For the second year in a row a ringette team from Medicine Hat won cold hard cash instead of a trophy at the Cora Calgary Classic. But for the first time, a second Gas City team achieved a title win at the major open-level event. While the Smash defended their title in Open B, the ... Read More »
Two Medicine Hat teams took part in what’s billed as the biggest ringette tournament in the world this past weekend, with one coming agonizingly close to a spot in its final. In Calgary for the Esso Golden Ring, the Riptide got to the semifinals of their under-16 A division Sunday before a 3-2 overtime loss ... Read More »
Medicine Hat’s under-10 Wolfpack ringette team is surging in confidence, and offence too. The Wolfpack combined for 25 goals in two home games Saturday against the Strathmore Ice Devils. Game 1 at the Moose Rec Centre was a 14-1 blowout highlighted not just by the offence, but also goalie Jacqueline LeBlanc coming within a minute ... Read More »
Kylie Kallenberger and the Medicine Hat Riptide were not about to let a set of gold medals elude their grasp. Trailing the host Regina Roar by a goal in the final of the Jim Benning Tournament, the under-16 ringette team got two goals from Kallenberger to win 5-4. The weekend had started similarly, Medicine Hat ... Read More »
If there was a silver lining to the Medicine Hat under-16 Riptide’s second-place finish in Cochrane, it was how the Gas City ringette team gave the eventual champions all they could handle. A 5-4 loss to the Calgary Northwest Forte in the Bob Campbell Classic final came on the heels of a 9-6 round robin ... Read More »
With their massive home tournament about to begin, several Medicine Hat ringette teams took to the ice for one final set of tuneups. The Ed Horvath Interprovincial Classic begins Friday at rinks across the city, with 45 teams including 10 host sides in action. No less than seven of the Gas City squads played this ... Read More »
What better way to lead in to your home tournament than a pair of wins? The under-16 Riptide ringette team did just that this past weekend, beating the Strathmore Ice twice on home ice Sunday. Starting at the Kinplex, the Riptide dominated in a 12-5 victory. Marin Sinclair’s hat trick plus a two-goal game from ... Read More »
Medicine Hat’s two open-division ringette teams were in Lethbridge this past weekend for a tournament and brought home medals to show for it. The Force, an open C team, went 3-0 in the round robin but fell 4-1 to the host LethVegas squad in Sunday’s final. The Smash, playing up a division in open A, ... Read More »
For a first time out, the under-12 Medicine Hat Blackout ringette team did pretty well. Playing their first competitive games of the season, the Hat squad went 2-2 at the Airdrie Ring of Fire Tournament, claiming victories in their first and final matchups of the weekend. They began with a 7-1 win over Beaumont Rush ... Read More »
Medicine Hat teams earned a pair of playoff appearances at the Regina Elite Tournament this past weekend. The under-19 Mighty Ducks came in second in their division, while the open A Smash took fourth in theirs. For the Ducks, a busy two days saw them play six times, culminating in Sunday’s 8-6 loss to the ... Read More »