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jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers are flying almost as high as teddy bears did Saturday night at Co-op Place. The Tigers tallied a pair of wins over the weekend, coming back to beat the Moose Jaw Warriors 4-3 in overtime Friday before Bryce Pickford’s first career hat trick propelled them 5-1 over the Wenatchee Wild [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews From winning the all-star game to taking hold of the South division, the Medicine Hat Cubs had themselves quite the weekend on the road. The Cubs were represented by six players at the HJHL’s all-star game Saturday in Strathmore, with the South division beating the North division 8-5. Captain Kyle Woolridge, forwards Mason Osinski, [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Mike and Thomas Fentabil of the Medicine Hat Tennis Club represented the city in Calgary at the end of November. The Fentabil brothers competed at the ATC 3 STAR U14/U18 Tournament held Nov. 28-30 at Calgary’s Alberta Tennis Centre. Thomas won the U14 tournament, beating the No. 2 seed Wintson Wong in the semifinals [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Mustangs ensured some hardware stayed in the city from the Ed Horvath tournament. Two Mustangs teams, U14 and U16, finished second at the locally held Invitational ringette tournament. The Open B Smash captured a second straight gold in the Open division. Both silver medals came in movie-like finals. The U14 Mustangs [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com Teddy bears and hats took the air Saturday night at Co-op Place. Medicine Hat captain Bryce Pickford recorded his first career WHL hat trick and Liam Ruck triggered the ‘Teddy Bear  toss’ for a second-straight year as the Tigers downed the Wenatchee Wild 5-1 in the Medicine Hat News Teddy Bear toss game for [...] Read More »

Anaheim Ducks (19-10-1, in the Pacific Division) vs. New York Islanders (17-11-3, in the Metropolitan Division) Elmont, New York; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: The Anaheim Ducks will attempt to keep a three-game win streak intact when they play the New York Islanders. New York has gone 8-6-2 in home games and 17-11-3 overall. [...] Read More »

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — The pressure is mounting on Real Madrid coach Xabi Alonso ahead of Wednesday’s Champions League match with Manchester City. Madrid has won just two of its last seven in all competitions including a 2-0 loss to Celta Vigo over the weekend. Ahead of the City match, Alonso had to contend with [...] Read More »

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Egypt and Iran, two Middle East nations which target gays and lesbians, have complained to FIFA over a World Cup soccer match in Seattle that is expected to celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride. Leaders in the nation’s soccer federations publicly rebuked the idea of playing the match June 26 at Seattle [...] Read More »

Portland Trail Blazers (9-15, 10th in the Western Conference) vs. New Orleans Pelicans (3-22, 15th in the Western Conference) New Orleans; Thursday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: New Orleans hosts Portland looking to stop its four-game home losing streak. The Pelicans are 1-19 against Western Conference opponents. New Orleans has a 1-10 record in games [...] Read More »

Denver Nuggets (17-6, third in the Western Conference) vs. Sacramento Kings (6-18, 13th in the Western Conference) Sacramento, California; Thursday, 10 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Denver visits Sacramento trying to extend its 10-game road winning streak. The Kings are 4-15 in conference matchups. Sacramento has a 6-14 record against opponents above .500. The Nuggets are [...] Read More »