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Tigers’ Bjorklund, Sillinger invited to national men’s junior dev’t camp
By Medicine Hat News on July 22nd, 2021
Medicine Hat Tigers goaltender Garin Bjorklund and forward Cole Sillinger have been invited to compete at Hockey Canada’s national men’s junior team summer development camp. Hockey Canada unveiled its 51-player roster Wednesday, which features 19 invitation to Western Hockey League players. Bjorklund posted a 10-7-0-1 record with a 2.60 goals against average and a .921 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Plenty of parity at lawn bowling club
By Medicine Hat News on July 22nd, 2021
Parity pushed its way to the forefront in the Medicine Hat Lawn Bowling Club’s singles league Monday. After opening the campaign with losses, Curt and Barb Moll rebounded to collect a pair of victories and prevent anyone from taking a second win in the standings through two weeks of the season. Barb (1-1) rallied to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Inside the CFL: ‘The team that is the toughest, wins’
By GRAHAM KELLY on July 22nd, 2021
The Saskatchewan Roughriders have outstanding quarterbacking, sticky-fingered receivers, a solid running game and a great punter in Jon Ryan. Defensively they have been decimated by defections. Four players, including two starters, blew their Achilles’ tendons during an unsupervised pre-training camp drill. Throw in COVID complications, and luck has not been a lady at Mosaic Stadium. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Another NHL draft for the Krebs family
By RYAN MCCRACKEN on July 22nd, 2021
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken The Krebs family has already had its share of milestone achievements in the game of hockey, and now it’s Dru’s turn at the draft. After two strong seasons on the blue line with the Medicine Hat Tigers, Dru Krebs enters this weekend’s NHL Entry Draft ranked 142nd among North American skaters. “It’s an unbelievable ... Read More »
1 responseCubs open camp Friday
By Ryan McCracken on July 21st, 2021
The Medicine Hat Cubs will be back on the ice for a three-day training camp this weekend in Redcliff. The action starts Friday at the Redcliff Rec-Tangle Arena with practice sessions at 5:30 p.m. and 7:15 p.m. The camp continues Saturday with Team Black taking on Team Orange in a 11:30 a.m. scrimmage. Team Black ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘A super exciting wait’: Sillinger ranked 10th among NA skaters entering Friday’s NHL draft
By RYAN MCCRACKEN on July 21st, 2021
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken Cole Sillinger may not able to hear his name called in person at Friday’s NHL Entry Draft, but his family, friends and Medicine Hat Tigers teammates have ensured he’ll get the most out of that milestone moment when it arrives. The 18-year-old centre – ranked 10th among North American skaters by NHL Central Scouting ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hatters fare well at NHRA National Open
By Medicine Hat News on July 20th, 2021
The drag strip was lively all weekend with drivers from across Western Canada facing off at the Medicine Hat Drag Racing Association’s NHRA National Open event, and local drivers made the most of their chances. Medicine Hat’s Tanner Gaetz picked up Saturday’s Super Pro victory by edging out Calgary’s Rob Harrison in the final. In ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Inside the CFL: Plenty of excitement in Bomberville for upcoming CFL season
By Medicine Hat News on July 15th, 2021
The feel-good story of 2019 was Winnipeg quarterback Zach Collaros. Discarded by Hamilton because of concussions, he went to Saskatchewan where he was concussed in the 2018 Western semifinal by a dirty Bomber shot to the head. During the first quarter of the 2019 home opener, he was concussed again and replaced by Cody Farjado ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Skolarchuk takes two checkered flags at Speedway
By Medicine Hat News on July 14th, 2021
Ethan Skolarchuk claimed a pair of checkered flags at the Medicine Hat Speedway on Friday and Saturday, becoming the lone driver to win both race days on the track’s fan appreciation weekend. The Mini-Cup car driver edged out Sebastian Beaupre and Connor Skolarchuk, respectively, to win Saturday’s main event, then bested Connor and Noah Banman ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Inside the CFL: CFL teams faced with strangest pre-season ever
By GRAHAM KELLY on July 8th, 2021
For all CFL teams but especially Edmonton, so much has changed since Winnipeg won the 2019 Grey Cup. The 2020 season was killed by COVID. The Eskimos changed their name to Elks. Head coach Jason Maas was fired, replaced by Scott Milanovich, who quit to become the quarterback coach of the Indianapolis Colts. Erstwhile Ottawa ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!SAHA’s Gold signs with SJHL’s North Stars
By KELLEN TANIGUCHI on July 7th, 2021
ktaniguchi@medicinehatnews.com@kellentaniguchi The South Alberta Hockey Academy men’s U18 prep team’s captain, Tanner Gold, is making the jump to the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League this upcoming season. Gold says he started talking with Battlefords North Stars general manager and head coach Brayden Klimosko about a month ago and signed with the team before SAHA’s two games ... Read More »
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