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jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The arrival of the NHL Draft brings excitement, anticipation and a weekend of checking phones for a handful of Medicine Hat Tigers. The Tigers enter the NHL Draft tonight in Los Angeles with four players ranked by NHL Central Scouting, putting them on the track to be among the 224 players selected across the [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Tigers announced another signing, their fifth of the offseason. The Tigers inked 18-year-old forward Kade Stengrim from Brainerd, Minn. The 6-foot-4 forward played in the United States Hockey League last season, recording 11 goals and 17 points in 50 games. He added an assist in three USHL playoff games. Stengrim played [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Mavericks will ride out June with some home cookin’. The Mavs opened up a four-game home stand at Athletic Park on Thursday hosting the Regina Red Sox, the first of their final slate before the calendar flips to July and they hit the road for six straight games. They’ll host Regina [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews High school softball players were honoured over the last week by their respective teams. All seven of the high school softball teams playing in Medicine Hat handed out awards to their team, honouring their most improved player, most valuable player and other awards. McCoy Most Improved Player: Rileigh Tabor MostValuable Player: Trinity Pollard Colts [...] Read More »

Medicine Hat News The first loss at Athletic Park had to come eventually for the Medicine Hat Mavericks. The Mavs entered play Thursday with 11 straight wins at the friendly confines, a stretch snapped with a 6-5, 10th inning loss Thursday to the Regina Red Sox. Medicine Hat came back in the game, held a [...] Read More »

Recovered from knee surgery, Canada captain Sophie de Goede leads a 32-player tour squad to South Africa for a two-game series with the Springboks women next month. The second-ranked Canadian women, who were scheduled to leave Friday, take on No. 12 South Africa on July 5 at Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria and July 12 [...] Read More »

ULAANBAATAR — Cassandra Brown had a game-high eight points and added five rebounds as Canada’s women’s team advanced to the quarterfinals of the FIBA 3×3 World Cup with an 18-6 win over Japan in a play-in game Friday. Canada rebounded after losing its final two group stage games Wednesday at the 3×3 basketball event. The [...] Read More »

LOS ANGELES — Gary Bettman and Marty Walsh hinted earlier this month they were closing in on a deal. The NHL and NHL Players’ Association made it official Friday — hockey is set to enjoy at least five more years of labour peace. The league and its union announced the parties have agreed to an [...] Read More »

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Olivier Giroud is parting ways with Los Angeles FC after one disappointing year with the Major League Soccer club. The 38-year-old Giroud and LAFC announced the decision Friday on social media. He will play in his final match Sunday night at home against Vancouver. After scoring only five goals in 37 [...] Read More »

REGINA — The CFL is only in its fourth week of the regular season but starting quarterbacks are having issues staying in the lineup. Of the 1,310 offensive plays in the first three weeks of the regular season, No. 1 quarterbacks have been available for only 69 per cent of the snaps. Those numbers won’t [...] Read More »