Calgary 5 Vancouver 4

Brady Brassart scored twice including the game winner on the powerplay lifting the Calgary Hitmen to a 5-4 win over the Vancouver Giants Sunday at Scotiabank Saddledome.

The win completed a sweep of a three game homestand for the Hitmen who outscored their opponents by a combined 21-7.

Zane Jones, Pavlo Padakin and Greg Chase also scored for Calgary who got two assists each from Chase Clayton, Spencer Humphries and Alex Roach.

The Hitmen, 27-10-1-3, will now play 15 of their next 17 games on the road starting Tuesday in Brandon.

Vancouver Giants 4 at Calgary Hitmen 5
Sunday, January 6, 2013 - Scotiabank Saddledome - Calgary, AB

Vancouver 2 0 2 - 4
Calgary 1 2 2 - 5

1st Period
1, Vancouver, Kieser 5 (Morrison, Zalitach), 1:34.
2, Calgary, Jones 14 (Clayton, Roach), 9:43.
3, Vancouver, Franson 15 (Kulak, Morrison), 14:51 (PP).
Penalties-Chase Cal (tripping), 14:14; Padakin Cal (slashing), 14:20.

2nd Period
4, Calgary, Padakin 13 (Humphries, Clayton), 6:30 (PP).
5, Calgary, Chase 11 (Jones, Kosterman), 9:58.
Penalties-Trzonkowski Van (roughing), 5:08; Trzonkowski Van (major-fighting), 10:38; Padakin Cal (major-fighting), 10:38; Orban Van (interference), 10:57; Jones Cal (boarding), 13:45; Brassart Cal (roughing), 19:15.

3rd Period
6, Calgary, Brassart 12 (Humphries, Shields), 1:30.
7, Vancouver, Houck 10 (Kulak), 6:50 (PP).
8, Vancouver, Kulak 8 (McEvoy), 8:41.
9, Calgary, Brassart 13 (Roach, Sylvester), 10:39 (PP).
Penalties-Geertsen Van (major-fighting), 4:22; Hurley Cal (major-fighting), 4:22; Clayton Cal (high sticking, high sticking), 4:48; Orban Van (cross checking), 9:41; Padakin Cal (delay of game), 11:20.

Shots on Goal-Vancouver 6-10-10-26. Calgary 13-12-9-34.
Power Play Opportunities-Vancouver 2 / 7; Calgary 2 / 3.
Goalies-Vancouver, Lee 6-11-0-0 (34 shots-29 saves). Calgary, Shields 6-3-0-1 (26 shots-22 saves).
A-12,133
Referees-Tyler Adair (58), Colin Stefanyk (14).
Linesmen-Sean Donnelly (109), Scott Sharun (103).