Game 7 . . . third period

THIRD PERIOD:
The Wheat Kings have to be feeling good about themselves going into this period. They finally got to Jones, outscoring Calgary 3-1 in the second period. . . . It’s warm and muggy in here, so the ice may be a factor in the second half. . . . Brandon outshot Calgary 20-5 in the second period. . . . They run one of those slingshot bowling promotions in the intermission tonight. And they do it after the flood. A young fellow piled into the end boards — there is some padding there but it looks a bit skimpy — and he limps off. Looks like he banged a knee into the boards. . . . The 50/50 pool is over 30 grand. Biggest one of the week. . . . Crowd is ready for the third. As loud as it’s been in here all week. . . . Lots of gold towels being waved. . . . The Wheat Kings have lost five straight games to Calgary. The Wheat Kings are 1-2 here. They’ve been beaten 9-3 and 5-1, but they are one period and one goal from the Memorial Cup final. . . . Brandon is all over Calgary in the first minute. . . . One shot from the high slot hits a body and goes wide. . . . Brandon had two great chances after some Calgary pressure and D Michael Stone stopped the last one or the Wheat Kings are up 4-3. . . . There’s a high-stick and Pat Smith, the WHL referee, puts Calgary D Ben Wilson in the box. . . . Brandon is on the PP at 5:04 and three seconds later the puck is in the net. It’s off a faceoff win by F Brayden Schenn and D Colby Robak slaps it home. . . . Calgary F Brandon Kozun goes end-to-end and that’s what the Hitmen need from him. They’re sagging and need a lift. . . . Schenn has three assists tonight. He has been a real force, even in the first period when Brandon trailed 2-0. . . . With 14:01 left, the crowd can sense a berth in the final. There’s a real buzz in here. . . . Jones stones F Brent Raedeke on the back end of a 2-on-1 and that could have ended this one. . . . If that doesn’t give Calgary a lift, nothing will. . . . Kozun coughs it up to F Jay Fehr in the neutral zone and he’s in alone. Jones makes a blocker save. . . . 11:41 to play. . . . Brandon F Scott Glennie is in tight and Jones makes another save. . . . Shots are 41-24 with 10:40 to play. . . . Calgary ices it and the crowd is on its feet. . . . This is easily the best Brandon has played. Could it be that it has taken this long to get rid of three weeks worth of rust? . . . DeSerres stops a Stone slapshot. . . . TV timeout coming up. . . . Calgary’s Stone and Glennie are going off after a small skirmish. . . . The 50/50 is worth $16, 168. . . . The attendance is 5,235. . . . Brandon has a 30-11 edge in shots since the end of the first period. . . . DeSerres comes across and makes a game-saving blocker save on Kozun. . . . That’s his best stop of this tournament. . . . Calgary is back with pressure and Fisenko is at the net. The light went on. It was in. Calgary has tied it. . . . Fisenko went to the net and may have put in a rebound. But it looks on the replay as though maybe it hit the post and didn’t cross the line. . . . The video review crew looks at every goal so they will look at this one. . . . And it’s a goal. With 5:12 to play and Brandon up 44-27 on the shot clock. . . . TV timeout. Should be the last one of the third period. There is 4:37 left in the period. . . . The referees are, uhh, letting them play. . . . That was an ugly cross-check by Nyren. . . . Down to 3:09. . . . Calgary has more hop than it has had in a while. . . . Inside two minutes. . . . Broda didn’t clear the zone, MacKenzie turned it over and Jones had to make a big save. . . . One minute even. . . . DeSerres freezes it. Faceoff to his right. . . . Nyren tried to hit Bubnick with the long pass and it’s icing against Calgary. . . . There are 25.6 seconds left. Faceoff to the left of Jones. . . . We’re going to OT. . . . It’s 4-4. Shots are 46-29 for Brandon. . . . Gotta think the big winner tonight will be the Windsor Spitfires. They have to be loving this.