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Tigers on brink of elimination after Game 3 loss Tuesday
By James Tubb on April 4th, 2023
The Medicine Hat Tigers find themselves in a hole after a Game 3 loss at Co-op Place on Tuesday. The Tigers fell 7-2 to trail the Winnipeg Ice 3-0 in their first round series. Medicine Hat lost Game 1 Friday 5-3 before falling 5-2 on Saturday. They can get back in the series and avoid ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tigers turn to home ice down 2-0 in series
By JAMES TUBB on April 4th, 2023
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers look to capitalize on home ice with a first-round series against Winnipeg returning to the Gas City tonight. The Tigers get set to host the Ice at 7 p.m., looking to get in the win column, trailing 2-0 in their best-of-seven series. Medicine Hat dropped Game 1 5-3 on Friday ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!St. Mary’s, Notre Dame co host 10th annual Mega Tournament
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on April 4th, 2023
sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Junior high school badminton talent was on full display this weekend in Medicine Hat. St. Mary’s School and Notre Dame Academy co-hosted the 10th annual Mega Tournament, involving teams from Medicine Hat and area, Lethbridge, Taber and area and Brooks area. There were 37 schools participating, with 775 athletes, including one para-athlete. There was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Waves swimmer competes at Canada swimming trials
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on April 4th, 2023
sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Medicine Hat Waves swimmer Rowynn Biffart competed at the Canadian Swimming Trials last week in Toronto. The local swimmer opened her races on Tuesday with a qualifying 200m breaststroke swim that placed her as the ninth ranked junior swimmer after preliminaries which qualified her at seventh in the Junior final. She jumped two spots ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tigers fall 5-2 in Game 2 Saturday
By James Tubb on April 1st, 2023
The Medicine Hat Tigers could not complete the comeback Saturday night. The Tigers lost 5-2 in Winnipeg against the Ice to fall 2-0 in their first round WHL playoff series. Medicine Hat lost the series opener 5-3 on Friday. For the second game in a row the Ice opened the scoring. Briley Wood had the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tigers eager to get first playoff games under belts
By JAMES TUBB on April 1st, 2023
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Friday night’s Game 1 marked the first playoff experience for all but two Medicine Hat Tigers. The Tigers enter the round-one WHL playoff series against the first-place Winnipeg Ice with a desire to add as many postseason games to their stat sheets as possible. With only 20-year-olds Dallon Melin and Kurtis Smythe having took ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!AMAC swimmer competes at Olympic level trial meet
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on April 1st, 2023
sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews A Medicine Hat swimmer competed in her first ever Olympic level trial meet this week. Jaivyn Barabe from the Alberta Marlin Aquatic Club attended the 2023 Bell Canada Swimming Trials starting Monday, marking the 17-year-old’s first ever Olympic level trial meet, hosted by Swim Canada at the Pan Am Sports Centre in Toronto. Her ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tigers drop Game 1 in Winnipeg
By James Tubb on March 31st, 2023
The Medicine Hat Tigers fell in Game 1 Friday in a night of special teams. The Tigers took six trips to the penalty box and Winnipeg took full advantage, scoring three times with the man advantage enroute to a 5-3 Game 1 win for the Ice. The Western Hockey League regular season champion take a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Langkow relishing first playoffs as starter
By JAMES TUBB on March 31st, 2023
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Whether he’s at a high or a low, Medicine Hat Tigers net minder Beckett Langkow isn’t one to publicly showcase his emotions, he remains even keeled. The 19-year-old Vegreville product is excited and ready for his first career Western Hockey League playoffs, as he’ll get the start tonight in Winnipeg against the Ice. Despite ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tigers embracing underdog mentality in round one of playoffs against Winnipeg
By JAMES TUBB on March 31st, 2023
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers know they are in for a tough first-round series against the first-place Winnipeg Ice. They also know, any team can be beat. The Tigers enter the playoffs as serious underdogs against the Ice who are coming off a 57-10-1-0 season that included a 15-game winning streak and earning home-ice advantage ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Young Tigers team working overtime to don playoff beards
By JAMES TUBB on March 31st, 2023
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb There is a good chance the Medicine Hat Tigers will trail their competition throughout the postseason in beard length. The tradition of playoff beards in hockey started in the 1980s with the New York Islanders, who won four straight Stanley Cup championships sporting long, fuzzy beards. Ever since then the playoff beard has continued ... Read More »
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