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jtubb@medicinehatnews.com A long week for the Medicine Hat Tigers ended with a drawn out loss Saturday in Edmonton. The Tigers surrendered six unanswered Oil Kings goals as they lost 6-1 at Rogers Place, ending their win streak at nine games. Saturday’s contest was the last of a four game in five days stretch for the [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Bryce Pickford has been having a blast since his return from injury. The Medicine Hat Tigers captain hasn’t lost a stride since missing 10 games due to an upper-body injury, running a seven-game point streak entering play Friday. Pickford has eight goals in his return, three coming in a 6-3 win over the Brandon [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers are mourning the sudden death of their bus driver. Donald Bihun suffered a medical emergency in the middle of their game Wednesday in Brandon against the Wheat Kings and later died. Head coach Willie Desjardins offered his condolences to the family and he says the driver was a part of [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Cubs have long seen themselves as one of the top four teams in the Heritage Junior Hockey League. After 24 years in the HJHL, they get a chance to prove they’re No. 1. The Cubs have advanced to the HJHL Finals for the first time in franchise history, beating the Cochrane [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com After spending most of the week on the road, the Medicine Hat Tigers returned home Friday with a win. The Tigers scored four goals in the third period in a back-and-forth affair at Co-op Place with Red Deer to beat the Rebels 8-4, picking up a ninth straight win. Seven Tigers recorded multi-point nights, [...] Read More »

NEW YORK — CF Montréal midfielder Wiki Carmona has been voted the Major League Soccer Player of the Matchday, the league announced Monday. Carmona scored two goals in Montréal’s 3-0 road victory on Sunday over the previously unbeaten New York Red Bulls. It was Carmona’s first multi-goal game in his 105th regular-season appearance. The Venezuelan [...] Read More »

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Australia has granted asylum to five members of the Iranian women’s soccer team who were visiting the country for a tournament, Australia’s Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said Tuesday. The women were transported from their hotel in Gold Coast, Australia “to a safe location” by Australian federal police officers in [...] Read More »

PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — Peyton McDaniel scored 28 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, Ashanti Barnes also had a double-double with 19 points and 12 boards, and No. 4 seed James Madison beat second-seeded Troy 69-52 on Monday to claim its second Sun Belt Tournament championship since joining the league in 2022. James Madison (26-8) was [...] Read More »

CHICAGO (AP) — No. 3 Michigan comes into the Big Ten Tournament this week with its sights set on a repeat and bigger goals on the horizon. The Wolverines (29-2, 19-1) would love nothing more than to secure a No. 1 seed in the NCAA and take aim at the school’s second national championship. Winning [...] Read More »

MILAN (AP) — United States women’s para ice hockey captain Erica McKee doesn’t take no for an answer. That refusal has women’s para ice hockey on the verge of earning a spot on the Paralympics program for 2030. Para ice hockey has been an open-gender sport at the Games since 2010 but only four female [...] Read More »