The Calgary Hitmen are back on a two game winning streak after this weekend’s two home games at the Saddledome. Both games began slow for the Hitmen, however, the club was able to battle back against the Moose Jaw Warriors Friday before beating Central Division rivals, the Medicine Hat Tigers […]
Author: Fred Mayer
Hitmen finish comeback, Peters picks up first win of season
The second of six meetings between the Medicine Hat Tigers and Calgary Hitmen featured a Medicie Hat team with four straight wins coming into the evening. The Hitmen, on the other hand, just snapped a two-game winless drought at home on Saturday against Moose Jaw. The visiting Tigers were impressive […]
Hitmen dominate Warriors 7-3, get back in win column
In a game where both teams were trying to get out of the loss column, the Calgary Hitmen, despite a very slow start, came out with the stronger effort. Head coach Steve Hamilton spoke post game about the past five days off, saying, “We reset ourselves. I thought it was […]
Calgary Hitmen Weekly Preview
The Calgary Hitmen suffered two difficult losses over the past week to the Edmonton Oil Kings and Saskatoon Blades. Carter Souch and Eric Florchuk were both impactful as each forward recorded a hat trick against the Hitmen for his club. Calgary also allowed 15 goals against in this two-game span […]
Blades trounce Hitmen 9-3, hand Calgary first home loss.
The streak of home wins for the Calgary Hitmen ended Monday when the Saskatoon Blades came into town and laid a beating on the Hitmen in the Saddledome. Road teams remained victorious between these two clubs, as the last time the winner was a home team was during the 2017-18 […]
Calgary Hitmen weekly preview
The Calgary Hitmen headed into the week coming off their fourth straight victory of the season. Despite missing two top offensive players in Carson Focht and James Malm to undisclosed injuries, Calgary received depth contribution to pick up the two points at home against a young but skilled Portland Winterhawks […]
Depth scoring comes up big in Hitmen 5-2 win over Portland
The Sunday matinee game between the visiting Portland Winterhawks and Calgary Hitmen was the first and only meeting between the two clubs. With Mark Kastelic back in the lineup centering Riley Stotts and Jonas Peterek, the matchup served as a great test for the Hitmen, as both teams had won […]
Calgary Hitmen Weekly Preview
With the Calgary Hitmen coming off a massive weekend, taking down three central division counterparts, the league-leading Hitmen await a new challenger in the Portland Winterhawks. After three consecutive games this weekend, Calgary will have a seven-day break from play before resuming at home against the current U.S. Division leader. […]
Kydd tallies twice to fuel Hitmen past Tigers
The Sunday matchup between the Medicine Hat Tigers and host Calgary Hitmen was an opportunity for both clubs to finish the weekend with a perfect six points. Last season, in the six-game season series between the teams, the Hitmen won five of six, despite only outscoring Medicine Hat 29-22. Calgary […]
Calgary’s veteran stars spoil Edmonton’s lead to take home opener
September 27th was not only the home opener for the Calgary Hitmen but also the club’s first of eight games against heated rival Edmonton Oil Kings. Edmonton came into town as the recently ranked number four team in the Kia CHL Top 10, while the Hitmen had fallen off after […]