Calgary Hitmen fall 6-5 in OT in Brandon

Ty Lewis scored on a breakaway 27 seconds into overtime to lead the Wheat Kings to a 6-5 win over the Calgary Hitmen on Tuesday night in Brandon.

Stelio Mattheos with 2 goals on the night for the Wheat Kings with Baron Thompson, Connor Gutenberg and Linden McCorrister also scoring.

It was McCorrister’s power play marker with 1:29 remaining in the 3rd that forced the extra session.

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Kale Clague led Brandon with four assists.

Calgary, which saw leads of 2-0, 4-2 and 5-3 erased, got a pair of goals from both Jakob Stukel and Tristen Nielsen.

Jake Bean rounded out the scoring with Vladislav Yeryomenko chipping in a pair of helpers.

It was the second straight OT loss for the Hitmen, (6-11-3) just two games into their five-game road trip which continues Wednesday night in Regina.