Medicine Hat Cubs

Medicine Hat Cubs
City	Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
League	Heritage Junior B Hockey League
Division	South
Home arena	Kinplex
Colours	Silver, Black, White
General manager	Bill Berard
Head coach	JD Gaetan (2016-17)
Website	www.Medicinehatcubs.com
Franchise history
1973-Present	Medicine Hat Cubs

The Medicine Hat Cubs are a Canadian Junior B ice hockey team located in Medicine Hat, Alberta. They play in the Heritage Junior B Hockey League, from the Medicine Hat Kinplex.

History

The Cubs were founded in 1973 into the Heritage Junior B Hockey League. In their fifth year, 1977-78, they won the league championship for the first time, repeating as champions the next season. In the 1980s and 90s the Cubs became a sort of junior hockey dynasty, winning the league championship again in 1980-81, 85-86, 87-88, 90-91, 91-92, 92-93, 94-95, 95-96, 99-00 and 00-01. In this time two Cubs players went on to play in the National Hockey League (Blaine Lacher and Murray Craven) Since the 2001 season the Cubs have more or less struggled compared to former seasons, including some highly rough recent years.^[1] The Cubs took a mid-season leave of absence in January 2016 after deciding not to finish out the 2015–16 season with too few players.^[2]

Recent season-by-season record

(accurate as of the 2014-15 season)^[3]

Season	GP	W	L	OTL	T	Pts	Finish	Playoffs
2002-03	36	25	7	3	1	54	3rd, South	N/A
2003-04	35	21	10	3	1	46	2nd, South	N/A
2004-05	38	26	11	0	1	53	3rd, South	Won League, Bronze at Keystone Cup
2005-06	38	17	17	3	1	38	4th, South	Lost Division final (Bisons)
2006-07	36	23	7	5	1	52	2nd, South	Lost Division Final (Bisons)
2007-08	36	26	8	0	2	54	2nd, South	Lost Division final (Generals)
2008-09	36	16	15	4	1	37	5th, South	Lost Division final (Generals)
2009-10	36	24	11	1	0	49	2nd, South	Lost Division final (Bisons)
2010-11	36	10	24	0	2	22	5th, South	Did not qualify
2011-12	38	14	21	2	1	31	6th, South	Did not qualify
2012-13	38	23	10	1	4	51	3rd, South	Lost Division final (Bisons)
2013-14	36	16	16	0	4	36	5th, South	Lost in Survivor Series
2014-15	38	19	17	0	2	40	4th, South	Lost in Survivor Series
2015-16	38	5	33	0	0	10	7th, South	Did not qualify

Retired numbers

1 - Blaine Lacher
9 - Murray Craven
12 - Justin Bremer

References

↑ "Cubs president not going to bail | Medicine Hat News". Medicinehatnews.com. 2015-10-29. Retrieved 2015-11-05.
↑ "THE DEATH POOL – SPECIAL REPORT – RIP MEDICINE HAT CUBS". The Junior Hockey News. January 27, 2016.
↑ Medicine Hat Cubs Records

External links

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