news@medicinehatnews.com Hockey and ringette players are invited to attend an on-ice skills development session as public schools close for the year’s first division-wide professional development day on Sept. 20. The one-hour session will help students sharpen their skills in stick-handling, shooting, puck and ring skill and power skating by a team of seasoned coaches. “We ... Read More »
asmith@medicinehatnews.com The Lions Club of Medicine Hat is back for another year of supplying used hockey and ringette equipment to those who need it. This year, said James Higgins, committee chair, they’ve made a significant change to the gear they’ll be accepting. “We had a very generous donation last year from the Medicine Hat Tigers, ... Read More »
sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Ringette Association had themselves a day of announcing Wednesday. They unveiled the new logo as a follow-up to the April announcement of the Mustangs as a uniform name for all teams. Since the ringette association was established in 1985, teams in each of the five age divisions were able to choose ... Read More »
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Local ringette players will now represent Medicine Hat under one banner and be known as Mustangs after members of the Medicine Hat Ringette Association voted for a unified name. Since the ringette association was established in 1985, teams in each of the five age divisions were able to choose a team name for that ... Read More »
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Medicine Hat’s Open C Force travelled to Rockyford for ringette provincials last weekend. Their first game was Friday night against Calgary True North, falling 10-8. Jurnee Elliot led the way with four goals, Raynah Gibney had two goals and single markers came from Kennedy Wilson and Abby Drozdz. Saturday morning they played Calgary Volt, ... Read More »
sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Medicine Hat’s U19 Live Wire fell just short of winning back-to-back ringette provincial championships. The Live Wire finished in second place at their provincials over the weekend in Beaumont, losing 6-4 to the Lethbridge Rattlers. They opened the tournament with a 10-1 win Friday over the Cochrane Rockies. Hannah Thompson had five goals, Kayla ... Read More »
sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat U12B Fury finished their ringette season in style at the Chinook League Regionals. The Fury won bronze at the year-end Division 2 tournament hosted in Lethbridge. They started the weekend with a 6-6 draw against Calgary South U12-1, with Danna Sawchuk in net for the tournament, and goals scored by Ally ... Read More »
sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Smash Open repeated as provincial champions over the weekend. The Smash defended their provincial B open championship with a 5-1 win Sunday afternoon over the St. Albert Edge, capturing a fourth straight title. Kailyn Baum scored twice in the gold Final, with singles from Mahala St Jacques, Nicona Lutz, and Alyssa ... Read More »
sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat U19 Live Wire went undefeated in play-downs action this weekend. They won all four of their games to punch their ticket to provincials March 22-24 in Beaumont. They opened the weekend with a 12-2 win over Airdrie on Saturday. Hannah Thompson and Kayla Robinson each had three goals, Sophie Kerr and ... Read More »
sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Medicine Hat’s U19 Live Wire kicked off their provincial ringette play downs in winning fashion. The Live Wire beat Lethbridge 8-7 in a back-and-forth affair on Saturday. They led 5-4 at the half before Lethbridge tied it up at 7-7. Sophie Kerr’s solo marker was the game winner and the rest of the Live ... Read More »
sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The U12B Fury showed up on the road this weekend. The Fury were away Saturday with only eight players available to take on the Cochrane Rockies and Calgary NW. They opened the weekend with a 12-7 win over Cochrane and then went on a few hours later to defeat Calgary NW 9-6. The Fury’s ... Read More »