Edmonton 9 Calgary 5

One day after a full moon, the effects may have still lingered as the Calgary Hitmen and Edmonton Oil Kings combined for 14 goals in a 9-5 win by the Oil Kings Wednesday night at Scotiabank Saddledome.

The games turning point came just past the midway point of the second period when Edmonton scored four times in a span of 4:26 turning a 3-3 tie into a 7-3 lead.

Just prior the Hitmen had roared back from a 3-1 deficit scoring twice in 64 seconds to pull even on goals from Victor Rask and Jimmy Bubnick. 

T.J. Foster and Tyler Maxwell both recorded hat-tricks for the WHL's Eastern Conference leaders who improve to 4-1 in the season series against Calgary.

At 78 points, Edmonton tops the conference by six points over Moose Jaw, while Calgary remains at 67 points, but is now tied for fourth with Saskatoon who grabbed an 4-3 shootout win over Swift Current to pull even.

                                                  Photo Credit: Brad Watson

Edmonton Oil Kings 9 at Calgary Hitmen 5
Wednesday, February 8, 2012 - Scotiabank Saddledome - Calgary, AB
Edmonton 2 5 2 - 9
Calgary 1 2 2 - 5
1st Period
1, Calgary, Brassart 17 (Bubnick, Cheek), 11:59.
2, Edmonton, Foster 20   15:32 (PP).
3, Edmonton, Legault 12 (Samuelsson), 17:56.
Penalties-Lowe Edm (major-fighting), 5:16; Bowman Cal (major-fighting), 5:16; Samuelsson Edm (tripping), 6:14; Reinhart Edm (cross checking), 19:54.

2nd Period
4, Edmonton, Sieben 2 (Moroz), 2:18.
5, Calgary, Rask 23 (Gogolev), 9:53.
6, Calgary, Bubnick 25 (Gayle, Brassart), 10:57.
7, Edmonton, Maxwell 30 (Pysyk, St. Croix), 13:29.
8, Edmonton, Maxwell 31   15:50.
9, Edmonton, Rachinski 18 (Gernat, Wilson), 16:59.
10, Edmonton, Foster 21 (Wruck, Gernat), 17:55.
Penalties-Brassart Cal (hooking), 7:48; Trzonkowski Cal (hooking), 13:55.

3rd Period
11, Calgary, Sutherland 1 (Trzonkowski, Clayton), 3:08.
12, Edmonton, Foster 22   3:45.
13, Calgary, Kornelsen 9 (Sutherland, Brooks), 4:01.
14, Edmonton, Maxwell 32 (Wruck, St. Croix), 19:34.
Penalties-Maxwell Edm (tripping), 0:36; Lowe Edm (roughing), 19:50; Sieben Edm (roughing), 19:50; Bubnick Cal (roughing), 19:50; Gayle Cal (high sticking, roughing), 19:50; Rachinski Edm (cross checking), 20:00; Roach Cal (cross checking), 20:00.

Shots on Goal-Edmonton 12-13-7-32. Calgary 8-10-7-25.
Power Play Opportunities-Edmonton 1 / 2; Calgary 0 / 3.
Goalies-Edmonton, Brossoit 31-10-2-3 (25 shots-20 saves). Calgary, Driedger 16-8-2-1 (24 shots-17 saves); Glover 16-11-0-0 (8 shots-6 saves).
A-7,440
Referees-Tyler Adair (58), Ryan Bonnett (39).
Linesmen-Reid Anderson (53), Sean Donnelly (109).