Hurricanes win 9-7 barn burner in Medicine Hat
MEDICINE HAT – The fireworks came a night early in Medicine Hat, as the Hurricanes and Tigers lit up the scoreboard Friday evening (Dec. 30).
Lethbridge came away with the 9-7 win in their final game of 2016, despite being badly outshot 50-33.
The teams traded goals twice in the first period, with Ryley Lindgren opening the scoring 4:11 into the game on the power-play. The second period was when the Hurricanes did most of their damage, putting up four goals to the Tigers one.
With the game seemingly in hand and a three goal lead with about 10 minutes to play in the contest, the Canes surrendered three goals in just over two minutes, evening things at 6-6.