By Lara Fominoff @fomsy1 on Twitter

Hurricanes lose close game on the road to Edmonton Oil Kings

Sep 29, 2017 | 11:04 PM

LETHBRIDGE – The Lethbridge Hurricanes lost their second game of the season, 7-6 to the Edmonton Oil Kings Friday night.

The ‘Canes were off to a good start, as Dylan Cozens opened the scoring at 2:12 in the first, on a power play; Captain Georgio Estephan and Calen Addison with the helpers.

Nick Bowman responded with his first goal of the game for the Oil Kings at 15:50 of the first. A second goal followed for Edmonton on a power play at 7:30 of the second period. Nick Bowman struck again for the Oil Kings at 11:16.

The Canes responded with two more goals in the second period by Shawn Harke at 11:21 and Igor Merezhko at 16:32.

The third period opened with Cozens and Jordy Bellerive netting the 4th and fifth goals of the night for the ‘Canes, but they came up short.

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The Oil Kings scored three more goals at 14:38, 16:04 and 17:38 of the third, while the final Hurricanes goal by Jack Flaman came just before the end of the period at 19:50.

Goalie Stuart Skinner faced 35 shots on the night, compared to 31 the ‘Canes managed  on  Edmonton net. The Canes found themselves shorthanded 9 times, and giving up two goals.

This brings the Hurricane’s record to 1-2-0-0 on the season so far. The two teams play again Saturday night in Lethbridge at the Enmax Centre. Game time is 7:00 p.m.