Cubs to face Bisons in second round of HJHL playoffs

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on February 10, 2026.

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For the fourth time in five seasons, the Medicine Hat Cubs will face the Okotoks Bisons in the playoffs.

After a first-round bye, the South division champion Cubs face the Bisons who beat the Coaldale Copperheads with a two-game sweep in the best-of-three first round.

The Cubs lost to the Bisons in six games in 2021-22 and were swept in 2022-23 by Okotoks. They lost in four games last season to the Bisons who then lost to the Sylvan Lake Wranglers in the HJHL finals.

Game 1 of the Cubs and Bisons’ best-of-five series goes Friday at 7:15 p.m. at the Kinplex.

Game 2 is Sunday in Okotoks at 3:15 p.m. and Game 3 is Feb. 20 back at the Kinplex with a 7:30 p.m. puck drop. If needed, Game 4 would be Feb. 21 in Okotoks (8:30 p.m.) and a decisive Game 5 would be Feb. 22 at the Kinplex (3 p.m.).

The Cubs won the season series 3-2, rebounding from a pair of losses on the road to the Bisons to start the season. Okotoks won 4-2 on Oct. 10 and 6-1 on Oct. 31.

They beat the Bisons 4-2 Nov. 22 and entered the holiday break with a 9-2 win Dec. 20. In their penultimate game of the regular season, the Cubs beat Okotoks 4-3 on Jan. 30.

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