Hitmen 6 Ice 3

The Calgary Hitmen wrapped up the 2013-14 WHL regular season by completing a home-and-home sweep of Kootenay with a 6-3 win over the Ice Saturday night at Scotiabank Saddledome.

Edmonton Oilers prospect Greg Chase paced the Calgary scoring attack with two goals and two assists to finish in a tie for the team lead in scoring with Brady Brassart at 85 points.

Mike Winther and Pavel Padakin both had a goal and two assists for the Hitmen while Ben Thomas and Jake Virtanen also scored for Calgary.

The Hitmen finish the season with a record of 48-17-3-4, good for 103 points and the third seed in the Eastern Conference Standings.

                                                   Photo Credit:  Calgary Hitmen

Kootenay Ice 3 at Calgary Hitmen 6
Saturday, March 15, 2014 - Scotiabank Saddledome - Calgary, AB

Kootenay 1 0 2 - 3
Calgary 2 2 2 - 6

1st Period
1, Kootenay, Philp 31 (Reinhart, Descheneau), 11:36.
2, Calgary, Chase 34 (Padakin, Winther), 12:15.
3, Calgary, Chase 35 (Rissling), 13:39. Penalties-Tambellini Cal (tripping), 16:34.

2nd Period
4, Calgary, Thomas 7 (Penner, Chase), 1:36. 5, Calgary, Virtanen 45 (Helgesen, Tambellini), 8:09. Penalties-No Penalties

3rd Period
6, Calgary, Winther 7 (Chase, Padakin), 12:19.
7, Kootenay, Vetterl 12 (Martin, Philp), 13:56.
8, Calgary, Padakin 27 (Winther, Zipp), 16:46.
9, Kootenay, Descheneau 44 (Reinhart, Martin), 18:27 (PP).
Penalties-McPhee Ktn (roughing), 7:49; Roach Cal (roughing), 7:49; Valiev Ktn (major-fighting), 8:25; Virtanen Cal (major-fighting, 10-minute misconduct), 8:25; Welykholowa Cal (kneeing), 17:05.

Shots on Goal
Kootenay 9-12-11-32. Calgary 8-9-10-27.

Power Play Opportunities
Kootenay 1 / 2; Calgary 0 / 0.

Goalies
Kootenay, Skapski 28-20-2-2 (12 shots-8 saves); Hoflin 10-8-0-1 (15 shots-13 saves). Calgary, Driedger 28-14-3-4 (32 shots-29 saves).

A-14,070

Referees-Chris Schlenker (90), Colin Watt (72).
Linesmen-Reid Anderson (53), Sean Donnelly (109).