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jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Boxing Club’s headline local event is celebrating a milestone this weekend. The local boxing club is hosting the 20th annual Nieman/Page memorial Alberta Silver Gloves this weekend, with two shows on Saturday and one Sunday at the Medicine Hat Lodge. Medicine Hat Boxing Club coach Kerry Fahlman says they have more [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers have put on quite the show picking up their first four-game winning streak of the season. The Tigers are in a lull on the schedule, following five games in eight nights, where the Tabbies won the last four games of the stretch for the longest win streak of the season. [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Mat Ward is taking advantage of the new landscape of junior hockey. The Medicine Hat Tigers overage forward has committed to play at Northern Michigan University Wilcats next season upon the completion of his WHL career, as announced by the Tigers on Jan. 9. The Kamloops product is the first Tiger to commit to [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat U19 Mustangs remain atop the Chinook League with a winning Saturday on the road. The Mustangs beat the Calgary Bow View-3 9-1, making good on a 5-0 lead at the half. Pacie Harper and Hannah Thompson each had two goals, Sophie Kerr had a goal and three assists and four skaters, [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb A trio of Medicine Hat Tigers and a local product were recognized by NHL scouts on Tuesday. Tigers’ defencemen Bryce Pickford and Jonas Woo, forward Kadon McCann and local forward Ryan Miller of the Portland Winterhawks, were all named on NHL Central scouting’s midterm rankings for North American skaters. Miller, in his second WHL [...] Read More »

Erling Haaland has signed a new contract at Manchester City that ties him to the Premier League champions until 2034. City announced the new 9 1/2-year deal on Friday for the 24-year-old Haaland, who has scored 111 goals in 125 games since joining the club from Borussia Dortmund in 2022. “Now I want to keep [...] Read More »

MELBOURNE, Australia – Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski and her New Zealand teammates Erin Routliffe have reached the third round of women’s doubles at the Australian Open. The second-seeded duo earned a three-set win (4-6, 6-3, 6-4) over Britain’s Maia Lumsden and Czechia’s Anna Siskova. Dabrowski and Routliffe, the 2023 US Open champions and 2024 Wimbledon finalists, [...] Read More »

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) – Dylan Larkin scored two goals and the surging Detroit Red Wings beat the Florida Panthers 5-2 on Thursday night. Larkin, Jonatan Berggren and Patrick Kane had power-play goals for Detroit, which also got a goal from Marco Kasper. Cam Talbot stopped 40 shots for the Red Wings, who have won eight [...] Read More »

Thursday’s Scoreboard NHL Columbus 4, San Jose 1 Washington 1, Ottawa 0, OT Detroit 5, Florida 2 Toronto 4, New Jersey 3, OT Tampa Bay 4, Anaheim 3, SO Philadelphia 5, N.Y. Islanders 3 Winnipeg 2, Seattle 1 Montreal 3, Dallas 1 St. Louis 4, Calgary 1 Nashville 3, Chicago 2, SO N.Y. Rangers 5, [...] Read More »

VANCOUVER – Alex Turcotte scored twice and notched an assist as the Los Angeles Kings thumped the struggling Vancouver Canucks 5-1 on Thursday. Turcotte’s first tally of the night came 51 seconds into the game and, before the end of the first period, the 23-year-old winger helped the Kings to a 3-0 lead. Adrian Kempe [...] Read More »