RECAP: Calgary Falls to Moose Jaw 6-2
Moose Jaw, SK – The Calgary Hitmen continued their East Division road trip Wednesday night in Moose Jaw, falling 6-2 to the Warriors.
Special teams proved to be the difference, with Moose Jaw striking three times on the power play. Pavel McKenzie opened the scoring for the Warriors with a power play goal before Dominik Pavlik doubled the lead less than 30 seconds later. Lynden Lakovic added another late in the first to make it 3-0 heading into the intermission.
Calgary got on the board in the second period when Ethan Moore slipped one past Chase Wutzke on the power play. Kale Dach followed up to pull the Hitmen within one, but McKenzie restored the two goal cushion with his second of the night again on the man advantage.
Mathieu Lajoie added Moose Jaw’s third power play goal early in the third to make it 5-2, and Jan Trefny rounded out the scoring three minutes later to seal the 6-2 final. Shots finished even at 27 apiece.
Calgary’s record now sits at 10-4-2-0. The team has collected five of a possible eight points (2-1-1-0) so far on their six-game East Division road swing.
The Hitmen will have a day off Thursday before continuing the trip in Swift Current on Friday, Nov. 7, and wrapping up in Saskatoon on Saturday, Nov. 8 against the Blades. Calgary returns home on Friday, Nov. 14 to host Saskatoon in the back half of the home-and-home series.
