Game 6-Warriors 4 at Hitmen 3

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The Hitmen play their 2nd home game of the season this afternoon against the improved Moose Jaw Warriors. Michael Snider is expected to start his 3rd straight game as Marty Jones continues to recover from an ankle injury. Jones should be good to go on Wednesday night when the Hitmen travel to Brandon.

The Hitmen are celebrating their 15th birthday today at the Dome and will be wearing a pink jersey.

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Hitmen blow a 3-1 third period lead and lose their first game of the year, falling 4-3 to the Warriors. Backup turned starter, Michael Snider gave up a couple of suspect goals including the gwg.

More details to follow.

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Hitmen head coach Mike Williamson not happy with his team:


We had the game in hand and let it slip away, said Hitmen head coach Mike Williamson after his squad gave up three third period goals to the Warriors (4-3). Theres a lot of things were doing right now, cutting corners and just not playing consistently through our lineup, and that led to this and honestly could have led to a few more losses. I think our records a little bit deceiving right now.

"Weve got a lot of talent in the dressing room, but were not consistent with our work ethic and with our team play."

It gets tougher and tougher to win as the year goes on here, Williamson said. Weve been talking about that a lot the last couple weeks. We havent been happy with where our games been although our record was where it was at. Sometimes it takes a slap in the face to wake you up. Hopefully this is it.

Full article here. (http://www.hitmenhockey.com/index.asp?newsID=270)