Wheat Kings pump in seven goals to defeat Canes

By Lethbridge Herald on December 11, 2025.

By Justin Seward

Lethbridge Herald

The Lethbridge Hurricanes began their three-game road trip with a 7-3 defeat to the Brandon Wheat Kings on Wednesday night.

The Wheat Kings got the scoring going 1:32 into the game when Joby Baumuller cut into the slot and beat Canes goaltender Koen Cleaver with a wrist shot.

Nicholas Johnson collected the assist on Baumuller’s 17^th goal of the season.

Jordan Gavin capitalized on a rebound to give Brandon a 2-0 lead 15:37 into the opening  frame, with the assists going to Baumuller and Johnson.

Luke Mistelbacher took a cross-ice pass from Chase Surkan in the offensive zone and his wrist shot beat Cleaver 1:34 into the second period to give the Wheat Kings a 3-0 lead.

Lethbridge product Carter Klippenstein got the other assist on Mistelbacher’s 19^th goal of the year.

Gavin tipped in a pass from Surkan in tight on the powerplay  to give Brandon a 4-0 lead 1:11 later.

Jaxon Jacobson got the other helper on Gavin’s goal.

The Canes made a push in the third period as they strung together three straight goals to bring the score to 4-3.

First Easton Daneault’s  centering attempt from behind the net went  off a Brandon defender and in 1:03 into the third period from Kade Duell.

Hudson Kibblewhite then jammed the puck  in when shot off the  end boards came to him to cut Brandon’s lead in half to 4-2 5:09 into the third period.

Nathan Maloney and Luke Cozens collected the assists.

Cozens then brought the Canes to within a goal when he buried a wrist shot off a pass from Gavin Lesiuk 8:44 into the third period.

Klippenstein’s wrist shot from the left wing found its way to the back of the net 11:41 into the third period to give Brandon a 5-3 lead.

Mistelbacher and Surkan assisted on the goal.

Baumuller doubled the Wheat Kings lead with an empty-net goal from Gavin  17:51 into the final period.

Klippenstein redirected in a shot with 1:41 to go in the game to make the final score 7-3 Wheat Kings.

Nigel Boehm assisted on the goal.

Brandon outshot Lethbridge 43-24 in the game.

Lethbridge (10-20-0-1) continues the road trip against the Saskatoon Blades (15-13-2-0) on Friday night.