Milic, Seattle Thunderbirds off to second round of Western Hockey League playoffs.
By The Canadian Press on April 6, 2023.
KELOWNA, B.C. – Thomas Milic and the Seattle Thunderbirds are off to the second round of the Western Hockey League playoffs. Milic stopped 19 shots to lead Seattle past the Kelowna Rockets 3-0 on Wednesday night. With the win, the Thunderbirds swept the best-of-seven Western Conference opening series 4-0. In other action, it was: Winnipeg Ice 3, Medicine Hat Tigers 2; Red Deer Rebels 6, Calgary Hitmen 1; Moose Jaw Warriors 5, Lethbridge Hurricanes 2; Saskatoon Blades 4, Regina Pats 3 (OT); and Prince George Cougars 6, Tri-City Americans 2 Lucas Ciona, Dylan Guenther and Jordan Gustafson had the goals for Seattle. Rockets goaltender Talyn Boyko made 35 saves. ICE 3 TIGERS 2 At Medicine Hat, Alta., Ty Nash’s third-period goal proved to be the winner for Winnipeg, which swept the Eastern Conference opening series 4-0. Matthew Savoie and Owen Pederson also scored while Daniel Hauser stopped 30 shots. Dru Krebs and Hunter St. Martin had the goals for the Tigers. REBELS 6 HITMEN 1 At Calgary, Ben King scored twice as Red Deer took a 3-1 series lead. Ollie Josephson, Hunter Mayo, Jhett Larson and Kai Uchacz also had goals while goaltender Kyle Kelsey stopped 36 shots. Ethan Moore replied for the Hitmen. WARRIORS 5 HURRICANES 2 At Lethbridge, Alta., Brayden Yager had two goals to lead Moose Jaw to the 4-0 series sweep. Maximus Wanner, Denton Mateychuk and Lynden Lakovic also scored. Tyson Zimmer and Hayden Smith replied for the Hurricanes. BLADES 4 PATS 3 (OT) At Regina, Jake Chiasson scored in overtime as Saskatoon tied the series 2-2. Egor Sidorov, Jayden Wiens and Charlie Wright had goals in regulation time. Connor Bedard, with two, and Tanner Howe countered for the Pats. COUGARS 6 AMERICANS 2 At Kennewick, Wash., Koehn Ziemmer and Jaxsen Wiebe both scored twice to help Prince George tie the series 2-2. Chase Wheatcroft and Riley Heidt had the other goals. Tyson Greenway and Jalen Luypen replied for Tri-City. This roundup was generated automatically with a CP-developed application. This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 5, 2023. 17-16
