sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat U10 Step 1 Mustangs were in ringette action down Highway 3 this weekend. The Step 1 Mustangs took part in the Bridge Battle ringette tournament in Lethbridge. They kicked the tournament off on Friday with a game against Lethbridge. Thea Pancoast and Kylie Klaudt stood tall in net, their first games [...] Read More »
10 hours agosports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Medicine Hat News The Raymond Comets will face the Harry Ainlay Titans in the provincial 5A football championship game on Saturday in Grande Prairie. The three-game festival at Hanson Lincoln Field in the northern Alberta city will also feature the 4A and 3A final games, while new nine-a-side and six-a-side divisions will determine champions [...] Read More »
10 hours agojtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Ryder Ritchie is in for a week of firsts in his third year in the Western Hockey League. The Medicine Hat Tigers forward scored his first goal in the orange and black on Nov. 15, a second-period power-play goal in a 5-1 win at Co-op Place over the Victoria Royals. He’s about to return [...] Read More »
10 hours agoFor the first time in his WHL career, Tomas Mrsic will be on the other side from the orange and black. Mrsic spent parts of three seasons with the Medicine Hat Tigers after being selected by the team eighth overall in the 2021 WHL Prospects Draft. Mrsic was acquired by the Prince Albert Raiders in [...] Read More »
10 hours agoThe Medicine Hat Tigers ran into a sharp Evan Gardner in the Saskatoon Blades net Tuesday night. Medicine Hat, starting a four-game in five night streak, fired 34 shots on the Columbus Blue Jackets’ prospect net minder who held off the visiting Tigers for a 5-3 Blades’ win at the SaskTel Centre. Gardner made 31 [...] Read More »
17 hours agoVANCOUVER – Cancer. Major injuries. The death of a parent. The Vancouver Canucks have been through it all this season. Yet another key Canucks player was sidelined Tuesday when the club announced that centre J.T. Miller has taken an indefinite leave for personal reasons. Vancouver responded to the news with a gritty effort against the [...] Read More »
9 hours agoTORONTO – After playing soccer at three U.S. colleges and professionally in Iceland, Leah Pais wanted to come home. AFC Toronto was only too happy to oblige and the 22-year-old midfielder/forward from Mississauga is the second signing of the new Northern Super League franchise, following former Vaughan Azzurri teammate Jade Kovacevic. “I have missed birthdays, [...] Read More »
10 hours agoEDMONTON – Adebayo Chris Katiiti, jailed for being a transgender man in Uganda, was brutally beaten as a child for wearing his brothers’clothes. He says moving to Alberta in 2016 saved his life. “I found home in Edmonton,” said Katiiti, 29, a therapist and life coach who works with the LGBTQ+ community. “In Canada, I [...] Read More »
12 hours agoTuesday’s Scoreboard NHL Tampa Bay 3 Pittsburgh 2 (OT) Edmonton 5 Ottawa 2 Winnipeg 6 Florida 3 Minnesota 4 St. Louis 2 Anaheim 3 Chicago 2 Calgary 2 N.Y. Islanders 1 (SO) N.Y. Rangers 4 Vancouver 3 — AHL Hartford 5 Charlotte 4 Abbotsford 4 Bakersfield 2 Rockford 5 Texas 2 — NBA Boston 120 [...] Read More »
15 hours agoVANCOUVER – Mika Zibanejad scored and added an assist as the New York Rangers edged the Vancouver Canucks 4-3 on Tuesday. Will Cuylle and Kaapo Kakko also posted a goal and an assist apiece for the Rangers (12-4-1), while Chris Kreider scored the game winner midway through the third period. Adam Fox contributed a pair [...] Read More »
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