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Medicine Hat News Medicine Hat’s Ryan Miller has been selected in the fifth round, 130th overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Portland Winterhawks forward is the 17th Hatter to be drafted into the NHL, the first since Marc McNulty was selected 169th overall by the Detroit Red Wings in 2013. The South Alberta Hockey Academy [...] Read More »

Medicine Hat News A year after going un-drafted in his first shot at the NHL Draft, Bryce Pickford heard his name called Saturday. The Medicine Hat Tigers defenceman was selected in the third round, 81st overall by the Montreal Canadiens. Pickford finished his regular season with 20 goals and 47 points in 48 games, scoring [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The province’s best amateur ball hockey talent is on display this weekend in Medicine Hat. The Gas City Ball Hockey League is holding a four-day tournament that got underway Friday with 40 teams divided across four age divisions – U9, U11, U13, U15 and U18. Games are being played at both rinks at the [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb There’s something about the crack of a wood bat that excites Carter Roth. Luckily for the Medicine Hat Mavericks’ infielder, he’s been hearing that exquisite sound a lot this summer. The 23-year-old product of Stratford, Ont. started his debut season in the WCBL on a hot note with a nine-game hit streak and hasn’t [...] Read More »

Medicine Hat News It’s a good thing there’s no fire ban in the city of Medicine Hat with the sparks the Mavericks lit Friday night. The Mavs fell behind 7-0 to the Regina Red Sox through three and a half innings, a night after losing 6-5 in the 10th inning to the same East division [...] Read More »

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Carlos Pineda scored the decisive penalty shot as Honduras upset Panama in a shootout after the teams played to a 1-1 draw in the CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinals on Saturday night. Honduras, which finished second to Canada in Group B stage play, advanced to the semifinals on Wednesday in Santa Clara, [...] Read More »

HOUSTON (AP) — Kyle Tucker launched a three-run homer and matched a season high with four hits against the team that traded him in December, and the Chicago Cubs routed Houston 12-3 on Saturday night to stop the Astros’ five-game winning streak. Tucker also scored four times to pace a Cubs lineup that pounded out [...] Read More »

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Maxi Urruti’s header in the third minute of second-half stoppage time lifted the New England Revolution into a 3-3 tie with the Colorado Rapids on Saturday night. Urruti scored with a header from the center of the box to the upper left central zone. The score came after a well-placed pass [...] Read More »

REGINA — The Saskatchewan Roughriders won the battle of backup quarterbacks Saturday by defeating the B.C. Lions 37-18 at Mosaic Stadium. Jake Maier, replacing injured starter Trevor Harris, made his first start for the Riders while Jeremiah Masoli started for the Lions for the second straight week with Nathan Rourke sidelined with an oblique injury. [...] Read More »

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Jake Paul is set to take the biggest risk of his unique boxing career on Saturday night when he faces former middleweight champion Julio César Chávez Jr. at Honda Center. Paul (11-1, 7 KOs) is facing his most accomplished opponent yet when he takes on the 39-year-old Chávez (54-6-2, 34 KOs) [...] Read More »