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Minor hockey: Bantams get preview of Xtreme series
By Sean Rooney on February 20th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Playoffs start tonight for the South East Athletic Club Tigers, against a team they didn’t have much luck against in a series preview over the weekend. The bantam AAA Tigers fell 6-1 at Airdrie Saturday, Tanner Gold getting the lone marker in defeat while Brendan Olson made 29 saves. Both Craig Armstrong ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Seven area athletes medal at Games in Fort McMurray
By Sean Rooney on February 20th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Medicine Hat-and-area athletes returned with a handful of medals from this past weekend’s Alberta Winter Games in Fort McMurray. Snowboarder Jasmine Acton led the way with double gold, winning in both boardercross and slopestyle in her second trip to the Games —she was also on the team when the 2016 event was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sledge Hounds encouraged
By Ryan McCracken on February 20th, 2018
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken The Medicine Hat Hockey Hounds sledge hockey squad may have lost Sunday’s home game to Edmonton’s PSA Dogs by a 3-0 margin, but they did it in the best way possible. The Dogs were only able to bring five players to compete at the Family Leisure Centre for a pair of games over ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cubs fall to Generals after forcing Game 3
By Ryan McCracken on February 19th, 2018
Medicine Hat News The Medicine Hat Travelodge Cubs used every ounce left in the tank to bring the Cochrane Generals into a winner-take-all third period on Sunday at the Spray Lakes Family Sports Centre, but their luck finally ran out in the third. After falling 17-0 to Cochrane in Game 1 of the best-of-three Heritage ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jevne completes wild comeback
By Ryan McCracken on February 19th, 2018
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken The Medicine Hat Tigers pulled out all the stops on Saturday night at the Canalta Centre. Ryan Jevne scored just over three minutes into overtime to complete a rousing comeback while locking up Medicine Hat’s first win over the Broncos this season in a gripping 4-3 battle. “We knew we had to have ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rattler women felled in battle of top teams
By Sean Rooney on February 17th, 2018
Medicine Hat News A disparity in long-distance shooting proved too much for the Medicine Hat College Rattlers to overcome. At Calgary Friday to play the division-leading SAIT Trojans, the Rattlers women’s basketball team led early but fell 59-48. Without top-scoring guard Kendall Kuntz due to injury, the Rattlers went 0-for-6 from beyond the three-point line, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lethbridge sweeps high school zones
By Sean Rooney on February 17th, 2018
Dale Woodard Alberta Newspaper Group LETHBRIDGE The Catholic Central Cougars mixed curling team had nothing to lose. So they went out and won it all. The Cougars rink of skip Ryan Kawa, third Sam Lychak, second Logan Boras and lead Ella Clarke defeated the Chinook Coyotes 6-3 during the gold medal game of the Alberta ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Broncos clinch at Tigers’ expense
By Ryan McCracken on February 17th, 2018
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken The Swift Current Broncos became the second team in the Western Hockey League to punch their ticket to the playoffs with a milestone victory over the Medicine Hat Tigers on Friday at the Credit Union i-Plex. Broncos captain Glenn Gawdin scored his 50th goal of the year and Aleksi Heponiemi logged his 100th ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Junior BCubs lose by a lot
By Sean Rooney on February 16th, 2018
Medicine Hat News The Medicine Hat Cubs were on the wrong end of one of the worst beatdowns in Heritage Junior B Hockey League playoff history. At the Spray Lakes Family Sports Centre in Cochrane, the host Generals obliterated the Cubs 17-0 in the first game of their best-of-three series. The Generals’ Twitter account reported ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sledge team hosting games this weekend
By Sean Rooney on February 16th, 2018
Medicine Hat News One day, Tara Chisholm hopes women’s sledge hockey will be in the Paralympics. For now, the Medicine Hat coach and player is doing what she can. Chisholm and the rest of the growing Hockey Hounds sledge roster will host the Edmonton PSA Dawgs in a pair of exhibition games, Saturday at 3:45 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tigers get to see new-look Broncos
By Ryan McCracken on February 16th, 2018
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken It’s been three months since the Medicine Hat Tigers last crossed paths with the Swift Current Broncos, and a lot has changed. The Broncos completed five trades since their last meeting with the Tabbies and enter this weekend’s home-and-home set against Medicine Hat with plenty of new faces on their roster. While they’ve ... Read More »
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