Photo courtesy of David Pickering – Pick’s Pics/NLL
The Calgary Roughnecks (5-12) visited the Oshawa FireWolves (5-12) in the back end of their home and home series, at the Tribute Communities Centre in Oshawa, Ontario.
Oshawa had wins in three of their last four games, most recently a 10-9 overtime win over the Roughnecks in Week 19. Tye Kurtz scored the game winning goal and Alex Simmons led the way offensively with seven points.
For Calgary, Tyler Pace is sitting ninth in NLL scoring with 90 points. Tanner Cook has moved into second in the NLL in goals with 43, just two behind the league lead.
The goaltending match-up had Aden Walsh in net for the Riggers, facing Doug Jamieson in net for the FireWolves.
The Calgary Roughnecks overcame an early deficit and stormed past the Oshawa FireWolves with a commanding 14–7 victory.
Oshawa came out flying, building a 5–3 lead by the end of the first quarter behind strong offensive contributions from Alex Simmons and Tye Kurtz. Their ball movement and quick finishes had Calgary on their heels early, despite a pair of goals from Tanner Cook keeping the Roughnecks within striking distance.
The game shifted dramatically in the second quarter, as Calgary erupted for five goals in a dominant stretch. Transition play and faceoff control—led by Justin Inacio—tilted possession heavily in Calgary’s favor, allowing them to turn a one-goal deficit into an 8–6 halftime lead. Cook continued to drive the offense, while Haiden Dickson orchestrated playmaking with a game-high five assists.
From there, the Roughnecks took full control. They held Oshawa scoreless in the third quarter and limited quality chances despite a high shot total from the FireWolves. Calgary’s defense tightened, and goaltending remained steady, while their offense added six more goals in the second half, including a four-goal fourth quarter, to put the game out of reach.
To The Game:
The Roughnecks opened the scoring with Tanner Cook firing an outside shot off a Haiden Dickson pass at 0:28 seconds, then followed by a fade away shot from Cook off a Liam LeClair pass at 2:56.
Oshawa got on the board on the power-play when Dawson Theede fired a shot from the top of the crease off an Ethan Walker pass at 4:33, followed by Alex Simmons with a blast from Ryan Benesch to tie the game at 6:35.
The FireWolves kept pressing with Ethan Walker scoring from the top of the crease off an Alex Simmons feed at 7:20, followed by Tye Kurtz with a dive from behind the net off a Taggert Clark pass at 11:32.
Calgary came back with Tyler Pace firing a high to high blast that beat Jamieson to the far corner off a Riley Loewan pass at 12:10, but a buzzer beater from Alex Simmons with just 0:00.1 second left, on the power-play, had the FireWolves up by two after one.
After one quarter, Oshawa 5 Calgary 3.
Second Quarter:
Calgary brought the game within one when Tyler Pace fired a high to low laser off a Haiden Dickson pass at 2:29, but Ryan Benesch answered with an in close bounced shot that beat Walsh five-hole off a Dawson Theede pass at 3:25.
The Roughnecks replaced Aden Walsh with Colby Bowman in net.
Calgary came back with Riley Loewan scoring from in close off a Tanner Cook pass at 4:24, followed by Justin Inacio directly off the faceoff just 0:06 seconds later to tie the game.
The Roughnecks kept the momentum going with Braydon Mayea blasting a sidearm snipe off a Haiden Dickson pass at 5:10, followed by an outside screen shot from Tanner Cook off a Tyler Pace feed at 11:21.
At the half, Calgary 8 Oshawa 6.
Third Quarter:
Calgary opened the third quarter scoring with Riley Isaacs converting a Noah Manning pass at 7:15.
The teams went back and forth the rest now the quarter, but both goalies stood tall.
After three quarters, Calgary 9 Oshawa 6.
Fourth Quarter:
The Roughnecks continued to have success with Noah Manning scoring off a Tyler Pace feed at 3:13.
Oshawa finally got back on track in the second half with Tye Kurtz scoring from the top of the crease off an Alex Simmons pass at 4:10.
Braydon Mayea replied with a pair of quick goals for Calgary. The first was off a Tyler Pace feed to regain the four goal cushion at 4:26, followed by a blast off a Haiden Dickson pass at 6:10.
The Roughnecks increased their lead on the power-play with Noah Manning converting a Tanner Cook pass at 10:13, followed by an empty netter from Tanner Cook at 12:20.
Final score, Calgary 14 Oshawa 7.
The Three Stars:
1. Colby Bowman
2. Tanner Cook
3. Tyler Pace
Game Stats:
- Shots on goal favored Oshawa 58-53
- The faceoffs were dominated by Calgary 20-4.
- The loose ball battle went to the Roughnecks 71-67.
- Calgary went 2 for 3 on the power-play, while Oshawa went 2 for 5.
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