The Medicine Hat Tigers advanced to the Memorial Cup final following a 3-1 win over the London Knights on Tuesday night. The Tigers are scheduled to play for the title at 5 p.m. MDT on Sunday, June 1. Their opponent in the championship game, however, has not yet been determined. The Knights will be playing the winner of Wednesday night’s Moncton-Rimouski matchup in the tournament’s semi-final on Friday. The Tigers will play the winner of that semi-final matchup. On Tuesday night, the Knights opened the scoring in the first period with a goal from Kasper Halttunen. But it was all Tigers from then on, with Medicine Hat’s Ethan Neutens tying it up in the second period and Matthew Ward scoring the game winner at the start of the third. Ryder Ritchie added an empty-net goal for the Tigers in the final minute to seal the victory. Tigers’ goaltender Harrison Meneghin turned away 35 of 36 shots. Ritchie, Gavin McKenna and Oasiz Wiesblatt are tied for the tournament lead with five points in three games. Ritchie is also leading the tournament with four goals. The Memorial Cup Final on Sunday will air on TSN.
