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The Medicine Hat Tigers weathered an early injury for an overtime win Wednesday at Prince Albert. Medicine Hat lost goaltender Harrison Meneghin  late in the first period with a lower body injury but ultimately held off the Raiders for a 3-2 overtime win. They outshot Prince Albert 55-28 through 61:06 of action for the 13th [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat U10 Step 1 Mustangs were in ringette action down Highway 3 this weekend. The Step 1 Mustangs took part in the Bridge Battle ringette tournament in Lethbridge. They kicked the tournament off on Friday with a game against Lethbridge. Thea Pancoast and Kylie Klaudt stood tall in net, their first games [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Medicine Hat News The Raymond Comets will face the Harry Ainlay Titans in the provincial 5A football championship game on Saturday in Grande Prairie. The three-game festival at Hanson Lincoln Field in the northern Alberta city will also feature the 4A and 3A final games, while new nine-a-side and six-a-side divisions will determine champions [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Ryder Ritchie is in for a week of firsts in his third year in the Western Hockey League. The Medicine Hat Tigers forward scored his first goal in the orange and black on Nov. 15, a second-period power-play goal in a 5-1 win at Co-op Place over the Victoria Royals. He’s about to return [...] Read More »

For the first time in his WHL career, Tomas Mrsic will be on the other side from the orange and black. Mrsic spent parts of three seasons with the Medicine Hat Tigers after being selected by the team eighth overall in the 2021 WHL Prospects Draft. Mrsic was acquired by the Prince Albert Raiders in [...] Read More »

PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Sebastian Aho had a goal and an assist and the Carolina Hurricanes scored three times in the opening minutes of the third period to break it open and defeat the Philadelphia Flyers 4-1 on Wednesday night. Aho’s wrist shot that squeezed through Philadelphia goalie Ivan Fedotov at 1:03 into the third period. [...] Read More »

Saturday’s Scoreboard (All times Eastern) NHL Toronto 3 Vegas 0 Carolina 4 Philadelphia 1 Dallas 5 San Jose 2 Seattle 3 Nashville 0 Buffalo 1 Los Angeles 0 — AHL Toronto 4 Hershey 3 (OT) Rochester 2 Laval 1 (OT) Calgary 4 San Diego 3. Colorado 3 Coachella Valley 2 (OT) Ontario 4 Henderson 2 [...] Read More »

EDMONTON – A 26-save performance from Alex Worthington helped the Edmonton Oil Kings hand the Victoria Royals a 5-1 drubbing in Western Hockey League play on Wednesday. Cole Miller had two goals for the Oil Kings (9-10-2), while Adam Jecho, Luke Powell and Joe Iginla put away one apiece. Keaton Verhoeff scored the Royals’ lone [...] Read More »

EDMONTON – Dillon Ford has never marked Transgender Day of Remembrance before. But on Wednesday night, the 23-year-old transgender man said he felt it was important to go to an Edmonton community centre to remember the transgender people who’ve died around the world, and in Alberta, in recent years. “It’s helping me see hope,” said [...] Read More »

TORONTO – Defying logic, the Maple Leafs have now won six of seven since Auston Matthews was sidelined by an upper-body injury. And despite others joining the captain on the sidelines, Toronto blanked the Vegas Golden Knights 3-0 Wednesday for the latest unlikely chapter. “I thought that guys, to a man, stepped up,” coach Craig [...] Read More »