WHL roundup: ICE win East power struggle in overtime
By The Canadian Press on December 31, 2022.
WINNIPEG – Ben Zloty scored 44 seconds into overtime and the Winnipeg ICE defeated the Saskatoon Blades 2-1 in a battle of Western Hockey League powers on Saturday. Ty Nash of Winnipeg snapped a scoreless tie at 1:30 of the third with his 14th goal of the season, but Vaughn Watterodt tied the game five minutes later for the Blades (25-6-1-0) with his 14th of the season as well. Matthew Savoie and Zach Benson assisted on both goals for the Eastern Conference-leading ICE (28-5-0-0). Winnipeg outshot Saskatoon 28-23. Earlier in the day, the ICE acquired Ottawa Senators’ prospect Carson Latimer in a deal with the Prince Albert Raiders. Heading to Saskatchewan are forward Aiden Oiring and two third-round draft picks (2024 and 2025 drafts). — WARRIORS 6 WHEAT KINGS 2 BRANDON, Man. – Jagger Firkus scored twice and added two assists as the visiting Moose Jaw Warriors defeated the Brandon Wheat Kings 6-2. Ryder Korczak, Atley Calvert, Eric Alarie and Harper Lolacher also scored for the Warriors (22-13-0-0), who outshot the hosts 33-30. Nate Danielson and Luke Shipley scored for the Wheat Kings (14-17-4-0). Moose Jaw led 2-0 after the first period and 5-1 after 40 minutes. — WINTERHAWKS 7 SILVERTIPS 2 PORTLAND, Ore. – Robbie Fromm-Delorme and Aidan Litke each scored twice and Luca Cagnoni added two assists as the Portland Winterhawks whipped the visiting Everett Silvertips 7-2. Marcus Nguyen, Nicholas Johnson and Gabe Klassen also scored for the Winterhawks (26-4-2-1), Ryan Hofer and Niko Tsakumis scored for the Silvertips (16-17-1-0). Both teams had 37 shots on goal. Portland led 5-0 after the first period and 6-2 heading into the third. — BRONCOS 4 TIGERS 3 SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. – Josh Filmon’s goal 3:21 into overtime, his second of the game, lifted the Swift Current Broncos to a 4-3 come-from-behind win over the visiting Medicine Hat Tigers. Brady Birnie’s goal at 15:12 of the third period tied the game at 3-3 for Swift Current and forced overtime. Sam McGinley also scored for the Broncos (16-15-0-1). Owen Pickering chipped in with three assists for the winners. Brayden Boehm, Brendan Lee and Owen MacNeil scored for the Tigers (13-18-5-1). — COUGARS 10 BLAZERS 6 PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – Ethan Samson scored twice and added an assist as the Prince George Cougars knocked off the visiting Kamloops Blazers 10-5. Hudson Thornton, Bauer Dumanski, Carlin Dezainde, Riley Heidt, Chase Wheatcroft, Jaxsen Wiebe, Blake Eastman and Keaton Dowhaniuk all scored once for the Cougars (15-16-3-0). Shea Van Olm, Harrison Brunicke, Daylan Kuefler, Kyle Masters, Logan Bairos and Connor Levis scored for the Blazers (21-7-3-2). — THUNDERBIRDS 2 ROCKETS 0 SEATTLE, Wash. – Jeremy Hanzel and Sawyer Mynio scored third-period goals and Scott Ratzlaff stopped all 18 shots fired his way as the Seattle Thunderbirds clipped the Kelowna Rockets 2-0. Both teams went 0-for-5 on the power play. The Thunderbirds (27-4-1-1) outshot the Rockets (12-18-3-0) by a 35-18 margin. — AMERICANS 7 CHIEFS 6 (OT) KENNEWICK, Wash. – Parker Bell scored 17 seconds into overtime as the host Tri-City Americans completed the comeback with a 7-6 win against the visiting Spokane Chiefs. Tyson Greenway scored twice for the Americans (16-16-1-1), who got late third-period goals from Jake Sloan (17:21) and Reese Belton (19:12) to force added the overtime. Sloan scored twice, with a single netted by Marc Lajoie for the Americans. Kooper Gizowski, Chase Bertholet, Tommaso De Luca, Mac Gross, Blake Swetlikoff and Berkly Catton scored singles for the Chiefs (7-24-1-2), who outshot the Americans 39-38. * This roundup was generated automatically with a CP-developed application. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 31, 2022. 40-39
