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A lineup shakeup and a player stepping up played a big role for the Medicine Hat Tigers Saturday night. Coming off a 5-4 loss Friday at Co-op Place to the Edmonton Oil Kings, the Tigers changed up their forward lines and saw forward Marcus Pacheco step up by dropping back, slotting in on defence. The [...] Read More »

The Medicine Hat Tigers couldn’t complete the comeback Friday night. The Tigers scored with six minutes left to being themselves with one, ultimately falling 5-4 to the Edmonton Oil Kings at Co-op Place. Medicine Hat came into the game with a four-gane win streak, beating the Lethbridge Hurricanes 5-1 on Monday. Tigers forward Gavin McKenna [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers get set for their last three-game weekend of the season. With 11 games left on the schedule, the Tigers will scratch three off the slate with a trio of contests, starting tonight at Co-op Place against the Edmonton Oil Kings. They’ll host the Kamloops Blazers on Saturday before heading to [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb No one has played more games for the Medicine Hat Cubs than Callen Prosofsky. Entering his final HJHL playoffs, he hopes to bring the Cubs a title for the first time since 2001. The Cubs’ captain holds the franchise record for games played in the orange and black with 145, surpassing former teammate Cooper [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Cubs are starting their HJHL playoffs with a new-look compared to the last three seasons. The Cubs, who earned a first-round bye for the fourth year in a row, will start their push for the 14th title in franchise history, not at the friendly confines of the Kinplex, but instead on [...] Read More »

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Erling Haaland was left out of the Manchester City squad for Sunday’s Premier League clash with Liverpool after failing to recover from injury in time. The Norway international was an unused substitute against Real Madrid in the Champions League on Wednesday, having been forced off late in the previous game against [...] Read More »

PATTAYA, Thailand (AP) — Angel Yin won for the second time on the LPGA Tour, making birdie on the 18th hole Sunday for a 7-under 65 that was just enough to hold off hard-charging Akie Iwai of Japan in the Honda LPGA Thailand. Yin started the final round on the Pattaya Old Course at Siam [...] Read More »

YANQING, China (AP) — Max Langenhan of Germany won the luge World Cup men’s singles overall championship on Sunday for the third consecutive year, while the veteran German men’s doubles pairing of Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt clinched the season-long crown for the sixth time. Both finished off those titles with victories on the final [...] Read More »

Ski star Mikaela Shiffrin has added yet another chapter to her book of World Cup records by becoming the first to reach the milestone of 100 career wins. Less than 14 years after her debut race as a 16-year-old in March 2011, the American won a slalom in Italy on Sunday to get her tally [...] Read More »

SESTRIERE, Italy (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin is 100% the best in skiing’s World Cup history book. Shiffrin’s record-extending 100th career World Cup race win Sunday fulfilled a quest put on hold by a serious crash in November. Back to racing in her favored slalom event, Shiffrin kept and added to her first-run lead to finish [...] Read More »