The Drumheller Dragons were in action Thursday afternoon at the annual Alberta Junior ‘A’ Hockey League (AJHL) Showcase in Camrose against the Whitecourt Wolverines.
The Wolverines opened up the scoring at 5:45 of the first period but the Dragons answered back with a shorthanded goal by Ryan Chynoweth at 8:55 to tie the game.
At 17:09 Levi Wunder scored an unassisted goal to give the Dragons a 2-1 lead. The second period saw a third goal by the Dragons on the power play, Chynoweth’s second of the night, but the Wolverines came back with four unanswered goals to lead the game 5-3 by the end of the second.
The Dragons Chynoweth scored his hat trick goal on the power play at 2:30 of the third period and less than two minutes later the Dragons Wade Wylie tied the game at five each. The Wolverines scored their sixth goal at 14:51 to win the game 6-5
The Dragons now face the Grande Prairie Storm in their second game of the AJHL Showcase on Saturday afternoon at 4:30 p.m. On Friday October 9 the Dragons will head the Fort McMurray to face the Oil Barons at 8 p.m. before heading to Bonnyville to face the Pontiacs on Saturday at 7:30.
