The Carstar Okotoks Bisons continue to stampede over their competition with two wins during their road trip this past weekend.
With the two wins, the Herd sits above the Medicine Hat Cubs for the top spot in the HJHL Southern Division as they hold 29 points to the Cubs 26. The two wins came from a 6-3 win over the Airdrie Techmation Thunder and then a 3-1 win over the Rams in Rocky Mountain House.
Assistant captain Adam Kirkpatrick got on the board first with a goal coming in at 17:25 in the first period. Bisons' top point-getter along with leading goal scorer Sam Callahan picked up an assist as well as Joel Burrows.
Ty Russell gave Okotoks a two-goal lead early in the second period with Kirkpatrick and Callahan picking up their second points on the night with assists.
Ben Holden answered for Airdire, but the Bisons didn't falter as they added another three goals in the second period. Zephyr Laplante picked up two goals and team captain Jake Snashall picked up a goal of his own to make it a 5-1 hockey game.
Easton Dean and Snashall picked up points on Laplante's first goal. Dean picked up his second assist of the night on Snashalls' goal, while Laplante also picked up another point on the team captain's second-period marker.
The Thunder cut the Bisons' lead to just two in the third period after Mason Korf and Justin Campbell got on the board. Snashall would put it away with his second goal of the night with under three minutes to go in the game. Dean and Burrows picked up the helpers.
Connor White made the start in goal with 23 saves on 26 shots for the win. That was White's third game in a row for the Herd.
Saturday's game against the Rams saw the Bisons open the scoring with less than 20 seconds to go in the first period. Dean grabbed the goal with Laplante and Snashall picking up the assists on the powerplay.
Assistant captains Caden Scott and Kirkpatrick would add to the lead with a goal each in the second period. Kirkpatrick and Kaelan Bodnarchuck got the assists on the Scott goal while Callahan and Hunter Cobb grabbed the helpers on Kirkpatrick's eighth goal of the season.
Graedy Landry broke Dylan Walkers' shutout with less than five minutes to go in the second period. Walker made 24 saves in the Bisons' win.
This weekend Okotoks will be in Cochrane to face the Generals on Friday and then host the Mountainview Colts on Saturday at Murray Arena.