Hurricanes fall 2-1 to visiting Wheat Kings Friday night

The rest of the Friday night tilt was filled with penalties. At the 5:02 mark, Calder Anderson scored his second goal of the season to put the Wheat Kings up 1-0 early on.

Lethbridge tied the game up at the 9:59, with Joe Arntsen scoring his second goal of the season. Jett Jones and Noah Chadwick earned the assists.

At the 13:19 mark, Nate Danielson scored his fourth goal of the year. The short-handed goal put Brandon up 2-1, which ended up being the final score of the contest.

PLENTY OF PENALTIES

In total, the Friday night match-up saw 14 penalties issues. Below is a listing of each, by period.

First Period:

7:10 – Logen Hammett (Brandon), minor for tripping

10:38 – Logen Hammett (Brandon), minor for cross checking

10:38 – Joe Arntsen (Lethbridge), minor for cross checking

10:38: Logan Wormald (Lethbridge), minor for cross checking

13:01 – Quinn Mantei (Brandon), minor for roughing

14:30 – Logan Wormald (Lethbridge), minor for cross checking

19:25 – Mason Ward (Brandon), minor for high sticking

Second Period:

10:15 – Owen Harris (Brandon), minor for cross checking

11:35 – Mason Ward (Brandon), minor for cross checking

12:54 – Cole Shepard (Lethbridge), minor for unsportsmanlike conduct

Third Period:

1:01 – Brett Hyland (Brandon), minor for tripping

5:35 – Anton Astashevich (Lethbridge), minor for charging

11:16 – Alex Thacker (Lethbridge), minor for high sticking

19:33 – Nate Danielson (Brandon), minor for delay of game

THREE STARS

Wheat Kings goaltender Carson Bjarnason was named the first star of the game. Bjarnason had 32 saves on 33 shot attempts by the Hurricanes.

Brandon’s Nate Danielson was named the game’s second star, while Lethbridge’s goaltender Harrison Meneghin was named the third star of the game. Meneghin saved 19 shots on 21 attempts.

UP NEXT

The Hurricanes do not have a lot of time to rest. The team travels to Swift Current on Saturday, October 22, 2022 for a meeting with the Broncos.

Brandon, meanwhile, travel to Medicine Hat for a Saturday night match-up against the Tigers.

The Hurricanes now have a record of 4-7-0-0 on the season through 11 games, placing them in seventh in the Western Hockey League (WHL) Eastern Conference. Brandon sits in fifth with a record of 6-4-1-0.

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by Justin Goulet

Hurricanes fall 2-1 to visiting Wheat Kings Friday night

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