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Hurricanes continue to bolster, acquire World Junior blue liner Caden Price
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on January 7th, 2025
sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Lethbridge Hurricanes decided the Price was Right Monday night. The Hurricanes acquired 19-year-old defenceman Caden Price from the Kelowna Rockets in exchange for 17-year-old blue liner Will Sharpe, the WHL playing rights to 17-year-old goaltender Harrison Boettiger and five draft picks. They sent Kelowna a 2026 first-round draft pick, a 2025 fourth and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ward propels Tigers in split weekend with Broncos
By JAMES TUBB on January 7th, 2025
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers maintained a fragile division lead with a weekend split. After a 4-1 loss Friday at Swift Current, the Tigers rebounded with a 5-2 win Saturday at home over the Broncos. Both games had standout, individual performances. On Friday, Broncos’ forward Luke Mistelbacher scored all four goals for the green and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Minor Hockey roundup: U17AAA SEAC Tigers pickup three points over weekend
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on January 7th, 2025
sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Medicine Hat News The Medicine Hat U17AAA SEAC Tigers had a three-point weekend in the standings. The South East Athletic Club Tigers picked up a point in a 3-3 draw Saturday with the SPKAC Squires before topping the MLAC Leafs 6-4 on Sunday at home. In Saturday’s tie, Ryker Watson scored twice and Treyden ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!WHL trade tracker: Hitmen further bolster lineup ahead of trade deadline
By JAMES TUBB on January 7th, 2025
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Calgary Hitmen made a pair of trades Saturday. The Hitmen acquired Seattle Thunderbirds defenceman Sawyer Mynio, fresh off a World Juniors appearance with Team Canada. The 19-year-old Vancouver Canucks prospect has five goals and 19 points in 18 games this season. Mynio was part of the Thunderbirds’ 2023 championship roster, scoring a goal ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cubs win first game back from holiday break
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on January 7th, 2025
sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Cubs shook off the holiday rust. The Cubs won the first game back from the Heritage Junior Hockey League’s holiday break, beating the Mountainview Colts 7-4 on Saturday. Kyle Woolridge extended his league-leading point tally, with two goals and four assists in the win. Hayden King had a goal and three ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tigers swing blockbuster, acquire Tanner Molendyk and Misha Volotovskii from Saskatoon
By James Tubb on January 6th, 2025
The Medicine Hat Tigers swung a ‘holy moly’ kind of trade Monday evening. The Tigers acquired 19-year-old defencemen Tanner Molendyk and 19-yearold forward Misha Volotovskii from the Saskatoon Blades in exchange for a seven-piece package that includes 17-yearold forward Hayden Harsanyi and 17-year-old defenceman Jack Kachkowski. The Tigers also send five draft picks to Saskatoon, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ward pots hat trick Saturday night in 5-2 win over his former club
By James Tubb on January 4th, 2025
Mat Ward scored three times Saturday night to propel the Medicine Hat Tigers 5-2 over the Swift Current Broncos at Co-op Place. That sentence would have put a WHL fan into a spiral a year ago. But the 20-year-old former Bronco led the Tigers in a bounce-back win, adding an assist for a four-point night ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Soakin’ in the Tubb: Injury bug aside, Tigers flying high with second-half underway
By JAMES TUBB on January 4th, 2025
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb There’s really only one big question surrounding the Medicine Hat Tigers three games into the second-half – when will that damn injury bug buzz off. The Tigers continue to deal with injuries, a theme that started in the first few weeks of the season and has not relented. The rehabbing Cayden Lindstrom aside, the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Medicine Hat shines throughout 2024 sport calendar
By JAMES TUBB on January 4th, 2025
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Athletes and teams in Medicine Hat put on quite a show in the year 2024. There were multiple championships won by teams and athletes in individual sports, with each season of sport presenting a local winner. Three Medicine Hat ringette players and a coach won gold, and another won silver at the U16 ringette ... Read More »
1 responseBroncos’ Mistelbacher scores 4 times to beat Tigers 4-1 Friday
By James Tubb on January 3rd, 2025
Luke Mistelbacher hit the Medicine Hat Tigers with a four-spot Friday night. The 19-year-old Swift Current Broncos forward scored all of the offence for his club as they beat the visiting Medicine Hat Tigers 4-1. The Broncos made good on the previous matchup between the clubs, a 4-3 Medicine Hat win that saw the visiting ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rattlers athletics returns to action this weekend
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on January 3rd, 2025
sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat College Rattlers winter sports get back in action this weekend. After the winter break for exams, the Rattlers return to Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference action with both volleyball teams in action. The Rattlers men’s and women’s volleyball team hosts the St. Boniface Les Rouges for exhibition action. MHC’s women host the ... Read More »
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