Omran Wahidy
It was a night of milestones for the Riggers as Tyler Pace suited up in his 100th NLL game and Justin Inacio reached 500 NLL face-off wins, but the Roughnecks fell 11-9 in a hard-fought game to the Black Bears in Ottawa.
Tanner Cook and Tyler Pace led the way offensively scoring three goals each to go along with a pair of assists.
THE NUMBERS:
Tyler Pace – 5 pts (3G, 2A)
Tanner Cook – 5 pts (3G, 2A)
Haiden Dickson – 4 pts (2G, 2A)
Aden Walsh – 46/56 saves
Ready to roll!
Here’s our starting 6️⃣ pic.twitter.com/roMfU0yiSC
— Calgary Roughnecks (@NLLRoughnecks) February 7, 2026
Cook opened up the scoring just 3:05 into the first quarter to take the lead. The Ontario product rifled a bouncer that went over the shoulder of back stopper Zach Higgins.
Bouncers will go 🫡 pic.twitter.com/DWkdIEZWeD
— Calgary Roughnecks (@NLLRoughnecks) February 8, 2026
Ottawa responded in the last minute-and-a-half of the quarter with a couple of goals from Connor Kearnan and Jeff Teat to take the lead to closeout the first.
Kearnan and the Ottawa offence continued to build momentum at the beginning of the second after scoring on a powerplay tally to extend a 3-1 lead.
The Riggers answered back with a pair of goals from Cook and Pace, but the Black Bears outscored the ‘Necks 4-2 in the second quarter to take a 6-3 lead at halftime.
The Roughnecks rally began with Pace potting his second and third of the contest just under a minute apart. Pace then assisted on Dickson’s first of the night to cut the Ottawa lead to 7-6.
Pacer snipe 🎯 https://t.co/p4ajTqUmbu pic.twitter.com/pJf1KyH6ur
— Calgary Roughnecks (@NLLRoughnecks) February 8, 2026
Teat buried his third of the night to retake a two-goal lead heading into the final frame.
The Roughnecks were hot out of the gate in the fourth scoring three unanswered goals from Loewen, Dickson and Cook to take Calgary’s first lead of the game at 9-8.
The cookie monster cannot be stopped. 😤 pic.twitter.com/Qe5nK7A9VZ
— Calgary Roughnecks (@NLLRoughnecks) February 8, 2026
Teat stopped the bleeding with a goal of his own to even it up at nine. Reilly ‘O Conner followed that up with his first of the night to give Ottawa a 10-9 lead and ultimately the game-winning goal.
UP NEXT:
The Roughnecks return home next weekend for some double header action! On Saturday, Feb. 14 they will take on the Philadelphia Wings on Galentine’s Day at 7 p.m. Then on Sunday, Feb. 15 we’re taking on the Georgia Swarm for PJ Party Night starting at 6 p.m.
