The Medicine Hat Tigers wrapped up their busy week Saturday night on the road in Edmonton besting the division-rival Oil Kings 6-1 The Tigers entered enemy territory Saturday night, riding high after an 8-1 dismantling of the Red Deer Rebels Friday night inside Co-op Place, in a milestone victory for Tigers Head Coach ...

The Medicine Hat Tigers wrapped up their three-game homestand with a dominant 8-1 win over the Red Deer Rebels Friday night. In the victory, Tigers Head Coach and General Manager Willie Desjardins became just the 12th WHL Coach ever to reach 500 career wins in the Western Hockey League. The Tigers would open the scorin...

On the first episode of the Everything Red Deer Podcast in 2025, it's all about the WHL Trade Deadline, which came to pass at 6 p.m. on Jan. 9. First, host Josh Hall and rdnewsNOW reporter Ian Gustafson talk all the moves the Rebels made (00:27); then we have today's post-deadline media availability between reporters a...

The Medicine Hat Tigers will look to carry winning momentum into their game Friday with the Red Deer Rebels. -The Tigers' week got off to a dominant start in their game against the Prince Albert Raiders on Wednesday night, jumping out to a 4-0 lead midway though the first, eventually winning 7-4.The Rebels are a team t...

Medicine Hat Tigers forward Mathew Ward is the first player in team history to commit to an NCAA Division I program after recent changes to a previous ban.The 20-year old from Kamloops, B.C. will join Northern Michigan University for the 2025-26 season.In his final season of eligibility in the Western Hockey League, Wa...

The Medicine Hat Tigers have traded for a goaltender.In a Wednesday night deal with the Regina Pats, the Tiger bring in 2007-born goaltender Cruze Chase for a 2028 8th round pick.Chase, from Airdrie, Alta. is playing for the Alberta Junior Hockey League's Calgary Canucks so far this season.He has a .903 save percentage...

The BCHL's Brooks Bandits officially announced the signing of goaltender Zach Zahara on Wednesday.Zahara, a 19-year old was listed as a deletion from the Medicine Hat Tigers roster on Tuesday's Weekly WHL Report, and was third on the Tigers depth chart with the strong play of goaltender Jordan Switzer and the return of...

The new look Medicine Hat Tigers will be in action Wednesday night as they host the Prince Albert Raiders at Co-op Place.One of the top defensemen in the Western Hockey League, Tanner Molendyk, and a skilled defensive forward in Misha Volotovski - both acquired from the Saskatoon Blades in a deal on Monday night - are ...

In a late night blockbuster, the Medicine Hat Tigers have acquired defenceman Tanner Molendyk ('05) and forward Misha Volotovski ('05) from the Saskatoon Blades. Molendyk, who went 24th overall to Nashville in the 2024 NHL draft, was just away in Ottawa along with now-teammate Gavin McKenna representing Team Canada at ...

Tiger defenseman Veeti Väisänen and team Finland are playing in the finals of the IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship on Sunday. Guaranteed a medal at the tournament, Finland will look to take home gold against the USA, who they defeated 4-3 in overtime earlier in the tournament. Finland has won gold at the...

The Medicine Hat Tigers will on Friday make the trip down Highway 1 to take on the rival Swift Current Broncos in the first game of a home and home series this weekend.The Tigers sit in top spot in the Eastern Conference and Central Division heading into the game with a record of 21 wins, 14 loses and two overtime loss...

The IIHF World Junior Championship is into the knock out stage of the tournament.A pair of Medicine Hat Tigers have been playing in the tournament, 17-year-old Tigers forward Gavin McKenna with Team Canada, and 18-year-old Tigers defenseman Veeti Vaisanen with Finland's squad.Tigers Captain Oasiz Wiesblatt, who plays r...

Canada was in big trouble on an important night. It was New Year's Eve at the 2009 world junior hockey championship. The United States had jumped out to a 3-0 lead not even 13 minutes into the first period. That's when John Tavares took over and dragged his country back into the fight. Dave Cameron, head coach of this ...

The Medicine Hat Tigers will look to keep a hold of first place in the Western Hockey League's Central Division Monday night as they host the Calgary Hitmen.The Hitmen are two point back of the Tigers in the standing, but have played four less games.The Tigers dropped a 4-3 overtime decision to the Hitmen Sunday aftern...

The Medicine Hat Tigers have reached the halfway point of their 2024-25 Western Hockey League season.Through 18 home games this year, the team has averaged 3,544 fans, which is an increase of 351 per game over the prior season.This is the third straight year the team has seen attendance numbers go up, and their highest...

Gavin McKenna used to gather around the television with his family on Boxing Day. Carter George did the same thousands of kilometres away.Both dreamt of pulling on the red Maple Leaf at the world junior hockey championship.The real thing was even better.McKenna scored late in the first period and George made 31 saves f...

A pair of Medicine Hat Tigers players are already having career years as they reach the mid-point of the Western Hockey League season.Tigers defenseman Bryce Pickford leads the WHL in goals from blue liners this season with 13 in 28 games.Pickford says he's been helped by who he's played with. "I thank a lot of my...

Willie Desjardins has always cut an intense figure behind the bench. Every so often when he was guiding the Vancouver Canucks from 2014 through 2017, the razor-focused head coach would crack a smile at something Henrik and Daniel Sedin - a pair of future Hall of Famers - had pulled from their bag of tricks. Desjardins ...

An award honouring longtime play-by-play commentator Bob Ridley will be presented for the first time at an upcoming ceremony. - READ: Ridley retiring after more than 50 years as the voice of the Tigers - The Western Canada Professional Hockey Scouts Foundation will bestow its inaugural Bob Ridley "Golden Microphon...

The Medicine Hat Tigers will have a second player representing them this year at the 2025 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship in Ottawa.Defenseman Veeti Väisänen has been named to Finland's roster for the tournament.The 18-year old native of Hamina, Finland is a prospect of the Utah Hockey Club. The tournam...

Fresh off of hearing teammate Gavin McKenna has been named to the Canadian World Junior team, the Medicine Hat Tigers are in Moose Jaw Friday taking on the Warriors.-READ: Read all CHAT News coverage at Tigers Now-It's the first of three games over three nights for the Tigers, with a game at home Saturday against the L...

Medicine Hat Tigers star forward Gavin McKenna was named to Canada's World Junior roster on Friday. The IIHF World Junior Championship gets underway in Ottawa starting Boxing Day. McKenna is the first Tigers player to make the roster since the 2008-09 season, when Tyler Ennis represented the country and the Tigers. &qu...

The Medicine Hat Tigers have traded defenseman Matt Paranych to the Regina Pats for a pair of draft picks.Coming back to the Tigers is a 2025 third-round pick originally owned by the Calgary Hitmen, and the Regina Pats 2028 fourth-round pick.Paranych last played the Tigers on Nov. 22 in his hometown of Edmonton.Playing...

Medicine Hat Tigers players visited the local hospital on Thursday to hand out Teddy Bears collected during a recent game.During the Teddy Bear Toss game on Dec. 7, a total of 2,620 stuffed animals where collected to give to four local charities.Children at the Medicine Hat Regional Hospital got to receive the gifts an...

Goaltender Zach Zahara is back with the Medicine Hat Tigers after a trade with the Wenatchee Wild on Thursday.The Wild is a 2027 4th round draft pick originally owned by the Moose Jaw Warriors.The Tigers had previously traded Zahara to Wenatchee on Oct. 16 in a deal that sent the Tigers a 2025 8th round pick and the sa...

The Medicine Hat Tigers are back at Co-op Place Tuesday night taking on the WHL's Eastern Conference leading Saskatoon Blades.A team they have dropped two close decisions to already so far this season.---The Tigers will be without star forward Gavin McKenna, who is away at the Team Canada World Junior Selection camp, a...

Medicine Hat Tigers forward Liam Ruck is the WHL Rookie of the Week for the weekend ending Sunday, Dec. 8.The Western Hockey League announced Ruck as the winner on Monday.The 16-year old Ruck had three goals and an assists for four points in three games over the week.Ruck has 13 points with eight goals and five assists...

Rumours and rumblings of players going to the NCAA next season when eligible began after news that CHL players will be permitted to play Division I US college hockey beginning in the 2025-26 season.For players previously banned from playing NCAA hockey after playing in the Canadian Hockey League, this gives a new oppor...