Luckless Hitmen drop WHL playoff opener to Rebels yyc
While nerves weren’t a factor for the inexperienced Hitmen, says head coach Steve Hamilton, the bottom line puts them in a hole against a playoff-savvy opponent to start the first-round series.
Twenty-year-old goaltender Brayden Peters got the call in net after helping pull the Calgary club into the playoffs, including getting wins in his last four starts.Article content The Rebels wouldn’t score again until Grubbe deflected a puck past Peters with 6:38 left in regulation. Game-wide, the hosts outshot their foes 36-25, with little threat coming from the underdog Hitmen , who finished 22 points behind the Rebels in the regular season and went 2-4-2-0 in the season series against their provincial rivals.
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