KARLSKOGA, SWEDEN (August 13, 2023) – Caelan Fitzpatrick and Dakota MacIntosh each scored twice, while Hughie Hooker added a 3rd period insurance marker, as the Brooks Bandits opened their Sweden trip with a 5-2 victory over BIK Karlskoga U20 in Exhibition play at Nobelhallen Arena on Sunday.
Fitzpatrick (Moose Jaw, SK) opened the scoring at 6:00 of the 1st period on the penalty kill, as he stripped a Karlskoga point-man of the puck and beat the goaltender on a forehand shot to make it 1-0 Brooks. He doubled the lead at 14:00, tapping in a Nathan Free (Calgary, AB) pass on the powerplay to make it 2-0.
Dakota MacIntosh (Winnipeg, MB) made it 3-0 in the first half of the 2nd period, tapping in a Nic DeGraves (Edmonton, AB) pass on the powerplay. But Karlskoga would scored back-to-back goals at 10:41 and 9:45, narrowing the Bandits lead to 3-2 heading to the 3rd.
Hooker (Brandon, MB) sniped a right circle shot at 8:33 to double the lead to 4-2. The Bandits hardly let Karlskoga touch the puck in the 3rd, and with 90 seconds remaining, MacIntosh finished off the game with an empty net goal to seal the 5-2 win.
Highlights
Schedule
*Mountain Standard Time
Tuesday, Aug 15 @ 11:15am: Brooks vs Norway
Wednesday, Aug 16 @ 11:30am: Brooks vs Denmark
Thursday, Aug 17 @ 11:15am: Brooks vs Hungary
Saturday, Aug 19: Semifinals
Sunday, Aug 20: Finals
The U20 Super Challenge runs from August 15-20, hosted by Farjestad BK at Lofbergs Arena. It features eight teams in two Groups, with team’s travelling from around Europe to participate.
All tournament games will be streamed on https://www.svenskhockey.tv/sv/home
Located 300km west of Stockholm, and 220km east of Oslo, Karlstad is a city of 65,000 residents. The Lofbergs Arena seats 8,645 for hockey, and is the home of Farjestad BK, who’s professional team compete in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). Karlstad is located in the Central European Timezone, which is eight hours ahead of Mountain Time.
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