Game 2 Hitmen 4 OilKings 2

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HITMEN HEADLINES: The Calgary Hitmen are back on the ice for the second time in as many days as they visit the Edmonton Oil Kings tonight. The Hitmen opened their 15th WHL season last night with a 6-2 win in Red Deer . Tyler Fiddler led the scoring attack with a hat trick while Ian Schultz, Austin Madaisky and Michael Stone added singles. Matt MacKenzie, Misha Fisenko and Brandon Kozun each chipped in a pair of assists. Martin Jones made 23 saves to record the win. The Hitmen dominated the special teams battle going 2-5 with the man advantage while killing all eight Red Deer power plays.

VS EDMONTON : Tonight is the first of six meetings with the Oil Kings. In 2008-09 the two teams also met six times with Calgary winning the season series 5-1 outscoring Edmonton by a combined 31-11. Including the playoffs, the Hitmen have won their last nine meetings with the Oil Kings.

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The Hitmen spoiled the Oil Kings home opener with a hard fought 4-2 win. The Hitmen were badly outplayed in the first period. Once again the Hitmen took several penalties in the first period and were lucky to not find themselves down by more than 1-0. The Hitmen took 5 minors in the game but 4 of them came within the first 21 minutes of the game. In the second, the Hitmen really found their legs and took the game to the Oil Kings. The Hitmen controlled the play in the third as well. The Oil Kings seemed to be on the heels and didn't want to take many chances. Tyler Fiddler scored his 4th of the year for the Hitmen, he had just 3 goals all of last year.

1st Period-1, Edmonton, Vincour 1 (Wruck), 4:01.

Penalties-Aschim Cal (tripping), 4:48; Breitkreuz Edm (tripping), 6:49; Aschim Cal (hooking), 14:44; Sylvester Cal (delay of game), 16:28.

2nd Period-2, Calgary, Wilson 1 (Kozun, Fiddler), 11:39.

Penalties-served by Cal (too many men), 0:44; Van de Mosselaer Edm (high sticking), 4:23; Cumiskey Edm (checking from behind), 9:11.

3rd Period-3, Calgary, Fiddler 4 (Kozun, Fisenko), 14:10.
4, Edmonton, Raedeke 1 (Pysyk), 15:12.
5, Calgary, Schultz 2 16:07.
6, Calgary, Kozun 1 (Aschim), 19:13 (en).

Penalties-Nichol Edm (holding), 8:47; Royer Cal (kneeing), 19:25.

Shots on Goal-Calgary 5-10-10-25. Edmonton 12-8-5-25.

Power Play Opportunities-Calgary 0 of 4; Edmonton 0 of 5.

Goalies-Calgary, Jones 2-0-0-0 (25 shots-23 saves).
Edmonton, Jung 0-1-0-0 (24 shots-21 saves).