The Olds Grizzlys weren’t able to snarl up a win in Canmore as they dropped a 4-2 decision to the Eagles.
The difference in the game was a hat-trick by Eagle Trey Phillips who got a pair of first period goals and his third of the night in the second period less than one minute after the Grizzlys tied the game. The Eagles added a third period insurance goal from Jeremy Margeson midway through the frame to put the game out of reach for the Grizzlys.
The Grizzlys got a pair of second period goals after being falling behind in the opening frame. BJ Duffin scored just past the four-minute mark of the period to claw the Grizzlys within a goal. Matt hanger got the team back even with a powerplay goal at 14:33.
Dustin Gorgi had a pair of assists in the loss while Duffin added an assist to go with his goal and Austin Kernahan also had a helper for the Grizzlys.
Grizzlys goaltender Jake Tamagi stopped 31 of the 35 shots he faced while his counterpart Ryan Ferguson stopped 30 of 32 shots for the Eagles.
The Grizzlys had a good penalty kill as they held the Eagles to 1-for-5 with the man advantage but failed to capitalize themselves going 1-for-7 on the powerplay.