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jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Bryce Pickford has been having a blast since his return from injury. The Medicine Hat Tigers captain hasn’t lost a stride since missing 10 games due to an upper-body injury, running a seven-game point streak entering play Friday. Pickford has eight goals in his return, three coming in a 6-3 win over the Brandon [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers are mourning the sudden death of their bus driver. Donald Bihun suffered a medical emergency in the middle of their game Wednesday in Brandon against the Wheat Kings and later died. Head coach Willie Desjardins offered his condolences to the family and he says the driver was a part of [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Cubs have long seen themselves as one of the top four teams in the Heritage Junior Hockey League. After 24 years in the HJHL, they get a chance to prove they’re No. 1. The Cubs have advanced to the HJHL Finals for the first time in franchise history, beating the Cochrane [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com After spending most of the week on the road, the Medicine Hat Tigers returned home Friday with a win. The Tigers scored four goals in the third period in a back-and-forth affair at Co-op Place with Red Deer to beat the Rebels 8-4, picking up a ninth straight win. Seven Tigers recorded multi-point nights, [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Living up to his NHL club’s name, Andrew Basha has been red hot since returning to the WHL. The Calgary Flames prospect has recorded points in all but two of his 25 games with the Medicine Hat Tigers since returning in January. He enters play tonight, as the Tigers host the Red Deer Rebels, [...] Read More »

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Star pass rusher Maxx Crosby struggled to hold in his emotions as he said goodbye to Raiders fans in a nearly 13-minute video Saturday and told his new supporters in Baltimore that he would go there with the singular goal of winning the Super Bowl. Crosby was dealt in a blockbuster [...] Read More »

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Memphis guard Ja Morant hopes to be in a Grizzlies uniform after this season despite being put on the trade market last month. Morant, in his first public comments since he was injured seven weeks ago, emphasized the point while taking questions for 5 minutes before the Grizzlies game against the [...] Read More »

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Bruce Thornton scored 25 points and had seven assists, John Mobley Jr. and Amare Bynum each added 18 points, and Ohio State defeated Indiana 91-78 in a Big Ten regular-season finale on Saturday night. The Buckeyes (20-11, 12-8) rode a strong shooting performance to the win, making 59% of their shots, [...] Read More »

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Daniel Berger stopped making as many birdies even after a rain delay took some of the bite out of Bay Hill on Saturday. He still had a two-shot lead in the Arnold Palmer Invitational when darkness kept the third round from finishing. Berger was to return Sunday morning to face a [...] Read More »

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The New Jersey Devils have discovered their game over the past week and on Saturday, Jack Hughes found his with a three-goal performance for his team’s fourth-straight victory, this time over the rival Rangers. The 24-year-old center — who scored the gold medal-winning goal to lift Team USA 2-1 over Canada [...] Read More »