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The CHL announced Wednesday afternoon the Kelowna Rockets will host the 2026 Memorial Cup. The Rockets were one of five Western Hockey League teams in on the tournament, with the Medicine Hat Tigers, Brandon Wheat Kings, Spokane Chiefs and Lethbridge Hurricanes also submitting bids. Kelowna was to host the 2020 Memorial Cup cancelled due to [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb After the busiest stretch of the season, the Medicine Hat Tigers look for a week to rest and rebound. The Tigers are coming off a stretch of four games in five days, picking up three points to sit in first place of the Central division with a record of 13-11-1. Their 25 games are [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat U16 Mustangs won ringette gold over the weekend. The Mustangs took first place at the Silver Ring tournament in Edmonton, going undefeated en route to the gold. They opened the tournament with a 4-3 win Friday over Cochrane. Leighton Wright scored three times, Jayna Allchurch had a goal and an assist [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers enter a normal week after their busiest stretch yet this season. The Tigers finished off a stretch of a four games in five nights with a pair of losses, falling 3-2 at Edmonton to the Oil Kings on Friday and 4-3 in overtime to the Saskatoon Blades on Saturday at [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Cubs put an exclamation point on a winning weekend Sunday. The Cubs swept the two-game weekend in high fashion, with a 7-1 win Friday at High River over the Flyers that was outshined by a 16-1 drubbing of the Ponoka Stampeders on Sunday at the Kinplex. Medicine Hat had a flurry [...] Read More »

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) – Adam Gaudette had two goals, including a late go-ahead score, Linus Ullmark made 36 saves and the Ottawa Senators beat the San Jose Sharks 4-3 on Wednesday night with only 11 shots on goal. Gaudette tipped a hard pass by Stutzle past Sharks goaltender Mackenzie Blackwood with 4:12 left for [...] Read More »

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Jackson Blake scored 2:07 apart midway through the third period, and the Carolina Hurricanes rallied to beat the New York Rangers 4-3 on Wednesday night. Jack Drury and Seth Jarvis also scored as the Hurricanes won their ninth straight at home. Martin Necas had two assists to take [...] Read More »

SPOKANE, Wash. – Berkly Catton had one goal and three assists to lead the Spokane Chiefs past the Kamloops Blazers 6-2 on Wednesday in the Western Hockey League. Mathis Preston, Smyth Rebman and Sam Oremba each had a goal and an assist, while Asanali Sarkenov and Rasmus Ekström also scored for Spokane (16-9-0). Chiefs netminder [...] Read More »

LAS VEGAS (AP) – Boise State, which twice boycotted regular-season matches with San Jose State, pulled out of the Mountain West women’s volleyball tournament Wednesday night even after securing a spot in the semifinals against the Spartans. San Jose State, which received six forfeit victories because of boycotts from Mountain West opponents, is seeded second [...] Read More »

LOS ANGELES (AP) – David Rittich made 13 saves in his 100th career victory, and captain Anze Kopitar had a goal and an assist in the Los Angeles Kings’ 4-1 victory over the NHL-leading Winnipeg Jets on Wednesday night. Phillip Danault and Kevin Fiala also scored, and Adrian Kempe added an empty-net goal for the [...] Read More »