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newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat Cubs had themselves quite a weekend. The Cubs beat the Okotoks Bisons on the road Saturday before beating the co-North division leader Red Deer Vipers on Sunday at the Kinplex. The pair of weekend wins give the Cubs a five-game win streak through the middle of November. On Saturday they beat [...] Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat College Women’s hockey team recorded a pair of wins over the weekend – the first back-to-back wins in the young program’s history. The Rattlers had a two-game home-and-home set against the SAIT Trojans, winning 4-3 on the road Friday before blanking the Trojans 2-0 on Saturday. Zayda Summach scored twice in [...] Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com The Crescent Heights Vikings varsity girls volleyball team will head to provincials after a nail-biter of a Zones win. The Vikings beat the Monsignor McCoy Colts in a five-set South Zone final on Saturday at McCoy school, capturing a second straight 3A South Zone championship. They’ll head to provincials in Grande Prairie on Nov. [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers’ weekend slate would satisfy even the Rolling Stones. The Tigers capped off a stretch of four games in five days and a three-in-three with a 3-2 overtime win Sunday at Calgary over the Hitmen. That win came after the Tigers rattled off three straight goals Saturday to force overtime at [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com CALGARY The CHL USA Prospects Challenge got underway Monday with the teams lone practice before the pair of games begin. Both Team CHL and the U.S. National Under-18 Team practised Monday at Calgary’s Winsport Arena ahead of the first of the two-game series, Tuesday at Calgary’s Scotiabank Saddledome. Medicine Hat Tigers head coach Willie [...] Read More »

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The Territorial Cup will be brimming with juice this year. A rivalry dating to the McKinley presidency will take a massive uptick in intensity on Friday night, when Arizona faces Arizona State in one of the most anticipated Territorial Cup games in a decade. Both teams are on the upswing, both [...] Read More »

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks will be down yet another player for their upcoming four-game road trip. General manager Patrik Allvin announced Tuesday that goalie Kevin Lankinen will not travel with the team “due to personal reasons.” Vancouver has called up netminder Jiri Patera from the American Hockey League’s Abbotsford Canucks under emergency conditions. He’ll [...] Read More »

MANILA — Canada suffered its second loss in as many games at the inaugural FIFA Futsal Women’s World Cup, falling 6-3 to Thailand on Tuesday. The defeat leaves Canada without a point at the bottom of Group B, unable to advance to the quarterfinals. Spain defeated Colombia 5-1 later Tuesday to lead the pool with [...] Read More »

The International Testing Agency says Canadian swimmer Penny Oleksiak has been given a two-year ban from competition for an anti-doping rule violation. The ITA said in a release issued Tuesday that Oleksiak accepted the suspension for committing three whereabouts failures between October 2024 and June 2025. The suspension ends July 14, 2027, before the next [...] Read More »

GENEVA (AP) — The 2026 World Cup draw next week will reward the four highest-ranked teams — Spain, Argentina, France and England — who will be placed in separate sections of a new tennis-style seeded tournament bracket. FIFA said Tuesday the top four teams in the latest men’s rankings will, if they finish top of [...] Read More »