Kootenay 5 Calgary 4

Sam Reinhart broke a 4-4 third period tie with 4:05 remaining lifting the Kootenay Ice to a 5-4 win over the Calgary Hitmen Saturday night at Scotiabank Saddledome.

Brady Brassart scored twice for the Hitmen while Zane Jones and Calder Brooks added singles in the regular season finale for both teams.

The loss snapped Calgary's six game winning streak but also saw the Hitmen rest five veteran players in advance of the playoffs.

Kootenay Ice 5 at Calgary Hitmen 4
Saturday, March 16, 2013 - Scotiabank Saddledome - Calgary, AB

Kootenay 2 1 2 - 5
Calgary 0 3 1 - 4

1st Period
1, Kootenay, Descheneau 29 (Reinhart, Leach), 2:22 (PP).
2, Kootenay, Descheneau 30   11:29.
Penalties-Clayton Cal (hooking), 2:13; Boyd Ktn (high sticking, high sticking), 6:56.

2nd Period
3, Calgary, Jones 21   2:56.
4, Calgary, Brassart 34 (Chase, Virtanen), 6:33.
5, Calgary, Brooks 5 (Helgesen), 9:37 (PP).
6, Kootenay, Boyd 7 (Martin, Philp), 19:45.
Penalties-O'Connor Ktn (tripping), 7:54; Padakin Cal (unsportsmanlike cnd.), 13:12.

3rd Period
7, Kootenay, Boyd 8 (Prochazka), 1:54.
8, Calgary, Brassart 35 (Chase, Virtanen), 9:03.
9, Kootenay, Reinhart 35 (Descheneau, Dirk), 15:55.
Penalties-Hubic Ktn (hooking), 3:37.

Shots on Goal-Kootenay 6-17-3-26. Calgary 3-9-5-17.
Power Play Opportunities-Kootenay 1 / 2; Calgary 1 / 4.
Goalies-Kootenay, Hoflin 1-10-1-0 (9 shots-6 saves); Skapski 34-25-1-0 (8 shots-7 saves). Calgary, Shields 10-7-0-1 (26 shots-21 saves).
A-13,477
Referees-Matt Kirk (4), Brett Montsion (54).
Linesmen-Reid Anderson (53), Justin Slimm (105).