Oil Kings fall to Hitmen in first of Orange Jersey Project games
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The Edmonton Oil Kings fell to the Calgary Hitmen's onslaught Saturday night.
The Edmonton Oil Kings fell to the Calgary Hitmen's onslaught Saturday night.
Calgary got on the board quickly with a goal from Carter Yakemchuk on a power play just 36 seconds into the first period.
The Oil Kings responded three minutes later, Loick Daigle finding the net with help from Gavin Hodnett and Luca Hauf.
Edmonton got into the lead a little later, Hodnett scoring his 11th goal of the season. Calgary's Sean Tschigeri evened the score to 2-2, which is where it stayed for the rest of the first.
In the second period, Vojtech Husinecky, David Adaszynski and Yakemchuk scored for the Hitmen, bringing the score to 5-2.
Edmonton couldn't retaliate and Calgary widened the gap further in the third with goals from Adaszynshi and London Hoillet to round out the scoring at 7-2.
Kolby Hay made 31 saves for the Oil Kings and Brayden Peters made 24 saves for the Hitmen.
