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Søgaard, Brinkman settle for fifth at world juniors Division 1A tournament

By Medicine Hat News on December 16th, 2019

Mads Søgaard and Jonathan Brinkman fell short returning to junior hockey’s biggest stage following an 0-1-1-3 performance at the IIHF World Junior Championship Division 1A tournament in Minsk, Belarus. Austria held on to win the round-robin tournament with a 4-0-0-1 record and will advance to compete at the world juniors in Red Deer and Edmonton ... Read More »

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Cubs drop a pair on the road

By Medicine Hat News on December 16th, 2019

The Medicine Hat Cubs fell just short of handing the Heritage Junior Hockey League-best Okotoks Bisons their second loss of the season in a 3-2 battle on the road Sunday. Desmond Crawford and Mason Fischer scored to give the Cubs a 2-1 lead in the first, but Okotoks answered back on a goal from Nic ... Read More »

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Hat’s Aberle falls to Heilong River team in cash spiel final

By Medicine Hat News on December 16th, 2019

Medicine Hat’s Kevin Aberle came just short of clinching the Medicine Hat Curling Club’s open cash bonspiel Sunday, falling 5-4 to the Heilong River 1 squad in the final. The Chinese Heilong River team picked up one in the seventh to tie things up before stealing away the victory in the eighth end. The Heilong ... Read More »

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Oil Kings gain some breathing room

By RYAN MCCRACKEN on December 16th, 2019

rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken The Edmonton Oil Kings will sleep soundly over Christmas after earning a bit of breathing room atop the Western Hockey League’s Central Division. With a two-week break awaiting them at the final horn, the Oil Kings rode an early scoring surge to a 7-1 victory over the Medicine Hat Tigers on Saturday night at ... Read More »

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Oil Kings trounce Tigers to pad Central Division lead

By Ryan McCracken on December 14th, 2019

The Edmonton Oil Kings will sleep soundly over Christmas after earning a bit of breathing room atop the Western Hockey League’s Central Division. With a two-week break awaiting them at the final horn, the Oil Kings rode an early scoring surge to a 7-1 victory over the Medicine Hat Tigers on Saturday night at the ... Read More »

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Curling spiel in town this weekend

By Medicine Hat News on December 14th, 2019

Teams from across Medicine Hat – and well beyond – are in action at the Medicine Hat Curling Club for a small cash bonspiel this weekend. Sixteen teams will be battling it out at the spiel. While several hail from right here in the Gas City, a handful of squads from China will also be ... Read More »

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Rebels cool off the Tigers

By Medicine Hat News on December 14th, 2019

A wild comeback fell just short on Friday night at Westerner Park Centrium. After taking a five-goal deficit into the third period, the Medicine Hat Tigers rallied to within a single shot of overtime before finally settling for a riveting 6-4 loss to the Red Deer Rebels. Medicine Hat seized control of the early momentum ... Read More »

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Hundred-mile ultramarathon in the works for Cypress Hills

By Medicine Hat News on December 14th, 2019

At this time last year, Rita Pasiciel was getting ready to run 150 kilometres in the Northwest Territories. So what the 66-year-old and other local runners have in mind for the future is hardly a stretch. Pasiciel is at the helm of the newly-established Cypress Hills Adventure Running Society, which is in the early stages ... Read More »

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Vikings girls win for sportsmanship

By Medicine Hat News on December 13th, 2019

They came up short against the eventual provincial champions, but Crescent Heights High School’s girls volleyball team made an impression on those around them at their last tournament of the year. Coach Scott Galloway was informed this week that his Vikings won the 3A sportsmanship banner for how they conducted themselves at the finals in ... Read More »

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Huge week adds to Tigers buzz

By RYAN MCCRACKEN on December 13th, 2019

rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken Coming off a massive four-player trade and a 5-0 loss to the Everett Silvertips on Saturday, the Medicine Hat Tigers entered a three-game road trip with something to prove. Nineteen goals later and two victories later, they’re the talk of the Western Hockey League. “We’re playing like we want to put teams on notice ... Read More »

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