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Fan Appreciation Day on the Scotiabank Saddledome on Sunday got here with much less force at the Calgary Hitmen than it would have because the Western Hockey League membership wrapped up its common season.
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Due to a 3-2 win over the rival Oil Kings in Edmonton yesterday, the Hitmen had secured 7th position and a playoff spot within the Western Hockey League’s Japanese Convention.
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So Calgary’s 2-1 loss within the rematch on a last-minute objective earlier than a crowd of seven,905 used to be meaningless within the standings.
Loick Daigle scored with 27 seconds left within the 3rd length and Logan Cunningham stopped 32 photographs because the last-place Oil Kings completed the season with a 10-54-4 document.
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Marshall Finnie opened the scoring at 12:45 of the primary for Edmonton. Calgary’s Sean Tschigerl scored an unassisted short-handed objective at 9:11 of the second one to tie it. With the tally, the ahead reached 150 profession issues.
Netminder Ethan Buenaventura stopped 22 photographs because the Hitmen concluded their common season with a 31-29-5-3 document.
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Prior to the sport, captain Riley Fiddler-Schultz used to be honoured because the Hitmen’s Participant of the 12 months. The ahead led the membership in objectives (31), assists (44), issues (75) and photographs on objective (264).
The Hitmen now flip their consideration to the second-seeded Purple Deer Rebels (43-19-3-3), with their first-round sequence starting Friday on the Peavey Mart Centrium.
— With recordsdata from The Canadian Press
Hitmen vs. Rebels playoff agenda (best-of-seven Japanese Convention quarterfinal)
Friday — at Purple Deer, 7 p.m.
Saturday — at Purple Deer, 7 p.m.
Monday, April 3 — at Saddledome, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, April 5 — at Saddledome, 7 p.m.
x-Friday, April 7 — at Purple Deer, 7 p.m.
x-Sunday, April 9 — at Saddledome, 2 p.m.
x-Tuesday, April 11 — at Purple Deer, 7 p.m.
x-if important.
