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The Medicine Hat Tigers couldn’t complete the comeback Friday night. The Tigers scored with six minutes left to being themselves with one, ultimately falling 5-4 to the Edmonton Oil Kings at Co-op Place. Medicine Hat came into the game with a four-gane win streak, beating the Lethbridge Hurricanes 5-1 on Monday. Tigers forward Gavin McKenna [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers get set for their last three-game weekend of the season. With 11 games left on the schedule, the Tigers will scratch three off the slate with a trio of contests, starting tonight at Co-op Place against the Edmonton Oil Kings. They’ll host the Kamloops Blazers on Saturday before heading to [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb No one has played more games for the Medicine Hat Cubs than Callen Prosofsky. Entering his final HJHL playoffs, he hopes to bring the Cubs a title for the first time since 2001. The Cubs’ captain holds the franchise record for games played in the orange and black with 145, surpassing former teammate Cooper [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Cubs are starting their HJHL playoffs with a new-look compared to the last three seasons. The Cubs, who earned a first-round bye for the fourth year in a row, will start their push for the 14th title in franchise history, not at the friendly confines of the Kinplex, but instead on [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb There are a lot of challenges for first-year players in the WHL, from bigger and stronger opponents, three-in-threes or the balance of school and hockey. For Medicine Hat Tigers defenceman Riley Steen, the biggest challenge has been the lack of humidity. The 16-year-old product of Victoria, B.C. had to make some changes in his [...] Read More »

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Ben Duckett became the first batter in the history of Champions Trophy to score more than 150 runs as the opener anchored England to the tournament’s highest-ever total of 351-8 against two-time champion Australia on Saturday. Duckett smashed 165 off 143 balls with 17 fours and three sixes as Australian second-string [...] Read More »

ZURICH (AP) — Swiss downhill racer Niels Hintermann said Saturday he has won his battle with lymph node cancer. The 29-year-old Hintermann posted on his Instagram account that he has been declared free of the cancer, which he announced in October would cause him to miss the entire ski season during treatment. “The days weren’t [...] Read More »

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Mikhail Shaidorov produced a season-best score in the free skate on Saturday to become the first skater from Kazakhstan to win the Four Continents title since Denis Ten in 2015. Skating at the same venue where Ten won, Shaidorov held a 12-point lead after the short program and was equally [...] Read More »

SESTRIERE, Italy (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin continued her tentative return to racing in giant slaloms Saturday and did not qualify for a second run for the first time since 2012 by placing outside the top 30. Shiffrin finishing 2.50 seconds off the lead set by Alice Robinson with more than 30 faster racers ahead of [...] Read More »

CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland (AP) — World champion Franjo von Allmen led a Swiss sweep on home snow Saturday at the first World Cup downhill since winning his first career gold medal two weeks ago. Von Allmen rode out a late scare getting unbalanced after landing the final jump to finish 0.13 seconds ahead of team leader [...] Read More »