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Tigers announce pair for Most Improved Player awards
By Medicine Hat News on April 16th, 2020
The Medicine Hat Tigers paid respect to a pair of rising stars Thursday as they announced co-winners of their MacLean Wiedemann Lawyers LLP Most Improved Player Award. Daniel Baker and Corson Hopwo shared the award, each notably setting career highs in a season cut short by the pandemic. Baker, a 6-foot-4 defenceman from Edmonton, put ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Unsung Rattlers honoured as award gauntlet begins
By Medicine Hat News on April 16th, 2020
The Medicine Hat College Rattlers began their major award announcements Wednesday night by honouring a handful of people who don’t often get proper recognition. Golf team member David Coldham was named the recipient of the Rattlers Appreciation Award, noted for helping the athletic teams out in several different ways. Former men’s volleyball team members Griffin ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!SEAC Tigers hand out season awards
By Medicine Hat News on April 15th, 2020
Before the global pandemic brought the sports world to a screeching halt, Josh Van Mulligen envisioned himself getting ready to play in the most-scouted tournament of the year. A week later he’d try to sneak looks at his cellphone during class while the WHL draft took place, hoping to see his name before a teacher ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Longtime member of Tigers family passes away
By Medicine Hat News on April 15th, 2020
Since the Medicine Hat Tigers first hit the ice, the Lanz brothers were there. On Monday, the team mourned one of their deaths. Frank Lanz, like his siblings a longtime off-ice official, died recently according to the team. He, along with Balzer, John and Tony Lanz won the WHL’s Distinguished Service Award in 2013 for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pro chuckwagon tour stop postponed
By Medicine Hat News on April 14th, 2020
The latest postponement to affect the Medicine Hat sports scene was announced last Thursday, with the World Professional Chuckwagon Association deciding to delay its stop at the local Stampede Grandstand. Medicine Hat was among four WPCA tour stops altered in the April 9 release. Its original dates of June 11-14 were not rescheduled, and all ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rattlers announce annual basketball award winners
By Medicine Hat News on April 13th, 2020
After closing out their college careers together, Medicine Hat Rattlers women’s basketball players Morgan Muir and Paige Cooper shared one last moment in the spotlight together this weekend. While they were unable to be in the same room due to social distancing measures brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Rattlers announced Saturday that Muir ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Chyzowski, Kemp share unsung hero status
By Medicine Hat News on April 13th, 2020
After combining for 146 points over the course of 62 games – the bulk of which came on a line together – Ryan Chyzowski and Brett Kemp have been named the Medicine Hat Tigers’ unsung heroes of the season. The team announced the award through social media Saturday, continuing a 13-day campaign to reveal each ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tigers recognize Krebs, Sillinger for scholastic efforts
By Medicine Hat News on April 11th, 2020
A pair of Medicine Hat Tigers rookies had their efforts off the ice rewarded via social media Thursday. Forward Cole Sillinger and defenceman Dru Krebs were both called on to share the honour of the team’s Scholastic Player of the Year Award. Both Krebs and Sillinger cracked full-time roles as 16-year-olds this season and made ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rattlers honour volleyball stars
By Medicine Hat News on April 11th, 2020
The Medicine Hat Rattlers revealed their annual volleyball award recipients via social media on Thursday and Friday, continuing the new trend of online accolades as a result of social distancing measures brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Women’s libero Shaya Suchy became the first athlete of the year to take home two of her team’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rattlers announce soccer, golf awards
By Medicine Hat News on April 9th, 2020
The Medicine Hat Rattlers began announcing their annual athletic award recipients through video tributes on social media this week, starting with golf and soccer. The Rattlers kicked things off by honouring the golf team Monday. Chase Broderson took home the Players’ Choice Award after finishing third at the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference championships, ninth at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hamblin earns another accolade
By Medicine Hat News on April 9th, 2020
The accolades keep coming for graduating Medicine Hat Tigers captain James Hamblin. The 20-year-old Edmonton product took home the team’s leading scorer award Wednesday after topping the Western Hockey League’s Eastern Conference with 36 goals and 56 assists for 92 points over 63 games this season. The Tigers began announcing their annual awards through social ... Read More »
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