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jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb After winning all their games across a two-month stretch, the Medicine Hat Tigers are getting a refresher course on playing their best. The Tigers came out of a two-game road trip through Saskatchewan with one point, picked up in a 3-2 shootout loss Friday to the Saskatoon Blades. They lost 5-1 Saturday to the [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Mavericks announced a fourth returnee for the 2026 roster. On Monday the Mavs announced infielder Blake Dale will don the red and white for a third summer in the WCBL. The Riverton, Wyoming product played 36 games last season with 33 hits, two home runs and 18 RBIs with a .260 [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Cubs are division champions for the first time in 20-plus years. The Cubs’ split weekend helped them clinch the South division, their first South division title since the 2001-02 season, their debut season in the HJHL. They lost 7-2 Saturday to the North division leading Red Deer Vipers (25-7-2) before they [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat U13AAA South East Tigers won their lone game of the weekend. The Tigers beat the West Central Tigers 9-5 on Saturday. Shawn Mrowil had three goals and five points in the win. Fischer Sprunger had a pair of goals and a pair of assists, Tyson Nguyen had two goals and both [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The MHC Rattlers indoor track team opened the 2026 season with a record-setting weekend in Edmonton. The Rattlers raced at the Concordia Open on Saturday, the ACAC’s first meet of the winter semester. Rookie runner Daniel Friesen led the way for MHC in the men’s 50m, holding off NAIT’s Malachi Muir, last year’s Canadian [...] Read More »

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Vancouver Canucks goaltender Thatcher Demko is set to undergo hip surgery that will end his season, general manager Patrik Allvin said Tuesday. “After consulting with our team doctors and outside specialists, Thatcher Demko will be shut down for the rest of the year,” Allvin said. “Thatcher will undergo surgery next [...] Read More »

The New York Jets are looking for a new offensive coordinator after the team and Tanner Engstrand agreed to part ways Tuesday, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press. Coach Aaron Glenn was already interviewing candidates to replace Steve Wilks, who was fired late last season as the defensive coordinator. In the [...] Read More »

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Brooks Koepka was freed from the final year of his contract with Saudi-funded LIV Golf and the first person he called was Tiger Woods. Three weeks later, the PGA Tour created a path back for him that starts at Torrey Pines. Koepka said Tuesday he can’t wait for the week to [...] Read More »

NEW YORK (AP) — Pittsburgh Penguins forward Bryan Rust has been suspended three games for an illegal check to the head of Vancouver’s Brock Boeser. The NHL’s Department of Player Safety announced the ban Tuesday following a disciplinary hearing with Rust, who will be out Thursday against Chicago, Saturday against the New York Rangers and [...] Read More »

NEW YORK — Pittsburgh Penguins winger Bryan Rust has been suspended three games for an illegal check to the head. The discipline, announced Tuesday by the NHL’s department of player safety, comes after Rust caught Vancouver Canucks winger Brock Boeser in the head with his elbow in the final seconds of Pittsburgh’s 3-2 victory on [...] Read More »