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The Medicine Hat Tigers roster, like all Western Hockey League clubs, has been built through multiple methods. Whether players were acquired in trades, free-agent signings, the WHL Prospects and U.S. Draft or the CHL Import, they all have made it to the same level of junior hockey. Here is how the Tigers’ 2025-26 roster was [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers’ offseason saw the signing of seven U.S.-born players, with five still in the mix to make the opening night roster. It’s a change of pace for the Tigers but not so dissimilar to associate coach Joe Frazer’s first season in the WHL. The Brainerd, Minn. product was one of four [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The 60th Western Hockey League season gets underway tonight and throughout the season, there are a number of dates that stand out for the Medicine Hat Tigers. The Tigers’ 56th season gets started Saturday at Co-op Place when they host the Regina Pats and raise the banner for the franchise’s sixth championship. Their WHL [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews As the 2025-26 WHL season gets underway this weekend, milestone watch can begin for some Medicine Hat Tigers. Overage forward Misha Volotovskii enters the year 36 games away from 250 in his WHL career and 53 points from 100 career. Forward Ethan Neutens, also in his overage season, is 18 games from 200 in [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Defence is important to all team sports, some like to say it even wins championships. For the Medicine Hat Tigers, defence will be the early backbone of the team. The Tigers, unlike most defending WHL champions, return five of their six defencemen from last season’s title-winning core. Overager Josh Van Mulligen and 19-year-olds Bryce [...] Read More »

Indiana Fever (24-20, 13-8 Eastern Conference) at Las Vegas Aces (30-14, 16-8 Western Conference) Las Vegas; Sunday, 3 p.m. EDT WNBA PLAYOFFS SEMIFINALS: Aces host first series matchup BOTTOM LINE: The Las Vegas Aces host the Indiana Fever to open the WNBA playoffs semifinals. Indiana went 2-1 against Las Vegas during the regular season. The [...] Read More »

Phoenix Mercury (27-17, 13-11 Western Conference) at Minnesota Lynx (34-10, 20-4 Western Conference) Minneapolis; Sunday, 5 p.m. EDT WNBA PLAYOFFS SEMIFINALS: BOTTOM LINE: The Minnesota Lynx play the Phoenix Mercury. The Lynx are 20-4 against conference opponents. Minnesota ranks eighth in the WNBA with 34.6 points in the paint led by Napheesa Collier averaging 10.9. [...] Read More »

BRANDON — Casey Brown scored twice as the Moose Jaw Warriors topped the Brandon Wheat Kings 6-4 in the Western Hockey League. Colt Carter, Ethan Semeniuk, Nolan Paquette and Pavel McKenzie also scored for Moose Jaw. Warriors netminder Matthew Hutchison kicked out 40 of 44 shots. Chase Surkan scored twice while Jordan Gavin and Gunnar [...] Read More »

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Jakob Marsee and Brian Navaretto hit RBI doubles in a three-run 12th inning that lifted the Miami Marlins to their fourth straight win, 6-4 over the slumping Texas Rangers on Friday night. Texas lost its fifth game in a row and is five games behind Houston for the American League’s final [...] Read More »

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani hit a three-run homer, his 52nd of the season, and Mookie Betts followed with a solo shot in the fifth inning to help the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 6-3 on Friday night and clinch a postseason berth in Clayton Kershaw’s regular-season home finale. Kershaw got [...] Read More »