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Casey records second career shutout, Medicine Hat Tigers shut out Regina Pats 6-0
Carter Casey turned aside all 16 shots he faced for his second career WHL shutout as the Medicine Hat Tigers shut out the Regina Pats 6-0.Offensively, Markus Ruck added four assists while his twin brother, Liam Ruck, added three points, including two goals, in the win.Carter Cunningham found the back of the net twice w...
Mar 11, 2026
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Grand Slam of Curling coming to Medicine Hat's Co-op Place in November
The Grand Slam of Curling (GSOC) is coming to Medicine Hat later this year.The world's best curlers will take to the ice at Co-op Place for the first time from Nov. 3-8, 2026.Thirty-two teams of about 150 curlers will compete in the event.Medicine Hat last hosted the event in 2013 at the old Medicine Hat Arena.The GSOC...
Mar 10, 2026
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Tigers look for strong bounce-back in first round playoff preview against Pats
The Medicine Hat Tigers return to the friendly confines of Co-op Place tonight for a potential first-round playoff preview against the Regina Pats. This comes after the clubs concluded a busy week that saw the club play four games over five nights, spanning 2700km of travel on Saturday night in Edmonton, where, despite...
Mar 10, 2026
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Several titles won by Medicine Hat area minor hockey teams
Minor hockey teams in the Medicine Hat area brought home several banners over the weekend.Irvine Minor Hockey Bulldogs teams won a pair of banners at the U18 level.The Female Bulldogs team won their first-ever banner in the Rocky Mountain Female Hockey League, taking the first two games in their best-of-three U18 B fin...
Mar 10, 2026
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Panorama Lanes bowlers win bronze at provincials
A pair of bowlers from Medicine Hat's Panorama Lanes won bronze at the Youth Bowling Canada Alberta Team Provincial Championships in St. Albert over the weekend.Competing in the Bantam Girls 9-11 age group, Miaya Boucher and Madelyn Mandryk combined for the third-best score in their category.Mandryk bowled a 150.67 ave...
Mar 10, 2026
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Schedule set for Heritage Junior Hockey League final between Medicine Hat and Red Deer
The Medicine Hat Cubs and Red Deer Vipers will begin the 2026 Heritage Junior Hockey League finals on Saturday in Red Deer.The best-of-five series will alternate games back and forth throughout, with Red Deer holding home ice advantage.The Servus Arena in Red Deer will be home to games one, three, and five (if necessar...
Mar 09, 2026
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Medicine Hat Tigers fall 6-1 to Edmonton Oil Kings
After striking for the game's opening goal, the Medicine Hat Tigers would allow six unanswered to close out the game as their nine-game win streak was snapped in a 6-1 loss to the Edmonton Oil Kings.Bryce Pickford extended his goal-scoring streak to eight games with his 43rd of the season 2:43 into the opening frame, b...
Mar 08, 2026
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Medicine Hat Tigers look to secure second consecutive Central division title, extend win streak to ten
The Medicine Hat Tigers will look to secure their second consecutive Central Division pennant tonight as they battle the Edmonton Oil Kings to conclude a four-games in five nights stretch.The Tigers were in action last night, where they notched their ninth straight win, 8-4, against the Red Deer Rebels.Medicine Hat is ...
Mar 07, 2026
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Four-goal third period lifts Medicine Hat Tigers over Red Deer Rebels 8-4
The Medicine Hat Tigers found four unanswered goals in the third period to pull away from the Red Deer Rebels and record their ninth straight win with an 8-4 victory.Noah Davidson netted a pair of goals for his fifth two-goal game of the season, all of which have been over the last 15 games.Andrew Basha extended his go...
Mar 07, 2026
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Medicine Hat Tigers host Red Deer Rebels in lone home game of four-in-five
The Medicine Hat Tigers are back at home tonight as they host their Central Division rival, the Red Deer Rebels, in the sixth of eight meetings this season.The Tabbies enter winners of eight straight and have points in their last 12, dating back to February 4th.Medicine Hat sits just two wins away from clinching their ...
Mar 06, 2026
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Medicine Hat Cubs head to HJHL finals after sweeping the Cochrane Generals
The Medicine Hat Cubs will head to the Heritage Junior Hockey League finals after sweeping the Cannex Cochrane Generals in game three on Thursday night.A dominant 7-1 win in front of a near-capacity crowd in the thousand-seat Kinplex One Arena gave the Cubs the Gary Wournell South Division playoff title for the first t...
Mar 06, 2026
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Medicine Hat Cubs look to close out HJHL South Finals on Thursday
The Medicine Hat Cubs will look to close out their playoff series with the Cannex Cochrane Generals on Thursday night.A chance to put the Cubs in their first league final since 2001, also the last year they won a Junior B title.Cubs head coach Trent Derzaph says this is a situation they want to be in."We're in a r...
Mar 05, 2026
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Medicine Hat Tigers double up the Brandon Wheat Kings 6-3
Medicine Hat Tigers captain Bryce Pickford netted his third hat-trick of the season as the Medicine Hat Tigers defeated the Brandon Wheat Kings 6-3.Pickford now has 41 goals this season, the most by any Western Hockey League defenseman in the last 30 years.Liam Ruck and Jonas Woo each added three assists in the win.Noa...
Mar 05, 2026
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Medicine Hat Tigers conclude two-game road-trip against the Brandon Wheat Kings
The Medicine Hat Tigers wrap up their brief two-game road swing tonight inside Assiniboine Credit Union Place against the Brandon Wheat Kings.It marks the final matchup of the regular season between Brandon and Medicine Hat.Brandon has taken two of the three meetings against Medicine Hat, but the Tigers have had the la...
Mar 04, 2026
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Brooks Bandits goaltender Zahara named BCHL second star of the week
The British Columbia Hockey League has named Brooks Bandits goaltender Zach Zahara the second star of the week.Zahara had a 2-0 record with a .959 percentage and a shutout in two games against the Spruce Grove Saints this past weekend.His 24 wins are tied for the top spot among BCHL netminders.Zahara went undefeated in...
Mar 04, 2026
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Hidden Valley Ski Resort set to close for season on March 15
Hidden Valley Ski Resort announced this week that it will be closing for the season on March 15.Open runs on Wednesday include Main, McGee, Cowboy Up, and the Learning AreaThe resort opened for the season on Dec. 23.Initial plans were to open on Dec. 20; however, at the time visitor experience team lead Chris Dodds sai...
Mar 04, 2026
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Medicine Hat Tigers hang 11 on the Regina Pats in blowout victory
Seven different Medicine Hat Tigers found the back of the net while Liam Ruck added his first career hat-trick in an 11-2 blowout of the Regina Pats. 20-year-old defenseman Josh Van Mulligen netted a pair in the first multi-goal game of his career while adding an assist en route to being named the game's first star. Al...
Mar 04, 2026
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Medicine Hat's Allan will play for Canada at World U18 Ball Hockey Championships
Medicine Hat's Carter Allan will play for Team Canada at the 2026 U18 Men's Ball Hockey World Championships in Slovakia in July.Canada Ball Hockey announced its final roster on Monday, and Allan is the only Alberta player on the U18 team.He said he was pretty pumped when he found out."I was just at home one night,...
Mar 03, 2026
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Medicine Hat Tigers begin two-game mid-week road trip in Regina
The Central Division leading Medicine Hat Tigers are on the road today, kicking off a brief two-game road trip against the Regina Pats.Tonight's matchup could serve as a potential first-round playoff preview with the two clubs slated to square off in the postseason if the season ended today.The Tabbies magic number to ...
Mar 03, 2026
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Pair of Brooks Bandits players named to February's BCHL Stars of the Month
Brooks Bandits forwards Liam Fitzpatrick and Jack Good were named BCHL Stars of the Month for February.Scoring 10 goals with 15 points earned Fitzpatrick the second star honours. He is third in league goal scoring with 28.Good had six goals and nine assists in eight games in February. He is the youngest player in the t...
Mar 03, 2026
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Medicine Hat College Rattlers women's hockey team wraps up successful season of growth
The Medicine Hat College Rattlers women's hockey team's season may not have ended the way they wanted, but it was a successful year of progress for the young program.The Rattlers made the playoffs for the first time in team history as the fourth seed and won 10 games after just two wins in the 2024-25 season, and one i...
Mar 03, 2026
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Medicine Hat Cubs are a win away from HJHL Finals
The Medicine Hat Cubs are one win away from advancing to the Heritage Junior Hockey League Finals after defeating the Cannex Cochrane Generals for the second game in a row.A 5-3 win on Sunday in Cochrane gives the Cubs a 2-0 series lead in the best-of-five series.The Generals struck first in game two with forward Natha...
Mar 02, 2026
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Medicine Hat Tigers throttle Calgary Hitmen 8-3
After giving up the game's opening goal, the Medicine Hat Tigers rattled off eight unanswered goals to beat the Calgary Hitmen 8-3. Andrew Basha led the offensive charge with a four-point showing, while Luke Cozens was the lone Tiger to score twice, netting his 23rd and 24th of the year. Bryce Pickford, Yaroslav Bryzga...
Mar 01, 2026
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Medicine Hat Cubs take game one of HJHL South Finals in front of large hometown crowd
The crowd at the Kinplex was near capacity on Friday night to cheer on the Medicine Hat Cubs, as they kicked off game one of the HJHL South Finals against the Cannex Cochrane Generals.A crowd that was energized each time the Cubs scored in a 4-1 win over the Generals."The noise in the building, it gets everybody i...
Feb 28, 2026
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Medicine Hat Tigers set to conclude regular season series with Calgary Hitmen
Off the heels of a thrilling 3-2 come-from-behind overtime victory, the Medicine Hat Tigers will look to extend their win streak to six as they wrap up their regular season series against the Calgary Hitmen tonight inside Co-op Place.Bryce Pickford played overtime hero inside the Scotiabank Saddledome, netting his thir...
Feb 28, 2026
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Bryce Pickford overtime heroics lift Tigers to 3-2 come-from-behind win over Hitmen
Bryce Pickford is inevitable. The Tiger captain netted his 36th goal of the season 2:33 into overtime to lift Medicine Hat to the 3-2 victory and their fifth straight win. The Tabbies never led in the game until the final buzzer. Josh Van Mulligen forced overtime with 3:03 left in the third period after pretty passes f...
Feb 28, 2026
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Medicine Hat Tigers prepare for weekend set against the Calgary Hitmen
The Medicine Hat Tigers are set to conclude their regular-season series with the Calgary Hitmen this weekend as the two Central Division foes begin a home-and-home tonight inside the Scotiabank Saddledome.This season, the Tigers hold a 5-1 record against the Hitmen, but the games have been close, with each of the last ...
Feb 27, 2026
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Pair of Medicine Hat Cubs players win HJHL regular season awards
The Medicine Hat Cubs have a pair of players winning awards for the 2025-26 Heritage Junior Hockey League regular season.Most Valuable Player went to captain Kyle Woolridge, and the Top Goaltender winner is Marlo DeRosa.Woolridge also shared the Top Goal Scorer award with Mason Hastings of the Red Deer Vipers. Both for...
Feb 26, 2026
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