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Sillinger off to Sioux Falls
By RYAN MCCRACKEN on January 15th, 2021
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken The Medicine Hat Tigers will be without one of their most potent offensive threats if and when the Western Hockey League’s 24-game season commences in 2021. Seventeen-year-old forward Cole Sillinger has opted to join up with the USHL’s Sioux Falls Stampede effective immediately. While the decision will leave him off Medicine Hat’s roster until ... Read More »
1 responseSillinger to play in Sioux Falls
By Medicine Hat News on January 14th, 2021
Medicine Hat Tigers winger Cole Sillinger will be continuing his development in Sioux Falls, N.D. with the USHL’s Stampede while he awaits the Western Hockey League’s return. The dual U.S.-Canadian citizen is entering his first year of draft eligibility and is projected to go in the first round. Tigers head coach and general manager Willie ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Chyzowski back to work
By RYAN MCCRACKEN on January 14th, 2021
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken It’s been an uncharacteristic year to say the least, but there’s still been some familiarity for Medicine Hat Tigers centre Ryan Chyzowski. With the Western Hockey League still on hold as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Chyzowski spent his extended off-season working his usual summer job of washing windows and has been hitting ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bouwmeester announces retirement
By RYAN MCCRACKEN on January 13th, 2021
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken Medicine Hat Tigers alumnus Jay Bouwmeester has officially announced his retirement after a 1,240-game playing career in the National Hockey League. Bouwmeester, 37, spent his 17-season NHL career with the Florida Panthers, Calgary Flames and St. Louis Blues, and went on to help St. Louis win its first Stanley Cup in 2019. The veteran ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tigers coach glad to see a commitment to play
By RYAN MCCRACKEN on January 12th, 2021
mccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken The Western Hockey League announced Friday that its board of governors is committed to ensuring a 2020-21 season can be played, and Willie Desjardins says almost everything is on the table. The Medicine Hat Tigers head coach and general manager says there’s still a lot to be decided before the puck can drop on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!WHL makes ‘commitment’ for 24-game season, start date to be determined
By Medicine Hat News on January 9th, 2021
The Western Hockey League announced Friday night that its board of governors has “made a commitment” to conduct a 24-game regular season for 2020-21, though many details – including a start date – are still to be hammered out. “The Western Hockey League is committed to providing a season for WHL players,” WHL Commissioner Ron ... Read More »
1 responseHounds are Hat’s best friend: Hockey group earns spot on Sports Wall of Fame
By RYAN MCCRACKEN on January 2nd, 2021
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken Fifty years ago, Orest Tkachyk joined up with several other Hatters to form a group known as the Medicine Hat Hockey Hounds. A half-century later, Tkachyk and the Hounds can still be found in every corner of the local hockey community – from boardrooms to bingos and scorekeeper’s boxes – and in 2021, the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!An unforgettable impact: Sports Wall of Fame inductee Bill Page left lasting legacy in local boxing scene
By RYAN MCCRACKEN on December 31st, 2020
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken When asked if he had any unforgettable memories of late boxing coach Bill Page, longtime friend Kerry Fahlman’s answer was simple and all-encompassing. “I’ve got a lot of good memories. They’re all good,” said Fahlman, who helped start up the Medicine Hat Boxing Club alongside Page and Ev Nieman in 1975, and still coaches ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Page, Hounds to be inducted to Wall
By RYAN MCCRACKEN on December 30th, 2020
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken The Medicine Hat Sports Wall of Fame will get one new, but familiar face, as well as its first group following Tuesday’s announcement that late boxing coach Bill Page and the Medicine Hat Hockey Hounds will be the Wall’s newest inductees in 2021. While a ceremony date has yet to be determined due to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Training Matters: The many positive effects of exercise
By Medicine Hat News on December 26th, 2020
I have penned many articles for this paper over the past 25 years, continually espousing the vast benefits of exercise; improved function, joint health, fat loss, muscular strength, bone density, injury and disease prevention, speed, power… the list truly could fill this entire article. What has only been addressed a few times over the years ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hat’s Schuett commits to LIU
By RYAN MCCRACKEN on December 22nd, 2020
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken Dylan Schuett is Division 1 bound. The 20-year-old Medicine Hat product recently committed to Long Island University after a few strong seasons in the North American Hockey League. When Schuett initially made the decision to pursue his game south of the border back in 2017, he says joining a Division 1 school was a ... Read More »
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