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Three youth bowlers from the Hat heading to Nationals
By Brendan Miller on May 3rd, 2025
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Three local bowlers are heading to Edmonton over the weekend to take part in the three-day Youth Bowl Canada Five-pin Nationals that kicks off at the Bonnie Doon Bowling Centre May 5. Fourteen-year-old Cage Deering is set to represent Alberta in the Junior Boy Singles event, while 11-year-old Bree McGloin and Kallie Deering will ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Chiefs sweep Portland to face Tigers in WHL Finals
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on May 3rd, 2025
sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Spokane Chiefs will be in Medicine Hat next weekend to face the Tigers in the WHL Finals. The Chiefs won the Western Conference in sweeping fashion, beating the Portland Winterhawks 6-4 Thursday night in Game 4 of the West Finals. With Medicine Hat sweeping the Lethbridge Hurricanes on Wednesday, the 2025 WHL Finals ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Knights, Generals to meet in OHL Finals rematch, QMJHL finals to be decided
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on May 3rd, 2025
sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Ontario Hockey League Finals brings an essence of deja vu. The London Knights won a third straight Western Conference Championship, sweeping the Kitchener Rangers on Wednesday to advance to the OHL Finals. They’ll face the Oshawa Generals for the second year in a row. Oshawa took down the Barrie Colts 8-4 on Thursday, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tigers oldest skaters played key role in Eastern Conference finals
By JAMES TUBB on May 3rd, 2025
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers’ elder statesmen led the way against the Lethbridge Hurricanes. The overage duo of captain Oasiz Wiesblatt and Mat Ward turned their play up a notch as Medicine Hat pushed Lethbridge to the brink and eventually swept their Highway 3 rivals. Wiesblatt, continuing his 25-game point streak, scored the overtime game ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ringette Association hands out 2024-25 season awards
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on May 2nd, 2025
sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Ringette Association honoured its own Wednesday night. At the association’s annual general meeting, MHRA handed out accolades for the 2024-25 season. Medicine Hat Ringette recognized four AGM awards for goalie of the year, official of the year, volunteer of the year and coach/coaching staff of the year. Jacqueline LeBlanc of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hurricanes relish experience after Game 4 elimination in East finals
By JUSTIN SEWARD SOUTHERN ALBERTA NEWSPAPERS on May 2nd, 2025
@ReporterTubb The Lethbridge Hurricanes’ playoff run ended at the hands of the Medicine Hat Tigers on Wednesday night in the Eastern Conference final. The club soaked in a lot of lessons from the series and the playoff run in general. “It was a quick turnaround for us,” Hurricanes head coach Bill Peters said on his ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tigers sweep Hurricanes, punch WHL finals ticket
By JAMES TUBB on May 2nd, 2025
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers are going dancin’ for the Ed Chynoweth Cup. The Tigers beat the Lethbridge Hurricanes 5-3 Wednesday night in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Champion series, recording a second straight series sweep and advancing to the Western Hockey League finals for the first time since capturing the franchise’s fifth title ... Read More »
1 responseWHL’s top executive award goes to Spokane, top coach to Victoria
By Medicine Hat News on May 1st, 2025
@MedicineHatNews The Western Hockey League handed out the executive of the year and head coach of the year awards on Tuesday. The WHL named Spokane Chiefs general manager Matt Bardsley as the winner of the Lloyd Saunders Memorial Trophy as the WHL executive of the year and Victoria Royals’ James Patrick as the recipient of ... Read More »
1 responseTrio of winners return from weekend boxing bouts
By Medicine Hat News on May 1st, 2025
@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Boxing Club fought at a pair of events last weekend. The local boxing club sent two fighters, Jacob Walne and Nate Vossler, to the Golden Gloves bout in Lacombe, and Asher Softic went State side, fighting in Odessa, Texas. In Lacombe, Vossler defeated Ray Abdo from Kopas Saskatoon, and Walne defeated ... Read More »
1 responseMolendyk stepping up as Tigers on verge of WHL Finals
By JAMES TUBB on May 1st, 2025
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb LETHBRIDGE The Medicine Hat Tigers acquired Tanner Molendyk for myriad reasons. The calm, cool approach he has with the puck in his own end or on the blue line in the offensive zone. His slick passing and ability to be a one-man breakout, flying up ice while weaving through waves of defenders looking to ... Read More »
1 responseMedicine Hat Speedway gets set for 2025 season under new leadership
By Medicine Hat News on May 1st, 2025
@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Speedway looks forward to the upcoming racing season with fresh initiatives, new partnerships and exciting fan experiences, all under the direction of a new executive board. Les Neigum, newly elected president of MHARA, expressed his excitement about the organization’s future in a release. “It’s an incredibly exciting time for the Medicine ... Read More »
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