Sport and Event Council to make announcement at Canalta Centre Wednesday
MEDICINE HAT, AB — The Medicine Hat Sport and Event Council is making a major announcement Wednesday afternoon.
The announcement is expected to be a joint collaboration between Medicine Hat and Swift Current to bring the World U-17 Hockey Challenge to both cities this fall.
A press release from the organization lists Mayor Ted Clugston, as well as Swift Current Mayor Denis Perrault as taking part. The announcement will take place at the Canalta Centre at 3 p.m.
Medicine Hat previously bid for the 2018 version of the event, but lost to Quispamsis and Saint John , New Brunswick. The website DubNetwork, which covers the Western Hockey League, indicated in October that Medicine Hat and Swift Current would host the event, according to sources. A Hockey Canada document in the public domain also says the same information.