Hitmen excited for 2-game first-place showdown with Medicine Hat Tigers

Oliver Tulk of the Calgary Hitmen celebrates after a goal. (Facebook/Arnold Henry)

It’s a big game at the Scotiabank Saddledome Friday night for the Calgary Hitmen.

It’s a battle for first place in the WHL’s Central Division as the Hitmen host the Medicine Hat Tigers.

The two teams are tied for first in the standings, but the Hitmen have three games in hand.

It’ll be interesting to see where they stand after the weekend because Saturday night, the same two teams tangle against each other in Medicine Hat.

“It’s exciting,” said Hitmen head coach Paul McFarland. “I mean, at the end of the day, we want to play against the best and Medicine Hat is the best team in our conference.

“We’re excited to play them in a home-and-home series,” he added. “Both teams obviously made some different acquisitions prior to the trade deadline, so this is kind of our first look at the new teams for that matter.

“I think our guys are excited (too),” he said. “I’m sure they’re excited on the other side as well and it will be great to see where we stack up.”

In addition to the weekend back-to-backs with the Tigers, the Hitmen have a Sunday home game against the Regina Pats.

With files from CTV’s Glenn Campbell