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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 »

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Pep Biel scored two goals, Idan Toklomati added his first of the season, and Charlotte FC beat short-handed Austin FC 3-1 on Saturday night. Biel scored his second goal of the season to make it 2-1 in the 68th minute. Harry Toffolo played an arcing ball from the left side to [...] Read More »

ATLANTA (AP) — Rookies Sergi Solans and teenager Aiden Hezarkhani scored four minutes apart in the first half and Real Salt Lake went on to spoil Atlanta United’s home opener with a 3-2 victory Saturday night. Solans scored his first goal in the 23rd minute of his first start with an assist from first-year forward [...] Read More »

CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — Timo Werner had his second assist in as many appearances for San Jose, Ousseni Bouda scored a goal, and the Earthquakes beat the Philadelphia Union 1-0 on Saturday night. San Jose (3-0-0) is off to the best start in club history. The Earthquakes started 2-0-1 on their way to the 2003 [...] Read More »

The WNBA players’ union sent a collective bargaining agreement counterproposal to the league, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press on Saturday night. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of negotiations. The union proposal, which was sent Friday night, comes a few days before a Tuesday [...] Read More »

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Juraj Slafkovsky scored his second goal 49 seconds before he set up captain Nick Suzuki for the tiebreaker with 4:33 to play, leading the Montreal Canadiens to a 4-3 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday. Jake Evans also scored and Jakub Dobes made 35 saves for the Canadiens, who [...] Read More »