Colson Gengenbach's two goal performance helped the surging Calgary Dinos take down the Manitoba Bisons 5-1 on Friday night at Wayne Fleming Arena.

"Calgary's a really good hockey team. They have really good players and play a solid hockey game," said Bisons head coach Gordon Burnett after the loss. 

"For us I thought we played a patient game and did a good job most of the night. But when you play a team like that every mistake is magnified and they capitalized on their chances," Burnett added.

The bright spot for the Herd was rookie Riley Zimmerman who scored his first career goal and almost had a second moments later.

"He scored a big goal for us and had another big scoring chance later which earned him more ice time at the end. He did a really good job holding on the puck in the O Zone which are hard minutes for any team to play. When he does that he's an effective player," Burnett said about Zimmerman's performance. 

Things stayed relatively even between Manitoba and Calgary in the first. Both teams were deadlocked at 0-0 after the period.

The Herd finally cracked one halfway through the second when Zimmerman rifled home a powerful wrist shot that Carl Tetachuk couldn't keep out. 

The Dinos got even four minutes later on the power play. Zach Wytinck slotted home the equalizer past Ross Hawryluk. 

Calgary earned their first lead less than 60 seconds after their first goal. Max Patterson blasted a bullet through enemy lines putting the Dinos ahead 2-1 in a flash.

Colson Gengenbach put the Dinos in full control early in the third after he beat Hawryluk to put his team in front 3-1. 

Dakota Krebs put the final nail in the coffin when he beat everybody including Kawryluk through the screen to give Calgary an insurmountable 4-1 lead in the last 3 minutes. 

Gengenbach added his second of the game on an empty net with less than 20 seconds left to cement a final score of 5-1 in favour of the Dinos. 

The rematch goes tomorrow at 3pm CT at Wayne Fleming Arena.