HITMEN 5 PATS 3
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| Photo courtesy Dustin Halvorson |
Regina, SK – The Calgary Hitmen ran their season high winning streak to three games with a 5-3 victory over the Regina Pats Friday night at the Brandt Centre.
Micheal Zipp scored the game winner, breaking a 3-3 third period tie with 11:09 remaining, to give the Hitmen their second win over the Pats in as many tries this season.
Connor Rankin had a pair of goals for Calgary who also got singles from Pavel Karnaukhov and Radel Fazleev. Fazleev chipped in a pair of assists, who along with three helpers from Ben Thomas, both finished the contest with a team leading three points.
Special teams played a major role in the outcome as Calgary went 2-2 with the man advantage while killing all four chances for the Pats.
Mack Shields made 26 saves to record the win in goal with Regina outshooting the Hitmen 29-26.
Adam Brooks, Patrick D’Amico and Austin Wagner netted goals for the Pats who saw their three game winning streak come to an end.
The win improves Calgary’s record to 10-8-0-1 while the loss drops Regina to 8-9-1-0.
(Courtesy Brad Curle)
An undersized team that can't win any physical battles. Spotty offence playing from the outside. Not impressive.
You know Lang had said we are going to get bigger during his time as the GM but we still are a very small team that cant win any battles along the boards… that's where games are won and lost especially after xmas when things get tighter. Paddock and the coaching staff at times have touched on the lack of size but yet nothing has been done about it (yet) Ive heard Seattle and Victoria are both interested in Klimchuk… Seattle more so as they need to keep pace with what EVT & TC have done so far Klimchuk &… Read more »