Saskatoon 6 Calgary 5

Lucas Sutter's second goal of the game broke a 5-5 third period tie lifting the Saskatoon Blades to a 6-5 win Sunday afternoon over the Calgary Hitmen at Scotiabank Saddledome.

The Blades have now won seven in a row, improving to 2-0 against the Hitmen this season.

Calgary, who held leads of 2-1, 3-2, 4-3 and 5-4, fired 46 shots in the loss.  Cody Sylvester led the Hitmen scoring attack with a pair of goals while Joey Kornelsen, Jimmy Bubnick and Spencer Humphries added singles.  Both Sylvester (2g 1a) and Bubnick (1g 2a) finished the day with three points each.

Calgary, 10-10-1-1, will open a five game road trip Tuesday night in Brandon.

Check out some game photos here thanks to photographer Linda Coward.

Saskatoon Blades 6 at Calgary Hitmen 5
Sunday, November 20, 2011 - Scotiabank Saddledome - Calgary, AB

Saskatoon 1 4 1 - 6
Calgary 2 3 0 - 5

1st Period
1, Saskatoon, Trask 7 (Stransky, Nicholls), 9:08.
2, Calgary, Sylvester 7 (Bubnick, Cheek), 11:40.
3, Calgary, Kornelsen 3 (Gayle, Roach), 16:34.
Penalties-Cox Sas (holding), 6:06.

2nd Period
4, Saskatoon, Stovin 5   2:47.
5, Calgary, Sylvester 8 (Gogolev, Bubnick), 7:05.
6, Saskatoon, Collins 3 (Burns, Thrower), 8:54.
7, Calgary, Humphries 2 (Brassart, Brooks), 11:37.
8, Saskatoon, Sutter 7 (Burns, Paradis), 11:52.
9, Calgary, Bubnick 8 (Cheek, Sylvester), 12:33.
10, Saskatoon, Dietz 5 (Nicholls), 15:33 (PP).
Penalties-McEvoy Sas (interference), 6:37; Roach Cal (cross checking), 6:37; Roach Cal (interference), 12:40; Bowman Cal (slashing), 14:22; Brooks Cal (delay of game), 15:10; served by Stipancik Sas (too many men), 18:23.

3rd Period
11, Saskatoon, Sutter 8 (Burns), 8:58.
Penalties-Siemens Sas (hooking), 1:26; Burns Sas (roughing), 2:59; Humphries Cal (roughing), 2:59; Brassart Cal (hooking), 14:29.

Shots on Goal-Saskatoon 7-14-9-30. Calgary 13-18-15-46.
Power Play Opportunities-Saskatoon 1 / 4; Calgary 0 / 3.
Goalies-Saskatoon, Makarov 14-5-0-0 (46 shots-41 saves). Calgary, Driedger 6-4-1-1 (30 shots-24 saves).
A-7,787
Referees-Fraser Lawrence (10), Matt Thurston (64).
Linesmen-Reid Anderson (53), Jeff Jobson (52).