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Taber atom “A” Oil Kings have been eliminated from playoffs after its second loss in the first round, with a 10-6 defeat at the hands of Medicine Hat on Sunday.

Nixen Miller had four goals and an assist in the loss. Dane DeGraw had a goal and an assist. Delphin DeBoer notched a goal and Heston Hansen, Raiden Koizumi, Nate Kramer, Lincoln Wiebe and Cruz Duell had assists.

Earlier, the Oil Kings were edged by Medicine Hat 9-8 on Saturday in a hard-fought game.

Wiebe had two goals and an assist. Miller had two goals Wiebe had a goal and two assists. Duell had a goal and an assist and DeGraw and Ethan Volk each had singles.

Prior to the playoffs, the Oil Kings beat Bassano 8-2on Feb. 15.

Miller had a big game with four goals and an assist. Duell had a goal and three assists. Hansen scored a goal and an assist. Wiebe drew two assists and DeGraw and DeBoer notched single goals.

Taber atom ‘B Oil Kings fell to the Indus Hurricanes 13-1 on Feb. 15 on the road.

Hayden Eldridge scored the lone Oil Kings tally.

PEEWEE: The previous weekend, Taber peewee Oil Kings had a full slate, including beating Magrath Chiefs 9-2 on Feb. 14.

Damian Beswick had a hat trick and Wyler Langhofer-Krahn scored twice. Tyson Church, Rex Bell, Chase Stronge and Blake Rabusic had singles.

On Feb. 15, the Oil Kings skated to a 9-9 draw with Foremost Flyers.

Beswick had another that trick and Zachary Fehr and Stronge scored twice. Langhofer-Krahn, and Tage Jensen had singles.

Oil Kings finished things off with a 12-9 victory over Irvine Bulldogs on the road on Feb. 16.

Ryan Gay had four goals and Langhofer-Krahn had a hat trick. Beswick notched two goals. Konnor Wiebe, Stronge, and Fehr had singles.

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