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Medicine Hat, AB \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>The Medicine Hat Tigers have sent 2007-born goaltender Jordan Switzer<\/strong> to the Moose Jaw Warriors in exchange for a 2027 fourth-round pick, 2029 second-round pick, and a conditional 2030 sixth-round pick.<\/p>\n

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Switzer, the 6-foot-1 goaltender from Edmonton, Alberta was selected by the Tigers in the sixth round (111th overall) of the 2022 WHL Prospects Draft. The young goaltender was signed in September of that same year and made his WHL debut during the 2023-24 season against the Edmonton Oil Kings. Switzer secured a win in his first WHL game and played one more that season. He then joined the Tigers full-time during the 2024-25 season, winning a WHL Championship and a trip to the Memorial Cup Final. Through 78 WHL games, all in the orange and black, Switzer has posted a record of 54-14-4-2 with a goals against average of 2.78 and save percentage of 0.894 and 6 shutouts.<\/p>\n

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“We’d like to thank Jordan and his family for all of their contributions to our team and the community.” said General Manager and Head Coach Willie Desjardins. “Jordan was an integral part to our championship team in 2024-25 and last year’s team. We appreciate all the time he spent with our organization and wish him all the best moving forward.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Medicine Hat, AB \u2013\u00a0The Medicine Hat Tigers have sent 2007-born goaltender Jordan Switzer to the Moose Jaw Warriors in exchange for a 2027 fourth-round pick, 2029 second-round pick, and a conditional 2030 sixth-round pick.   Switzer, the 6-foot-1 goaltender from Edmonton, Alberta was selected by the Tigers in the sixth round (111th overall) of the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":599,"featured_media":51710,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"article","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[844],"tags":[{"term_id":889,"name":"Jordan Switzer","slug":"jordan-switzer","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":889,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":8,"filter":"raw","term_order":"77"}],"class_list":["post-51709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","tag-jordan-switzer","category-844","description-off"],"acf":[],"featured_image":["https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2026\/07\/27103703\/Trade-Alert-Website-switzer.jpg",1920,1080,false],"hide_from_app_feed":false,"video":false,"gallery":null,"ht_game_id":0,"target_video":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/599"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51709"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51712,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51709\/revisions\/51712"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":51699,"date":"2026-07-24T11:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T17:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/?p=51699"},"modified":"2026-07-24T10:37:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T16:37:24","slug":"tigers-sign-phillips-to-whl-scholarship-development-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/article\/tigers-sign-phillips-to-whl-scholarship-development-agreement","title":{"rendered":"Tigers Sign Phillips To WHL Scholarship & Development Agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Medicine Hat, AB \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>The Medicine Hat Tigers are proud to announce the signing of 2007-born defenceman Mace’o Phillips<\/strong>\u00a0to a WHL Scholarship and Development Agreement.<\/p>\n

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\u201cMace\u2019o brings a physically dominant presence to our blue line. He uses his size, reach and mobility to control the walls and net front, shut down opponents and play with confidence.” said Assistant General Manager Bobby Fox. “He\u2019s also shown the ability to step up offensively with his first pass, lateral skating, and shot.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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The 6-foot-6, 234-pound defenceman was drafted by the Calgary Flames in the third round (80th overall) of the 2025 NHL Draft. The Wayzata, Minnesota native tallied 11 points in 44 games with the Green Bay Gamblers of the USHL during the 2025-26 season.<\/p>\n

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The Tigers are excited to welcome Mace’o to the organization and look forward to his continued development as part of Medicine Hat\u2019s growing core of young talent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Medicine Hat, AB \u2013\u00a0The Medicine Hat Tigers are proud to announce the signing of 2007-born defenceman Mace’o Phillips\u00a0to a WHL Scholarship and Development Agreement.   \u201cMace\u2019o brings a physically dominant presence to our blue line. He uses his size, reach and mobility to control the walls and net front, shut down opponents and play with…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":375,"featured_media":51707,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"article","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[844],"tags":false,"class_list":["post-51699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","category-844","description-off"],"acf":[],"featured_image":["https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2026\/07\/24102849\/Signed-Website-Phillips.png",1920,1080,false],"hide_from_app_feed":false,"video":false,"gallery":null,"ht_game_id":0,"target_video":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/375"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51699"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51708,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51699\/revisions\/51708"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":51688,"date":"2026-07-16T11:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T17:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/?p=51688"},"modified":"2026-07-16T10:01:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T16:01:20","slug":"tigers-sign-marto-to-whl-scholarship-development-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/article\/tigers-sign-marto-to-whl-scholarship-development-agreement","title":{"rendered":"Tigers Sign Marto To WHL Scholarship & Development Agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Medicine Hat, AB –\u00a0<\/strong>The Medicine Hat Tigers are proud to announce the signing of 2009-born forward Nolan Marto<\/strong> to a WHL Scholarship and Development Agreement.<\/p>\n

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\u201cNolan brings a lot of qualities we value in a forward. He has a natural goal-scoring touch, knows how to finish, and uses his straight-line speed to create offense.” said Assistant General Manager Bobby Fox. “He\u2019s competitive, smart, strong in possession, and committed to playing the right way in all three zones. We believe his skill set and two-way approach will fit our identity very well.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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The 5-foot-8 forward was drafted in the second round (38th overall) of the 2024 U.S. Priority Draft. Marto had a fantastic 2025-26 season with Grand Forks Central High scoring 22 goals and 52 points in 27 games. Just one season prior, Marto totalled 126 points in 50 games with Grand Forks Bantam AA.<\/p>\n

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The Tigers are excited to welcome Nolan to the organization and look forward to his continued development as part of Medicine Hat\u2019s growing core of young talent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Medicine Hat, AB –\u00a0The Medicine Hat Tigers are proud to announce the signing of 2009-born forward Nolan Marto to a WHL Scholarship and Development Agreement.   \u201cNolan brings a lot of qualities we value in a forward. He has a natural goal-scoring touch, knows how to finish, and uses his straight-line speed to create offense.”…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":599,"featured_media":51690,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"article","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[844],"tags":[{"term_id":896,"name":"Nolan Marto","slug":"nolan-marto","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":896,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":2,"filter":"raw","term_order":"70"}],"class_list":["post-51688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","tag-nolan-marto","category-844","description-off"],"acf":[],"featured_image":["https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2026\/07\/16100057\/Signed-Website-Marto.jpg",1920,1080,false],"hide_from_app_feed":false,"video":false,"gallery":null,"ht_game_id":0,"target_video":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/599"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51688"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51692,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51688\/revisions\/51692"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":51683,"date":"2026-07-15T11:00:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T17:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/?p=51683"},"modified":"2026-07-15T09:52:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T15:52:13","slug":"tigers-sign-drott-to-whl-scholarship-development-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/article\/tigers-sign-drott-to-whl-scholarship-development-agreement","title":{"rendered":"Tigers Sign Drott To WHL Scholarship & Development Agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Medicine Hat, AB –\u00a0<\/strong>The Medicine Hat Tigers are proud to announce the signing of 2007-born forward Arvid Drott<\/strong> to a WHL Scholarship and Development Agreement.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe\u2019re excited to welcome Arvid to the Tigers. He\u2019s a powerful skater with speed and strength to create separation.” said Assistant General Manager Bobby Fox. “He brings skill and jam to his game, plays hard, and is effective along the walls and in puck battles. His puck protection, touch, and instincts around the net will make him a valuable addition to our group\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Stockholm, Sweden native was drafted with the 59th overall pick of the 2026 CHL Import Draft. He was also selected by the Florida Panthers in the sixth round (192nd overall) of the 2025 NHL Draft.<\/p>\n

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Drott has performed great over his past two seasons with Djurg\u00e5rdens IF U20 posting 25 points in 28 games in 2025-26 and 36 points in 40 games in 2024-25. The 6-foot right winger has also represented Sweden on the national level, winning a Bronze Medal at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup, A Silver Medal at the World Junior A Challenge, the U18 Men\u2019s World Challenge, and the Swedish TV-Pucken tournament.<\/p>\n

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The Tigers are excited to welcome Arvid to the organization and look forward to his continued development as part of Medicine Hat\u2019s growing core of young talent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Medicine Hat, AB –\u00a0The Medicine Hat Tigers are proud to announce the signing of 2007-born forward Arvid Drott to a WHL Scholarship and Development Agreement.   \u201cWe\u2019re excited to welcome Arvid to the Tigers. He\u2019s a powerful skater with speed and strength to create separation.” said Assistant General Manager Bobby Fox. “He brings skill and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":599,"featured_media":51685,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"article","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[844],"tags":[{"term_id":966,"name":"Arvid Drott","slug":"arvid-drott","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":966,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":2,"filter":"raw","term_order":"0"}],"class_list":["post-51683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","tag-arvid-drott","category-844","description-off"],"acf":[],"featured_image":["https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2026\/07\/15095142\/Signed-Website-DROTT.jpg",1920,1080,false],"hide_from_app_feed":false,"video":false,"gallery":null,"ht_game_id":0,"target_video":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/599"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51683"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51686,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51683\/revisions\/51686"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":51675,"date":"2026-07-14T11:00:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T17:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/?p=51675"},"modified":"2026-07-14T11:02:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T17:02:41","slug":"meyer-invited-to-team-canada-u17-development-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/article\/meyer-invited-to-team-canada-u17-development-camp","title":{"rendered":"Meyer Invited To Team Canada U17 Development Camp"},"content":{"rendered":"

Medicine Hat, AB –\u00a0<\/strong>Hockey Canada has invited 80 players to participate in Canada’s under-17 development camp. Tigers prospect, Ben Meyer<\/strong>, was one of eight goaltenders invited.<\/p>\n

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The development camp is set for July 17-21 at the Sixteen Mile Sports Complex in Oakville, Ontario.<\/p>\n

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Following camp, players will continue to be evaluated through the beginning of the 2026-27 season before the Canada Red and Canada White rosters are named ahead of the 2026 U17 World Challenge, scheduled for November 1-7 in Oakville.<\/p>\n

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Meyer posted a 19-1-2 record with a 2.11 goals against average and a .922 save percentage in 23 games with the Regina Pat Canadians U18 AAA during the 2025-26 season. The 5-foot-11 goaltender helped his team to a league championship and a bronze medal at the 2026 Telus Cup.<\/p>\n

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The Tigers announced that Meyer signed a WHL Scholarship & Development Agreement with the club on July 3, 2026. He was drafted 78th overall in the 2025 WHL Prospects Draft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Medicine Hat, AB –\u00a0Hockey Canada has invited 80 players to participate in Canada’s under-17 development camp. Tigers prospect, Ben Meyer, was one of eight goaltenders invited.   The development camp is set for July 17-21 at the Sixteen Mile Sports Complex in Oakville, Ontario.   Following camp, players will continue to be evaluated through the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":599,"featured_media":51680,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"article","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[844],"tags":[{"term_id":944,"name":"Ben Meyer","slug":"ben-meyer","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":944,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":3,"filter":"raw","term_order":"13"}],"class_list":["post-51675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","tag-ben-meyer","category-844","description-off"],"acf":[],"featured_image":["https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2026\/07\/14100056\/Meyer-invited-team-canada-web-1.jpg",1920,1080,false],"hide_from_app_feed":false,"video":false,"gallery":null,"ht_game_id":0,"target_video":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/599"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51675"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51678,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51675\/revisions\/51678"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":51666,"date":"2026-07-06T12:00:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T18:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/?p=51666"},"modified":"2026-07-06T13:11:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T19:11:59","slug":"tigers-sign-saddleback-to-whl-scholarship-development-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/article\/tigers-sign-saddleback-to-whl-scholarship-development-agreement","title":{"rendered":"Tigers Sign Saddleback To WHL Scholarship & Development Agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Medicine Hat, AB –\u00a0<\/strong>The Medicine Hat Tigers are proud to announce the signing of 2010-born defenceman Hunter Saddleback<\/strong> (St. Albert, AB) to a WHL Scholarship and Development Agreement.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHunter is a mobile, two-way defenceman who brings a lot of tools to our back end. He kills plays with his skating and defensive stick, sees the ice well, and has the ability to move pucks up ice, join the play, or carry the rush himself.” said Assistant General Manager Bobby Fox. “His mobility along the offensive blue line is a strength, and he\u2019s a player we feel can be trusted in all situations. Hunter shows strong awareness in his game, and we\u2019re excited to have him as a part of the Tigers Organization.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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The 6-foot-1 left-shot defender was drafted in the third round round (67th overall) of the 2025 WHL Prospects Draft. During his 2025-26 season with the SAHA U18 Prep of the CSSHL Saddleback tallied 10 points in 24 games. He also played two games for the Drumheller Dragons of the AJHL, tallying one point.<\/p>\n

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The Tigers are excited to welcome Hunter to the organization and look forward to his continued development as part of Medicine Hat\u2019s growing core of young talent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Medicine Hat, AB –\u00a0The Medicine Hat Tigers are proud to announce the signing of 2010-born defenceman Hunter Saddleback (St. Albert, AB) to a WHL Scholarship and Development Agreement.   \u201cHunter is a mobile, two-way defenceman who brings a lot of tools to our back end. He kills plays with his skating and defensive stick, sees…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":599,"featured_media":51669,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"article","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[844],"tags":[{"term_id":943,"name":"Hunter Saddleback","slug":"hunter-saddleback","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":943,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":2,"filter":"raw","term_order":"12"}],"class_list":["post-51666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","tag-hunter-saddleback","category-844","description-off"],"acf":[],"featured_image":["https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2026\/07\/06105135\/Signed-Website-Saddleback-1.jpg",1920,1080,false],"hide_from_app_feed":false,"video":false,"gallery":null,"ht_game_id":0,"target_video":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/599"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51666"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51671,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51666\/revisions\/51671"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":51657,"date":"2026-07-03T11:00:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T17:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/?p=51657"},"modified":"2026-07-03T10:44:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T16:44:17","slug":"tigers-sign-meyer-to-whl-scholarship-development-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/article\/tigers-sign-meyer-to-whl-scholarship-development-agreement","title":{"rendered":"Tigers Sign Meyer To WHL Scholarship & Development Agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Medicine Hat, AB \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>The Medicine Hat Tigers are proud to announce the signing of 2010-born goaltender Ben Meyer<\/strong> (Regina, SK) to a WHL Scholarship and Development Agreement.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe\u2019re excited to officially welcome Ben to the Medicine Hat Tigers organization. Ben is an athletic goalie who brings excellent quickness, strong lateral movement, and good hands. He competes hard on pucks, tracks the play well, and has shown the ability to make big saves in key moments.” said Assistant General Manage Bobby Fox. “We\u2019re looking forward to seeing him continue to develop in our program.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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The 5-foot-11 goalie was drafted 78th overall in the 2025 WHL Prospects Draft. He had a fantastic 2025-26 campaign with the Regina Pat Canadians U18 AAA team. He went 19-1-2 in 23 games with a 2.11 GAA and a .912 save percentage. He also helped lead the Pat Canadians to the Bronze medal at the Telus Cup (Men’s U18 National Club Championship).<\/p>\n

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The Tigers are excited to welcome Ben to the organization and look forward to his continued development as part of Medicine Hat\u2019s growing core of young talent.<\/p>\n

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Medicine Hat, AB \u2013\u00a0The Medicine Hat Tigers are proud to announce the signing of 2010-born goaltender Ben Meyer (Regina, SK) to a WHL Scholarship and Development Agreement.   \u201cWe\u2019re excited to officially welcome Ben to the Medicine Hat Tigers organization. Ben is an athletic goalie who brings excellent quickness, strong lateral movement, and good hands.…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":375,"featured_media":51662,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"article","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[844],"tags":[{"term_id":944,"name":"Ben Meyer","slug":"ben-meyer","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":944,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":3,"filter":"raw","term_order":"13"}],"class_list":["post-51657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","tag-ben-meyer","category-844","description-off"],"acf":[],"featured_image":["https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2026\/07\/03103650\/Signed-Website-Meyer.png",1920,1080,false],"hide_from_app_feed":false,"video":false,"gallery":null,"ht_game_id":0,"target_video":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/375"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51657"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51682,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51657\/revisions\/51682"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":51646,"date":"2026-07-02T13:00:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T19:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/?p=51646"},"modified":"2026-07-02T11:28:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T17:28:43","slug":"tigers-sign-springer-to-whl-scholarship-development-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/article\/tigers-sign-springer-to-whl-scholarship-development-agreement","title":{"rendered":"Tigers Sign Springer To WHL Scholarship & Development Agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Medicine Hat, AB \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>The Medicine Hat Tigers are proud to announce the signing of 2011-born defenceman Nash Springer<\/strong> (McKinney, TX) to a WHL Scholarship and Development Agreement.<\/p>\n

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\u201cNash is an engaged, dynamic defenseman who excels in all three zones. He shows strong puck confidence, fires a heavy shot from the blueline with a quick release, and jumps into seams effectively. He\u2019s a physical player who defends hard, separates opponents with big hits, and uses his skating to shake checks.” said Assistant General Manage Bobby Fox. “He will be an exciting player to watch on our backend and we are happy to welcome him to the Tigers family.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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The 5-foot-11 defenceman was drafted 44th overall in the 2026 WHL Prospects Draft. In his 2025-26 campaign with the Dallas Stars Elite 14U AAA, he scored 18 goals and added 19 assists for 37 points in 50 games. He also added a goal and an assist in three games in the tournament round of the USA Hockey 14U National Championship.<\/p>\n

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The Tigers are excited to welcome Nash to the organization and look forward to his continued development as part of Medicine Hat\u2019s growing core of young talent.<\/p>\n

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Medicine Hat, AB \u2013\u00a0The Medicine Hat Tigers are proud to announce the signing of 2011-born defenceman Nash Springer (McKinney, TX) to a WHL Scholarship and Development Agreement.   \u201cNash is an engaged, dynamic defenseman who excels in all three zones. He shows strong puck confidence, fires a heavy shot from the blueline with a quick…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":375,"featured_media":51654,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"article","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[844],"tags":false,"class_list":["post-51646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","category-844","description-off"],"acf":[],"featured_image":["https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2026\/07\/02111048\/Signed-Website-Springer.png",1920,1080,false],"hide_from_app_feed":false,"video":false,"gallery":null,"ht_game_id":0,"target_video":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/375"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51646"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51655,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51646\/revisions\/51655"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":51630,"date":"2026-06-30T16:00:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T22:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/?p=51630"},"modified":"2026-06-30T10:27:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T16:27:37","slug":"tigers-acquire-phillips-from-portland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/article\/tigers-acquire-phillips-from-portland","title":{"rendered":"Tigers Acquire Phillips From Portland"},"content":{"rendered":"

Medicine Hat, AB –\u00a0<\/strong>The Medicine Hat Tigers have acquired 2007-born defenceman Mace’o Phillips from the Portland Winterhawks in exchange for a third-round pick in 2027 and a fifth-round pick in 2029.<\/p>\n

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Phillips, a 6-foot-6, 234-pound defenceman was drafted by the Calgary Flames in the third round (80th overall) of the 2025 NHL Draft. The Wayzata, Minnesota native tallied 11 points in 44 games with the Green Bay Gamblers of the USHL during the 2025-26 season.<\/p>\n

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Medicine Hat, AB –\u00a0The Medicine Hat Tigers have acquired 2007-born defenceman Mace’o Phillips from the Portland Winterhawks in exchange for a third-round pick in 2027 and a fifth-round pick in 2029.   Phillips, a 6-foot-6, 234-pound defenceman was drafted by the Calgary Flames in the third round (80th overall) of the 2025 NHL Draft. The…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":599,"featured_media":51632,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"article","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[844],"tags":false,"class_list":["post-51630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","category-844","description-off"],"acf":[],"featured_image":["https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2026\/06\/29123023\/Trade-Alert-Website-phillips.jpg",1920,1080,false],"hide_from_app_feed":false,"video":false,"gallery":null,"ht_game_id":0,"target_video":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/599"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51630"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51633,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51630\/revisions\/51633"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":51642,"date":"2026-06-30T14:36:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T20:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/?p=51642"},"modified":"2026-06-30T14:36:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T20:36:06","slug":"western-hockey-league-announces-2026-27-regular-season-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/article\/western-hockey-league-announces-2026-27-regular-season-schedule","title":{"rendered":"Western Hockey League Announces 2026-27 Regular Season Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"

Calgary, Alta. \u2013<\/strong> The Western Hockey League announced today the 782-game schedule for the 2026-27 WHL Regular Season.<\/p>\n

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All 23 WHL Clubs will compete in a 68-game regular season, beginning Friday, September 18, 2026, and concluding Sunday, March 28, 2027.<\/p>\n

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For the second consecutive regular season, Victory+ will serve as the exclusive streaming provider for the WHL, giving fans FREE<\/u> <\/strong>access to all 782 WHL regular season games.<\/p>\n

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A total of 628 games on the WHL Regular Season schedule \u2013 over 80 per cent \u2013 will be played on weekends or holidays. By focusing the schedule on weekends and holidays, along with extending the WHL Regular Season calendar by one week, WHL Clubs can further enhance the WHL player experience by allowing additional time for training and skill development, as well as academic enrichment.<\/p>\n

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The 782-game WHL Regular Season schedule concludes Sunday, March 28, 2027, with two games in the Central Division as the Edmonton Oil Kings welcome the Red Deer Rebels and the Medicine Hat Tigers host the Lethbridge Hurricanes.<\/p>\n

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The 2027 WHL Playoffs and the battle for the Ed Chynoweth Cup will begin Wednesday, March 31, 2027, culminating with the 2027 WHL Championship Series from Friday, May 7, through Monday, May 17, 2027.<\/p>\n

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The 2027 Memorial Cup presented by Kubota will be hosted in Guelph, Ont., by the Ontario Hockey League\u2019s Guelph Storm from Friday, May 21, through Sunday, May 30, 2027.<\/p>\n

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CLICK HERE<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to view the 2026-27 WHL Regular Season schedule in its entirety. Games, dates, locations, and times are all subject to change.<\/p>\n

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About the Western Hockey League<\/strong><\/p>\n

Regarded as the world\u2019s finest development league for junior hockey players, the Western Hockey League (WHL) head office is based in Calgary, Alberta. The WHL consists of 23 member Clubs with 17 located in Western Canada and six in the U.S. Pacific Northwest. A member of the Canadian Hockey League, the WHL has been a leading supplier of talent for the National Hockey League for over 50 years. The WHL is also the leading provider of hockey scholarships with over 375 graduates each year receiving WHL Scholarships to pursue a post-secondary education of their choice. Each season, WHL players also form the nucleus of Canada\u2019s National Junior Hockey Team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

All 23 WHL Clubs will compete in a 68-game regular season, beginning Friday, September 18, 2026, and concluding Sunday, March 28, 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":599,"featured_media":51641,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"article","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[844],"tags":false,"class_list":["post-51642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","category-844","description-off"],"acf":[],"featured_image":["https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2026\/06\/30134320\/rEGULAR-SEASON-schedule-website.jpg",1920,1080,false],"hide_from_app_feed":false,"video":false,"gallery":null,"ht_game_id":0,"target_video":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/599"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51642"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51642\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51644,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51642\/revisions\/51644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-tigers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}]