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jtubb@medicinehatnews.com The Regina Pats head home Saturday night with a win under their belt in the first-round series with the defending WHL Champions. The No. 7 seed Pats led 3-1 early in the third period at Co-op Place, holding on to beat the No. 2 seed Medicine Hat Tigers 4-2 to take Game 2 and [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Dawson Seitz started his WHL career on the highest note. He’s looking to wrap his tenure the same way. The Medicine Hat product captured a WHL Championship as a 16-year-old in 2022 with the Edmonton Oil Kings, an experience he continues to lean on with the Prince George Cougars in his fifth and final [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat Tigers title defence started on the right note Friday night. The No. 2 seed Tigers rattled off five unanswered goals to beat the No. 7 seed Regina Pats 6-2 and take a 1-0 lead in the first-round series. Medicine Hat associate coach Joe Frazer liked the Tigers push back after trailing [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers have had their fair share of success against the Regina Pats over the past few seasons. The defending WHL Champions have won 11 straight games over the Regina Pats, dating back to the 2023-24 season, with the last loss a 5-4 overtime defeat to the East division foe on Jan. [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Andrew Basha has done a lot of reminiscing as of late. The Calgary Flames prospect says the Medicine Hat Tigers’ last game of the regular season, with 6,084 in attendance, brought back a lot of memories from his five seasons in the orange and black. “I remember the older guys talking to me when [...] Read More »

CALGARY — Matt Coronato extended his point streak to five games with a goal and two assists as the Calgary Flames scored four times in the second period in a 7-3 NHL victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday. Morgan Frost also had a goal and two assists for Calgary (31-34-8). Joel Farabee, Ryan Strome, [...] Read More »

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Freddie Freeman finally got his first hit of the season after starting 0-for-8. His time on the basepaths was short and ended in a hug. “I didn’t think I’d ever be a part of a hug out on a baseball field,” a smiling Freeman said. Freeman singled [...] Read More »

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Will Smith hit a go-ahead, two-run homer with two outs in the eighth inning Saturday on his 31st birthday, lifting the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 3-2 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks and a season-opening three-game sweep. Smith began his bobblehead night going 0-for-3. After Mookie Betts walked, Smith sent a [...] Read More »

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Alexander Kerfoot and Logan Cooley scored two goals each, Mikhail Sergachev tied a franchise single-game record with four assists, and the Utah Mammoth beat the Los Angeles Kings 6-2 on Saturday night. Nick Schmaltz and Jack McBain also scored, Karel Vejmelka made 29 saves, as the Mammoth avoided a second losing [...] Read More »

HOUSTON (AP) — Though the stage keeps getting bigger, coach Ben McCollum continues to prove he’s a winner. McCollum and Iowa’s underdog March Madness run ended with a loss to Illinois on Saturday, but his success in his first season with the Hawkeyes proved he can win at any level. McCollum won four Division II [...] Read More »