Sunday . . .

SUNDAY’S PLAYOFF GAMES: Is it too early to start talking about the Calgary Hitmen running the table in these playoffs. The Hitmen now are 10-0, having come from behind to beat the visiting Brandon Wheat Kings on Sunday. . . . Meanwhile, the Western Conference final will go at least five games now that the Vancouver Giants have tied it at 1-1, thanks to a 4-3 OT victory over the visiting Kelowna Rockets.
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In Vancouver, C Casey Pierro-Zabotel’s goal with 34.7 seconds left in the first OT period gave the Giants a 4-3 victory over the Kelowna Rockets. . . . The series is tied 1-1 and now heads for Kelowna at games Tuesday and Wednesday nights. . . . Pierro-Zabotel, who won the WHL’s regular-season scoring title, ended a six-game goal drought. . . . The Giants have gone into OT in four of their last six games. They have won three of those games. . . . Vancouver, which had lost four straight games to Kelowna, led 3-1 after the second period, only to have the Rockets tie it on goals by LW Jamie Benn, at 12:29 on the PP, and C Cody Almond, at 16:36. . . . With the Vancouver Canucks playing on TV, attendance at the Giants game was 7,159. . . . Vancouver G Tyson Sexsmith made 28 saves. Kelowna’s Mark Guggenberger stopped 33 shots. . . . The Giants spent a goodly part of the game going to the Kelowna net, and Guggenberger may have injured his right leg during an OT scramble. . . . “He got run over a few times tonight,” Kelowna head coach Ryan Huska told Steve Ewen of the Vancouver Province. “You talk about goalie interference and there hasn’t been one call that’s been made. They can crash the net, but it’s someone’s job to protect the goaltender, too. There’s going hard to the net but there’s also contact on your goaltender. Those are two different things.”
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In Calgary, the Hitmen never held the lead until F Brett Sonne’s goal at 13:10 of the third period gave them a 5-4 lead over the Brandon Wheat Kings. And that stood up as the final score. . . . Calgary holds a 2-0 series lead with Games 3 and 4 in Brandon on Tuesday and Wednesday nights. . . . Brandon led 2-0 aftr one period on goals by F Matt Calvert and F Brayden Schenn. . . . The teams were tied 3-3 after two periods, with Calgary D Michael Stone scoring perhaps the game’s biggest goal at 19:48 of the second period. . . . Brandon D Keith Aulie gave his club a 4-3 lead at 8:56 of the third period, only to have Calgary F Ian Schultz tie it at 10:54 and Sonne win it with his second goal of the playoffs. . . . Calvert, Schenn and Calgary F Joel Broda, who set up the winner, each scored his eighth goal of the playoffs. . . . Calgary D Keith Seabrook had assists on his side’s last two goals. . . . The Hitmen are 10-0 in these playoffs and have won 13 straight games overall. . . . Calgary has set a franchise record for consecutive playoff victories. . . . Calgary G Martin Jones stopped 21 shots, while Brandon’s Andrew Hayes turned aside 22. . . . Each team was 1-for-4 on the PP. . . . Attendance was 8,600.
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THIRD ROUND
Conference Finals
(Best-of-7)
(all times local)
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Calgary (1) vs. Brandon (3)
(Calgary leads series 2-0)
Friday: Brandon 3 at Calgary 9
Sunday: Brandon 4 at Calgary 5
Tuesday: Calgary at Brandon, 7 p.m.
Wednesday: Calgary at Brandon, 7 p.m.
x-Friday: Brandon at Calgary, 7 p.m.
x-Sunday: Calgary at Brandon, 6 p.m.
x-Tuesday, April 28: Brandon at Calgary, 7 p.m.
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WESTERN CONFERENCE
Vancouver (1) vs. Kelowna (3)
(Series tied 1-1)
Saturday: Kelowna 4 at Vancouver 2
Sunday: Kelowna 3 at Vancouver 4 (OT)
Tuesday: Vancouver at Kelowna, 7 p.m.
Thursday: Vancouver at Kelowna, 7 p.m.
Saturday: Kelowna at Vancouver, 7 p.m.
x-Monday, April 27: Vancouver at Kelowna, 7 p.m.
x-Tuesday, April 28: Kelowna at Vancouver, 7 p.m.

x — if necessary.