Calgary 4 Brandon 3

Brady Brassart broke a 3-3 third period tie scoring the game winner on a powerplay with 1:50 remaining lifting the Calgary Hitmen to a 4-3 win over the Brandon Wheat Kings Sunday afternoon at Scotiabank Saddledome.

Brassart's goal gave the Hitmen their first lead of the day as they battled back from three one goal deficit's trailing 1-0, 2-1 and 3-2.

Trevor Cheek scored twice for Calgary, including once shorthanded.  Alex Gogolev also scored for the Hitmen who outshot Brandon 41-25.

Calgary has now won two straight to improve to 17-13-1-1.

The club also announced today they've trimmed their roster to 22 by re-assigning defenceman Keaton Lubin to a yet to be determined team.

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Brandon Wheat Kings 3 at Calgary Hitmen 4Sunday, December 11, 2011 - Scotiabank Saddledome - Calgary, AB

Brandon 0 2 1 - 3
Calgary 0 2 2 - 4

1st Period
No Scoring.
Penalties-Clayton Cal (checking from behind), 0:49; Glover Cal (delay of game), 7:15.

2nd Period
1, Brandon, Bertaggia 15 (Ciarelli, Fransoo), 0:26.
2, Calgary, Gogolev 12 (Rask), 5:44.
3, Brandon, Favreau 3 (Bertaggia), 11:12 (SH).
4, Calgary, Cheek 10 (Chase, Brassart), 17:11.
Penalties-Nikkel Bdn (major-fighting), 2:35; Trzonkowski Cal (major-fighting), 2:35; Kuczek Bdn (interference), 10:07; Favreau Bdn (delay of game), 19:30; Dziurzynski Bdn (roughing), 20:00; Cheek Cal (roughing, roughing), 20:00.

3rd Period
5, Brandon, Bertaggia 16   4:36.
6, Calgary, Cheek 11   9:20 (SH).
7, Calgary, Brassart 9 (Bowman, Brooks), 18:10 (PP).
Penalties-Rask Cal (holding), 0:57; Swyripa Bdn (major-fighting), 8:32; Chase Cal (high sticking, major-fighting), 8:32; Miller Bdn (interference), 11:39; Conroy Bdn (hooking), 16:33.

Shots on Goal-Brandon 6-12-7-25. Calgary 6-17-18-41.
Power Play Opportunities-Brandon 0 / 5; Calgary 1 / 4.
Goalies-Brandon, Anderson 8-10-1-1 (41 shots-37 saves). Calgary, Glover 8-5-0-0 (25 shots-22 saves).
A-7,313
Referees-Matt Kirk (4), Colin Stefanyk (14).
Linesmen-Steve Cochrane (125), Scott Sharun (103).