Hitmen 6 Moose Jaw 4

The Calgary Hitmen extended their season high winning streak to eight games with a 6-4 victory over the Moose Jaw Warriors Wednesday night at Mosaic Place.

The win also clinched a playoff spot for Calgary for the third season in a row and the 16th time in their 19 year franchise history.  

Jake Virtanen and Pavel Padakin both scored twice for the Hitmen while Alex Roach and Elliott Peterson added singles.

Brady Brassart had three assists to extend his career high point scoring streak to 11 games while Jaynen Rissling and Joe Mahon both had assists extending their career high point streaks as well. 

Rissling’s is now at six games with Mahon’s at five.

Colton McCarthy had a pair of goals for Moose Jaw who got singles from Brayden Point, and Jack Rodewald.

The victory improves Calgary’s record to 40-15-3-3.

The Hitmen continue their East Division road trip Friday in Brandon before the conclusion Saturday in Regina. 
                        
                                                     Photo Credit:  Stephen Simon

Calgary Hitmen 6 at Moose Jaw Warriors 4
Wednesday, February 19, 2014 - Mosaic Place - Moose Jaw, SK

Calgary 2 2 2 - 6
Moose Jaw 1 0 3 - 4

1st Period
1, Moose Jaw, Point 27 (Jensen, Johnson), 8:53.
2, Calgary, Virtanen 37 (Rissling, Padakin), 9:08.
3, Calgary, Roach 9 (Sanheim, Thomas), 15:35 (PP).
Penalties-Peterson Cal (holding), 10:30; Point M.j (hooking), 14:18.

2nd Period
4, Calgary, Padakin 23 (Lang, Mahon), 5:48.
5, Calgary, Virtanen 38 (Brassart), 19:34.
Penalties-Valentine M.j (tripping), 7:26; Sleptsov M.j (delay of game), 8:11; Virtanen Cal (inter. on goaltender), 10:10; Peterson Cal (cross checking), 12:43.

3rd Period
6, Moose Jaw, McCarthy 3 (Point), 2:15.
7, Moose Jaw, Rodewald 21 (Point, Eberle), 10:09 (PP).
8, Calgary, Peterson 9 (Chase, Helgesen), 15:30.
9, Calgary, Padakin 24 (Brassart, Rissling), 18:57 (SH EN). 10, Moose Jaw, McCarthy 4 (Zalitach, Valentine), 19:36 (PP). Penalties-Virtanen Cal (charging), 7:35; Cooke M.j (cross checking), 7:35; Lang Cal (slashing), 8:52; Virtanen Cal (roughing), 18:47.

Shots on Goal
Calgary 9-15-14-38. Moose Jaw 14-11-10-35.

Power Play Opportunities
Calgary 1 / 3; Moose Jaw 2 / 5.

Goalies
Calgary, Shields 19-2-0-0 (35 shots-31 saves). Moose Jaw, Paulic 9-27-3-5 (24 shots-20 saves); Sawchenko 6-10-0-1 (13 shots-12 saves).

A-3,246

Referees-Patrick Gagnon (71), Trevor Peluk (79).
Linesmen-Noah Roellchen-Pfohl (120), Shane Smith (123).