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Shaw likely to start season south of the border
By Ryan McCracken on September 8th, 2018
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken If all goes according to plan, Mason Shaw will start his season as a professional hockey player. The Medicine Hat Tigers centre signed a three-year entry-level contract with the NHL’s Minnesota Wild over the off-season and says all signs are pointing to a place with the American HockeyLeague’s Iowa Wild when the puck ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Stensrud among Cubs returnees
By None on September 7th, 2018
Justin Seward Alberta Newspaper Group Bow Island’s Tristan Stensrud knew after last season he did not want to hang up the skates quite yet. The 19-year-old recently committed to come back for a second season with the Medicine Hat Cubs junior B hockey team, whose main training camp starts tonight with more than 40 players ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Training Matters: Time to end the stigma of mental training
By None on September 7th, 2018
As many athletes seek out mental training services, it feels like an equal number are instead asking why they even need it. Isn’t the strength and conditioning, specialized coaching, and in-practice training enough? With back to school upon us, consider the same analogy. Is going to class, participating, maybe even taking notes, enough? Could you ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Women’s team scraping by to start
By Sean Rooney on September 7th, 2018
srooney@medicinehatnews.com @MHNRooney A lack of players has the Medicine Hat College women’s soccer team near the breaking point as it starts its regular season this weekend. New coach Stephen Newton says the Rattlers only have 13 names on the roster, and a few of them are returning from serious injuries. It wasn’t until a week ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tigers’ Baker looks to build in first full season with team
By Ryan McCracken on September 7th, 2018
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken Medicine Hat Tigers defenceman Daniel Baker may not have a wealth of experience in the Western Hockey League, but the 17-year-old Edmonton product has made the most of his limited exposure. Injuries and illness forced the Tigers to call on Baker in February of last season for a stint that stretched into the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rattler men younger under new coach
By Sean Rooney on September 7th, 2018
srooney@medicinehatnews.com @MHNRooney Practice had barely begun but some members of the Rattlers men’s soccer team were already bent over in exhaustion Wednesday. “You’ll appreciate this in the 80th minute of a game,” exhorted coach Ian Tully, who then directed the men to do another couple sets of lines. Conditioning will be among the keys as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bray moves to Vikings
By Justin Seward on September 6th, 2018
Justin Seward Alberta Newspaper Group For the first time in 22 years, longtime Parkside Pythons football coach Lloyd Bray will be not on the team’s sidelines. Bray, who helped start the Pythons back in 1996, is now the offensive coordinator for the Crescent Heights Vikings. “Coach (Dustin) Ressler stepped down here at Crescent Heights and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Slice of the Game: Understanding shoulder and hip rotation can help your golf swing
By None on September 6th, 2018
The backswing and the downswing phases of the golf swing have dramatically different needs and considerations. Confusion and frustration often present themselves when a player tries to simply mirror the various swing requirements in both directions. Having a solid understanding of what is required, and when, is an important step toward increasing your physical progress ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rassell likes his options
By Ryan McCracken on September 6th, 2018
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken Mark Rassell isn’t taking any chances when it comes to his future. The former Medicine Hat Tigers captain touched down in Los Angeles Wednesday to forge a potential career with the Kings. But if an entry-level contract isn’t in the cards, Rassell will head to the University of New Brunswick to play with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Vikings, Mohawks both ranked on the gridiron
By None on September 5th, 2018
Medicine Hat News The high school football season has begun with all three Medicine Hat-area teams in action leading up to their first home dates. Both Crescent Heights and Hat High earned top-10 positions in the first Football Alberta power rankings of the season. Released Monday, the Vikings were No. 6 among Tier 3-size schools ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Buckles handed out at team roping memorial
By None on September 5th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Believe it or not, there were actually less teams at the Memory Lane Team Roping Memorial this past weekend than a year ago. Still, 1,552 headers and heelers made sure it was a grand celebration. The annual event saw lots of impressive times and plenty of emotion as the buckles donated in ... Read More »
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