Wetaskiwin Icemen come away with a loss and a win

The Wetaskiwin Icemen lost on the road but came home for a win this weekend. Article content

The Icemen opened the weekend Friday with a game against the Sherwood Park Knights at Randy Rosen Arena. Article content Article content

Both teams were shut out in the first period, but the Knights opened the scoring with a powerplay goal late in the second. Icemen Brodie Banack came back with a powerplay goal of his own to tie the game in what would be the Icemen’s only goal of the game as the Knights added a pair of even strength goals in the third to take the win 3-1.

“We outshot them 45-30 but they had a good goaltending performance,” said Icemen head coach Marc Gagnon.

Despite being stymied by the Knights’ goaltending, Gagnon said the team played well for most of the game bu