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Cubs win season opener in overtime
By Medicine Hat News on September 25th, 2017
The Medicine Hat Cubs kicked off the Heritage Junior B Hockey League season with an overtime thriller Saturday in Didsbury. Bailey Taylor scored five minutes into the third to force overtime then struck again in sudden death to send the Cubs into the season on a high note with a 6-5 victory over the Mountainview ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Taylor finishes strong at South Regional
By Ryan McCracken on September 25th, 2017
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken It was a slow start for Medicine Hat College Rattlers golfer Matthaus Taylor, but the finish was nothing short of spectacular. While he closed out Saturday’s opening round in the Alberta Colleges Athletics Conference South Regional at Desert Blume with a 41-37-78 to put him in a tie for 17th, he finished the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rattlers rebound with big win over Trojans
By Ryan McCracken on September 25th, 2017
Medicine Hat News The Medicine Hat College Rattlers women’s soccer team shook off a 2-1 loss to the Olds Broncos Saturday and came back to hand the SAIT Trojans their first loss of the season with a 2-0 shutout. Attacking midfielder Jordyn Bell put Medicine Hat on the board 24 minutes into the game then ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tigers blank Hurricanes in home opener
By Ryan McCracken on September 23rd, 2017
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken The Medicine Hat Tigers bounced back in a big way in Saturday’s home opener at the Canalta Centre. After allowing 42 shots on goal in Friday’s season-opening loss to the Lethbridge Hurricanes, the Tabbies dug in their heels defensively and held the ’Canes to just 22 chances while peppering opposing netminder Stuart Skinner ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tigers drop season opener
By Ryan McCracken on September 23rd, 2017
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken The Medicine Hat Tigers found no redemption at the Enmax Centre on Friday. Lethbridge Hurricanes goaltender Stuart Skinner stopped 37 shots as his team rallied from an early deficit to secure a 5-2 season-opening victory over Medicine Hat in their first meeting since Game 7 of the Western Hockey League’s Eastern Conference semifinal. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cubs kick off HJHL season Saturday
By Ryan McCracken on September 23rd, 2017
Medicine Hat News The Medicine Hat Travelodge Cubs will drop the puck on the Heritage Junior B Hockey League season Saturday in Didsbury against the Mountainview Colts. The Cubs are coming off an 8-24-6 record last season, but enter the year sporting a new look with a blue-and-grey colour scheme after taking on a sponsor ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Vikings stay hot with landslide win over Colts
By Ryan McCracken on September 23rd, 2017
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com @MHNmocranker It was a cold, rainy night, but that couldn’t stop the red hot Crescent Heights Vikings. Within four plays, and under one minute into Friday night’s Rangeland FootballConference game against the Monsignor McCoy Colts at the Methanex Bowl, the Vikings had a lead. They didn’t look back. The opening score came off of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rattlers hit the links at Desert Blume this weekend
By Ryan McCracken on September 23rd, 2017
Medicine Hat News Medicine Hat Rattlers golfer Matthaus Taylor will look to pick up where he left off when he steps onto the tee box at Desert Blume this weekend for the Alberta Colleges Athletics Conference South Regional. Taylor split the victory with MacEwan’s Josh Gorieu at the North Regional last weekend in Camrose, shooting ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rassell to lead Tigers into season
By Ryan McCracken on September 22nd, 2017
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken Mark Rassell will lead the Medicine Hat Tigers into the 2017-18 Western Hockey League season as captain of the franchise when the puck drops for tonight’s 7 p.m. opener in Lethbridge against the Hurricanes. The 20-year-old Calgary product has been with the Tigers since cracking the roster to start the 2014-15 season, and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bullion and Rassell in, Fischer and Rubins out for Tigers’ season opener
By Ryan McCracken on September 21st, 2017
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken Medicine Hat Tigers overagers Zach Fischer and Kristians Rubins will start the Western Hockey League season on the injured reserve, while Mark Rassell has returned to the team and will be in the lineup for Friday’s season opener in Lethbridge against the Hurricanes. Fischer sustained a concussion while competing alongside Rassell at Flames ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Nassen reports to Tigers
By Ryan McCracken on September 21st, 2017
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken Just as it seemed Latvian blueliner Kristians Rubins and German centre Mick Kohler were set to be this year’s import players with the Medicine Hat Tigers, Linus Nassen touched down in Canada. The Tigers selected the Swedish defenceman with the 119th overall pick in this summer’s CHL import draft knowing he did not ... Read More »
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