By Mitch Bach

Kaspick buries Tigers comeback with OT tally

Dec 8, 2017 | 8:14 PM

BRANDON, MB — Jimmy Hamblin scored a pair of markers to help erase a three-goal deficit, but the Brandon Wheat Kings secured the extra point with a 4-3 overtime win over the Medicine Hat Tigers Friday night.

Wheat Kings captain Tanner Kaspick scored the game winner while Ryan Chyzowski was watching from the penalty box. It took eight shots in the extra frame before Kaspick finally solved Jordan Hollett, handing the Tigers their third loss in the last four games. Two of those losses have been to Brandon in OT.

Brandon bolted out of the gate with three quick goals prior to the midway mark of the first. It took Linden McCorrister just 3:04 to get the Wheat Kings on the board. That was closely followed by Evan Weinger’s 12th of the season, along with last weekend’s overtime hero Stelio Mattheos finding the twine 9:18 into the contest.

Michael Bullion began the game in the blue paint, but was replaced by Jordan Hollett following the Wheat Kings second marker. The Alaskan made five saves on seven shots, while his counterpart stopped all but two of the 41 shots fired afterwards.

Wheaties netminder Logan Thompson was busy through all 63:47 of play, stopping 39 shots for his 17th win of the season.

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Medicine Hat’s climb from a three-goal hole began with Hamblin breaking a seven-game goal drought on the powerplay early in the second period. Tyler Preziuso brought the Tabbies within one just over the halfway mark of the match with his career-high ninth of the year.

Hamblin’s second of the night came 6:17 into the third period, completing a comeback, and setting up the Tigers fourth trip to overtime in the last five games. Both of Hamblin’s markers came on the man-advantage, to which the Tigers had six opportunities. 

Brandon’s only powerplay marker came in OT; their fourth opportunity of the night.

Medicine Hat, now 17-11-2-0 on the year, wraps up a four-game Eastern Division road swing tomorrow night in Regina (6:00 p.m.) before heading home for a date with the Tri-City American’s on Wednesday.