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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 »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The WHL’s mid-season player survey tabbed Co-op Place as the fifth-hardest rink to play in as a road team. Having seen both sides of the ice, it’s a low ranking according to Luke Cozens. The former Lethbridge Hurricane was in the lineup for the Eastern Conference Finals series last year, getting to see the [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb From first-year players to overage skaters, the WHL Playoffs bring out child-like excitement in all. The post season gets underway tonight, with the No. 2 seed Medicine Hat Tigers starting their title defence against the No. 7 seed Regina Pats. Kadon McCann is entering his third playoffs in Medicine Hat, and he still has [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Kelowna Rockets picked up a win off the ice Thursday night. The 2026 Memorial Cup hosts won the WHL Draft Lottery, giving them the first overall pick in the upcoming WHL Draft. Kelowna acquired the draft pick from the Lethbridge Hurricanes at the 2025 trade deadline. The Rockets traded 2005-born defenceman Caden Price [...] Read More »

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers slipped glittering World Series championship rings on their fingers to celebrate their second straight title Friday night in a pregame ceremony. Shohei Ohtani removed his ring from a blue box that includes a video playing highlights from last year’s postseason run that culminated in a Game 7 [...] Read More »

TORONTO (AP) — Scottie Barnes had 23 points and 12 assists, Jakob Poeltl had 18 points and 11 rebounds, and the Toronto Raptors beat the New Orleans Pelicans 119-106 on Friday night. RJ Barrett, Sandro Mamukelashvili and J’Kobe Walter also scored 18 points apiece for the Raptors, and Brandon Ingram added 13. Zion Williamson scored [...] Read More »

TORONTO — Scottie Barnes had a double-double as the Toronto Raptors routed the New Orleans Pelicans 119-106 on Friday. Barnes had 23 points, 12 assists and six rebounds for Toronto (41-32). Jakob Poeltl also had a double-double with 18 points and 11 boards. Raptors point guard Immanuel Quickley missed the game as he recovers from [...] Read More »

MIAMI (AP) — Sandy Alcantara put last year’s ups and downs behind him and got off to a strong start to this season. The Marlins ace allowed four hits and one run in his franchise-leading sixth opening day start on Friday, leading Miami to a 2-1 home win over the Colorado Rockies. Alcantara allowed just [...] Read More »

CHICAGO (AP) — Iowa State star Joshua Jefferson missed the Cyclones’ Sweet 16 matchup against Tennessee on Friday night because of a sprained left ankle. The All-America forward was hurt minutes into the Cyclones’ March Madness opener against Tennessee State and did not play in their lopsided win over Kentucky. He is averaging 16.4 points, [...] Read More »