Calgary 6 Regina 1

Brady Brassart and Jake Virtanen both scored twice as the Calgary Hitmen extended their winning streak to a season high six games with a 6-1 victory over the Regina Pats Friday night at Brandt Centre.

Brooks Macek set the tone opening the scoring just 13 seconds into the first period as Calgary jumped out to a 1-0 lead.

Brendan Hurley also scored for the Hitmen, to celebrate his 200th career game in the Western Hockey League.

Morgan Klimchuk had the lone marker for Regina who trailed 3-0 after the first period and 4-1 after 40 minutes.

Cody Sylvester had a pair of assists for Calgary to extend his career high point scoring streak to eight games while Chris Driedger made 32 saves to pick up the win.

The Eastern Conference leading Hitmen are now 30-10-1-3 and will wrap up their four game road trip tomorrow in Swift Current.

Calgary Hitmen 6 at Regina Pats 1
Friday, January 11, 2013 - Brandt Centre - Regina, SK

Calgary 3 1 2 - 6
Regina 0 1 0 - 1

1st Period
1, Calgary, Macek 23 (Sylvester, Roach), 0:13.
2, Calgary, Brassart 17 (Zgraggen), 14:15.
3, Calgary, Brassart 18 (Roach, Sylvester), 17:48 (PP).
Penalties-Samoridny Reg (tripping), 10:22; Ouellette Reg (tripping), 16:17; Fenske Reg (cross checking), 17:16.

2nd Period
4, Regina, Klimchuk 23 (Stevenson, Scheidl), 7:00 (PP).
5, Calgary, Virtanen 7 (Mayor, Humphries), 18:28.
Penalties-Chase Cal (charging), 6:12; Roach Cal (slashing), 9:43; Brassart Cal (tripping), 11:49; Brassart Cal (delay of game), 18:54.

3rd Period
6, Calgary, Virtanen 8   0:20.
7, Calgary, Hurley 5 (Lang, Rissling), 5:12.
Penalties-Stephenson Reg (high sticking), 0:18; Macek Cal (tripping), 1:40; Brassart Cal (interference), 7:39; Scheidl Reg (slashing), 14:35.

Shots on Goal-Calgary 15-9-8-32. Regina 8-13-12-33.
Power Play Opportunities-Calgary 1 / 5; Regina 1 / 6.
Goalies-Calgary, Driedger 24-8-1-2 (33 shots-32 saves). Regina, Sacher 7-7-1-0 (15 shots-12 saves); Hewitt 11-17-1-2 (17 shots-14 saves).
A-4,317
Referees-Colin Watt (72), Nathan Wieler (18).
Linesmen-Curtis Funk (117), Troy Murray (34).