The Calgary Hitmen earned their first home-ice victory of the season Saturday night, defeating the Edmonton Oil Kings 6-3 at the Scotiabank Saddledome. Article content

The night featured a mix of veteran leadership and milestone moments, with several Hitmen notching their first career WHL goals. Article content Article content

Landon Amrhein opened the scoring with his first in the league, but Edmonton quickly countered with goals from Max Curran and Luke Powell to take a 2-1 lead. Fresh off Calgary Flames Training Camp, Axel Hurtig buried the equalizer late in the frame to send the game tied into the intermission.

After a scoreless second period, the Oil Kings regained the lead just 1:05 into the third on a goal from Joe Iginla. From there the Hitmen erupted with four unanswered

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