By Sam Borsato - @BorsatoSam on Twitter

Hurricanes wrap up 2016-17 season with a loss to Medicine Hat

Mar 19, 2017 | 12:02 AM

MEDICINE HAT – The Lethbridge Hurricanes sent off the 2016-17 regular season with a fight at the Canalta Centre Saturday (Mar. 18) night.

The Medicine Hat Tigers took advantage of three of their five power play opportunities to edge the Hurricanes 8-7. Lethbridge looked promising with 38 shots on goal, but were eventually outweighed by their opponent’s 45.

It was a quick start by the Tigers’ Steve Owre, who had the first point just 34-seconds in. But the Hurricanes kept up shot for shot a majority of the game. 

Tyler Wong fired back, registering his 50th career goal. The Tigers’ Brad Forrest and Calen Addison followed up with a goal a piece, with Ryan Vandervlis taking the lead within the final few minutes of the first frame. 

The Tigers had another impressive start to the second period, with two point early on fro Mason Shaw and Max Gerlach. At that point, Hurricanes goalie Stuart Skinner was traded out for alternate Adam Swan. Tanner Nagel made up the lost point just moments later.

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The lead then went back to Medicine Hat, before Alec Baer evened out the scoreboard again. Wong, assisted by Addison and Brennan Menell, ended the second period 6-5 in Lethbridge’s favour. 

Mark Rasell and Egor Babenko weren’t ready to back down in the third, setting the score early 7-6 for the Hurricanes. It was Medicine Hat’s James Hamblin who evened things out, but the game winner by David Quinneville sealed Lethbridge’s ultimate defeat at the 12:28 mark.

The Hurricanes finished up with a 44-21-4-3 overall record this regular season.

They will start the 2017 WHL playoffs against the Red Deer Rebels on March 25 and 26 at the Enmax Centre. Tickets are on sale now, puck drops for game one at 7:00 p.m..