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jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Spokane Chiefs seem to have the answer in the WHL Playoffs. They’ve fallen behind in games throughout their run to the WHL Championship series, showcasing an ability to respond within games and, as seen this weekend, in series. After a 4-1 Game 1 loss on Friday to the Medicine Hat Tigers in the [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Hold the banana, we’ve got a split in the WHL Championship series. The Medicine Hat Tigers drew first blood in the WHL Finals with a 4-1 win Friday, and after a day off Saturday, it was the Spokane Chiefs who took control. The Western Conference champions scored four unanswered goals in the first period [...] Read More »

After a Game 1 loss, the Spokane Chiefs got the response they needed to knot the WHL Championship series up at 1-1. The Medicine Hat Tigers opened the scoring Sunday, as they did in a 4-1 Game 1 win Friday, but it was the Chiefs who rattled off four unanswered in the opening frame for [...] Read More »

A night of adjustments and maneuvers to come at Co-op Place this Mother’s Day. The Medicine Hat Tigers and Spokane Chiefs meet tonight for Game 2 of the WHL Championship series. The Tigers, look to carry momentum from a 4-1 Game 1 win Friday that was closer than the score reads. Spokane has an eye [...] Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Monsignor McCoy High School track and field athletes brought home 12 individual ribbons, including three first-place as well as three second-place finishes during the Swift Current Comp High School Invitational Track and Field meet. The Medicine Hat Catholic Board of Education says the highlight of the competition was a first-place finish in the 4×4000 [...] Read More »

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Four Russian figure skaters were approved Tuesday by the International Skating Union to try to qualify for the 2026 Winter Olympics as neutral athletes who have not supported the invasion of Ukraine, including 17-year-old national champion Adelia Petrosian. No Russian athletes, however, were approved to compete in the pairs and ice [...] Read More »

TORONTO — Marie-Philip Poulin of the Montreal Victoire, Sarah Fillier of the New York Sirens and Hilary Knight of the Boston Fleet are the finalists for the Professional Women’s Hockey League’s forward of the year award. Poulin, the Victoire’s captain, is a finalist for the second straight season. The 34-year-old from Beauceville, Que., led the [...] Read More »

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Elks signed veteran Canadian offensive lineman Mark Korte to a two-year contract extension Tuesday. Korte, of Spruce Grove, Alta., remains under contract with Edmonton through the 2027 season. “I’m really excited to be committing to the Edmonton Elks for the next three years,” Korte said. “It really means a lot to [...] Read More »

The NHL has suspended Florida Panthers vice chairman and alternate governor Doug Cifu from any involvement with the team or the league, doing so in response to inappropriate posts on Cifu’s now-shuttered social media account. Cifu, in posts on X, got into a back-and-forth with a Toronto fan on Sunday night, the fan starting the [...] Read More »

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers were able to put a devastating loss behind them and come back with their most complete effort of the playoffs. Adam Henrique had a pair of goals and Stuart Skinner made 23 saves as the Edmonton Oilers blanked the Vegas Golden Knights 3-0 on Monday to take a commanding 3-1 [...] Read More »