Sunday 9 February 2014

Hitmen 7 Wheat Kings 4

The Calgary Hitmen got goals from seven different players in a 7-4 victory over the Brandon Wheat Kings at Scotiabank Saddledome.

Greg Chase led all Hitmen with three points, scoring once and setting up two others.

Chris Driedger made 27 saves to pass Martin Jones for the franchise record for most regular season saves in a career.  Jones finished his time in Calgary with 3,374 stops.

The victory also snapped a four game winless slide for the Hitmen who will now play their next five games on the road.

                                            Photo Credit:  Brad Watson - Calgary Hitmen

Brandon Wheat Kings 4 at Calgary Hitmen 7
Friday, January 31, 2014 - Scotiabank Saddledome - Calgary, AB

Brandon 0 3 1 - 4
Calgary 3 0 4 - 7

1st Period
1, Calgary, Brassart 21 (Padakin), 0:38.
2, Calgary, Virtanen 32   12:25.
3, Calgary, Lang 6 (Winther, Thomas), 19:09 (PP).
Penalties-Helgesen Cal (slashing), 6:20; Mahon Cal (cross checking), 14:20; Lang Cal (tripping), 15:09; Pilon Bdn (interference), 18:35.

2nd Period
4, Brandon, Lindgren 8 (Coulter), 11:40.
5, Brandon, Roy 7 (McGauley, Quenneville), 15:14.
6, Brandon, Lisoway 5 (Lindgren, Hunter), 19:56.
Penalties-Lang Cal (hooking), 1:28; Green Bdn (major-fighting), 9:20; McGauley Bdn (roughing, roughing), 9:20; Lang Cal (roughing), 9:20; Mahon Cal (major-fighting), 9:20; Roach Cal (roughing), 17:25.

3rd Period
7, Calgary, Chase 29 (Tambellini, Virtanen), 5:32.
8, Calgary, Tambellini 4 (Brassart, Padakin), 12:26.
9, Calgary, Thomas 5 (Chase), 14:29.
10, Brandon, Hawryluk 15 (Lindgren, McGauley), 19:11 (PP).
11, Calgary, Rankin 15 (Winther, Chase), 19:37.
Penalties-Coulter Bdn (boarding), 3:28; Brassart Cal (interference), 18:03.

Shots on Goal
Brandon 12-12-7-31. Calgary 12-13-17-42.

Power Play Opportunities
Brandon 1 / 6; Calgary 1 / 3.

Goalies
Brandon, Honey 10-10-2-0 (42 shots-35 saves). Calgary, Driedger 21-13-3-3 (31 shots-27 saves).

A-8,934
Referees-Clayton Hall (42), Brett Iverson (24).
Linesmen-Cory Lundquist (128), Scott Sharun (103).

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