Last Wednesday was the start of athlete registration for the upcoming Southern Alberta Summer Games in the County of Forty Mile.Organizers, however, would like you to know they are still looking for a few more volunteers to help the make the four-day event in July a rousing success.Games director Kaylee Hurt points out...

The Brooks Bandits won their second straight game in overtime over the Nanaimo Clippers in game three of the British Columbia Hockey League finals on Tuesday.Jack Rosensteel scored two minutes and 10 seconds into the extra frame to give the Bandits a 2-1 win and a 2-1 series lead in the best-of-seven series.After a sco...

Medicine Hat's annual Victoria Day Golf Classic battled through snow, thunderstorms and frost delays over the weekend.Organizers say the 69th annual tournament at Medicine Hat Golf and Country Club still delivered strong competition and a successful finish.The amateur tournament was shortened from its traditional 54-ho...

The Brooks Bandits are in Nanaimo to take on the Clippers for games three and four of the BCHL Finals on Tuesday and Wednesday.The Bandits made the trip to Vancouver Island after splitting the first two games of the best-of-seven series over the weekend in Brooks.Game one went to the Clippers by a 3-1 score. The Bandit...

The Badlands Sun Devils Junior B team are back competing in the Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League after a seven-year absence.A Medicine Hat-based team that allows local players an opportunity to continue playing the sport after graduating from the minor ranks.The team rejoined the league this season through the efforts of...

The British Columbia Hockey League finals start Friday night in Brooks, with the Bandits looking to repeat as league champions.They will face the Nanaimo Clippers for a chance to hoist the Rogers BCHL Cup.This is the first meeting between the two teams in the BCHL. They previously met in the round-robin at the Western ...

The Medicine Hat Cubs had one of the most successful seasons in the team's history, coming off their first Heritage Junior Hockey League title and a silver medal finish at provincials.The coaching staff was rewarded for that success with an agreement to coach the team for another two seasons.Head coach Trent Derzaph jo...

Monsignor McCoy staff and the high school track and field team are hosting about 1,500 students over two days for the McCoy Mini Meet at Crescent Heights High School.Students from six elementary schools in the Medicine Hat Catholic Board of Education are competing in a variety of events, including running, throwing, an...

The schedule for the British Columbia Hockey League Finals between the Brooks Bandits and the Nanaimo Clippers has been announced.- (Image Credit: Brooks Bandits) The series will start with a pair of games in Brooks at the Centennial Regional Arena on Friday and Saturday.Puck drop on all the scheduled home games for th...

The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League's Estevan Bruins have continued to add players with a Medicine Hat connection to their roster for the 2026-27 season.They recently announced the signings of Medicine Hat forward Kingston Chisholm, Carmangay defenceman Grady McLeod, and Chestermere defenceman Matteo Sartore.Chisholm...

The Brooks Bandits will look to repeat as British Columbia Hockey League Champions when they face the Nanaimo Clippers in the BCHL Finals.It will be only the second ever meeting between the two teams. The Bandits joined the BCHL in February 2024 and have not faced the Clippers since. They last squared off against each ...

The Medicine Hat Tigers have signed their first-round pick from the 2025 U.S. Prospect Draft to a WHL Scholarship & Development Agreement.Jake Burmis, a 2010-born defenceman from Rogers, Minn., had 27 points, with four goals in 27 high school hockey games during the 2025/26 season at Rogers High.Tigers assistant ge...

The Brooks Bandits' quest to repeat as the Fred Page Cup winners and BCHL league champs is getting closer to becoming a reality.Going into Friday's contest with the Bucks in Cranbrook, the Bandits are one win away from moving onto the league finals with a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven series.After winning the first two...

The 2026 WHL Prospects Draft has officially come to a close, and the Medicine Hat Tigers made ten selections, split evenly amongst forwards and defense.Four of the ten skaters come from either WHL or NHL lineage, including their first round pick, Max Osgood.Osgood, who hails from Plymouth, MI, USA, played for Little Ca...

The Medicine Hat Tigers and Seattle Thunderbirds have struck a draft-day deal for the second time in the last three seasons.The Tabbies acquired 2007-born forward Brayden Holberton and a 2026 fifth-round pick from the Thunderbirds in exchange for 2008-born forward Luke Puchner, a 2026 seventh-round pick, and a conditio...

The Medicine Hat Tigers kept it in the family with their first pick in the 2026 WHL Prospects Draft, selecting Max Osgood, son of former Tigers netminder Chris Osgood, with the 21st overall pick.Osgood, who hails from Plymouth, MI, USA, played for Little Caesars 14U AAA this past season, posting 15 goals and 43 points ...

Medicine Hat Tigers Captain, Bryce Pickford, has been named the Western Hockey League's Player of the Year, the league announced Wednesday night during the first round of the 2026 WHL Prospects Draft. Pickford had a historic regular-season, scoring 45 goals as a defenseman in just 55 games, five tallies shy of the WHL ...

The Brooks Bandits will be playing two more games in Cranbrook before the BCHL Interior Conference Finals could shift back home to the Centennial Regional Arena.Game four goes Wednesday night, just a day after the Bandits dropped a 4-1 decision to the Bucks in game three.The Bandits still hold a 2-1 lead in the best-of...

Medicine Hat Tigers defenseman Bryce Pickford has been named the Western Hockey League's defenseman of the year, the league announced late Tuesday morning. Pickford has a historic regular-season, scoring 45 goals, a modern day WHL record for a blue-liner. "The feeling is unbelievable and I'm super grateful", ...

The Brooks Bandits jumped out to a 2-0 series lead over the weekend in the best-of-seven British Columbia Hockey League Interior Conference Finals against the Cranbrook Bucks.A pair of home games that had the Bandits cruise to a 6-2 win on Friday, and a 5-1 victory on Saturday.In game one, the Bandits had goals from si...

Evan Vossen has been named the Coach of the Year for the Canadian Sport School Hockey League's Female U18 Prep. The South Alberta Hockey Academy head coach led his team to a 19-11-1 regular season record.A pair of SAHA goalies took home the CSSHL Top Goaltender award for their respective divisions. Chase Nielson won fo...

The Medicine Hat Tigers title defense came to a close Sunday night following a 7-6 Game 6 loss to the Prince Albert Raiders, who will advance to take on the Everett Silvertips in the Western Hockey League Finals beginning Friday.The Raiders took control late in the second period, scoring three unanswered to lead 6-3 he...

The Medicine Hat Tigers face postseason elimination for the first time since 2024 tonight in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Prince Albert Raiders.The Raiders secured a 3-2 series lead Friday night with a 6-3 Game 5 victory over the Tabbies.The Tigers trailed by three entering the third period and m...

Trailing by three goals entering the third period, the Medicine Hat Tigers would get within one but failed to force overtime as the Prince Albert Raiders added a pair of empty-netters to finalize a 6-3 Game 5 win.Jonas Woo tied the game at one late in the first period, putting his seventh of the season past Raiders net...

The Medicine Hat Tigers and Prince Albert Raiders are deadlocked at 2-2 in the Eastern Conference Finals, with Game 5 set to go tonight from the Art Hauser Centre in Prince Albert.The Raiders drew the series level Wednesday night in Game 4 with a 6-3 victory, led by a four-point night by the Western Hockey League's Pla...

The 2026 Sports Wall of Fame induction ceremony will be held at the Big Marble Go Centre on Sunday, May 31.The City of Medicine Hat is inviting residents to attend the event highlighting this year's three Robert Grisonich, Wade Peterson, and Wes King-Hunter.Robert Grisonich is recognized for long‑standing contributio...

The schedule is out for the BCHL Interior Conference Finals between the Brooks Bandits and Cranbrook Bucks.Games one and two of the series will be in Brooks at the Centennial Regional Arena on Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m., which will be the time for all games in the series.The series will then shift to Cranbrook for g...

The Medicine Hat Tigers fell 6-3 in Game 4 to the Prince Albert Raiders, who reclaimed home-ice advantage and tied the Eastern Conference Finals at two, turning the series into a best-of-three.Draft-eligible defenseman Daxon Rudolph powered the Prince Albert offense, combining for a playoff career-high four points in t...