Saskatoon 6 Calgary 0

Andrey Makarov made 42 saves to record his second shutout in as many games against Calgary in a 6-0 Saskatoon Blades win over the Hitmen Friday night at Credit Union Centre.

After Saskatoon built a 1-0 first period lead on a goal from Josh Nicholls the turning point came in the second period.  Calgary failed to score on a 5-on-3 powerplay for 69 seconds and Pavlo Padakin missed on a shorthanded breakaway.  Moments later Nathan Burns made it 2-0 Blades and Saskatoon never looked back.

Calgary, 33-15-1-3, has now lost two in a row and five of their last six games on the road.

                                             Photo Credit: Steve Hiscock

Calgary Hitmen 0 at Saskatoon Blades 6
Friday, February 1, 2013 - Credit Union Centre - Saskatoon, SK

Calgary 0 0 0 - 0
Saskatoon 1 2 3 - 6

1st Period
1, Saskatoon, Nicholls 33 (Dietz), 12:49 (SH).
Penalties-Valcourt Sas (hooking), 11:06; Mayor Cal (inter. on goaltender), 17:07.

2nd Period
2, Saskatoon, Burns 15 (McColgan, Benoit), 7:14.
3, Saskatoon, Walker 15 (Ferland, Siemens), 9:27.
Penalties-Thrower Sas (checking from behind), 1:57; Siemens Sas (slashing), 2:48; Mayor Cal (inter. on goaltender), 5:10; Stransky Sas (tripping), 11:46; Clayton Cal (slashing), 16:42.

3rd Period
4, Saskatoon, Burns 16 (Thrower, Benoit), 1:01 (PP).
5, Saskatoon, Stransky 25 (Pufahl, McColgan), 4:14.
6, Saskatoon, Walker 16 (Ferland, Dietz), 10:32 (PP).
Penalties-Chase Cal (checking from behind), 0:50; Clayton Cal (hooking), 6:13; Burns Sas (hooking), 8:23; Rask Cal (high sticking), 9:39; Rissling Cal (major-fighting), 11:35; Valcourt Sas (major-fighting), 11:35; Brassart Cal (slashing), 20:00; Ferland Sas (roughing), 20:00.

Shots on Goal-Calgary 13-16-13-42. Saskatoon 11-10-13-34.
Power Play Opportunities-Calgary 0 / 5; Saskatoon 2 / 6.
Goalies-Calgary, Shields 8-4-0-1 (34 shots-28 saves). Saskatoon, Makarov 20-16-0-3 (42 shots-42 saves).
A-4,954
Referees-Kevin Shmyr (22), Nathan Wieler (18).
Linesmen-Kyle Paulsen (96), Jason Roy (94).