Medicine Hat Cubs top HJHL South Division after OT win over Wheatland Kings
Kade Dickie scored his first HJHL goal in overtime as the Cubs edged the Kings 3-2 in Strathmore, extending their strong start to the season.
The Medicine Hat Dynamic Industrial Cubs continue to hold the best winning percentage in the Heritage Junior Hockey League's Gary Wournell South Division, sitting at four wins and one loss for eight points after the weekend. They trail the Carstar Okotoks Bisons by two points for first place but have two games in hand, and are one point behind the Agri Risk Wheatland Kings with two games in hand on them as well.
The Cubs' only game of the weekend came Friday in Strathmore, a 3-2 overtime win over the Kings. Defenceman Kade Dickie scored the winner 4:28 into overtime, deking past a defender and the goaltender before tucking home a backhand shot off a pass from Lucas Dulle.
Josiah Jackson, returning to the lineup, scored an unassisted goal late in the second period to tie the game after the Kings opened the scoring on a shorthanded goal in the first. Brodie Heimbecker netted his team-leading fifth goal of the season in the third period, with Adam Moore tying it again for the Kings on the power play minutes later.
Cubs goaltender Kayden Van Ham made 31 of 33 saves in his first game back from a two-game suspension, while Connor White stopped 34 of 37 shots for the Kings. Medicine Hat heads on the road this weekend, facing the expansion Rimbey Royals on Saturday and the Sylvan Lake Wranglers on Sunday.
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