Calgary Hitmen take it 5-2 over the Hurricanes

The Calgary Hitmen completed a home-and-home sweep of Lethbridge by beating the Hurricanes 5-2 on Saturday night at the ENMAX Centre.

The victory moves the Hitmen into the final WHL Eastern Conference Wild Card spot, one point ahead of the Saskatoon Blades.

Saskatoon has three games left in the regular season while Calgary has four.

Beck Malenstyn scored the eventual game winner for the Hitmen, netting his 27th marker of the season to break a 2-2 second period tie.

Mark Kastelic scored twice for Calgary with Jakob Stukel and Tyler Mrkonjic rounding out the scoring.

Goaltender Kyle Dumba also played a key role for the visitors with the goaltender making 32 saves.

The Hitmen will cap off a busy three-in-three weekend Sunday against the visiting Edmonton Oil Kings.

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