CALGARY (Interstat) — Eli Tverdovsky opened the scoring in the second period and the Kamloops Blazers beat the Calgary Hitmen 3-2 Sunday at Scotiabank Saddledome. Tverdovsky scored at 6:45 of the second off an Owen Cooper assist. Calgary’s Julien Maze tied it at 14:44. Cooper put Kamloops ahead at 4:33 of the third with help from Gavin Nemis, and Calgary’s Grady Anaka answered at 12:41 off assists from Carter Sanderson and Hunter Aura. The game was completed in a shootout. Cooper finished with one goal, one assist, three shots on goal and two penalty minutes in his hometown. Maze had one goal, seven shots and four penalty minutes, and Anaka added one goal and three shots. Nemis recorded an assist, Tverdovsky had a goal, Jacob Dumansky posted six shots, Vit Zahejsky had seven shots and two penalty minutes, and Andrei Molgachev and Bode Laylin each had two shots. Kamloops improved to 9-6, while Calgary fell to 8-7. Attendance was 6,062.