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VANTAA, Finland Malcolm Spence had two goals and an assist as Canada thumped Czechia 6-0 in a penalty-filled affair Friday at the world men’s under-18 hockey championship. Tij Iginla also had two goals and Carter George made 26 saves for the shutout Gavin McKenna of the Medicine Hat Tigers had a goal and two assists [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers were one of the youngest teams in the Western Hockey League this season and their youngest players gained a lot of experience. The Tigers had seven rookie skaters in the lineup on a nightly basis and had two rookie goaltenders who carried the load in net for the entire second [...] Read More »

bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Local ringette players will now represent Medicine Hat under one banner and be known as Mustangs after members of the Medicine Hat Ringette Association voted for a unified name. Since the ringette association was established in 1985, teams in each of the five age divisions were able to choose a team name for that [...] Read More »

VANTAA, Finland Medicine Hat Tigers forward Gavin McKenna scored twice in the span of one minute and 45 seconds in the first period as Canada opened with a 6-3 win over Sweden on Thursday at the world men’s under-18 hockey championship. The 16-year-old phenom isn’t draft eligible for another two years and was playing alongside [...] Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Monsignor McCoy Colts senior boys baseball team opened their regular season in style. The Colts beat the Medicine Hat High Hawks 7-6 Wednesday night in Alberta Premier Baseball League play. Fischer Haysom started on the mound for McCoy and pitched 3.1 innings, allowing three runs while striking out seven batters. Cole Carlson took [...] Read More »

LOS ANGELES – Evander Kane’s teammates believe he’s tailor-made for the playoffs, and so does the man himself. “The drama of it all,” Kane said about the post-season. “It just brings the best out of me.” Kane had a goal, an assist and a fight – known as a “Gordie Howe hat trick” – and [...] Read More »

WASHINGTON (AP) – Vincent Trocheck had a power-play goal and a short-handed assist, Igor Shesterkin made 27 saves and the New York Rangers moved one win away from advancing by beating the Washington Capitals 3-1 in Game 3 Friday night, taking a 3-0 lead in their first-round NHL playoff series. The Rangers scored goals at [...] Read More »

Friday’s Scoreboard NHL Playoffs First Round Vancouver 2 Nashville 1 (Vancouver leads best-of-seven series 2-1) Edmonton 6 Los Angeles 1 (Edmonton leads best-of-seven series 2-1) Colorado 6 Winnipeg 2 (Colorado leads best-of-seven series 2-1) N.Y. Rangers 3 Washington 1 (New York leads best-of-seven series 3-0) — AHL Playoffs Division Semifinals Rochester 3 Syracuse 2 (Rochester [...] Read More »

LOS ANGELES – Zach Hyman and Leon Draisaitl scored twice, and the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Los Angeles Kings 6-1 on Friday to take a 2-1 lead in their first-round playoff series. Hyman increased his playoff-leading goal total to six. Draisaitl added an assist for the 50th of his career in the post-season. Evander Kane [...] Read More »

DENVER – The Colorado Avalanche scored three goals in a span of six minutes early in the third period of a 6-2 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Friday night at Ball Arena. Nathan MacKinnon and Valeri Nichushkin got the rally started with power-play goals before Artturi Lehkonen gave Colorado a two-goal cushion. Ross Colton [...] Read More »