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jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers are expecting to see the long-awaited return of a friendly face tonight. Defenceman Josh Van Mulligen is slated to make his return to the lineup when the Tigers head to Edmonton to face the Oil Kings. The Medicine Hat product has been out since Sept. 28 with an upper-body injury [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The South Alberta Hockey Academy’s U18 women’s team picked up a win on Saturday at home. SAHA host the Northern Alberta Xtreme for a pair of games, winning 5-1 Saturday before falling 2-1 in a shootout loss Sunday. Marley Howes and Sophie Erlam each had a goal and two assists in the win, Taylor [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The U10 Step 3 Medicine Hat Mustangs made good at their first ringette tournament of the season. The S3 Mustangs faced off at the Ring of Fire tournament in Airdrie this weekend. They opened the weekend with a 6-2 loss Friday to Calgary Northwest-2. Everley Cross was in net for the Mustangs, with Avery [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Markus and Liam Ruck returned golden from the U17 Hockey Challenge. The twin Medicine Hat Tigers’ forwards won gold with Team Canada White at the five-nation tournament held in Sarnia, Ont., beating Team Canada Red 3-1 in the finals. “It’s an unbelievable feeling winning a gold medal for your country, it’s the best feeling [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers were able to snap out a slump with the shortest lineup of the season. After falling 4-2 to the Edmonton Oil Kings on Friday, the Tigers bounced back with an 8-4 drubbing of the 2024 WHL champion Moose Jaw Warriors on Saturday. Both games at Co-op Place featured a shorthanded [...] Read More »

Vancouver Canucks defenceman Erik Brannstrom offered forward Jonathan Lekkerimaki some advice as the two walked to the rink for the Swedish rookie’s first NHL game Tuesday night. “I just told him to have fun,” said Brannstrom. “It’s only hockey. He’s played so many games in his life. Just keep going.” Lekkerimaki wasn’t flashy, but played [...] Read More »

You can play the game hard and also be respectful of differences is the message Normand Hector wants to send at Hockey Canada’s second Beyond The Boards summit. Hector is Thursday’s keynote speaker kicking off a two-day summit in Ottawa about unhealthy outcomes in hockey culture. Hector is a gay, Black man from Saint John, [...] Read More »

NEW YORK (AP) – Mark Scheifele and Kyle Connor each scored twice, Connor Hellebuyck made 33 saves, and the Winnipeg Jets won their seventh straight, 6-3 over the New York Rangers on Tuesday night. Gabriel Vilardi and Vladislav Namestnikov also scored for the Jets, who have now won 15 of their first 16 National Hockey [...] Read More »

EDMONTON – Connor McDavid is just one point away from writing yet another illustrious chapter in his already storied career. McDavid had a goal and three assists, including setting up Leon Draisaitl’s overtime winner, as the Edmonton Oilers won their second straight game, defeating the New York Islanders 4-3 on Tuesday. The superstar forward is [...] Read More »

MOOSE JAW, Sask. – Brady Birnie scored in the fifth round of the shootout to lift the Swift Current Broncos to a 4-3 victory over the Moose Jaw Warriors in Western Hockey League action on Tuesday night at Moose Jaw Events Centre. Grayson Burzynski, Carlin Dezainde and Clarke Caswell scored in regulation time for the [...] Read More »