Hounds sledge hockey teams get Matt Cook Memorial Cup underway
RED DEER, AB ā For the first time ever, two Medicine Hat sledge hockey teams are going for gold at the Matt Cook Memorial Cup tournament in Red Deer.
With 26 players on their roster, the Medicine Hat Adaptive Sport Society was able to split their team in half and send two squads for the western Canada tournament.
In their first game on Friday, the Medicine Hat Hounds 1 squad beat out the Edmonton Impact 3-2 to move to a 1-0 record.
Lealand Nickerson of the Hounds earned player of the game honours in the win.