WHL: Wheat Kings use big second period to topple Broncos 9-4

By Canadian Press on November 5, 2025.

BRANDON — Cameron Allard, Jaxon Jacobson and Joby Baumuller each scored two goals as the Brandon Wheat Kings took a 9-4 win over the Swift Current Broncos on Wednesday in Western Hockey League action.

Carter Klippenstein, Nicholas Johnson and Jimmy Egan provided the rest of the offence for Brandon (7-7-1). Filip Ruzicka made 27 saves.

Jace McFaul, Stepan Kuryachenkov, Marek Rocak and Caleb Potter scored for Swift Current (6-8-1). Joey Rocha surrendered six goals on 20 shots before exiting at 7:31 of the second period, with Aiden Eskit stopped 16 of the 19 shots he faced in relief.

The Wheat Kings came out of the first period with a 4-3 lead before really taking off. Brandon scored four straight goals to make it a five-goal game entering the third period.

Both teams went 1 for 3 on the power play in the contest.

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OIL KINGS 7 REBELS 3

EDMONTON — Joe Iginla led the way with two goals as the Edmonton Oil Kings topped the Red Deer Rebels 7-3.

Jensen Marsh, Poul Andersen, Ethan MacKenzie, Max Curran and Andrew O’Neill also scored for Edmonton (13-4-1-1), which turned a 2-2 game into a 5-2 contest with three straight goals in the second period.

Beckett Hamilton, Samuel Drancak and Talon Brigley replied for Red Deer (5-10-0-2).

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COUGARS 6 WINTERHAWKS 2

PORTLAND, Ore. — Dmitri Yakutsenak and Terik Parascak each had a goal and two assists as the Prince George Cougars defeated the Portland Winterhawks 6-2.

Jett Lajoie, Carson Carels, Kayden Lemire and Riley Ashe also scored for Prince George (10-6-0), which scored five unanswered goals to rebound from a 2-1 first-period deficit.

Reed Brown and Alex Weiermair scored for Portland (9-7-0).

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WARRIORS 6 HITMEN 2

MOOSE JAW, Sask. — Pavel McKenzie scored twice, Mathieu Lajoie had a goal and two assists and the Moose Jaw Warriors earned a 6-2 victory over the Calgary Hitmen.

Dominik Pavlik, Lynden Lakovic and Jan Trefny also contributed to the scoring for Moose Jaw (8-8-1), which held 3-0 and 3-2 leads before scoring three unanswered goals to seal the win.

Ethan Moore and Kale Dach replied for Calgary (10-4-2).

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ROCKETS 6 VEES 2

PENTICTON, B.C. — Tij Iginla had two goals and one assist as the Kelowna Rockets used a four-goal third period to fuel a 6-2 win over the Penticton Vees.

Tomas Poletin, Carson Wetsch, Dawson Gerwing and Kayden Longley added the others for Kelowna (6-5-1-1), which was up 2-0 after the first period before entering the third tied 2-2.

Tristan Petersen and Louis Wehmann replied for Penticton (8-6-1-2).

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RAIDERS 2 HURRICANES 1

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — Jackson Kostiuk scored the eventual winner as the Prince Albert Raiders topped the Lethbridge Hurricanes 2-1.

Kostiuk scored at 6:01 of the second period to give Prince Albert (11-0-3) a 2-0 lead, with Brayden Dube opening the scoring at 7:27 of the first period.

Shane Smith made it a one-goal game for Lethbridge (4-13-0-1) at 13:25 of the second.