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Medicine Hat News Two Medicine Hat Boxing Club members picked up wins in Leduc Saturday night. Tristan Deveau beat Edmonton’s White Nganika by unanimous decision in a 152-pound bout, part of the preliminary card at the Legion Legacy Cup. Then it was Janick Lacroix’s turn. The national champion beat San Diego’s Mariano Flores in a [...] Read More »

rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken The Medicine Hat Tigers spent Wednesday night skating alongside the next generation of hopeful hockey stars. Every player on the roster was on the ice alongside dozens of young fans for the team’s annual Skate with the Tigers event in support of Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Medicine Hat and District, and [...] Read More »

Medicine Hat News Game-by-game improvement was the story for Medicine Hat’s open C ringette team this past weekend in Lethbridge. Playing in the Chinook Ringette Tournament, the Kruse Glass Force opened with a tie, then took a couple losses before finishing with a win in Sunday’s bronze medal game. After falling 4-3 to the Calgary [...] Read More »

EDMONTON Tonight at the Winspear Theatre in Edmonton, the CFL awards will be presented to the most outstanding performers in six categories plus coach of the year. The honours are decided by 68 voters from the Football Reporters of Canada and the league’s head coaches. It is my privilege to be one of the voters. [...] Read More »

Medicine Hat News Medicine Hat Tigers Mads S¿gaard, Josh Williams and Ryan Chyzowski were all named in NHL Central Scouting’s updated players to watch list last week. S¿gaard and Williams both earned B-ratings while Chyzowski picked up a C-rating after helping Medicine Hat to a 10-11-1-2 record. S¿gaard joined up with the Tigers in the [...] Read More »

HALIFAX – A businessman trying to bring a CFL team to Halifax says a contest to come up with a team name is a “horse race” between Atlantic Schooners and Atlantic Storm. Anthony LeBlanc of Maritime Football Ltd. won’t say which name has the upper hand, but he says he’s surprised the vote is as [...] Read More »

CALGARY – Sam Bennett scored the go-ahead goal and added an assist as the Calgary Flames erupted for five first-period goals, then hung on for a 6-3 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Wednesday night. Dillon Dube, Matthew Tkachuk, Mark Jankowski, Johnny Gaudreau and Derek Ryan, with an empty netter, also scored for Calgary (13-8-1), [...] Read More »

ANAHEIM, Calif. – Ryan Getzlaf had a goal and an assist, John Gibson made 25 saves and the Anaheim Ducks snapped a three-game losing streak with a 4-3 victory over the skidding Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday night. Ondrej Kase, Adam Henrique and Kalle Kossila also scored for the Ducks, who had lost 12 of 15 [...] Read More »

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Eric Staal scored his second goal of the game with 5:58 left and the Minnesota Wild overcame a sloppy third period to beat the Ottawa Senators 6-4 on Wednesday night. Matt Dumba also scored twice as the Wild ended a two-game slide and won for the 12th time in 17 games. [...] Read More »

ATLANTA – Kyle Lowry scored 21 points during his first triple-double of the season and the Toronto Raptors never trailed while beating the reeling Atlanta Hawks 124-108 on Wednesday night despite a career milestone from Vince Carter. Lowry had 17 assists and 12 rebounds for his 13th career triple-double. A jam by Carter with less [...] Read More »