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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 »

TORONTO — Toronto Sceptres forward Clara Van Wieren was suspended for one game by the Professional Women’s Hockey League on Sunday following an incident Friday night versus the Boston Fleet. Boston won the game 4-0 but late in the third period Van Wieren received a major penalty for boarding. In its review, the PWHL’s player [...] Read More »

CAPE TOWN (AP) — Two-time Olympic champion runner Caster Semenya on Sunday expressed her disappointment with IOC President Kirsty Coventry over the decision to ban transgender women athletes from competing in women’s events at the Olympics. Semenya, who is South African, said she expected more from a woman leader like Coventry, who is from Zimbabwe [...] Read More »

SUZUKA, Japan (AP) — Four-time world champion Max Verstappen has not ruled out retiring at the end of the Formula 1 season, saying he is trying “very hard” to enjoy racing under the new changes. The Red Bull driver again openly expressed his dissatisfaction on Sunday after an eighth-place finish at the Japanese Grand Prix, [...] Read More »

GÄLLIVARE — Another World Cup ski cross silver medal and overall championship for Canadian Reece Howden. Howden, of Chilliwack, B.C., finished just behind Italian Simone Deromedis in a photo finish Sunday. Edoardo Zorzi, also of Italy, was third. It marked the second silver in as many days for Howden, who earned a second-place finish Saturday. [...] Read More »

LONDON (AP) — Neff Giwa sometimes asks himself: “Is this really happening to me?” Incredibly, yes. The 20-year-old Irishman who has never played American football committed on Sunday to play at South Carolina as an offensive lineman. Giwa, who is also Nigerian, has come a long way — from Tipperary — in a short amount [...] Read More »