| Hitmen Rally to Out-Last Blades |
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| Written by Les Lazaruk | |||
| Saturday, 03 March 2012 01:12 | |||
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For the second straight game, the Saskatoon Blades let a victory slip away, allowing the Calgary Hitmen to come from behind for a 4-3 overtime triumph Friday night at the Scotiabank Saddledome. Cody Sylvester's second goal of the night, with 1:14 remaining in the sudden death period, gave the home side the victory as the Bridge City Bunch couldn't hold two-goal leads of 2-0 and 3-1. Last Saturday, the Blades allowed a late third period goal to Red Deer as the Rebels escaped Credit Union Centre with a 4-3 shootout triumph. Josh Nicholls, Matej Stransky and Dalton Thrower tallied for the 36-25-3 Blades as they hold on to sixth place in the Eastern Conference standings. But, Calgary, who out-shot Saskatoon 41-26, moved six points up on the Blades for fourth place...the final home-ice advantage position for the first round of the playoffs. Saskatoon's "Magic Number" to clinch a post-seasn berth is down to 3...and could be down to 1 if they win in regulation time Saturday in Red Deer. Game time is 8:30 with the broadcast on 92-9, THE BULL at 8 p.m. Saskatoon 1 1 1 0 - 3 1st Period-1, Saskatoon, Nicholls 26 (Dietz, Olsen), 7:04. Penalties-Muller Sas (delay of game), 13:15; Olsen Sas (roughing), 16:54; Gayle Cal (holding), 19:03. 2nd Period-2, Saskatoon, Stransky 35 (Thrower), 11:26 (PP). 3, Calgary, Bubnick 30 (Cheek, Humphries), 12:53. Penalties-Nicholls Sas (delay of game), 5:55; Humphries Cal (tripping), 10:12; Stransky Sas (slashing), 16:03. 3rd Period-4, Saskatoon, Thrower 18 (Nicholls, Burns), 9:14 (PP). 5, Calgary, Sylvester 21 (Cheek, Sutherland), 10:18. 6, Calgary, Rask 30 (Gogolev), 14:01. Penalties-Brassart Cal (hooking), 5:31; Brassart Cal (tripping), 7:53; served by Gogolev Cal (too many men), 18:26. OT Period-7, Calgary, Sylvester 22 3:46. Penalties-No Penalties Shots on Goal-Saskatoon 5-7-13-1-26. Calgary 9-20-9-3-41.
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