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Game day thread: Game 3, Calgary @ Brandon, 7 PM
4/21/2009 at 9:06 AM
Series: Calgary leads 2-0
Last game: Brandon 4 @ Calgary 5
Calgary Hitmen
Regular season: 1st in Eastern Conference, 59-9-3-1
Top Playoff Scorers: Joel Broda (8+8=16), Brandon Kozun (6+8=14), Kyle Bortis (4+10=14), Kris Foucault (8+3=11)
Probable starting goalie: Martin Jones (10-0, 1.38, 0.933)
Brandon Wheat Kings
Regular season: 3rd in Eastern Conference, 48-19-3-2
Top playoff scorers: Brayden Schenn (8+10=18), Scott Glennie (3+14=17), Matt Calvert (8+7=15), Jay Fehr (1+13=14), Andrew Clark (8+5=13)
Probable Starting Goalie: Andrew Hayes (7-2, 3.32, 0.879)
The Wheat Kings face what is for all intents and purposes a must-win game tonight if they are to have a realistic hope of advancing to the WHL finals.
My gold shirt is in the wash right now. Looking forward to a charged atmosphere at Westman Place to be the "seventh man" the team will need to fight their way back into the series!
As far as I'm concerned, the most important thing will be to come out hitting early on. The Hitmen really established their hitting game in mid-game 2, it's now up to Brandon to respond!
Look for a live pre-game stream on the front page of eBrandon starting at approx 6 PM, with pre-game warmup starting at 6:25.