The Calgary Roughnecks felt the love from their fans in their home opener Saturday night but fell short in the box score, dropping a 14-10 decision to the Vancouver Warriors.
Just over 13,000 fans cheered the team on at Scotiabank Saddledome, and they got plenty to cheer for from Curtis Dickson, who scored four goals and added a pair of assists.
The team got two more from Dane Dobbie as well as six points (1 G, 5 A) from captain Jesse King, but weren’t able to overcome a first half 10-4 deficit.
The squad did respond with four goals in a row to cut it to 10-8 after three quarters, but Vancouver responded with four in the fourth to claim the victory.
Tyler Pace and Bennett Smith added single goals for the Roughnecks, who fell to 2-1 on the season.
“I thought we’d have a better start than that,” said …