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Noah Davidson, Markus Ruck and Liam Ruck celebrate after the Tigers took a 4-0 lead over the Red Deer Rebels in the first period Saturday night at Co-op Place. The Tigers scored 17 goals in a two-game romp of their Central division foe over the weekend. The Tigers have the No. 2 seed in the [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com For the first time in franchise history, the Medicine Hat Cubs are HJHL champions. The Cubs won Game 3 5-2 Saturday in Red Deer over the Vipers, sweeping the best-of-five league Finals 3-0 to capture their first league title in their 24th year in the HJHL. Medicine Hat captured an IJHL championship in 2001, [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Cubs have a chance at making franchise history this weekend. The Cubs hold a commanding 2-0 lead in the HJHL Finals over the Red Deer Vipers, and hit the road Saturday for Game 3 of the best-of-five series with a chance to capture their first HJHL title. Medicine Hat opened the [...] Read More »

Medicine Hat News The Medicine Hat Tigers did their part to set up an interesting Saturday night in the WHL. With a 9-3 win Friday in Red Deer over the Rebels, the last two spots in the Eastern conference are all separated by a point. The Regina Pats, who lost 6-3 Friday to the Brandon [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb For one of the biggest Medicine Hat Tigers, it’s been the little things leading to success in the second half. Kade Stengrim, the seventh Tiger to hit the 20-goal mark this season, has honed in on the details of his game to the tune of success. “All the little things lead to success and [...] Read More »

DENVER (AP) — Nikola Jokic recorded his 35th triple-double of the season and both he and Jamal Murray scored 22 points Sunday when the Denver Nuggets celebrated the return of Peyton Watson by cooling off the Portland Trail Blazers 128-112. Jokic had 22 points, 14 rebounds and 14 assists. Cam Johnson added 19 points as [...] Read More »

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland’s Kristoffer Velde scored in the 13th minute and Timbers defender Kamal Miller picked up a red card seven minutes later, but James Pantemis surrendered only a João Klauss goal to help them hold on for a 1-1 draw with the Los Angeles Galaxy on Sunday. Velde scored for the second [...] Read More »

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Ty Pence had 23 points, Johnny Kinziger scored 19, including a go-ahead 3-pointer with two seconds left, and Illinois State rallied to beat top seed Wake Forest 78-75 on Sunday in the second round of the NIT. Fourth-seeded Illinois State (22-12) heads to No. 2 seed Dayton for a campus-site quarterfinal. [...] Read More »

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Colorado Rockies reliever RJ Petit will miss this season after he had Tommy John surgery with an internal brace. The operation was performed by Dr. Keith Meister on Friday in Dallas, according to MLB.com. The Rockies selected the 6-foot-8 Petit with the first pick in last year’s Rule 5 draft. The [...] Read More »

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Vinícius Júnior scored twice to lead 10-man Real Madrid to a pulsating 3-2 win over Atletico Madrid and keep in touch with La Liga leader Barcelona on Sunday. Vinícius converted a penalty in the 52nd minute to cancel out Ademola Lookman’s first-half opener before the Brazil forward later grabbed the winner [...] Read More »