blazers are at Co-op Place on Saturday night to wrap up their Central division road trip. They are 4-0 so far entering a contest Friday ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Davidson, Pearce excited for Winter Games
By JAMES TUBB on February 25th, 2023
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb After two-plus months of anticipation, Kendal Davidson and Téa Pearce are only hours away from taking part in the Canada Winter Games. The South Alberta Hockey Academy duo is set to represent Team Alberta in the women’s hockey tournament, which gets underway Monday, as the men’s side wraps up Saturday. While neither were able ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Clouston back in Hat for first time with Blazers
By JAMES TUBB on February 25th, 2023
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Shaun Clouston was able to give the Kamloops Blazers a quick tour of the city he called home for 16 years. The Blazers’ bus rolled through Medicine Hat Thursday on its way to Lethbridge ahead of their matchup with the Hurricanes on Friday. “We had to kind of go right past (Medicine Hat) and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cubs win Game 2 in overtime to even semifinal series
By James Tubb on February 25th, 2023
The Medicine Hat Cubs had a flair for the dramatics Friday night at the Kinplex. The Cubs tied the game with 25.8 seconds left in the third period before scoring in overtime to beat the Cochrane Generals 3-2 to take Game 2 of their semifinals series and even it up at 1-1. Cochrane took the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tigers wearing Your Team Your Jersey Contest winner Saturday
By JAMES TUBB on February 24th, 2023
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Maddy Rieger put a lot of time and effort into her design of the Medicine Hat Tigers jersey. The seven-year-old fan’s all-orange design was chosen as the winning YourTeamYourJersey option for the Tigers as part of the Canadian Hockey League, the Western Hockey League and Real Canadian Superstore’s contest. This past summer, Tigers fans ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!McKenna breaks Canada Games scoring record
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on February 24th, 2023
sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Gavin McKenna left his mark on the Canada Winter Games on Thursday. The 15-year-old had a goal and two assists in Team Yukon’s 7-3 loss against New Brunswick, giving him a six-game total of 14 goals and 29 points, breaking the Games’ scoring record of 27 points in one tournament held by New Brunswick’s ... Read More »
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