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jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb After the busiest stretch of the season, the Medicine Hat Tigers look for a week to rest and rebound. The Tigers are coming off a stretch of four games in five days, picking up three points to sit in first place of the Central division with a record of 13-11-1. Their 25 games are [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat U16 Mustangs won ringette gold over the weekend. The Mustangs took first place at the Silver Ring tournament in Edmonton, going undefeated en route to the gold. They opened the tournament with a 4-3 win Friday over Cochrane. Leighton Wright scored three times, Jayna Allchurch had a goal and an assist [...] Read More »

@MedicineHatNews The Raymond Comets fell 37-14 in their provincial 5A high school football championship game to Edmonton’s Harry Ainlay Titans at Grande Prairie on Saturday. Titan’s quarterback George Arbez rushed for three touchdowns and passed for another as Ainlay captured its sixth provincial title since 1985. Comets lost starting quarterback Talan Ralph early in the [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat U17AAA South East Athletic Club Tigers notched a pair of wins this weekend in consistent fashion. They beat the Airdrie Avalanche 4-2 on Saturday before topping the Calgary Bulls 6-2 on Sunday. Illya Khazov had two goals and an assist in the win Saturday, with Logan Neuls and Nolan Peppler each [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat College Rattler volleyball teams took care of business in their lone contests. The women’s and men’s volleyball teams both beat the Concordia University of Edmonton Lightning on Friday at the Snake Pit. MHC’s men’s team won in three sets (25-23, 25-21, 25-23) and the mwomen in four sets (19-25, 25-23, 25-15, [...] Read More »

TORONTO – Property and casualty insurance company Intact Financial Corp. has signed a multi-year partnership deal with the Professional Women’s Hockey League. Under the agreement, Intact will be the official home and auto insurance partner of the PWHL in Canada, supporting the league’s three Canadian teams. Financial terms of the deal were not immediately available. [...] Read More »

CALGARY – A Ukrainian girls’ hockey team is in Canada for a few days of peace and hockey in an arena that doesn’t have a missile-sized hole in its roof. After a 56 hours of travel to Calgary, including a 24-hour bus ride from Dnipro to Warsaw, Poland, that required army escort for a portion [...] Read More »

Tuesday’s Scoreboard NHL Utah 3 Montreal 2 (OT) Vancouver 2 Boston 0 — AHL Coachella Valley 8 Tucson 2 Abbotsford 3 Bakersfield 1 — NBA Chicago 127 Washington 108 Milwaukee 106 Miami 103 Houston 117 Minnesota 111 (OT) San Antonio 128 Utah 115 Phoenix 127 L.A. Lakers 100 &#[...] Read More »

Blake Snell has agreed to a $182 million, five-year contract with the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers, according to a person with direct knowledge of the negotiations. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Tuesday night because the deal is subject to a successful physical. The two-time Cy Young Award [...] Read More »

MONTREAL – The Montreal Canadiens played a tight-checking game in a 3-2 overtime loss to the Utah Hockey Club on Tuesday, but glaringly lacked in one category: shots. The Canadiens (7-11-3) posted only 13 shots on goal, despite the four minutes 33 seconds of extra play. It was the club’s lowest total since Dec. 7, [...] Read More »