WHL Roundup: Ice use five-goal second period to top Broncos, extend win streak
By The Canadian Press on February 16, 2023.
WINNIPEG – Matthew Savoie had a goal and an assist as the Winnipeg Ice scored all five of their goals in the second period en route to a 5-3 win over the Swift Current Broncos on Wednesday. Evan Friesen, Owen Pederson, Josh Medernach and Ben Zloty added the others for Winnipeg (41-7-1), winner of four straight. Daniel Hauser made 28 saves. Connor Hvidston scored twice, on the power play and short-handed, while Caleb Wyrostok contributed another for Swift Current (25-23-1-2). After a six-save opening period, Reid Dyck gave up four goals on his next 15 shots faced just 11:48 into the second. Joey Rocha stopped 13-of-14 shots in relief. — CHIEFS 6 WINTERHAWKS 2 SPOKANE, WA. – Berkly Catton had two goals and an assist to lead the lowly Spokane Chiefs to a 6-2 win over the formidable Portland Winterhawks. Grady Lane, Mac Gross, Cade Hayes and Ty Cheveldayoff also scored for Spokane (10-35-2-4) Dawson Cowan made 25 saves. Marcus Nguyen and James Stefan replied for Portland (36-12-2-2). Dante Giannuzzi surrendered five goals on 21 shots in the opening 27:09 of the game before Jan Å punar took his place and stopped 14-of-14 shots. — HURRICANES 3 HITMEN 0 LETHBRIDGE, ALTA. – Bryan Thomson earned a 36-save shutout as the Lethbridge Hurricanes downed the struggling Calgary Hitmen 3-0. Logan Wormald, Cole Shepard and Anton Astashevich found the back of the net for Lethbridge (29-18-3-3). Ethan Buenaventura stopped 23 of 25 shots for Calgary (23-23-5-2), which has lost 10 in a row. — ROCKETS 5 SILVERTIPS 2 KELOWNA, B.C. – Andrew Cristall scored four goals to fuel the Kelowna Rockets’ 5-2 win over the Everett Silvertips. Gabriel Szturc added the other along with three assists for Kelowna (18-30-3), which got 41 saves from Jari Kykkanen. Jackson Berezowski scored twice for Everett (27-23-2). Tyler Palmer surrendered four goals on 20 shots in the first two periods before Tim Metzger stopped 3-of-3 shots in relief. This roundup was generated automatically with a CP-developed application. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 15, 2023. 23-22
