Calgary 3 Victoria 1

The Calgary Hitmen extended their home ice winning streak to six games with a 3-1 win over the Victoria Royals Saturday night at Scotiabank Saddledome.

The Hitmen scored once in each period with captain Cody Sylvester leading the way with a pair of goals while Brady Brassart added a single.

Victoria broke Chris Driedger's shutout bid scoring on a 5-on-3 powerplay with just 2:35 remaining.  Driedger finished with 31 saves and was named the first star.

Calgary is now 38-17-1-3 while the Royals drop to 32-21-1-4.

Victoria Royals 1 at Calgary Hitmen 3
Saturday, February 16, 2013 - Scotiabank Saddledome - Calgary, AB

Victoria 0 0 1 - 1
Calgary 1 1 1 - 3

1st Period
1, Calgary, Sylvester 32 (Macek, Rask), 14:59 (PP).
Penalties-Clayton Cal (checking to the head), 2:56; Rissling Cal (elbowing), 10:05; Walker Vic (hooking), 13:39; Hicketts Vic (checking from behind), 14:49; Virtanen Cal (holding), 16:52.

2nd Period
2, Calgary, Brassart 24 (Chase), 10:24.
Penalties-Kanzig Vic (slashing), 1:23; Kanzig Vic (major-fighting), 7:27; Rissling Cal (major-fighting), 7:27; Zgraggen Cal (tripping), 11:36; Gagnon Vic (inter. on goaltender), 15:38.

3rd Period
3, Calgary, Sylvester 33 (Jones, Helgesen), 9:59 (PP).
4, Victoria, Hodges 24 (Magee, Crooks), 17:25 (PP).
Penalties-Chase Cal (holding), 0:57; Deacon Vic (tripping), 4:33; Fisher Vic (checking from behind), 8:33; Brassart Cal (high sticking, high sticking), 14:32; Humphries Cal (delay of game), 16:44.

Shots on Goal-Victoria 9-10-13-32. Calgary 9-10-6-25.
Power Play Opportunities-Victoria 1 / 8; Calgary 2 / 6.
Goalies-Victoria, Vollrath 2-7-0-1 (25 shots-22 saves). Calgary, Driedger 29-13-1-2 (32 shots-31 saves).
A-11,362
Referees-Patrick Gagnon (71), Fraser Lawrence (10).
Linesmen-Darren Spurgeon (61), Ian Shaver (74).