CALGARY HITMEN UPSET

REGINA PATS 3-1

by: Ron "Scoreboard" Johnston

October 20, 2011

Bret "The Hitman" Hart, and the Calgary Hitmen showcase a great night of hockey at the Brandt Centre, tonight. This will mark the return of the WWE hall of famer to Regina. He will sign autographs on the concourse beginning when the doors open at 6:00 p.m.

Regina Pats are presently ranked 7th in the CHL.

This will be the second time in just over a week that the Hitmen and Pats have met. Last week in Calgary, the first 57 minutes of the game, had Calgary carrying the play as they held a 3-1 lead. It was Pats Jordan Weal scoring a power play goal with only 2:50 left in the game. With the net empty, Dyson Stevenson tipped in Brandon Davidson's point shot with only 51 seconds left to tie the game. It went to a shoot out, with Weal and Morgan Klimchuck scoring for a 4-3 victory.

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First Period:

Scoring: Calgary took a 1-0 lead on a power play goal. Victor Rask scored at 3:19, assisted by Brooks Macek and Brock Sutherland. At the mid point of the period Regina Pats had an goal that was under review that took approximately 5 minutes. They could not tell if the puck was over the line, the puck was behind the goaltenders skate. The review showed that the puck was in, but the rule states they have to be 100% certain, so could not call it a goal. A bad turn over by Regina Pats had Cody Sylvester get a break-a-way and scored on a short handed goal at 11:07. Regina Pats just can not get a goal, with just over 5 minutes remaining, Jordan Weal had a break-a-way only to hit the goal post. Calgary went up 3-0, when Regina Pats goaltender Matt Hewitt did not see the puck at the side of the net. All Kenton Miller had to do was poke the puck in at 17:02, assisted by Calder Brooks and Greg Chase.

Penalties: 3:04 Regina Pats - Brandon Underwood (Roughing); 10:50 Calgary - Alex Gogolev (Tripping); 14:53 Regina Pats - Brandon Davidson (Tripping)

Score: Calgary 3-0; Shots: Calgary 11-4

Second Period:

Scoring: Regina Pats finally scored on a power play goal. Right off the face-off Jordan Weal got the puck, passed to Dominik Volek who in turn passed to Colton Jobke, scoring to the far side of the net at 5:20.

Penalties: 0:41 Calgary - Brooks Macek (Major-Fighting); Regina Pats -Matt Marantz (Major-Fighting); 5:12 Calgary - Kenton Miller (Cross Checking); 11:46 Calgary - Alex Roach (Check from Behind); 18:20 Calgary - Greg Chase (Tripping); 19:26 Regina Pats - Morgan Klimchuk (Tripping)

Score: Calgary 3-1; Shots: Regina Pats 12-7

Third Period:

Scoring: Four Minutes into the period, a Calgary turn over had Dominik Volek hit the cross bar. Is this going to be shads off the game in Calgary. Three minutes remaining, Calgary takes a penalty. Pats are not able to score.

Penalties: 0:53 Calgary - Jimmy Bubnick (Roughing); Regina Pats -Trent Ouellette (Roughing); 11:01 Calgary - Brooks Macek (Slashing); 16:26 Calgary - Jaynen Rissling (Interference)

Score: Calgary 3-1; Shots: Regina Pats 8-6