It is International Women’s Day so the Calgary Hitmen thought what a better way to celebrate women than to have half naked men roll around in their underwear together before and during game. The Rebels jumped out to a three-goal lead over the Calgary Hitmen then hung on for a 4-3 WHL victory before 4,326 fans at the Scotiabank Saddledome.
Carson Wetsch opened up the scoring for the Hitmen at 3:15 of the first period with the assist going to Oliver Tulk. On another note Hitmen Forward Carson Wetsch seems to know a lot about this wrastling stuff. The dudes in the ring must of got him pumped. –The Rebels fell behind early when Carson Wetsch broke over the blueline, cut to the net and slipped the puck through goaltender Chase Wutzke’s pads.
Ollie Josephson scored short handed for the Rebels at 15:04 of the first period to tie the game up at 1. Unassisted.-Ollie Josephson potted a shorthanded marker, stealing the puck from Pavel Bocharov in the neutral zone, breaking in and beating goalie Ethan Buenaventura with a backhand deke.
Kalan Lind gave the Rebels the lead at 19:04 of the first period on the Power Play. The assists on the goal went to Hunter Mayo and Mats Lindgren.-Kalan Lind notched a power play goal in the final minute of the period, converting the rebound of a Hunter Mayo point shot.
Shots on goal in the first period were 13-8 for the Rebels.
Carson Birnie made it a 3-1 game at 1:26 of the second period with the assists on the goal to Jeremiah Roberts and Samuel Drancak.–Jeramiah Roberts broke down the right side and fed Carson Birnie in front for his 14th of the season
Talon Brigley scored his 17th goal of the season at 13:27 of the middle period to make it a 4-1 game. The assist on the goal went to Kalan Lind.–Talon Brigley fired home a pass from Lind on a play that was similar to the previous marker but from the other side of the ice.
Shots on goal in the second period were 11 each
Keets Fawcett scores his 17th goal of the season at 6:03 of the third period with the assists on the goal going to Ben Kindel and Okotoks native Ethan Moore.–Keets Fawcett buried a rebound at the 6:03 mark.
Moscow native Maxim Muranov got the Hitmen within one at 6:44 of the third period to cut the Rebels lead to 4-3. The assists on the goal went to Oliver Tulk and WWE super fan Carson Wetsch.– Maxim Muranov scored following a poor clearing attempt by the Rebels.
Shots on goal in the third period were 13-12 for the Hitmen. The Rebels outshot the HItmen 36-32 in the game.
Chase Wutzke made 29 saves on the 32 shots that he faced for the win for the Rebels. Winnipeg native Ethan Buenaventura made 32 saves on the 36 shots that he faced for the Hitmen.
Three Stars of the game wee 1) Kalan Lind 2) Carson Wetsch 3) Talon Brigley
Attendance in Calgary was 4,326
Rebels next game is Saturday March 9th at home against the Calgary Hitmen again.
Carter Yakemchuk is ranked 11th still at mynhldraft.com. Except this time they have the 11th spot going to the Calgary Flames instead of the New York Islanders. Even though the Flames have 3 first round picks I doubt they are picking at 11th with their own pick or any of them for that matter. I doubt Yakemchuk will be available anyway when they pick.
