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sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Jr High Athletic Association anointed the B and C volleyball league champions this week. In Boys B, the Medicine Hat Christian School Warriors continued their winning ways in the league championship tournament. The Warriors went 25-1 this season and faced the 27-3 Irvine Tigers (Yellow Team) in the championship final. The [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Monsignor McCoy Colts won a battle of Medicine Hat on the gridiron Friday night. The Colts beat the Crescent Heights Vikings 39-0 in a consolation playoff game. McCoy came into the game off a 17-15 loss in the 4A semifinals to Chinook High School the week prior, Crescent Heights off a 37-6 loss [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb It took only one shift for the newest Medicine Hat Tiger to appreciate what fans have seen the last three seasons, Gavin McKenna is one of a kind. Newly signed forward Carter Cunningham recorded his first WHL goal Wednesday night in the first period of a 4-3 shootout win at Calgary over the Hitmen. [...] Read More »

The Medicine Hat Tigers padded the stat sheet on Friday in Regina, reaching double digits in a 10-5 blowout of the Pats. They came into the contest off a 4-3 shootout win Wednesday at Calgary over the Hitmen. Friday’s win marks a third in a row for the Tigers. Gavin McKenna, already leading the WHL [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers look to carry a comeback effort into success on the road this weekend. The Tigers have a pair of road games this weekend at the Regina Pats tonight and the Brandon Wheat Kings on Saturday; they enter off a comeback, 4-3 shootout win Wednesday at Calgary over the Hitmen. “We [...] Read More »

KENT, Wash. – Cole Miller scored the shootout winner as the Edmonton Oil Kings squeezed past the Seattle Thunderbirds 5-4 on Friday in Western Hockey League action. Miroslav Holinka, with two goals, Blake Fiddler and Noa Ta’Amu scored in regulation for Edmonton (7-5-1-1). Alex Worthington made 26 saves. Kyren Gronick, Braeden Cootes, Antonio Martorana and [...] Read More »

CALGARY – Dan Vladar matched up for the first time against his old goaltending partner Jacob Markstrom, and he won in style with a shutout. Vladar made 22 stops as the Calgary Flames snapped a four-game losing skid with a 3-0 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Friday. “This is a nice day for [...] Read More »

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Canada’s Christine Sinclair scored in her celebratory retirement match and the Portland Thorns clinched a playoff spot with a 3-0 victory over Angel City on Friday night. Sinclair, who is playing in her final season, scored in the 16th minute in front of 23,212 fans at Providence Park. Sophia Smith and [...] Read More »

TAMPERE, Finland (AP) – Florida captain Aleksander Barkov had a goal and three assists in his return to his hometown, Sam Reinhart scored twice and the Panthers beat the Dallas Stars 6-4 on Friday night. Finnish players put on a show. Barkov had four points, Anton Lundell had a goal, and Niko Mikkola had an [...] Read More »

Friday’s Scoreboard NHL N.Y. Rangers 2 Ottawa 1 Winnipeg 6 Columbus 2 Calgary 3 New Jersey 0 Florida 6 Dallas 4, at Helsinki N.Y. Islanders 4 Buffalo 3 Minnesota 5 Tampa Bay 3 — AHL Laval 2 Providence 1 Milwaukee 4 Manitoba 2 Syracuse 3 Hartford 2 (OT) Rochester 8 Utica 1 Rockford 4 Grand [...] Read More »