Calgary Hitmen 7 Prince Albert 1

Collin Bowman fired his first career hat trick leading the Calgary Hitmen to a 7-1 home ice win over the Prince Albert Raiders.

The win moves Calgary over .500 for the first time this season improving their record to 10-9-1-1.

Brady Brassart, Trevor Cheek, Jimmy Bubnick and Spencer Humphries also scored for Calgary. 

The Raiders started the game with four straight powerplay chances, but the Hitmen killed them all anchored by strong defence and a few brilliant saves from Brandon Glover.

Calgary will now have less than 24 hours to prepare for their final game of a four game home stand when they welcome the CHL's #6 ranked Saskatoon Blades.  Game time Sunday is 2:00 p.m. at Scotiabank Saddledome.

Check out some game photos here from photographer Linda Coward

Prince Albert Raiders 1 at Calgary Hitmen 7
Saturday, November 19, 2011 - Scotiabank Saddledome - Calgary, AB

Prince Albert 0 1 0 - 1
Calgary 1 4 2 - 7

1st Period
1, Calgary, Bowman 5 (Sylvester), 17:10.
Penalties-Cheek Cal (interference), 0:49; Brassart Cal (holding opp. stick), 4:41; Gayle Cal (holding), 8:52; Rissling Cal (roughing), 12:19.

2nd Period
2, Calgary, Bowman 6 (Chase, Clayton), 3:12.
3, Calgary, Brassart 6 (Macek), 8:54.
4, Prince Albert, McNeill 8   9:53 (SH).
5, Calgary, Cheek 7 (Bubnick, Glover), 12:06.
6, Calgary, Bubnick 7   15:59.
Penalties-Maylan P.a (high sticking), 4:07; Bourhis P.a (roughing, roughing), 9:09; Humphries Cal (roughing), 9:09.

3rd Period
7, Calgary, Humphries 1 (Brassart), 15:30.
8, Calgary, Bowman 7 (Humphries, Gayle), 19:24 (PP).
Penalties-Tochkin P.a (slashing), 16:01; Bourhis P.a (unsportsmanlike cnd.), 18:38; Morrissey P.a (roughing), 19:10; Vanscourt P.a (roughing), 19:10; Chase Cal (roughing), 19:10; Yaworski P.a (10-minute misconduct), 19:17.

Shots on Goal-Prince Albert 11-12-4-27. Calgary 11-16-16-43.
Power Play Opportunities-Prince Albert 0 / 4; Calgary 1 / 5.
Goalies-Prince Albert, Holowenko 1-6-0-0 (22 shots-18 saves); Williams 4-11-1-1 (21 shots-18 saves). Calgary, Glover 3-4-0-0 (27 shots-26 saves).
A-8,544
Referees-Jonathan Spurgeon (7), Derek Zalaski (8).
Linesmen-Jeff Jobson (52), Ian Shaver (74).