Playing three games in three nights is tough for any hockey team to make the best of, and for the Moose Jaw Warriors the schedule finally caught up to them in Calgary on Sunday night.
The Hitmen took a 2-1 lead out of the first period and led 4-1 through two as Calgary went on to a 6-2 victory in Western Hockey League action.
Keenan Taphorn and Josh Brook scored for the Warriors while Cael Zimmerman, Mark Kastelic, Riley Stotts, Ty Carriere and Kaeden Elder all had single goals for the Hitmen. Carson Focht had three assists.
Brodan Salmond turned aside 33 shots while Carl Stankowski had 20 saves for Calgary.
The Warriors were 1-for-4 on the power play, Calgary was 0-for 6.
Moose Jaw fell to 30-14-6-2 on the season and are currently eight points back of Saskatoon for second place in the East Division and eight points up on Red Deer for the first Eastern Conference wild card spot.
Next action for the Tribe is Thursday against the Edmonton Oil Kings (7 p.m., Mosaic Place).
