Hitmen Fall to Hurricanes in Final Regular Season Game
April 17, 2022 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Calgary Hitmen News Release
Calgary, AB - The Calgary Hitmen took the ice for the last time this season facing off against the Lethbridge Hurricanes at the Scotiabank Saddledome. Sitting at 59 points, Calgary is 10th in the Eastern Conference and will miss the post season for the first time since 2018.
Lethbridge opened up the scoring with two first period goals form Brayden Edwards and Carson Hopwo. A penalty shot opportunity for Sean Tschigerl in the second was stopped by Jared Picklyk at the 13:10 mark of the second, but he was able to cut the lead in half shortly after. Riley Fiddler-Schultz found the back of the net for the 28th time this season tying the game heading into the third. The third remained scoreless, pushing the game to overtime but Lethbridge was quick to end extra time scoring just 19 seconds in.
Today marks the last game in the Western Hockey League for all three Hitmen overage players in Blake Allan, Blake Stevenson and Cael Zimmerman. For Allan, it was career game 208 after breaking into the league with the Kootenay ICE on Feb. 6, 2018. He was acquired by Calgary on Oct, 22, 2019 and spent parts of three seasons with the Hitmen. For Stevenson, today was career game 184. His WHL debut came with the Tri-City Americans on Jan. 12, 2018. Stevenson joined Calgary just over four months ago in a trade with Red Deer. For Zimmerman, it was career game 240 this afternoon. The Hitmen captain spent a full five-seasons in Calgary with his first ever game on Sept. 22, 2017.
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