Hitmen improve pre-season record to 2-0 with win over Swift Current

Outshot 37-20 the Calgary Hitmen still posted a pre-season victory Sunday afternoon beating the Swift Current Broncos 4-1.

Goalies Chris Driedger (22/22) and Evan Johnson (14/15) combined on a 36 save performance.

The veteran Driedger got the start and was perfect in just over 31 minutes of work.  Coming on in relief Johnson, was nearly flawless with the only goal to beat him coming in the second period.

Jake Virtanen, Travis Sanheim, Layne Bensmiller and Kenton Helgesen all scored for Calgary.  For Virtanen and Bensmiller it was their second goals in as many days at the Edmonton Oil Kings Invitational Tournament in St. Albert.

Josh Thrower chipped in a pair of assists for the Hitmen who went 2-8 on the powerplay while killing all 10 Swift Current chances.

Calgary will now enjoy a two day break before heading to Taber to play the Lethbridge Hurricanes on Thursday night.

Swift Current Broncos 1 at Calgary Hitmen 4
Sunday, September 1, 2013 - St. Albert, AB

Swift Current 0 1 0 - 1
Calgary 0 2 2 - 4

1st Period
No Scoring.
Penalties-Morrison Cal (holding), 0:44; Draude Cal (hooking), 2:38; McLean S.c (tripping), 6:24; Mackay S.c (roughing), 8:41; Chase Cal (high sticking), 8:41; Harmsworth Cal (cross checking), 11:47; Oleksyn Cal (holding), 14:06; Gawdin S.c (slashing), 19:30; Chase Cal (tripping), 19:30.

2nd Period
1, Calgary, Virtanen 2 (Thrower, Padakin), 0:59 (PP).
2, Calgary, Sanheim 1 (Chase, Thrower), 5:17 (PP).
3, Swift Current, Honka 4 15:02.
Penalties-Honka S.c (boarding), 0:35; Honka S.c (roughing), 2:50; Thomas Cal (cross checking, roughing), 2:50; Lernout S.c (holding), 3:42; Johnson S.c (unsportsmanlike cnd.), 4:50; Peterson Cal (tripping), 9:15; Arnold S.c (roughing), 11:27; Morrison Cal (roughing), 11:27; Lernout S.c (10-minute misconduct), 12:25; Padakin Cal (10-minute misconduct), 12:25; Gawdin S.c (hooking), 12:47; Honka S.c (hooking), 15:58; Draude Cal (hooking), 17:07.

3rd Period
4, Calgary, Bensmiller 2 (Virtanen, Clayton), 12:54.
5, Calgary, Helgesen 1 18:50 (EN).
Penalties-Oleksyn Cal (tripping), 2:53; Clayton Cal (slashing), 4:53; Thrower Cal (elbowing), 9:01; Gawdin S.c (roughing), 15:04; Bosc S.c (kneeing), 18:50.

Shots on Goal
Swift Current 15-11-11-37.
Calgary 3-6-11-20.

Power Play Opportunities
Swift Current 0 / 10;
Calgary 2 / 8.

Goalies-Swift Current,
Laurikainen 0-1-0-0 (19 shots-16 saves).
Calgary, Driedger 1-0-0-0 (22 shots-22 saves); Johnson 0-0-0-0 (15 shots-14 saves).

Referees-Matt Cassidy (93), Kyle Kowalski (15).
Linesmen-Chad Huseby (59).