Medicine Hat 10 Calgary 1

It was one of those nights where everything that could go wrong did for the Calgary Hitmen who got thumped 10-1 at home Friday night by the visiting Medicine Hat Tigers.

Hunter Shinkaruk and Curtis Valk both had five points a piece for the Tigers who built period leads of 2-0 and 7-0. 

Cody Sylvester, with his 12th goal in 12 games scored the lone Hitmen marker.

Calgary started well building a 9-2 lead on the shot clock in the opening 10 minutes, but from that point on Medicine Hat completely took over.

Friday was also the first time the Hitmen surrendered 10 goals on home since October 14th, 2001 when they were beaten 10-4 by Prince George.  Brady Block was left in goal for all 10 against while Ken Davis scored five times for the Cougars who were actually outshot 40-30.

The Hitmen (8-3-1-1) are back on the ice tonight in Red Deer against the Rebels (7-8-1-1).  The Mr. Fireplace Hitmen warm-up on Sportsnet 960 The Fan starts at 7pm with play-by-play at 7:30.

Medicine Hat Tigers 10 at Calgary Hitmen 1
Friday, October 26, 2012 - Scotiabank Saddledome - Calgary, AB

Medicine Hat 2 5 3 - 10
Calgary 0 0 1 - 1

1st Period
1, Medicine Hat, Leier 3 (Doty, Jensen), 13:20.
2, Medicine Hat, Shinkaruk 7 (Busenius, Valk), 19:25 (PP).
Penalties-Valk M.h (slashing), 0:25; Busenius M.h (holding), 16:08; Padakin Cal (ob-tripping), 19:09; Bredo M.h (roughing), 20:00; Henry Cal (roughing), 20:00.

2nd Period
3, Medicine Hat, Valk 10 (Shinkaruk, Lewington), 4:50.
4, Medicine Hat, Valk 11 (Shinkaruk, Busenius), 7:34 (PP).
5, Medicine Hat, Stanton 1 (Koules, Becker), 13:00.
6, Medicine Hat, Valk 12 (Shinkaruk), 13:55.
7, Medicine Hat, Bredo 2 (Becker, Ryckman), 19:15 (PP).
Penalties-Jones Cal (interference), 4:07; Koules M.h (holding), 4:34; Leier M.h (major-fighting), 5:40; Padakin Cal (roughing, major-fighting), 5:40; Peterson Cal (checking from behind), 6:16; Doty M.h (unsportsmanlike cnd.), 9:10; Lewington M.h (roughing), 9:10; Chase Cal (roughing), 9:10; Shinkaruk M.h (hooking), 9:42; Hurley Cal (checking from behind), 14:31; Roach Cal (charging), 14:31; Jones Cal (charging), 17:27; served by Lang Cal (too many men), 17:53; Helgesen Cal (delay of game), 18:21.

3rd Period
8, Medicine Hat, Labelle 2 (Lewington, Ryckman), 0:58 (PP).
9, Medicine Hat, Valk 13 (Shinkaruk), 1:08.
10, Calgary, Sylvester 12 (Chase, Roach), 14:13.
11, Medicine Hat, Broadhead 1 (Jensen, Labelle), 19:14.
Penalties-Henry Cal (slashing), 2:31; Padakin Cal (holding), 5:53; Jensen M.h (holding), 7:58; Koules M.h (roughing), 15:53; Henry Cal (roughing), 15:53.

Shots on Goal-Medicine Hat 8-16-9-33. Calgary 12-5-8-25.
Power Play Opportunities-Medicine Hat 4 / 11; Calgary 0 / 5.
Goalies-Medicine Hat, Lanigan 5-1-0-0 (25 shots-24 saves). Calgary, Driedger 6-3-1-0 (12 shots-9 saves); Shields 2-0-0-1 (21 shots-14 saves).
A-7,763
Referees-Kyle Scrivens (77), Jon Stephenson (38).
Linesmen-Reid Anderson (53), Justin Slimm (105).