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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 »

jtubb@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 »

sports@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 »

For 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 »

The 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 »

Edmonton will be the site of a Professional Women’s Hockey League neutral site game between the Toronto Sceptres and the Ottawa Charge in February. The PWHL announced eight of the locations of nine neutral-site games earlier this week and has declared the Edmonton the final piece of that puzzle. The game will be played Feb. [...] Read More »

MÁLAGA, Spain – Canada was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Davis Cup international men’s tennis tournament with a 2-0 loss to Germany on Wednesday. Daniel Altmaier opened the tie with a 7-6 (5), 6-4 win over Montreal’s Gabriel Diallo, then Jan-Lennard Struff downed Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont., 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 (5) in [...] Read More »

Wilfried Nancy has been voted the 2024 Sigi Schmid MLS Coach of the Year, becoming the first Columbus Crew head coach to earn the accolade since Schmid himself in 2008. Under Nancy, the defending MLS Cup champion enjoyed a record-breaking regular season, setting franchise marks in points (66) and goals scored (72) and tying the [...] Read More »

Kris Knoblauch had a lot to process. Handed the keys to an Edmonton Oilers roster stuck in neutral and full of frustration, the rookie NHL head coach must have felt like he was drinking from a fire hose some 12 months ago. Learning new players and personalities. Tweaking old tactics and teaching fresh concepts. Navigating [...] Read More »

TORONTO – The Maple Leafs have placed Max Domi on injured reserve with a lower-body injury, making him the fifth Toronto forward sidelined with an injury. The move is retroactive to Saturday, when Toronto posted a 4-3 overtime win over visiting Edmonton. Domi logged 14 minutes 42 seconds of ice time in that game. With [...] Read More »