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The Medicine Hat Tigers couldn’t tickle twine Saturday night. The Tigers poured 33 shots on Carson Bjarnason but couldn’t solve the Brandon Wheat Kings net minder, falling 3-0 to the Philadelphia Flyers’ prospect’s sixth career WHL shutout. The loss snaps a three-game winning streak, they came into the contest off a 10-5 win Friday at [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Jr High Athletic Association anointed the B and C volleyball league champions this week. In Boys B, the Medicine Hat Christian School Warriors continued their winning ways in the league championship tournament. The Warriors went 25-1 this season and faced the 27-3 Irvine Tigers (Yellow Team) in the championship final. The [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Monsignor McCoy Colts won a battle of Medicine Hat on the gridiron Friday night. The Colts beat the Crescent Heights Vikings 39-0 in a consolation playoff game. McCoy came into the game off a 17-15 loss in the 4A semifinals to Chinook High School the week prior, Crescent Heights off a 37-6 loss [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb It took only one shift for the newest Medicine Hat Tiger to appreciate what fans have seen the last three seasons, Gavin McKenna is one of a kind. Newly signed forward Carter Cunningham recorded his first WHL goal Wednesday night in the first period of a 4-3 shootout win at Calgary over the Hitmen. [...] Read More »

The Medicine Hat Tigers padded the stat sheet on Friday in Regina, reaching double digits in a 10-5 blowout of the Pats. They came into the contest off a 4-3 shootout win Wednesday at Calgary over the Hitmen. Friday’s win marks a third in a row for the Tigers. Gavin McKenna, already leading the WHL [...] Read More »

SAINT CATHARINES, Ont. – Teams from Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia and Quebec remain unbeaten after five draws at the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship. Don Bowser’s Quebec team, with third Brenda Nicholls, second Dan deWaard and lead Pamela Nugent, lead the seven-team Pool B with a 3-0 record. Jason Ackerman’s crew from Regina’s Highland Curling Club – [...] Read More »

ZURICH, Switzerland (AP) – The International Ice Hockey Federation is preparing a proposal to add 3-on-3 hockey to the Winter Olympics as soon as 2030 in the French Alps, following the same expansion that basketball has had over the past two Summer Games. The sport’s worldwide governing body must make its submission of interest to [...] Read More »

VANCOUVER – Vernon Adams Jr. said it was difficult this season when the B.C. Lions decided to keep starting Nathan Rourke at quarterback, even after he had recovered from an injury. “That really crushed me,” Adams said Monday as the Lions cleaned out their lockers following a disappointing 28-19 loss to the Saskatchewan Roughriders in [...] Read More »

OTTAWA – After a string of disappointing seasons, the Ottawa Redblacks finally had something to cheer about in 2024. The Redblacks made the playoffs for the first time since 2018, and while they lost 58-38 to the Toronto Argonauts in the East semifinal there is now a foundation to build on. One of the biggest [...] Read More »

BROSSARD, Que. – As the Montreal Canadiens look for wins and progress, head coach Martin St. Louis is toughening his approach. “If we’re gonna transition as a team, I have to be in transition as well. It’s a big part of this season for me,” St. Louis said after practice Monday at CN Sports Complex. [...] Read More »