A good start, but without scoring, did in the Saskatoon Blades Sunday in a 5-1 loss to the Hitmen in Calgary.

The result gives the Hitman a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final series. If the Bridge City Bunch are to return to Calgary again, they’ll need to win at least one of the next two games on Tuesday and Wednesday at SaskTel Centre. Winning both games is a must for the Blue and Gold if they are to have a shot at advancing to the second round. The Blades played with the Hitmen through the first 10 minutes Sunday, but failed to score on their chances. That led to Calgary scoring twice in a 2:17 span, just past the mid-point of the opening frame, after which the home side took over and dominated, out-shooting Saskatoon 48-23 and winning 33 of 49 faceoffs. Defenceman Grayden Siepmann broke Anders Miller’s shutout bid just past the mid-point of the third period. First faceoff is 7 o’clock for Games 3 and 4 on Tuesday and Wednesday with CJWW’s broadcast both nights starting at 6:45. Following are the audio highlights from CJWW’s broadcast plus Les Lazaruk’s Post-Game Show interview with head coach Dan Da Silva, an intermission chat with Hitmen vice-president and governor Mike Moore and the official game summary courtesy the W-H-L…..

SASKATOON Goals SASKATOON PLAYERS (plus) CALGARY PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time  G-As1-As2 3rd 10:27  21-26-4 4 21 26 86 8 9 18 24

CALGARY Goals CALGARY PLAYERS (plus) SASKATOON PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time  G-As1-As2 1st 10:03  38-18-2 8 18 21 24 38 9 11 21 52 77 1st 12:20 PP  18-9-38 2nd 7:34 PP  16-11-37 2nd 11:50  8-21 7 8 21 38 4 21 25 27 3rd 18:13 EN  9-11-6 2 7 9 11 17 20 21 23 25 27 86