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The Medicine Hat Tigers padded the stat sheet on Friday in Regina, reaching double digits in a 10-5 blowout of the Pats. They came into the contest off a 4-3 shootout win Wednesday at Calgary over the Hitmen. Friday’s win marks a third in a row for the Tigers. Gavin McKenna, already leading the WHL [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers look to carry a comeback effort into success on the road this weekend. The Tigers have a pair of road games this weekend at the Regina Pats tonight and the Brandon Wheat Kings on Saturday; they enter off a comeback, 4-3 shootout win Wednesday at Calgary over the Hitmen. “We [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb As the Medicine Hat Tigers head on their first weekend road trip of the season, the Co-op Place ticket counters get a much-needed break. The Tigers have showed up at home to start the 2024-25 season, with a 6-3 record in nine games at Co-op Place. They’ll look to improve on a 2-3 road [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Boxing Club sent four fighters to a match in Saskatchewan last week. The local club, represented by Asher Softic, Nate Vossler, Gavin Russell and Tavin Booker, fought at the Rumble in the Valley 111 on the Piapot First Nation, north of Regina. Russell lost what coach Kerry Fahlman says was an [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb A quartet of local hockey players will represent the area at the provincial level in the next week. Taya Christie of Medicine Hat, Keyana Bert of Desert Blume, Keira Grant from Dunmore and Riley Gramlich of Burstall, Sask., will all represent their respective provinces at the 2024 national women’s U18 championship held in Quispamsis, [...] Read More »

KENT, Wash. – Cole Miller scored the shootout winner as the Edmonton Oil Kings squeezed past the Seattle Thunderbirds 5-4 on Friday in Western Hockey League action. Miroslav Holinka, with two goals, Blake Fiddler and Noa Ta’Amu scored in regulation for Edmonton (7-5-1-1). Alex Worthington made 26 saves. Kyren Gronick, Braeden Cootes, Antonio Martorana and [...] Read More »

CALGARY – Dan Vladar matched up for the first time against his old goaltending partner Jacob Markstrom, and he won in style with a shutout. Vladar made 22 stops as the Calgary Flames snapped a four-game losing skid with a 3-0 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Friday. “This is a nice day for [...] Read More »

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Canada’s Christine Sinclair scored in her celebratory retirement match and the Portland Thorns clinched a playoff spot with a 3-0 victory over Angel City on Friday night. Sinclair, who is playing in her final season, scored in the 16th minute in front of 23,212 fans at Providence Park. Sophia Smith and [...] Read More »

TAMPERE, Finland (AP) – Florida captain Aleksander Barkov had a goal and three assists in his return to his hometown, Sam Reinhart scored twice and the Panthers beat the Dallas Stars 6-4 on Friday night. Finnish players put on a show. Barkov had four points, Anton Lundell had a goal, and Niko Mikkola had an [...] Read More »

Friday’s Scoreboard NHL N.Y. Rangers 2 Ottawa 1 Winnipeg 6 Columbus 2 Calgary 3 New Jersey 0 Florida 6 Dallas 4, at Helsinki N.Y. Islanders 4 Buffalo 3 Minnesota 5 Tampa Bay 3 — AHL Laval 2 Providence 1 Milwaukee 4 Manitoba 2 Syracuse 3 Hartford 2 (OT) Rochester 8 Utica 1 Rockford 4 Grand [...] Read More »