By Tyler King - Brooks Bandits

Mahshie hat-trick powers Bandits to Showcase sweep

Sep 30, 2017 | 12:49 PM

CAMROSE, AB – Ryan Mahshie (Stoney Creek, ON) had his first career hat-trick, as the Brooks Bandits (4-3) swept their AJHL Showcase schedule for the first time since 2013, downing the Grande Prairie Storm (2-4-1) by a 4-2 final score on Friday afternoon at the Max McLean Arena.

The Bandits outshot the Storm 31-27 on the game, as Mitch Benson (Windsor, ON) made 25 saves for his second consecutive win.

Mahshie’s first opened the scoring at 5:35 when Ocean Wiesblatt (Calgary, AB) won a faceoff to the rookie power forward, who drove to the front of the net and flipped a backhand shot past Storm goalie Charles-Olivier Levesque. Mahshie doubled the lead just 4:01 later when his shot from the high slot deflected by Levesque to make it 2-0.

In the 2nd, the Bandits began to pull away when an early 5-on-3 power play led to a rebound tap-in goal for Simon Boyko (Mississauga, ON). But Grande Prairie pulled closer on a screen shot by Edoard Michaud that trickled through Benson to make it a 3-1 game, just minutes after he had rang the post.

Mahshie then completed his hat trick at the end of a Bandit power play when Nathan Plessis (Salmon Arm, B.C.) centered a pass from behind the net that he hammered in on a one-time shot to extend the lead to 4-1.

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The Storm eked closer when Michaud scored his second of the game on a wrist shot from the left circle off the rush, but it was as close as the Storm would get, as the Bandits held on for the 4-2 win.

The Bandits remain on the road for their next three games, beginning Tuesday night in Calgary against the Mustangs at Father David Bauer Arena. Puck drop is scheduled for 7:30 PM with pre-game coverage starting at 7:15 on Real Country 105.7.