By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on March 31, 2022.
Two Medicine Hat U18 hockey teams finished their city league season in the finals last weekend. The Medicine Hat Jets played in a four-team Tier 2 non-bodychecking Calgary tournament and took home the gold. They defeated McKnight Mustangs in the final, 7-1. The Medicine Hat Knights played in the 20th Annual Yelnats Cup, a 16-team Cochrane tournament that ran Thursday-Sunday. They went undefeated in the round robin, defeating the Edmonton NEZ Grizzlies 13-0 with 86 shots on goal, then downing the Cochrane Brewsters 5-4 and taking a 7-1 win from the Simons Valley Storm. The Knights beat the McKnight Mustangs 6-2 in the semifinal on Saturday. That win was followed by a loss in the gold medal game, 4-3 to the Cochrane Pizztonz. The Knights had 18 shots in the third period but were unable to find the equalizer. 6