It has been a busy day for the Medicine Hat Tigers as the club announced the acquisition of the WHL playing rights of 2007-born defenseman Mace'o Phillips from the Portland Winterhawks late Tuesday afternoon.Phillips lists at 6'6", 234 lbs and was a third-round draft pick of the Calgary Flames in the 2025 NHL Entr...

The Medicine Hat Tigers 2026-27 regular-season schedule was unveiled early Tuesday afternoon, and it has several standout moments.The Tabbies kick off the regular season September 18th and 19th with a home-and-home against the Lethbridge Hurricanes that begins in Lethbridge.Following that, the Tigers won't have to wait...

Western Hockey League commissioner Dan Near announced several rule changes to the WHL for the upcoming 2026-27 season.The first change announced was an extension of the regular season schedule by one week. The schedule will remain 68 games but take place over an additional seven-day period.The WHL Playoffs will now beg...

The Medicine Hat Tigers have made a pair of selections in the 2026 CHL Import Draft, addressing both forward and defense.With the 59th overall selection, the Tabbies selected right-winger Arvid Drott out of Stockholm, SWE.Drott played for Djurgårdens IF U20 of the Swedish U20 Nationell league.The 6'0", 187 l...

CHL IMPORT DRAFTThe Canadian Hockey League Import Draft begins Tuesday at 9 a.m., and the Medicine Hat Tigers hold the 59th overall pick in round one. Their next pick isn't much later at 73rd overall.A pick acquired in a trade with the Everett Silvertips on Monday for a 6th-round pick in the 2030 Western Hockey League...

The 2026 NHL Draft was a good one for the Medicine Hat Tigers, who saw four of their players hear their names called in Buffalo.It is the third time since 2000 the Tigers have seen four players drafted, tied for the most selections in a single NHL Draft since seven Tigers heard their names called in 1996."It says ...

The Ruck twins have only spent four days apart in their entire lives.That is unlikely to change as the Pittsburgh Penguins have selected Markus Ruck 39th overall in the 2026 NHL Entry Draft.Markus' twin brother Liam, was selected 22nd overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the first round of the 2026 NHL Draft last nigh...

The Pittsburgh Penguins have selected Medicine Hat Tigers forward Liam Ruck 22nd overall in the 2026 NHL Entry Draft. Liam Ruck finished 2nd in the CHL scoring race this past season, registering 45 goals, 59 assists for 104 points, only trailing his twin brother, Markus, who won the CHL's Top Scorer Award. Liam joins M...

The Toronto Maple Leafs will have a decision to make with the top pick in the 2026 National Hockey League Entry Draft on Friday in Buffalo. Expectations are that former Medicine Hat Tigers forward Gavin McKenna will be taken with the top pick. There has been talk about another highly touted prospect, Swedish forward Iv...

BUFFALO - Gavin McKenna will continue sporting blue and white. The Toronto Maple Leafs selected the slick Whitehorse-born winger with the No. 1 pick at 2026 NHL draft Friday night. The pick was announced by Canadian pop icon and Maple Leafs fan Justin ...

The Medicine Hat Tigers had three players named to Canadian Hockey League All-Star Teams for the 2025-26 season on Wednesday.First team honours go to defenceman Bryce Pickford and forward Liam Ruck. Named to the second team is forward Markus Ruck.All three players had standout years where their offensive production inc...

The Canadian Hockey League Import Draft is set for Tuesday, June 30, at 9 a.m., and the Medicine Hat Tigers will have three selections available to them.It will be the second year the Import Draft consists of three rounds, and the CHL enters its second season with three import player spots available on each team's rost...

Markus and Liam Ruck are expected to play one more season for the Tigers.The pair announced their commitment to play NCAA Division I hockey for the University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks for the 2027-28 season on Monday.A post from their shared Instagram account read as follows."We are excited to announce our c...

The Medicine Hat Tigers will start their 2026-27 Western Hockey League Season with a home-and-home against their Highway 3 rivals.They will head to Lethbridge to take on the Hurricanes on Friday, September 18th, before hosting the Hurricanes at Co-op Place on Saturday, September 19th.Both contests will have a 7 p.m. pu...

The Medicine Hat Tigers have a pair of players who have won Canadian Hockey League Awards on Monday.Captain Bryce Pickford was named the CHL Defenceman of the Year after winning the WHL honours. He was also a finalist for the CHL Player of the Year award. Pickford had 83 points in 55 regular-season games. That included...

More than one week removed from the end of the 2025-26 junior hockey season, there is still some hardware left to be handed out.Medicine Hat Tigers captain Bryce Pickford, who was named the WHL's Player of the Year and Defenseman of the Year last month, has been nominated for those same accolades at the CHL level.Last ...

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 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 ...

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 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 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...

4:07 into overtime, Liam Ruck tucked a puck past the pad of Prince Albert Raiders netminder Michal Orsulak to win Game 3 for the Medicine Hat Tigers and take a 2-1 series lead.Jordan Switzer was tremendous for the Tigers, making 37 saves in the win.Swtizer had made 67 saves over the last two games, helping the Tigers t...