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All-star pitcher Luis Diaz returns to Mavs for 2026 season
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on February 17th, 2026
sports@medicinehatnews.com Medicine Hat News The Medicine Hat Mavericks will return an all-star to the mound this summer. Right-handed pitcher Luis Diaz will return to Medicine Hat for second summer, the local WCBL club announced Monday. Diaz, a product of Agua Prieta, Mex., earned a spot in the all-star game in his first summer in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mustangs players capture four medals at Alberta Winter Games
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on February 17th, 2026
sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Ringette Association was well represented at the Alberta Winter Games. Four Mustangs players and one coach in training, Jay Pinnell, took part in the three-day event held in Lakeland County. Breanna Lanuk won gold with Zone 5. Emma Pinnell, alongside Jay, took silver with Zone 4 and Lacey Gibney captured a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tigers beat up Rebels 10-1 in Monday matinee
By James Tubb on February 16th, 2026
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat Tigers were the top dogs Monday afternoon at Co-op Place. The Tigers put up a 10-spot, beating the Red Deer Rebels 10-1 to snap a two-game slide. They entered play Monday off a pair of overtime loss, falling 5-4 in Red Deer on Friday and 4-3 Saturday at home to the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tigers fall 4-3 in OT Saturday to Silvertips
By James Tubb on February 14th, 2026
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat Tigers came back but couldn’t complete the comeback Saturday night. The Tigers overcame a 3-1 deficit with the Everett Silvertips before falling 4-3 in a back and forth overtime at Co-op Place. Medicine Hat came into the contest off a 5-4 overtime loss Friday in Red Deer to the Rebels. “They ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Moss growing into contributor on stacked Tigers blue line
By JAMES TUBB on February 14th, 2026
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb He’s not growing on rocks or up the side of trees, but Tyson Moss has worked himself into covering some of the WHL’s best. The Medicine Hat Tigers defenceman has grown in his 14 months in the orange and black, from a mid-season depth signing to a fill-in on the main power play and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cubs shut out in Game 1 by playoff nemesis Bisons
By James Tubb on February 13th, 2026
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com Those pesky Bisons. The Medicine Hat Cubs were shutout 4-0 Friday night at the Kinplex, losing Game 1 of their second-round series with the Bisons. Okotoks goaltender stopped all 31 shots he faced as the Bisons carried the momentum from their 2-0, first-round series win over the Coaldale Copperheads into the second round. Cubs ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tigers fall to Rebels in overtime Friday
By James Tubb on February 13th, 2026
Medicine Hat News The Medcine Hat Tigers couldn’t complete the full comeback Friday night. The Tigers overcame three one-goal Red Deer leads to force overtime before falling 5-4 on the road to the Rebels. Medicine Hat came into the contest, the first of a three-game in four night contest, off an 8-1 win over the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Playoffs clinched, SGC back, Tigers set for weekend
By JAMES TUBB on February 13th, 2026
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers have taken the first step to their title defence. The defending WHL champions clinched their spot in the 2026 WHL playoffs with the Red Deer Rebels 6-3 loss Tuesday to the Everett Silvertips, putting the Tigers in the postseason for a fourth straight year. “That’s your first goal, that’s your ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cubs primed for second-round matchup with Okotoks
By JAMES TUBB on February 12th, 2026
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb There is no other road the Medicine Hat Cubs want to take to continue their historic season. They want to go through Okotoks. The South division champions get set to face the Bisons in the second round of the HJHL Playoffs, starting Friday with Game 1 at the Kinplex, for the fourth time in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!DuPont rounding out his game in second WHL season
By JAMES TUBB on February 12th, 2026
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb While the 2009-born Draft class are trying to take a step in the final month of their first seasons in the Western Hockey League, Landon DuPont is already looking to round out his game. The Everett Silvertips defenceman is in his second WHL season, coming off an historic exceptional status season where he put ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Billet family reflects on time with late Mustang players
By NATHAN REITER SOUTHERN ALBERTA NEWSPAPERS on February 11th, 2026
The house that was once full of boisterous energy has now gone eerily silent. Eighteen year olds Cameron Casorso, JJ Wright and 17-year-old Caden Fine were the three Southern Alberta Mustangs players who lost their lives in a car accident near Stavely on Feb. 2. Casorso and Wright are from Kamloops, B.C. while Fine is ... Read More »
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