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| Braylon Shmyr scored his first WHL goal in Wednesday's blowout loss in Calgary |
Brooks Macek had
his first career Western Hockey League hat-trick for the Hitmen, who scored six
times in the third period to hit double digits on the Wheat Kings for the first
time since 2005.
“The X’s and O’s
and systems and all that doesn’t really matter when you don’t want to come to
the rink and compete,” said Brandon coach Dwayne Gylywoychuk on CKLQ’s
post-game show, “There was a lot of examples of it all over the ice. They were first to pucks, they got pucks out,
we didn’t get pucks out, even assignments defending, they got on the wrong side
of our checks. They took advantage of us
and showed us a lesson in hockey, that’s for sure.”
Chase Lang and
Pavlo Padakin added a pair of goals each for the Hitmen, who went 5-for-9 on
the power-play in the contest.
Calgary had
scored just three power-play goals in their previous 43 opportunities.
The Wheat Kings
were shorthanded 22 times during their three-game Alberta road trip – a bad
omen for the WHL’s worst penalty-kill unit.
“We should have
learned our lesson in Edmonton. As the
game went on, our frustration really showed through in some of the penalties
and put ourselves in bad situations with our discipline,” said Gylywoychuk, who’s
team has surrendered a WHL high 54 power-play goals against this season, “Those
things have to change, first and foremost.”
Chad Robinson and
15-year old callup Braylon Shmyr scored the goals for the Wheat Kings, who fell
to 14-22-2-2 with the loss.
Brandon’s next
action is Saturday when they host the Medicine Hat Tigers (7:35 p.m., Westman
Communications Group Place).
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