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Force turns up ringette title
By Sean Rooney on March 27th, 2018
srooney@medicinehatnews.com @MHNRooney With less than a dozen games together leading up to this past weekend, it’s fair to say Medicine Hat’s Force ringette team had tempered expectations. A handful of the Open C-division players drove from as far away as Calgary to play with their hometown team, and without a regular goalie they got help ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Training Ground also a homecoming for Lay
By Ryan McCracken on March 26th, 2018
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken Medicine Hat’s best and brightest young athletes swarmed the Family Leisure Centre on Saturday morning to showcase their potential in front of some of the country’s top sports organizations, and hometown Olympian Kirsti Lay was on hand to cheer them all on. The Medicine Hat-born cyclist won bronze in team pursuit at the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MacPherson out, Nassen also hurt, Wheaties’ Thompson suspended
By Ryan McCracken on March 26th, 2018
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken Medicine Hat Tigers defenceman Dylan MacPherson will be on the shelf for at least a few weeks and fellow blueliner Linus Nassen is listed as day-to-day after both were knocked out of Game 1 of the Eastern Conference quarter-final series against Brandon on a series of checks from 6-foot-5, 252-pound Wheat Kings winger ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rassell’s rise
By Ryan McCracken on March 24th, 2018
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken Every off-season brings a plethora of changes to all Western Hockey League franchises, but few faces will be missed by fans more than Mark Rassell. While the Medicine Hat Tigers captain’s major junior career will conclude at the end of the playoffs, Rassell says it’s been an honour to wear orange and black ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quenneville familiar with all-star defenceman pairing
By Ryan McCracken on March 24th, 2018
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken Medicine Hat Tigers defenceman David Quenneville was named to the Western Hockey League’s first all-star team alongside Moose Jaw Warriors blueliner Kale Clague this week —and believe it or not, there was a time when that back-end pairing was more than just a fantasy on paper. “Coming into second year of bantam we ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Haden finally gets in to playoffs
By Ryan McCracken on March 24th, 2018
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken It’s hard to say anyone on the Medicine Hat Tigers is more deserving of their place in the post-season than Gary Haden. Despite playing in 106 regular season games with the Tigers since being shipped to the Gas City in the 2016 trade that sent Cole Sanford to the Regina Pats, Friday’s Eastern ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!One-sided opener
By Ryan McCracken on March 24th, 2018
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken The Medicine Hat Tigers have prevailed through times of adversity all season long, and Friday was no exception. Despite losing defencemen Dylan MacPherson and Linus Nassen to a pair of early injuries, the Tigers took the Brandon Wheat Kings to task with a lopsided 7-2 victory in Game 1 of the Western Hockey ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hollett gets start but Tigers don’t discount Bullion
By Ryan McCracken on March 23rd, 2018
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken When the lights go down and the crowd rises up, Jordan Hollett will be leading the way. The Medicine Hat Tigers goaltender will be the man between the pipes when the puck drops for Game 1 of the Eastern Conference quarter-final series against the Brandon Wheat Kings tonight at 7:30 p.m. Tigers head ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!From the couch to the top line
By Ryan McCracken on March 23rd, 2018
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken Three months ago, Elijah Brown was sitting on a couch in Edmonton. Now he’s centering the top line of a division winning Western Hockey League franchise. The 18-year-old Medicine Hat Tigers centre was shipped to the Gas City from the Seattle Thunderbirds at the trade deadline after leaving the T-Birds earlier in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Student-athletes help out
By Sean Rooney on March 22nd, 2018
srooney@medicinehatnews.com @MHNRooney The college golf season ended in October, but Brett Griscowsky knows he’s a Rattler all year long. The soccer and futsal seasons produced thrilling moments for Jordan Fauth, but so too did the players she coached. Wins and losses aside for Medicine Hat College, it’s been a rewarding past year for their student-athletes ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Salta gymnasts fare well at zone championships
By Sean Rooney on March 21st, 2018
srooney@medicinehatnews.com @MHNRooney Emma Flug didn’t exactly have high expectations for her balance beam routine at the Southern Alberta gymnastics championships this past weekend. “Usually I get last place on beam,” said the 10-year-old Salta Gymnastics Club athlete. Not this time. In the second rotation at the Altadore club in Calgary, Flug didn’t just stay on ... Read More »
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