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Kamloops Blazers

Blazers Dropped 5-1 In Calgary

March 1, 2014 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Kamloops Blazers News Release


The Kamloops Blazers (13-47-2-3) lost two veteran players during the game in a 5-1 loss to the Calgary Hitmen (42-25-3-4) on Friday night.

Bolton Pouliot was the starter in goal for the Blazers and was stellar in the first period to keep the game scoreless. He turned aside 16 shots from the Hitmen in the period.

The second period did not start well for the Blazers. Chase Souto, who returned to the line-up after missing eight games, was unable to carry on for the second period. The Hitmen opend the scoring 31 seconds in as Adam Tambelleni slid a puck underneath Bolton Pouliot to make it 1-0 for the Hitmen. Soon after the goal, Sam Grist was lost to the hockey club after getting into a fight with Jaynen Rissling of the Hitmen. The Blazers responded after the fight though as Matt Bellerive got one past goaltender Mack Shields to tie the game up at 1-1. Brady Brassart broke the tie late in the period scoring on a one-timer on the power play as the Hitmen carried a 2-1 lead into the third period.

The Blazers do not have the depth to keep up with quality teams and the Hitmen poured it on in the third period as they scored three times en route to a 5-1 win over the Blazers.

Bolton Pouliot had a busy night making 37 saves, while Mack Shields was solid for the Hitmen with 25 saves.

The Blazers finished 0-for-4 on the power play, while the Hitmen were 1-for-5.

The Blazers will play their seventh straight road game Saturday night as they are in Medicine Hat to face the Tigers. The Blazers will return home for a few days before playing in Vancouver and Victoria next week to close out a stretch of 10 straight games away from the ISC.

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