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Rassell to lead Tigers into season
By Ryan McCracken on September 22nd, 2017
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken Mark Rassell will lead the Medicine Hat Tigers into the 2017-18 Western Hockey League season as captain of the franchise when the puck drops for tonight’s 7 p.m. opener in Lethbridge against the Hurricanes. The 20-year-old Calgary product has been with the Tigers since cracking the roster to start the 2014-15 season, and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bullion and Rassell in, Fischer and Rubins out for Tigers’ season opener
By Ryan McCracken on September 21st, 2017
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken Medicine Hat Tigers overagers Zach Fischer and Kristians Rubins will start the Western Hockey League season on the injured reserve, while Mark Rassell has returned to the team and will be in the lineup for Friday’s season opener in Lethbridge against the Hurricanes. Fischer sustained a concussion while competing alongside Rassell at Flames ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Nassen reports to Tigers
By Ryan McCracken on September 21st, 2017
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken Just as it seemed Latvian blueliner Kristians Rubins and German centre Mick Kohler were set to be this year’s import players with the Medicine Hat Tigers, Linus Nassen touched down in Canada. The Tigers selected the Swedish defenceman with the 119th overall pick in this summer’s CHL import draft knowing he did not ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fischer, Rassell cut by Flames
By Mo Cranker on September 20th, 2017
Medicine Hat News Two Tigers had their NHL dreams put on hold for another season, as the Calgary Flames reduced its roster by 21 players. Mark Rassell and Zach Fischer were both cut by the Flames Tuesday afternoon, according to the Flames official website. The two forwards will be returning to a Tigers team that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Flames send Tigers Fischer, Rassell back to Medicine Hat
By Medicine Hat News on September 19th, 2017
Two Medicine Hat Tigers had their NHL dreams put on hold for another season, as the Calgary Flames reduced its training camp roster by 21 players Tuesday. Zach Fischer and Mark Rassell were both sent back to the WHL by the Flames, according to the Flames official website. The two forwards will return to a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Desert Blume Ladies League a hit
By Mo Cranker on September 19th, 2017
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com @MHNmocranker The Desert Blume Ladies League wrapped up its first year of operations while accepting full-time sponsors, and one of the group’s organizers says she could not be happier with how the season went. “It’s been phenomenal,” said Sue Sallis. “We’re so happy with how our year went. It started out with Chris Paskin ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rattlers golf team wins mixed title at North Regional
By Ryan McCracken on September 18th, 2017
Medicine Hat News The Medicine Hat Rattlers golf team opened the Alberta Colleges Athletics Conference season with a team-wide victory at the North Regional in Camrose this weekend — combining to win the first event in the ACAC’s new mixed division. Matthaus Taylor led the Rattlers through the weekend with a 77-71-148 to share the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tigers close out pre-season with loss to Rebels
By Ryan McCracken on September 18th, 2017
Medicine Hat News The Medicine Hat Tigers dropped their final game of the Western Hockey League pre-season in a 5-3 loss to the Red Deer Rebels on Saturday, but not before Josh Williams lit the lamp a few more times. The 16-year-old Tigers centre scored twice to increase his pre-season total to seven in just ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta Street Car Shootout hits drag strip
By Ryan McCracken on September 16th, 2017
Medicine Hat News The Alberta Street Car Shootout makes its way onto the Medicine Hat Drag Racing Association strip Saturday afternoon, The event will feature drivers from across Western Canada in some of the fastest street-legal vehicles in the country while Medicine Hat’s own racers aim to improve their standing with just four points days ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Injury doesn’t change the fact Shaw is new Tigers captain
By Ryan McCracken on September 16th, 2017
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken If not for a torn ACL, Medicine Hat Tigers Mason Shaw would have been sporting a C on his jersey for next Friday’s season opener. The 18-year-old Wainwright product suffered the knee injury in a Traverse City Prospects Tournament game with the Minnesota Wild last weekend — putting him on the injured reserve ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Back to where it all began
By Mo Cranker on September 16th, 2017
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com @MHNmocranker The Medicine Hat College women’s basketball team prepped for its regular season Friday, falling to the Mount Royal University Cougars 55-52 at Medicine Hat High School. For most of the Rattlers team, the exhibition match was a fairly standard way to begin a new basketball season, but for Jordyn Kearley, it was a ... Read More »
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