The Medicine Hat Cubs celebrate after a 4-2 win over the Sherwood Park Knights on Friday at Provincials in Lloydminster. (Image Credit: Jesse Gill/CHAT News)

By Jesse Gill

Sports

Medicine Hat Cubs will play for gold at Jr. B Provincials

Apr 3, 2026 | 7:59 PM

The Medicine Hat Cubs will play for a gold medal at the Junior B Hockey Provincial Championship in Lloydminster on Sunday.

Now on a 10-game winning streak, the Cubs won their third round robin game on Friday with a 4-2 win over the Sherwood Park Knights.

Each regulation win is worth three points in the tournament standings and the Cubs have a perfect nine points.

The La Crete Lumber Barons also have three wins after a 6-0 win over the Vermilion Tigers.

With two wins in regulation and one in overtime, the Lumber Barons sit in second place with eight points.

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No other teams at the tournament will be able to catch the Cubs or Lumber Barons on day four and they will meet in the gold medal game on Sunday at 2 p.m.

Before that, three games wrap up the round robin on Saturday at the Cenovus Energy Hub.

The Lumber Barons take on the CNHA Black team out of Calgary at 11 a.m.

A game between the Knights and the host Lloydminster Bandits goes at 2:30 p.m.

Wrapping up the round robin on Saturday is a game between the Cubs and Vermilion at 6 p.m.

During Friday’s game, things weren’t looking great for the Cubs early against Sherwood Park.

The Cubs were down 2-0 to the Knights after surrendering a pair of goals on the penalty kill in the first period.

Halfway through the second period the Cubs would get on the board.

Captain Kyle Woolridge fired a shot from the top of the circle and beat Knights goaltender Caleb Muri on his glove side to cut the deficit to 2-1. Assists went to Mason Osinski and Ethan Burgeson.

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Captain Kyle Woolridge started the Cubs comeback with a goal midway through the second period on Friday. (Image Credit: Jesse Gill/CHAT News)

Late in the second Mason Osinski would tie things up after receiving a pass from Ethan Burgeson. A pass from Carter Allan up to Burgeson went without credit for an assist.

The Cubs took a 3-2 lead on a Blake Girard point shot that found the top corner on a screened Knights goaltender. Makhi Carriere got the assist.

Just 32 seconds later, Girard would get an insurance marker to make it 4-2, as Jesse Klimosko found him wide open heading to the front of the net. Randen Collier also assisted on the goal.

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The Cubs players skating by the Knights bench as the celebrate the second Blake Girard goal in 32 seconds.

Girard would later be named player of the game for the Cubs.

In net for his first Jr. B game, Kayden Van Ham stopped 29 of 31 shots for the Cubs’ win.

The bronze medal matchup for the tournament is still to be figured out on day four.

The opponents for that game will play at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday.

Updates on results can be found on the tournament website.