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jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Beautiful sights and a pair of wins wrapped up the Medicine Hat Tigers preseason. The Tigers returned Sunday from the WHL’s Whitehorse Showcase, beating the Kelowna Rockets to sweep the preseason and capture the Northern Lights Cup. Head coach Willie Desjardins says they were treated well and he enjoyed the trip to the Yukon. [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers deepened their forward core Tuesday. The Tigers acquired 19-year-old forward Max Sullivan in a trade with the Kamloops Blazers, sending a conditional 2029 eighth-round pick the other way. Sullivan had seven goals and 23 points in 61 games with the Blazers last season. In 106 career WHL regular season games, [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews A pair of the city’s senior high school football teams look to get back in the win column this week. The Medicine Hat High Hawks and Monsignor McCoy Colts lost their Week 3 matchups on Friday. Hat High was shutout 44-0 on the road by the L.C.I. Rams, McCoy lost 25-18 to the Catholic [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Cubs split their lone weekend of preseason action. The Cubs faced the Coaldale Copperheads for a pair of tune-up games over the weekend, winning 4-3 Saturday on the road before falling 1-0 Sunday at the Kinplex. Tash Armstrong, Nolen Sutherland, Blake Dosenberger and Owen Gustafson scored for the Cubs in Saturday’s [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat College Rattlers women’s soccer team split their second regular season weekend. The Rattlers beat the University of Alberta-Augustana Vikings 5-1 on Saturday before falling 2-0 on Sunday at home to the Lethbridge Polytechnic Kodiaks. Saturday’s win, coming on the road, was led by a pair of goals from both Alexis Ratke [...] Read More »

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Natalie Nakase won over Golden State Valkyries owner Joe Lacob with her fire in a matter of two hours when they sat down last year for a formal interview. Now, the entire WNBA understands why. Nakase was named WNBA Coach of the Year on Wednesday after leading her team to [...] Read More »

MONTREAL — After having a highway named in his honour two years ago, the “Démon Blond” will now have a bridge carrying his name. The City of Montreal announced Wednesday that the new bridge connecting Île Bizard to the Island of Montreal will be called the Guy Lafleur Bridge. In May 2023, Premier François Legault [...] Read More »

LONDON (AP) — The U.K. government and NBA have teamed up to expand recreational basketball in England through an investment of 10 million pounds ($13.7 million) ahead of the possible launch of an NBA-affiliated league in Europe. The funds will go toward building courts and providing more playing opportunities for women, girls, people with disabilities [...] Read More »

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Pakistan set aside its handshake dispute with archrival rival India and thumped the United Arab Emirates by 41 runs to qualify for Super 4 of the Asia Cup on Wednesday. The Group A game was delayed by an hour before Pakistan proceeded when it claimed match referee Andy Pycroft [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Ottawa Senators general manager Steve Staios says Alex Formenton won’t return to the team when the winger becomes eligible to return to the NHL. Formenton was one of five players acquitted in July of sexual assault charges stemming from an incident in London, Ont., in 2018 when they were members of Canada’s world [...] Read More »