Hurricanes rebound with win over Wheat Kings
LETHBRIDGE – Despite a late game scare that turned a comfortable lead into a nail-biter, the Hurricanes held on for a 4-3 bounce-back win over the Brandon Wheat Kings Friday night (Feb. 24).
Coming off a 3-1 loss to Moose Jaw earlier in the week, the Canes got on the board early, with Giorgio Estephan scoring his 27th of the season just over a minute into play.
Brandon’s highly touted centre, Nolan Patrick, responded four minutes later to even things up on the power play, only to have the home team pull ahead again two minutes after that, with a marker from Zak Zborosky. Matt Alfaro, who joined Zborosky in the trade from Kootenay to Lethbridge, added a pair of his own – one in the first period and another in the third – to give the Hurricanes a solid lead.
And then things got a little scary.