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jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Medicine Hat’s bid to host the 2026 Memorial Cup is officially out of the local committee’s hands. The committee, led by chair Brent Sauer, sat down virtually with the Canadian Hockey league on Oct. 30 for a 90-minute meeting, the final in the process before the winner is to be announced in late November, [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews It’s been a long time since a team ventured into Winnipeg for the Western Final without fear in their hearts, believing they can win. But that is the situation Saturday when the Saskatchewan Roughriders set up camp by the Red River, even if they haven’t won there in six years. They beat the Bombers [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Alberta Marlin Aquatic Club raced in B.C. over the weekend. The local swim club sent over 40 swimmers to the Re/Max Elk Valley Fall Blast at the Fernie, B.C. Aquatic Center, racing against seven other teams from B.C. and Alberta the first meet of the season. Tyne Bainbridge (10) had three best times, [...] Read More »

The Medicine Hat Tigers walked a long and lonely road to the penalty box Wednesday night. The Tigers surrendered three power play goals on seven penalties, squandering a 6-3 lead to fall 7-6 at Lethbridge to the Hurricanes. Wednesday’s loss wraps a four-game road streak for the Tigers who had a 2-2 record in the [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Medicine Hat’s Rowynn Biffart raced for Swim Alberta over the weekend. The Alberta Marlin Aquatic Club swimmer and head coach Jordan Harper were selected by Swim Alberta to join the Aspire Team 2024, based on top World Aquatics Points. Swim Alberta selected eight swimmers, four boys and four girls, to attend the event at [...] Read More »

ST. CATHARINES, ONTARIO – Malcolm Spence score a hat trick for the Erie Otters in a 9-3 win over the host Niagara IceDogs in the Ontario Hockey League on Thursday. Spence scored his third goal when Erie was short-handed. Matthew Schaefer had two goals and two assists, Martin Misiak scored twice and Sam Alfano and [...] Read More »

ST. CATHARINES, ONTARIO – Saskatchewan’s Jason Ackerman dropped his first game of the Canadian mixed curling championship Thursday, but remained among the frontrunners for a semifinal berth. After seven straight wins, Ackerman felt 7-3 to Alberta’s Kurt Balderston and was tied atop the standings at 7-1 with Manitoba’s Ryan Wiebe and Nova Scotia’s Owen Purcell. [...] Read More »

SYDNEY, N.S. – Justin Poirier scored a goal and an assist for the Baie-Comeau Drakkar in a 3-1 win over the host Cape Breton Eagles in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League on Thursday. The Drakkar won their fifth game in a row with Louis-Charles Plourde and Jules Boilard also scoring goals. Drakkar goalie Lucas [...] Read More »

Ottawa Senators captain Brady Tkachuk has seen too many losing Novembers. The Senators fell to 1-3-0 to start the month after a 4-2 loss to the visiting New York Islanders on Thursday. The Senators (6-7-0) haven’t put together a winning record in November during Tkachuk’s six previous seasons in Ottawa. “This stretch of hockey is [...] Read More »

WINNIPEG – Connor Hellebuyck stopped 35 shots for his third shutout this season and 40th of his career as the Jets blanked the Colorado Avalanche 1-0 on Thursday. Gabriel Vilardi scored the game’s lone goal for Winnipeg (13-1-0) in front of 12,918 fans at Canada Life Centre. It was the first meeting of the NHL [...] Read More »