Calgary 7 Kelowna 1

Kelowna, BC – The Calgary Hitmen are now 2-0 on their three game BC road trip following a 7-1 win over the Kelowna Rockets Friday night at Prospera Place.

Alex Gogolev led the scoring attack with a goal and two assists while Danny Gayle scored twice.
Brady Brassart, Victor Rask, Greg Chase and Alex Roach also scored for the Hitmen who built period leads of 1-0 and 5-0.

Kenton Helgesen chipped in a pair of assists as 11 different Hitmen had at least a point.

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Madison Bowey broke Chris Driedger’s shutout attempt scoring the lone Rockets goal with 36 seconds remaining.  Driedger finished with 22 saves.

The Hitmen won the special teams battle going 3-5 on the powerplay while killing all three Rockets chances.

Calgary, now 34-22-2-1, remains tied with Saskatoon for fifth in the Western Hockey League Eastern Conference with 71 points.

The Hitmen wrap up their road trip tomorrow night in Kamloops against the WHL leading Blazers.

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Calgary Hitmen 7 at Kelowna Rockets 1
Friday, February 17, 2012 - Prospera Place - Kelowna, BC

Calgary 1 4 2 - 7
Kelowna 0 0 1 - 1

1st Period
1, Calgary, Brassart 20 (Humphries), 16:29.
Penalties-Bowman Cal (inter. on goaltender), 12:32; Rigby Kel (cross checking), 12:32.

2nd Period
2, Calgary, Rask 25 (Cheek, Gogolev), 5:59 (PP).
3, Calgary, Gogolev 23 (Rask, Helgesen), 7:32.
4, Calgary, Chase 4 (Kornelsen), 8:20.
5, Calgary, Roach 4 (Bowman, Gogolev), 18:31 (PP).
Penalties-Brassart Cal (holding), 2:11; Heffley Kel (slashing), 4:52; Severson Kel (hooking), 12:37; Bubnick Cal (hooking), 14:23; Astles Kel (charging), 17:15.

3rd Period
6, Calgary, Gayle 13 (Helgesen), 12:49.
7, Calgary, Gayle 14 (Chase, Roach), 15:20 (PP).
8, Kelowna, Bowey 6 (Baillie, Lyon), 19:24 (SH).
Penalties-Goulbourne Kel (10-minute misconduct), 6:51; Brassart Cal (10-minute misconduct), 9:10; Astles Kel (10-minute misconduct), 9:10; Clayton Cal (roughing), 9:52; Bulmer Kel (slashing), 9:52; Chikie Kel (tripping), 14:36; Clayton Cal (roughing, slashing), 17:21; Heffley Kel (roughing), 17:21; Lyon Kel (10-minute misconduct), 17:21; Chikie Kel (inter. on goaltender), 17:54.

Shots on Goal-Calgary 13-14-11-38. Kelowna 2-9-12-23.
Power Play Opportunities-Calgary 3 / 5; Kelowna 0 / 3.
Goalies-Calgary, Driedger 17-9-2-1 (23 shots-22 saves). Kelowna, Brown 18-21-1-2 (19 shots-16 saves); Cooke 6-6-2-3 (19 shots-15 saves).
A-6,102
Referees-Pat Smith (12).
Linesmen-Mike Langin (67), Kris Hartley (81).