Cubs host Bisons, Thunder in bid for HJHL South Division top spot
Medicine Hat's junior hockey club looks to rebound after a last-second loss as it chases first place this weekend at the Kinplex Arena.
The Medicine Hat Dynamic Industrial Cubs host two Heritage Junior Hockey League games this weekend at the Kinplex Arena. On Friday at 7:30 p.m., they face the Carstar Okotoks Bisons, who lead the Cubs by two points atop the Gary Wournell South Division. Last weekend in Okotoks, the Bisons beat the Cubs 4-3 on a goal with 32 seconds remaining, snapping Medicine Hat's five-game winning streak.
The Cubs enter the rematch at 7-2, while the Bisons sit 8-2 on a three-game winning streak. Several Bisons players have Medicine Hat ties, including forward Connor Chapman, who played for the Cubs last season, forward Garrison Peck, a former South Alberta Hockey Academy player, and goaltender Carson Jerome, who played with the SEAC Tigers U17 AAA team. Okotoks also boasts five of the league's top ten scorers, compared to Medicine Hat's two forwards in the top twenty.
On Sunday at 3 p.m., the Cubs host the Airdrie Techmation Thunder, who sit third in the Don Lunn North Division at 4-4-1 and have lost three straight. Airdrie has three players among the league's top 20 scorers, including Nathan Cole, a 2009-born forward who played last season in the AJHL and was drafted by the Kelowna Rockets.
Friday's game will also mark the Kinplex debut of new Cubs captain Brodie Heimbecker, a 2007-born defenceman from Balgonie, Sask., who played last season with the Waywayseecappo Wolverines in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League.
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