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jtubb@medicinehatnews.com Saturday’s Medicine Hat Tigers win was a shootout in many a way. The Tigers scored three straight goals to comeback and tie the game at 6-6 before beating the Calgary Hitmen 7-6 in the shootout at Co-op Place. “That was a tough one, we’re down 6-3 and Calgary was playing well,” head coach Willie [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Ringette Association will be well represented at the 2026 Alberta Winter Games. Four Mustangs have been named to zone rosters for the 2026 provincial games hosted Feb. 13-16 in the Lakeland Region. The four Mustangs selected are goaltenders Emma Pinnell (Zone 4) and Jacqueline LeBlanc (Zone 6), forward Breanna Lanuk (Zone [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Manners maketh the man – but a new mask for a goaltender? That just completes the look. The Medicine Hat Tigers goaltenders got their new painted masks on Tuesday, allowing Jordan Switzer and Carter Casey to ditch the stark white masks for masks with personal designs. “They turned out really good, I really like [...] Read More »

Medicine Hat News A back and forth affair Friday night in Red Deer ended on the side of the Rebels. The Medicine Hat Tigers scored two quick goals in the first and played comeback the rest of the way, ultimately falling 4-3 in the shootout. They came into the contest off a 6-2 win Wednesday [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb No better way to start a busy week than on a winning note. The Tigers kicked off their four-game week with a big 6-2 win Wednesday at Calgary over the Hitmen, the start of four games in five nights and the first of three against the Hitmen this week. “It was a huge one, [...] Read More »

TOKYO (AP) — Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki has become the first from his country to win an elite-level sumo championship. Even more impressive: he defeated Hoshoryu on Sunday in the deciding match in the Kyushu tournament in western Japan. Hoshoryu was born in Mongolia and is one of the top-ranked wrestlers in Japan’s national sport. [...] Read More »

GUWAHATI, India (AP) — A maiden century from all-rounder Senuran Muthusamy helped South Africa score a mammoth 489 runs in its first innings and take control of the second cricket test against India on Sunday. Muthusamy scored 109 runs off 206 balls, including 10 fours and two sixes, as South Africa pushed on from day [...] Read More »

MONTREAL — Craig Berube was out of answers. The Toronto Maple Leafs fell 5-2 to the rival Montreal Canadiens in a battle of two slumping teams Saturday night, losing for the seventh time in eight games amid a season that began with Stanley Cup aspirations. Berube watched his group control play early, registering the game’s [...] Read More »

GURGL, Austria (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin and Lara Colturi went 1-2 again in the opening run of the second women’s World Cup slalom of the Olympic season Sunday, replicating the result from last week’s race. Racing in sunny but cold conditions on a course set by her coach Janne Haarala, Shiffrin finished 0.31 seconds ahead [...] Read More »

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Lewis Hamilton had every reason to feel good about the effort he put in Saturday night, but as a seven-time Formula 1 champion, his bar is too high for moral victories. So even though he quickly moved from the back of the pack in the Las Vegas Grand Prix, even rising [...] Read More »