Brandon-Calgary: The season series
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Here is a look back at the four games between the Brandon Wheat Kings and the Calgary Hitmen this season. In the score at the top, the home team is in capital letters.
GAME 1
Calgary 3, BRANDON 1
Brandon Wheat Kings captain Caleb Hadland skates along the boards with the puck as Calgary Hitmen forward Wyatt Pisarczyk (12) tries to defend during Western Hockey League action at Scotiabank Saddledome on Dec. 19. Brandon won 3-2 in overtime that night. (Jenn Pierce/Calgary Hitmen)
Date: Nov. 2.
BWK goal scorers: Gunnar Gleasman.
Calgary scorers: Kale Dach, Kaden Meyer, Brandon Gorzynski.
BWK goalie: Jayden Kraus.
Calgary goalie: Eric Tu.
Shots: 40-20 CGY.
PP: BWK 0-0. CGY 2-5.
Attendance: 2,484.
RECAP: Calgary scored in the first eight minutes of all three periods to build a 3-0 lead, with Gleasman banging in a rebound with less than seven minutes remaining to deny Tu a shutout.
GAME 2
Brandon 3, CALGARY 2 (OT)
Date: Dec. 19.
BWK goal scorers: Nick Johnson, Chase Surkan, Joby Baumuller.
Calgary scorers: Caine Wilke, Ethan Moore.
BWK goalie: Filip Ruzicka. Calgary goalie: Eric Tu.
Shots: 39-26 BWK.
PP: BWK 1-5. CGY 1-2.
Attendance: 2,555.
RECAP: In their final game before the Christmas break, Brandon took a 2-0 lead but Calgary tied it up. In overtime, Baumuller converted on a three-way passing play with Grayson Burzynski and Luke Mistelbacher at the 2:25 mark, shortly after the Calgary bench was looking for a tripping call on a play in the Brandon zone.
GAME 3
Calgary 5, BRANDON 4
Date: Feb. 6.
BWK goal scorers: Jaxon Jacobson (3), Luke Mistelbacher.
Calgary scorers: Ty Meunier, Andrei Molgachev, Ethan Moore, Julien Maze, Harrison Lodewyk.
BWK goalie: Jayden Kraus.
Calgary goalie: Eric Tu.
Shots: 39-21 CGY.
PP: BWK 1-2. CGY 2-3.
Attendance: 3,657.
RECAP: In their first game back from their West Coast trip, a tired Brandon team took a 4-1 lead into the third period but Calgary scored goals 45 seconds apart in the last three minutes to pull out the comeback victory.
GAME 4
Brandon 6, CALGARY 4
Date: March 11.
BWK goal scorers: Joby Baumuller, Chase Surkan, Prabh Bhathal, Max Lavoie, Jaxon Jacobson, Brett Wilson.
Calgary scorers: Julien Maze (2), Andrei Molgachev, Keaton Jundt.
BWK goalie: Filip Ruzicka. Calgary goalie: Eric Tu
Shots: 35-21 CGY.
PP: BWK 0-2. CGY 3-5.
Attendance: 2,408.
RECAP: The game was tied 3-3 heading into the third period when Lavoie and Jacobson struck. Maze made it a one-goal game with 2:19 left but Wilson added an empty netter in his hometown.
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