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Hounds get to second round

By Medicine Hat News on February 29th, 2020

The South East Athletic Club Tigers rode a second-period scoring surge to a series-clinching 3-2 victory over the Airdrie Xtreme in a win-or-go-home Game 3 on the road Friday. The Tigers scored 30 seconds apart to flip a one-goal lead in Medicine Hat’s favour, then added the eventual game-winner in the third to send SEAC ... Read More »

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Cubs take control of series

By RYAN MCCRACKEN on February 29th, 2020

rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken The Medicine Hat Cubs left the Kinplex on Friday night with a 3-1 series stranglehold after taking the Cochrane Generals to task in a 5-3 victory. Austin Klimosko and Cooper Hilworth scored less than a minute apart to break a 2-2 game open in the third period – handing the Generals their third consecutive ... Read More »

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Kemp nets four

By Medicine Hat News on February 29th, 2020

Brett Kemp wasn’t satisfied with a hat trick. The 19-year-old Medicine Hat Tigers forward completed a three-goal performance with five minutes left in Friday’s game against the Regina Pats at the Brandt Centre, then added a fourth for good measure in a dominant 8-2 victory. Medicine Hat’s five-forward power play unit was reunited Friday as ... Read More »

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Clippers, Queens punch tickets, Rattlers ousted

By Medicine Hat News on February 29th, 2020

It’ll be an all-South final at the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference women’s volleyball championships Saturday, but the home team’s season has come to an end. The Briercrest Clippers and Red Deer Queens each swept their respective semifinals Friday night at the Snake Pit in Medicine Hat College, advancing to the final and also earning spots ... Read More »

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Green goes purple for a good cause

By Medicine Hat News on February 28th, 2020

The teams in green are going purple for one night in memory of a local woman. Hat High’s boys and girls basketball teams host Magrath today and the Mohawks and Kwahommies will wear special Karen’s Purple Shirt Party garb for Karen Wagenaar, who died three years ago after being diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Wagenaar’s ... Read More »

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Bantam series going the distance

By RYAN MCCRACKEN on February 28th, 2020

rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken The South East Athletic Club Tigers will be fighting to keep their season alive when their best-of-three Alberta Major Bantam Hockey League playoff series against the Xtreme shifts back to Airdrie tonight for a win-or-go-home rubber match. The Tigers had a chance to close out the series on Thursday evening at Hockey Hounds Arena, ... Read More »

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Sillinger back

By Medicine Hat News on February 28th, 2020

Cole Sillinger has some ground to make up. After suffering an upper-body injury on Jan. 28, the 16-year-old Medicine Hat Tigers winger watched his grip on first place in the Western Hockey League’s rookie scoring lead vanish. Now 10 points back of Winnipeg Ice forward Michal Teply for the lead after a 10-game hiatus, Sillinger ... Read More »

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Cubs take series lead

By RYAN MCCRACKEN on February 28th, 2020

rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken The Medicine Hat Cubs are coming home with a 2-1 edge in their best-of-seven Heritage Junior Hockey League Southern Division semifinal series against the Cochrane Generals. Cubs goaltender Dawsen Savage stopped 25 shots and hit the post on a late empty-net chance before securing a 3-2 win – his second consecutive victory since returning ... Read More »

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Not a day for underdogs

By Medicine Hat News on February 28th, 2020

There were plenty of proud smiles as the host Medicine Hat College women’s volleyball team finished up an opening-round loss at conference championships Thursday, but Shaya Suchy’s true emotions weren’t far from the surface. The fifth-year Rattlers libero had red eyes and kept her composure during the post-game, but with her first-ever taste of playoffs ... Read More »

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Hat darts player wins Alberta title

By Medicine Hat News on February 27th, 2020

For the fourth year in a row, Mykel Kequahtooway is off to youth darts nationals. The 17-year-old from Medicine Hat won the Alberta title Sunday in Edmonton, out-throwing the competition over two days. With each day’s finish counting towards the overall senior youth title, Kequahtooway was second Saturday to Calgary’s Ben Vardy, but went a ... Read More »

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