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Four-goal first period propels Chiefs over Tigers in Game 2
By James Tubb on May 11th, 2025
After a Game 1 loss, the Spokane Chiefs got the response they needed to knot the WHL Championship series up at 1-1. The Medicine Hat Tigers opened the scoring Sunday, as they did in a 4-1 Game 1 win Friday, but it was the Chiefs who rattled off four unanswered in the opening frame for ... Read More »
1 responseGame 2: Tigers, Chiefs meet on Mother’s Day
By James Tubb on May 11th, 2025
A night of adjustments and maneuvers to come at Co-op Place this Mother’s Day. The Medicine Hat Tigers and Spokane Chiefs meet tonight for Game 2 of the WHL Championship series. The Tigers, look to carry momentum from a 4-1 Game 1 win Friday that was closer than the score reads. Spokane has an eye ... Read More »
1 responseLocal high school athletes shine at Swift Current track and field invitational
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on May 10th, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Monsignor McCoy High School track and field athletes brought home 12 individual ribbons, including three first-place as well as three second-place finishes during the Swift Current Comp High School Invitational Track and Field meet. The Medicine Hat Catholic Board of Education says the highlight of the competition was a first-place finish in the 4×4000 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lindstrom, Basha back at right time
By JAMES TUBB on May 10th, 2025
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb It’s been a long time coming but Medicine Hat Tigers fans get their first look at a complete lineup. Head coach Willie Desjardins answered a season-long question Friday morning ahead of Game 1 of the WHL Championship Seres with the Spokane Chiefs. When would Cayden Lindstrom and Andrew Basha return? Just in time for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!More than a dream for Van Mulligen as WHL finals get started
By JAMES TUBB on May 10th, 2025
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb It’s a moment Josh Van Mulligen has been thinking of his entire life. The Medicne Hat kid helping the Tigers reach the WHL finals and hoist the Ed Chynoweth Cup, a story that has Disney written all over it. “It’s been our goal ever since I got drafted here,” Van Mulligen said ahead of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!JV Hawks baseball shuts-out Bow Island with complete game from Anii Jimbo
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on May 10th, 2025
sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat High Hawks JV team took care of business Thursday night, starting with dominance on the mound. Anii Jimbo worked five shut-out innings, striking out 10 batters while allowing just four hits. She also had an RBI and a run scored. Nathan Pashniak, Colby Sherwick and Bryden Gouge each scored twice with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Basha, Lindstrom shine in returns as Tigers take Game 1 of the WHL Finals
By James Tubb on May 9th, 2025
The Medicine Hat Tigers threw quite the welcome back Bash-a to kick off the WHL Championship series. ForwardAndrew Basha scored in his first game since Dec. 28, 2024 as the Tigers beat the Spokane Chiefs 4-1 for an early 1-0 in the best-of-seven WHL finals. Cayden Lindstrom, also made his return to the lineup for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Game 1 Primer: Tigers, Chiefs set to kick-off WHL Championship series
By James Tubb on May 9th, 2025
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com The Western Hcokey League Championship series gets underway tonight at Co-op Place between the Medicine Hat Tigers and Spokane Chiefs. Both teams made it to the league final after four-game sweeps in the Conference Championship series, the first time in WHL history both third-round series have ended in a sweep. The Tigers swept the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tigers rookies expecting to win like vets
By JAMES TUBB on May 9th, 2025
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers’ rookies are looking to get more than an experience from the WHL Championship series. Medicine Hat’s first-year trio of Markus and Liam Ruck and Shaeffer Gordon-Carroll have been relied upon all season long, stepping in as 16-year-olds, Gordon-Carroll starting the year at 15, running the Tigers’ fourth line in name ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Dancing with Ed: Tigers, Chiefs get set for WHL Championship series
By JAMES TUBB on May 9th, 2025
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The 2025 Western Hockey League Championship series will be a fairytale-like story for one of the Medicine Hat Tigers or Spokane Chiefs. Both teams waited over a decade since their last trip to the finals and last championship, Medicine Hat in 2007 and Spokane the next year. They’ve each endured beyond trying years as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Chiefs look to maintain consistency in WHL finals
By JAMES TUBB on May 9th, 2025
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Spokane Chiefs have done a lot of things the right way to make it to the WHL’s Championship series. They hope they can continue it for a few more weeks. The Chiefs look to represent the Western Conference well as they take on the Medicine Hat Tigers in the WHL Final, looking for ... Read More »
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