Rookie Camp Day 1 - August 27, 2011

The Calgary Hitmen 2011 Rookie Camp saw its first rookie intra-squad games Saturday afternoon as 73 hopefuls took to the ice at Don Hartman North East Sportsplex (5206-68th Street NE).
Both games were split into two 30 minute straight time periods with penalty shots awarded instead of powerplays. 

In the opener, Team White beat Team Red 7-6 in a shootout.  Hitmen 2010 second round bantam pick Austin Calladine scored twice for Team White including the winner while Quinn Peplinski had a pair of goals.  Team Red was led Eli Jarvis who had four goals in the loss.

Here is the scoring summary

Team White 7 Team Red 6 Shootout Final
1st Half
Team Red: Eli Jarvis (unassisted)
Team Red: Fraser Bulbic (unassisted)
Team Red: Jake Virtanen (Fraser Bulbic)
Team White: Geordie Keane (penalty shot)
Team White: Quinn Peplinski (Josh Thrower)
Team Red: Eli Jarvis 2 (penalty shot)

2nd Half
Team White: Quinn Peplinski 2 (unassisted)
Team White: Ryan Duret (Scott Gall, Dane Birks)
Team Red: Eli Jarvis 3 (penalty shot)
Team White: Austin Calladine (Elliott Peterson, Braden Oleksyn)

Goalies:
Team White: Scott Albertoni 14/18, Mack Shields 8/10 + Shootout 5/6
Team Red: Kyle Michalovsky 9/11, Cole Forbes 12/15 + Shootout 3/5

Shootout
Team Red                            Team White
Jake Virtanen - No goal          Andrew Manson - Goal
Adam Helewka - No goal         Quinn Peplinski - No goal
Eli Jarvis - Goal                      Scott Gall - No goal
Luke Galatiuk - No goal          Ryan Duret - No goal
Colby Harmsworth - No goal    Austin Calladine - Goal

The final intra-squad game of the day saw Team Black defeat Team Copper 7-4.  Hitmen 2010 first round bantam pick Greg Chase led the way with a hat trick for Team Black while Jamison Stoski had three assists in the loss for Team Copper.

Here is the scoring summary

Team Black 7 Team Copper 4 Final
1st Half
Team Black: Jake Jeske (penalty shot)
Team Black: Greg Chase (unassisted)
Team Copper: Logan Franz (Jamison Stoski, Hayden Goderis)
Team Black: Jade McMullen (Jake Jeske)

2nd Half
Team Black: Greg Chase 2 (Logan O'Connor)
Team Black: Clayton Lake (Matthew Saharchuk, Logan O'Connor)
Team Black: Jake Jeske 2 (penalty shot)
Team Copper: Tyler Coulter (Jamison Stoski, Aiden Saladana)
Team Black: Greg Chase 3 (unassisted)
Team Copper: Dane Sokol (Jamison Stoski, Chase Lang)
Team Copper: Hayden Goderis (Ben Thomas)

Goalies:
Team Black: Jacob Ruissen 2/3, Jeff Orser 10/13
Team Copper: Evan Johnson 17/20, Justin Holder 16/20

There are four more rookie camp intra-squad games scheduled for tomorrow starting at 8:30 a.m. 
Main camp then opens at 5:15 p.m. with fitness testing.
All training camp sessions including the annual Hitmen Intra-Squad Game on August 31st are free and open to the public. 
Rosters are available at the arena.