Medicine Hat Cubs bounce back with Sunday win after Saturday loss

The Generals would respond with a power-play goal from Kael Kozicki with 4:06 remaining in the second period to tie the game at two.

Hazzard would snap home his second of the game on a drop pass from Randen Collier, and the other assist to Nolen Sutherland, giving the Cubs a 3-2 lead.

Collier would seal it for the Cubs with an empty-net goal in the final minute to make it 4-2 Cubs.

Goaltender Hudson Corbett would stop 24 of 26 shots for the win, while Isaias Maddigan stopped 34 of 37 shots in the loss.

On Saturday, in Okotoks, the Cubs lost a 4-3 contest to the Bisons.

Okotoks jumped out to a 1-0 lead at the 2:18 mark with a goal from Noah Provan.

The Cubs would respond with a goal from Josiah Jackson assisted by Cole Fisher at 10:36 to tie it at one.

A shorthanded goal from Collier at 16:58, assisted by Parker Kienzle, gave the Cubs a 2-1 lead.

In the second, the Bisons would regain the lead on goals from Zephyr Leplante and Nathan Flanagan.

Jackson would score his second of the game late in the second to tie the game at three.

In the game’s final minute, Provan scored the winner for the Bisons.

Former SEAC Tigers teammates squared off in net, with Carson Jerome getting the win for the Bisons after stopping 30 of 33 shots.

Kayden Van Ham stopped 25 of 29 shots in net for the Cubs.

The Cubs return to action this weekend with two home games at the Kinplex.

On Friday, they host the Carstar Okotoks Bisons at 7:30 p.m., and on Sunday they host the Airdrie Techmation Thunder at 3 p.m.

The Cubs sit two points back of the Bisons for first place in the HJHL’s Gary Wournell South Division.

by Jesse Gill

Medicine Hat Cubs bounce back with Sunday win after Saturday loss

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