Calgary 5 Prince Albert 4 - Shootout

Cody Sylvester scored the lone goal of the shootout lifting the Calgary Hitmen to a 5-4 win over the Prince Albert Raiders Friday night at Scotiabank Saddledome.

The Hitmen erased a 3-0 second period deficit as Chase Clayton, Collin Bowman, Brooks Macek and Jimmy Bubnick scored four unanswered goals to give the Hitmen a 4-3 third period lead.  Mark McNeill forced overtime for the Raiders scoring on a shorthanded penalty shot with just over 12 minutes remaining.

Calgary won all four meetings with PA this season, outscoring them by a combined 25-9.

The Hitmen are now 16-13-1-1.  They remain tied with Regina for seventh in the Eastern Conference with 34 points.

                                                  Photo Credit: Brad Watson

The Hitmen return to action Sunday for a 2:00 p.m. matinee against the visiting Brandon Wheat Kings.

Prince Albert Raiders 4 at Calgary Hitmen 5 (SO)
Friday, December 9, 2011 - Scotiabank Saddledome - Calgary, AB

Prince Albert 2 1 1 0 - 4
Calgary 0 3 1 0 - 5

1st Period
1, Prince Albert, Maylan 15 (Tochkin, Lange), 3:37 (PP).
2, Prince Albert, Herrod 12 (Morrissey, Ruopp), 4:19.
 Penalties-Trzonkowski Cal (interference), 2:33; Humphries Cal (cross checking), 5:40; Mahura P.a (hooking), 12:08; McNeill P.a (tripping), 12:41; served by Perreaux P.a (too many men), 17:39; Brooks Cal (hooking), 19:17.

2nd Period
3, Prince Albert, Winther 13 (Maylan), 5:45.
4, Calgary, Clayton 2 (Bubnick, Sylvester), 10:34.
5, Calgary, Bowman 8 (Sylvester), 12:18 (PP).
6, Calgary, Macek 7 (Humphries, Rask), 15:02 (PP).
Penalties-Bourhis P.a (boarding), 3:21; Yaworski P.a (roughing), 5:56; Trzonkowski Cal (roughing), 5:56; Ruopp P.a (tripping), 12:07; Fiddler P.a (hooking), 13:43; Ruopp P.a (roughing), 20:00; Rissling Cal (roughing), 20:00.

3rd Period
7, Calgary, Bubnick 12 (Clayton, Sylvester), 3:26.
8, Prince Albert, McNeill 14   7:43 (SH_PS).
Penalties-Hart P.a (tripping), 6:21; Hlinka P.a (tripping), 15:51.

OT Period
No Scoring.
Penalties-No Penalties

Shootout
Prince Albert 0 (McNeill NG, Fiddler NG, Herrod NG),
Calgary 1 (Macek NG, Rask NG, Sylvester G).
Shots on Goal-Prince Albert 8-12-5-1-0-26. Calgary 11-7-9-3-1-31.
Power Play Opportunities-Prince Albert 1 / 3; Calgary 2 / 8.
Goalies-Prince Albert, Williams 8-14-1-2 (30 shots-26 saves). Calgary, Glover 7-5-0-0 (4 shots-2 saves); Driedger 9-7-1-1 (22 shots-20 saves).
A-8,978
Referees-Andy Thiessen (11), Kevin Webinger (6).
Linesmen-Reid Anderson (53), Ian Shaver (74).