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Medicine Hat News The Medicine Hat Tigers will send four players to the WHL’s showcase game for NHL Draft eligible talent. Forwards Markus an Liam Ruck, Yaroslav Bryzgalov and goaltender Carter Casey will represent Team East at the Prospects Game held Feb. 18 in Langley, B.C. The rosters were selected based on NHL Central Scouting’s [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Bryce Pickford has further etched himself into Tigers history. The Medicine Hat captain scored his 33rd goal of the season in the second period of a 7-3 win at Co-op Place over the Edmonton Oil Kings on Jan. 16. The goal, his CHL-leading tally, set a new franchise record for goals by a defenceman [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Open B Smash returned from Edmonton this weekend golden. The Smash won the Silver Ring Jamboree, sweeping their weekend slate. The Smash went undefeated through round-robin play. They played the Adrenaline on Friday night, winning 3-2. The Adrenaline goalie kept the game close. Hannah Thompson scored twice and Abby Haney scored [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Mavericks have announced the first member of their pitching staff for the 2026 season. The Mavs announced right-handed pitcher Diego Centella will return to the bump this summer, his second campaign in the red and white. Centella threw 31.1 innings for the Mavs last season , tallying 31 strikeouts with an [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Curling Centre hosted a 16-team bonspiel over the weekend. The local curling club welcomed teams from Alberta and Saskatchewan for the AG Bonspiel. The winner of the A Event was Moch Ranching, defeating Jeff Bodin’s team in a close, back-and-forth final. Moch Ranching featured Leon Moch, Robert Jensen, Jackie Schell and [...] Read More »

Wednesday’s Scoreboard NHL Detroit 2 Toronto 1 (OT) Pittsburgh 4 Calgary 1 Vancouver 4 Washington 3 Anaheim 2 Colorado 1 (SO) Utah 5 Philadelphia 4 (OT) Seattle 4 N.Y. Islanders 1 — PWHL Montreal 2 Minnesota 1 (OT) — AHL Abbotsford 2 Laval 1 Belleville 3 WB/Scranton 2 Chicago 6 Cleveland 5 Grand Rapids 3 [...] Read More »

TORONTO (AP) — Dylan Larkin scored at 3:07 of overtime as the Detroit Red Wings downed the Toronto Maple Leafs 2-1 on Wednesday night. Simon Edvinsson also scored for Detroit. John Gibson made 30 saves. Larkin added an assist for a two-point performance. Scott Laughton scored for Toronto, and Joseph Woll stopped 39 shots. The [...] Read More »

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks erased a 2-0 deficit and snapped an 11-game winless streak with a 4-3 victory over the Washington Capitals on Wednesday night. Brock Boeser, Evander Kane, Drew O’Connor and Filip Hronek scored for the Canucks (17-28-5) at Rogers Arena. Kevin Lankinen made 29 saves in Vancouver’s first win since Dec. 6 [...] Read More »

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Scottie Barnes scored 14 of his 23 points in the third quarter and the Toronto Raptors beat the Sacramento Kings 122-109 on Wednesday night. Barnes shot 8 of 17 and had eight rebounds, seven assists and four steals while posting his season-high fifth consecutive game with 22 or more points. Brandon [...] Read More »

SEATTLE (AP) — Brayden Maldonado scored 14 points as Seattle U beat Loyola Marymount 69-59 on Wednesday night. Maldonado added five rebounds for the Redhawks (14-7, 3-5 West Coast Conference). Jojo Murphy shot 4 for 10 (2 for 5 from 3-point range) and 3 of 4 from the free-throw line to add 13 points. Austin [...] Read More »