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Medicine Hat News For a second year in a row the Medicine Hat Tigers have made a trade with their Highway 3 rival. The Tigers have acquired 19-year-old forward Luke Cozens from the Lethbridge Hurricanes in exchange for 18-year-old defenceman Kyle Heger. The two teams also swapped conditional 2028 fourth-round picks. Cozens led the Hurricanes [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Mavericks have gone local with their first player named for the 2026 season. The Mavs announced Monday that first baseman/right fielder Evan Morrison will return for his third season with the red and white. The Medicine Hat product had 36 hits, nine home runs and 29 RBIs in 34 regular season [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat U19B Mustangs were golden at Regina’s Jim Benning Ringette tournament over the weekend. The Mustangs opened the tournament against the Regina Ravens, winning 8-2. Ryleigh Jackiw had four goals and two assists, Avi Velichko had four assists, Ravyn Lehr, Ava Allchurch and Jayna Allchurch each had a goal and an assist, [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Waves Swim Club was in action before the holidays. The local swim club sent eight swimmers to the Sandy Ferris Food Bank Invitational in Calgary over Dec. 19-21. Kaden Goffinet set two new club records in the boys 17-year-old 50m breast and 100m breast. He also set two provincial times, a [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Jordan Switzer has been on quite a run between the pipes over the last month, putting himself among the league’s best goaltenders. Not that the Medicine Hat Tiger would know. The 18-year-old net minder leads the WHL in wins with 17, recording Ws in his last nine appearances. His 2.60 goals against average ranks [...] Read More »

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Deni Avdija had a season-high 41 points and the Portland Trail Blazers won their fourth straight with a wild 103-102 victory over the Houston Rockets on Wednesday night. It appeared Tari Eason scored on a tip-in for Houston at the buzzer and the Rockets emptied the bench in celebration, but upon [...] Read More »

WASHINGTON (AP) — Radek Faksa scored a shorthanded goal, Casey DeSmith made 23 saves and the Dallas Stars ended their losing streak at six games by defeating the Washington Capitals 4-1 on Wednesday night. The Stars bounced back from a 6-3 drubbing at Carolina 24 hours earlier that included the Hurricanes chasing U.S. Olympic goaltender [...] Read More »

CHICAGO (AP) — Oliver Moore and Connor Murphy scored during Chicago’s four-goal second period, and the Blackhawks beat the St. Louis Blues 7-3 on Wednesday night for their fourth consecutive win. Moore, Murphy, Louis Crevier and Landon Slaggert each had a goal and an assist as Chicago improved to 2-1-0 against St. Louis this season. [...] Read More »

WACO, Texas (AP) — Iowa State point guard Tamin Lipsey, the senior who grew up near campus in Ames, is now part of something that had never been done by the Cyclones. They have a 15-game winning streak to start the season. “I’ve been a Cyclone all my life. Just got on the court four [...] Read More »

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Stephen Curry had 31 points, highlighted by a step-back 3-pointer with 26 seconds left, and added seven assists and seven rebounds to help the Golden State Warriors beat the Milwaukee Bucks 120-113 on Wednesday night. De’Anthony Melton added 22 points off the bench, Jimmy Butler finished with 21 points and five [...] Read More »