Cubs fall flat against winless Stampeders on Sunday
MEDICINE HAT, AB – The Medicine Hat Travelodge Cubs came crashing back to Earth on Sunday afternoon, outplayed by the previously winless Ponoka Stampeders at the Kinplex.
It didn’t take long for a major delay in the action, as a pane of glass shattered after a hit 41 seconds into the contest, forcing both teams to wait a bit longer for the opening goal.
That opener came 6:15 into the match on the power play, as Ponoka’s Nate Higgins beat Cubs goaltender T.J. Goldie to make it 1-0 for the Stampeders.
Ponoka held onto that 1-0 lead for over a period of action, doubling it a little over eight minutes into the second period off the stick of Taite Opdendries while shorthanded.