Medicine Hat Dynamic Industrial Cubs 4, Cannex Cochrane Generals 1
The Medicine Hat Dynamic Industrial Cubs scored four unanswered goals across the second and third periods to beat the Cannex Cochrane Generals 4-1 at SLS Centre Totem 1 on Saturday.
Neither team scored in a scoreless first period, with Medicine Hat holding a 15-13 edge in shots. The Cubs broke through in the second: Jacob Hazzard opened the scoring on the power play at 4:07, and Reeve Zacharias added what would stand as the game-winner just over two minutes later at 6:20, sending Medicine Hat into the third up 2-0.
Nolen Sutherland extended the lead to 3-0 with a power-play insurance goal 4:02 into the third, but Cochrane answered with its lone goal of the night from Nolan Smith on the power play at 9:30. Brodie Heimbecker restored Medicine Hat’s three-goal cushion with a shorthanded goal at 16:37 to close out the 4-1 final.
Medicine Hat’s Hudson Corbett made 31 saves on 32 shots for the win, while Cochrane’s Owen Hall Chay stopped 37 of 41 in a tough-luck decision despite facing more total volume. Attendance at SLS Centre Totem 1 was listed at 153.