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Tigers fired up for Saturday’s Teddy Bear Toss
By Ryan McCracken on December 2nd, 2017
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken Get those throwing arms ready, it’s time to toss some teddies. The team-wide speculation has begun as to which member of the Medicine Hat Tigers will pot Saturday’s coveted Teddy Bear Toss goal against the Brandon Wheat Kings at the Canalta Centre, and reigning scorer Max Gerlach says he’s hoping it will come ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ups and downs
By Ryan McCracken on December 2nd, 2017
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken The Medicine Hat Tigers won the game but lost a lot more on Friday night at the Canalta Centre. While Linus Nassen played the hero in a 4-3 overtime comeback against the Victoria Royals to snap a three-game losing skid, Hat netminder Jordan Hollett was forced out of the contest after taking a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Koenig wins Medicine Hat Horseshoe Club Division 1 title
By Ryan McCracken on December 2nd, 2017
Medicine Hat News Vern Koenig was awarded with the Medicine Hat Horseshoe Club’s Division 1 championship at the group’s award dinner this weekend. Koenig took top spot ahead of runner-up Larry Fassnidge, while Doug Sherk took third place. Fassnidge was also named the club’s most improved player. Lloyd Doucette took home the Division 2 title ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tigers prepare to host another division leader
By Ryan McCracken on December 1st, 2017
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken A hard road isn’t getting easy anytime soon for the Medicine Hat Tigers. The Tigers will look to shake off a three-game losing streak tonight when they welcome the B.C. Division-leading Victoria Royals to the Canalta Centre for a 7:30 p.m. puck drop. While the effort has been where Tigers head coach and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ralko, Burgess removed from Rattlers basketball team
By Ryan McCracken on December 1st, 2017
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken Collin Ralko and Kieron Burgess are no longer members of the Medicine Hat College Rattlers men’s basketball team. MHC vice president of student development Irlanda Price confirmed Thursday that the two young men charged with assault with a weapon were in fact members of the school’s basketball team, but added they have been ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hollett shines, but Tigers fall
By None on November 30th, 2017
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken Jordan Hollett gave the Medicine Hat Tigers everything they needed on Wednesday night at the Canalta Centre but the Portland Winterhawks made sure it didn’t matter. Hollet turned aside 33 shots to keep his team in the contest against the U.S. Division-leading Winterhawks, but the Tigers were unable to find an equalizer on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!American Tigers love rare chance to hear own anthem
By Ryan McCracken on November 29th, 2017
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken It only happens five times every two years, so when the four Americans on the Medicine Hat Tigers remove their helmets for the national anthems before tonight’s tilt against the Portland Winterhawks at the Canalta Centre, they’ll likely be singing along. Tigers goaltender Michael Bullion says he truly relishes the chance to hear ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gas City CrossFit athletes make the podium in Lethbridge
By Ryan McCracken on November 28th, 2017
Medicine Hat News Four pairings from Gas City CrossFit worked their way onto the podium at the Clang N Bang competition in Lethbridge on Friday. Melissa Kallis and Miranda Nelson topped the ladies RX division, followed by fellow Gas City athletes Brittny Jordan and Britteny Dick for second. Sheri Wild and Maggie Mcleod took top ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former Rattlers top their weight classes at SACA kickboxing tournament
By Ryan McCracken on November 28th, 2017
Medicine Hat News Guilherme Fuck and Pietro de Andrade battled their way to glory at the Southern Alberta Combative Arts kickboxing tournament this weekend in Medicine Hat. The pair of former Medicine Hat College Rattlers basketball players both finished atop their classes, with Fuck besting a class of four to earn the heavyweight crown and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gerlach back on track
By Ryan McCracken on November 28th, 2017
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken Max Gerlach has regained his scoring touch. The 19-year-old Texan missed six games in October after taking a slash to the face from Prince Albert Raiders defenceman Brayden Pachal. While he has been forced to wear a cage in the 12 games since his return and went the first five without a goal, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rockets rookie Basran shuts out Tigers in first career start
By Ryan McCracken on November 27th, 2017
Medicine Hat News The Medicine Hat Tigers were forced to settle for a split on their four-game road trip through B.C. A 4-0 loss to the Kelowna Rockets on Saturday at Prospera Place sent the Tigers heading back home with a 2-2-0-0 split on the road and a 15-9-0-0 record on the Western Hockey League ... Read More »
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