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sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat U19 Mustangs took care of business in their final games of 2025. The Mustangs hosted the Airdrie Sting-2 for a doubleheader over the weekend. They won the first game 9-1. Aviana Velichko had three goals and an assist, Ryleigh Jackiw had a pair of goals and a pair of assists, Leighton [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Bryce Pickford set lofty expectations for himself and the Medicine Hat Tigers heading into the season. One game from the halfway mark, the team and his own season have met those goals. The Tigers sit first in the Central division and second in the Eastern conference with a 22-6-3-2 record. They’re three wins ahead [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Heading into the last dance of a fourth and final season with the Medicine Hat Cubs, Kyle Woolridge is looking to go out on top. The Cubs’ captain is also on a path to go out as the HJHL franchise’s most prolific scorer. The 21-year-old Medicine Hat product broke the Cubs’ franchise goal-scoring record [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Cubs have put themselves in prime position heading into the new year. The Cubs swept their weekend slate, a ninth-straight weekend sweep, to enter the holidays with a 12-game win streak and in first place of the South division. They beat the Coaldale Copperheads 7-3 Friday before beating up on the [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat U15AA Hounds went undefeated in their last games of the calendar year. They beat the Golden Suns 4-2 on Friday before tying the East Kooteny Avalanche 2-2 on Sunday. Easton Brown had a goal and an assist in Friday’s win, Hudson Schutte, Nash Korchinski and Bentley Thares each scored. Maddox Joyal [...] Read More »

Alan Millar and Scott Salmond were sifting through the wreckage. Canada had endured a second straight quarterfinal exit at the world junior hockey championship — this time on home soil. The battered and bruised men’s under-20 program desperately needed a reset. Millar was promoted to a new role as the team’s full-time general manager. There [...] Read More »

BROSSARD — The Montreal Canadiens have signed defenceman Bryce Pickford to a three-year entry-level contract, the NHL team announced Wednesday. The contract begins in the 2026-27 season. Pickford has a league-leading 25 goals along with 19 assists in 31 games for the Western Hockey League’s Medicine Hat Tigers this season. The 19-year-old from Edmonton, who [...] Read More »

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim appeared optimistic about the injuries to Bruno Fernandes and Kobbie Mainoo though he confirmed both midfielders will miss Friday’s Premier League game against Newcastle. Fernandes clutched his hamstring and sustained a soft tissue injury in United’s defeat by Aston Villa on Sunday, after which Amorim initially [...] Read More »

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Keldon Johnson had 25 points, Stephon Castle added 24 and the San Antonio Spurs stormed past Oklahoma City 130-110 on Tuesday night, winning their seventh straight game and beating the Thunder for the second time in 11 days. Victor Wembanyama’s streak of consecutive games with at least one block ended at [...] Read More »

LONDON (AP) — Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner is unsure when United States defender Chris Richards will be available again. The American was taken off on a stretcher with a nasty cut to his right foot in the second half of Palace’s match against Arsenal in the English League Cup quarterfinals on Tuesday. Palace hosts [...] Read More »