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The Medicine Hat Tigers took care of home ice to open the first-round of the WHL playoffs. Medicine Hat beat the Swift Current Broncos 6-3 Saturday night to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven first-round matchup. They blanked Swift Current 4-0 in Game 1 Friday on the back of a 21-save shutout from Harrison [...] Read More »

A Saturday night showdown will put the first-round series between the Medicine Hat Tigers and Swift Current Broncos on two distinct paths. Medicine Hat will either hold a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven first-round series or the Broncos will spilt and turn the series into a best-of-five with the next two games in Swift Current. [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Gavin McKenna wants to help give Co-op Place its moment of glory. The Medicine Hat Tigers’ arena is still searching for its defining moment, something their former home, The Arena, had in spades. Those plays that turn into legacy and ever-lasting memories aren’t easy to come by, often dictated by playoff success. As they [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Western Hockey League saw a five-season high of fans in rinks this regular season. The WHL’s league-wide attendance for the 2024-25 season surpassed 3.1 million, representing the highest per-game attendance rate over the last five seasons. That span includes the 2020-21 season that was played without fans in attendance and the shorthanded 2019-20 [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The youngest Medicine Hat Tigers are ready to make an impact as the postseason kicks off. The Tigers’ youth line of Markus and Liam Ruck and centre Shaeffer Gordon-Carroll were all smiles talking about getting their first up close and personal look at the WHL playoffs as Medicine Hat faces the Swift Current Broncos [...] Read More »

BERLIN (AP) — Andrej Ilić scored what proved to be the winner for Union Berlin to boost its Bundesliga survival hopes with a 2-1 win in Freiburg on Sunday. Freiburg’s loss after seven games without defeat prevented it from getting closer to the Champions League qualification places. Freiburg remained three points behind fourth-placed Mainz ahead [...] Read More »

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Kevin Willard publicly campaigned — pleaded, really — during Maryland’s run to the Sweet 16 for more from the university and athletic department for his Big Ten program. More of everything — “fundamental changes,” he called them — that really came down to more money, so much more, being funneled into basketball. [...] Read More »

TORONTO — Right-handed pitcher Max Scherzer has been placed on the 15-day injured list by the Toronto Blue Jays. The move was made so the future Hall of Famer can address right thumb inflammation. Scherzer lasted only three innings before exiting his Blue Jays debut on Saturday with a strained right lat. The 40-year-old veteran [...] Read More »

TORONTO (AP) — The Toronto Blue Jays put right-hander Max Scherzer on the 15-day injured list Sunday because of inflammation in his right thumb. The move comes one day after the three-time Cy Young Award winner left his debut start with Toronto after three innings because of right lat soreness. Toronto recalled left-hander Easton Lucas [...] Read More »

HONG KONG — Sabrina Poulin scored the winning try as Canada downed France 21-17 Sunday to finish a season-best third at the Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens. Poulin took an off-load from Carissa Norsten and outpaced a French defender down the left flank before cutting in to score under the posts at Kai Tak Sports Park. [...] Read More »