Calgary 6 Prince Albert 5 Shootout

Brooks Macek had a goal and two assists plus the shootout winner as the Calgary Hitmen beat the Prince Albert Raiders for the first time in three tries Friday night at Scotiabank Saddledome.

The win clinched a playoff birth for the Hitmen for the second straight season and 15th time in the 18 year history of the franchise.

The Hitmen saw leads of 2-0 and 3-1 slip away but with the Raiders leading 5-4 Macek forced overtime with 2:21 remaining in the third period.

Brady Brassart, Jesse Zgraggen, Pavlo Padakin and Colten Mayor also scored for Calgary who has now won eight straight at Scotiabank Saddledome to improve to 19-8-1-2 on home ice this season.

The Hitmen are back in action tonight in Cranbrook against the Kootenay Ice winners of 11 straight on home ice. 

Prince Albert Raiders 5 at Calgary Hitmen 6 (Shootout)
Friday, February 22, 2013 - Scotiabank Saddledome - Calgary, AB

Prince Albert 0 3 2 0 - 5
Calgary 2 2 1 0 - 6

1st Period
1, Calgary, Brassart 26 (Sylvester, Humphries), 0:10.
2, Calgary, Zgraggen 4   9:47.
Penalties-Helgesen Cal (hooking), 2:22; Hart P.a (interference), 15:42; Virtanen Cal (inter. on goaltender, unsportsmanlike cnd.), 18:05.

2nd Period
3, Prince Albert, Winther 19 (Bardaro, Lange), 2:06.
4, Calgary, Padakin 18 (Jones, Zgraggen), 6:14.
5, Prince Albert, Draisaitl 17   7:44.
6, Prince Albert, Busenius 7 (Daae, Braid), 9:10.
7, Calgary, Mayor 14 (Macek, Helgesen), 9:34.
Penalties-Winther P.a (tripping), 13:43; McNeill P.a (hooking), 14:19; Brassart Cal (hooking), 17:34.

3rd Period
8, Prince Albert, Bardaro 21 (Gardiner), 9:42.
9, Prince Albert, Draisaitl 18 (Perreaux, Conroy), 10:09.
10, Calgary, Macek 28 (Rissling, Peterson), 17:39.
Penalties-Rissling Cal (elbowing), 3:36; McNeill P.a (high sticking), 4:23; Ruopp P.a (roughing, 10-minute misconduct), 7:15; Chase Cal (roughing, 10-minute misconduct), 7:15.

OT Period
No Scoring.
Penalties-No Penalties

Shootout
Prince Albert 0 (Draisaitl NG, Morrissey NG, Winther NG),
Calgary 1 (Rask NG, Macek G, Sylvester NG).
Shots on Goal-Prince Albert 8-18-5-0-0-31. Calgary 12-12-11-0-1-36.
Power Play Opportunities-Prince Albert 0 / 5; Calgary 0 / 4.
Goalies-Prince Albert, Siemens 31-17-2-3 (19 shots-15 saves); Desautels 2-5-0-1 (16 shots-15 saves). Calgary, Driedger 30-13-1-2 (31 shots-26 saves).
A-12,571
Referees-Shaun Harris (43), Matt Kirk (4).
Linesmen-Sean Donnelly (109), Aidan Henderson (78).