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Medicine Hat News The Medicine Hat Tigers couldn’t contain the Prince Albert Raiders power play Saturday night. The Eastern conference leaders tallied three power play goals at the Art Hauser Centre, beating the Tigers 5-1 for their second win over Medicine Hat in the last week. Prince Albert won 8-5 Jan. 17 at Co-op Place [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Veeti Väisänen’s second run with Finland at the World Juniors was a vastly different experience than his first. The Medicine Hat Tigers defenceman and Finland finished fourth in the U20 tournament, losing 6-3 to Canada on Jan. 9 in the bronze medal final. He played in all seven of Finland’s games, held off the [...] Read More »

Medicine Hat News Minutes and seconds, inches and moments, the Medicine Hat Tigers were bits away from pulling out a win Friday night. The Tigers, in Saskatoon for the first of a two-game road trip, led the Blades 1-0 with a little over 10 minutes left in the third. They grabbed another lead and were [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers are taking the battle for the Eastern conference on the road this weekend. The Tigers have a pair of games in Saskatchewan starting tonight in Saskatoon against the Blades before they face the Eastern conference and East division-leading Prince Albert Raiders on Saturday at the Art Hauser Centre. “It’s exciting, [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Tuesday was a night of rebounds for the Medicine Hat Tigers. They got back in the win column, beating the Calgary Hitmen 4-3 at Co-op Place, answering their team record win streak snapped Saturday with an 8-5 loss to the Prince Albert Raiders. The Tigers trailed 1-0 in the first before rattling off four [...] Read More »

PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix Suns All-Star guard Devin Booker will miss at least a week with a sprained right ankle. Booker will be re-evaluated in a week, the Suns said before Sunday night’s game against Miami. He and guard Jalen Green both went down with injuries in Phoenix’s 110-103 loss to the Atlanta Hawks on [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Encouraged by the return of goaltender Linus Ullmark to the active roster, the Ottawa Senators celebrated with a 7-1 whipping of the Vegas Golden Knights on Sunday. Ullmark drew into the lineup minutes before puck drop for the first time since Dec. 27 to back up starter Mads Sogaard. Ullmark — the 2022-23 [...] Read More »

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The successful candidate who replaces Scott Robertson as All Blacks head coach will have to have coached already at test level, New Zealand Rugby has announced. Robertson was fired in January two years into his four-year contract after a damning internal report in the All Blacks’ 2025 season. New Zealand [...] Read More »

LA QUINTA, Calif. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler started his season as though nothing had changed, running off four birdies in a six-hole stretch Sunday to blow past 18-year-old Blades Brown and the rest of the field. He closed with a 6-under 66 for a four-shot victory in The American Express. Scheffler won for the 20th [...] Read More »

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Chris Finch’s voice cracked and faltered as the coach expressed on behalf of the Minnesota Timberwolves their heartbreak for the community’s collective fear and pain from the ongoing immigration crackdown, following the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti by a federal officer. Finch presents a straightforward, no-nonsense approach in his public statements [...] Read More »