Calgary 5 Victoria 3

Victoria, BC – Brady Brassart, Joey Kornelsen and Victor Rask all had a goal and an assist to lead the Calgary Hitmen to a 5-3 win over the Victoria Royals Wednesday night at Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre.

The hometown Royals started quick grabbing a 2-0 lead just 1:57 into the opening period. 

However the Hitmen rallied with five unanswered goals as Trevor Cheek and Danny Gayle also scored for Calgary who snapped a four game losing streak.

Brandon Glover made 22 saves to pick up the win.

                                                   Photo Credit: Jon Howe

Jimmy Bubnick had an assist to improve his point total to 58 setting a new career high.

Calgary, now 33-22-2-1, pulls into a tie with Saskatoon for fifth in the Western Hockey League Eastern Conference with 69 points.

They return to action with a pair of games on the road this weekend, Friday in Kelowna before heading to Kamloops on Saturday.

Calgary Hitmen 5 at Victoria Royals 3
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 - Save-On-Foods Memorial Arena - Victoria, BC

Calgary 2 3 0 - 5
Victoria 2 1 0 - 3

1st Period
1, Victoria, Traber 3 (Zgraggen, Soudek), 1:41.
2, Victoria, Forsyth 2 (Traber), 1:57.
3, Calgary, Brassart 19 (Rask, Gogolev), 7:06.
4, Calgary, Rask 24 (Brassart, Humphries), 13:40.
Penalties-No Penalties

2nd Period
5, Calgary, Cheek 20 (Sylvester), 3:37.
6, Calgary, Gayle 12 (Trzonkowski, Kornelsen), 5:17.
7, Victoria, Rintoul 13 (Nelson, Crooks), 14:26.
8, Calgary, Kornelsen 10   15:55.
Penalties-Helgesen Cal (major-fighting), 20:00; Soudek Vic (major-fighting), 20:00.

3rd Period
No Scoring.
Penalties-Sutherland Cal (major-fighting), 8:48; Traber Vic (major-fighting), 8:48; Roach Cal (tripping), 15:42.

Shots on Goal-Calgary 8-6-7-21. Victoria 7-9-9-25.
Power Play Opportunities-Calgary 0 / 0; Victoria 0 / 1.
Goalies-Calgary, Glover 17-12-0-0 (25 shots-22 saves). Victoria, Hamilton 16-29-1-4 (21 shots-16 saves).
A-4,593
Referees-Adam Griffiths (36), Brett Montsion (54).
Linesmen-Ron Dietterle (121), Kirk Van Helvoirt (107).