NEWS PHOTO JAMES TUBB Medicine Hat Tigers Cruz Chase makes a blocker save during a scrimmage at training camp on Aug. 28. Chase is one of three goalies on the Tigers roster, alongside returnee Jordan Switzer and offseason signing Carter Casey.

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Cruz Chase had been connected with the Medicine Hat Tigers long before he debuted at training camp in August.

The 17-year-old net minder toured the Tigers’ locker room in 2021 while playing with the Airdrie Xtreme at the Medicine Hat Hockey Hounds tournament.

Fast forward a few years, after he was selected 136th overall by the Regina Pats in the 2022 WHL Draft, and Chase was the backup goaltender as the Pats and Connor Bedard rolled into Co-op Place on March 11, 2023.

The Airdrie product got to see Co-

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