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jtubb@medicinehatnews.com The Western Hcokey League Championship series gets underway tonight at Co-op Place between the Medicine Hat Tigers and Spokane Chiefs. Both teams made it to the league final after four-game sweeps in the Conference Championship series, the first time in WHL history both third-round series have ended in a sweep. The Tigers swept the [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers’ rookies are looking to get more than an experience from the WHL Championship series. Medicine Hat’s first-year trio of Markus and Liam Ruck and Shaeffer Gordon-Carroll have been relied upon all season long, stepping in as 16-year-olds, Gordon-Carroll starting the year at 15, running the Tigers’ fourth line in name [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Spokane Chiefs have done a lot of things the right way to make it to the WHL’s Championship series. They hope they can continue it for a few more weeks. The Chiefs look to represent the Western Conference well as they take on the Medicine Hat Tigers in the WHL Final, looking for [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Two of the Medicine Hat Tigers’ key offseason acquisitions look to make good on their May 2024 promises. Defencemen Bryce Pickford and Jonas Woo were acquired by the Tigers at the 2024 WHL Draft, both bringing WHL playoff experience and looking to help Medicine Hat get back to the Championship series for the first [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The 2025 Western Hockey League Championship series will be a fairytale-like story for one of the Medicine Hat Tigers or Spokane Chiefs. Both teams waited over a decade since their last trip to the finals and last championship, Medicine Hat in 2007 and Spokane the next year. They’ve each endured beyond trying years as [...] Read More »

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — What was originally thought to be a minor shoulder injury was serious enough for the Los Angeles Angels to transfer reliever Ben Joyce to the 60-day injured list on Friday. The 24-year-old right-hander, whose 105.5-mph fastball to strike out Dodgers utility man Tommy Edman last September was the hardest pitch thrown [...] Read More »

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — The NHL is encouraged by the status of collective bargaining talks, Commissioner Gary Bettman said Friday, adding that he’s optimistic a deal will be done long before the September 2026 expiration of the current deal between the league and its players. Talks began in earnest earlier this year and given the [...] Read More »

HOUSTON (AP) — Reds ace Hunter Greene was placed on the 15-day injured list with a groin strain, one of six roster moves by Cincinnati ahead of Friday night’s game at Houston. Greene struck out six in three scoreless innings at Atlanta on Wednesday before summoning a trainer while warming up for the fourth. An [...] Read More »

NEW YORK (AP) — Cade Horton is expected to take the mound for the Chicago Cubs on Saturday for his anticipated major league debut. Horton joined the team’s taxi squad ahead of its series opener at the New York Mets on Friday. The 23-year-old right-hander was selected by Chicago with the No. 7 overall pick [...] Read More »

MADRID (AP) — Las Palmas missed a chance to grab vital points in its relegation fight when it lost 1-0 at home to Rayo Vallecano in the Spanish league on Friday. Álvaro García smashed the winner in off the underside of the bar 20 minutes into the second half to leave Las Palmas third from [...] Read More »