Hitmen rally to beat Rebels

The Calgary Hitmen scored four unanswered goals in a 5-2 win over the Red Deer Rebels Saturday night at Enmax Centrium.

Elliott Peterson paced the Hitmen attack scoring twice and setting up another for a team leading three points.

Jake Virtanen, Jaynen Rissling and Colby Harmsworth also scored for Calgary who trailed 2-1 after the first period.

For Harmsworth it was his first career goal in the Western Hockey League while Linden Penner drew an assist for his first career point.

Calgary won the special teams battle going 2-5 on the powerplay while killing all seven Rebels chances.

Chris Driedger made 25 saves to pick up the victory in goal.

The win improves the Hitmen record to 7-3-0-1 including a 4-0-0-1 mark in their last five games.

Calgary Hitmen 5 at Red Deer Rebels 2
Saturday, October 19, 2013 - Enmax Centrium - Red Deer, AB

Calgary 1 3 1 - 5
Red Deer 2 0 0 - 2

1st Period
1, Red Deer, Bleackley 7 9:46.
2, Calgary, Virtanen 4 (Thrower, Fazleev), 14:07.
3, Red Deer, Volek 3 (Bleackley, Bellerive), 18:38.
Penalties-Chase Cal (high sticking), 0:34; Thomas Cal (major-fighting), 8:56; Bear R.d (major-fighting), 8:56; Gaudet R.d (interference), 12:04; Brassart Cal (holding), 15:12.

2nd Period
4, Calgary, Rissling 4 (Fazleev, Thomas), 1:29 (PP).
5, Calgary, Harmsworth 1 (Penner, Peterson), 10:59.
6, Calgary, Peterson 1 (Brassart, Zgraggen), 17:08 (PP).
Penalties-Doetzel R.d (tripping), 0:37; Thomas Cal (closing hand on puck), 6:25; Bear R.d (tripping), 11:18; Johnson R.d (high sticking, high sticking), 14:24; Helgesen Cal (slashing), 15:56; Sutter R.d (roughing), 15:56; Harmsworth Cal (hooking), 17:16.

3rd Period
7, Calgary, Peterson 2 17:58 (SH EN).
Penalties-Virtanen Cal (hooking), 1:11; served by Cal (too many men), 14:26; Helgesen Cal (roughing), 17:43.

Shots on Goal
Calgary 20-16-10-46. Red Deer 8-4-15-27.
Power Play Opportunities
Calgary 2 / 5; Red Deer 0 / 7.
Goalies-Calgary, Driedger 3-3-0-1 (27 shots-25 saves). Red Deer, Bartosak 5-6-0-0 (45 shots-41 saves).
A-5,239
Referees-Reagan Vetter (39), Chad Williams (60).
Linesmen-Chad Huseby (59), Cody Huseby (88).