WHL Roundup: Cougars score four unanswered to earn 5-4 comeback win over Rockets
By The Canadian Press on November 19, 2023.
KELOWNA, B.C. – COUGARS 5 ROCKETS 4 Koehn Ziemmer capped a two-goal effort with the game winner 16:12 into the third period and the Prince George Cougars grabbed a 5-4 comeback victory over the Kelowna Rockets on Saturday. Terik Parascak, also with two goals, and Zac Funk provided the rest of the offence for Prince George (15-6-0). Joshua Ravensbergen made 30 saves. Tij Iginla and Gabriel Szturc each scored two goals for Kelowna (7-11-2), which got 27 stops from Jake Pilon. Szturc’s second goal at 13:03 of the second period gave the Rockets a 4-1 edge. But it all went downhill from there. Ziemmer started and ended a run of four unanswered goals by the Cougars, with the latter coming on a power play. — WILD 8 CHIEFS 6 SPOKANE, Wa. – Matthew Savoie scored a hat trick and added one assist as the Wenatchee Wild outlasted the Spokane Chiefs in a high-scoring affair, 8-6. Briley Wood, Connor Geekie, Kenta Isogai, Hayden Moore and Rodzers Bukarts, with an empty-net goal, scored for Wenatchee (12-8-2). Rasmus Ekstrom, with two goals and one assist, Conner Roulette, Owen Martin, Ben Bonni and Chase Bertholet replied for Spokane (7-8-2). — HURRICANES 4 GIANTS 3 (OT) LANGLEY, B.C. – Noah Chadwick scored the game-winning goal 47 seconds into overtime to lift the Lethbridge Hurricanes to a 4-3 comeback victory over the Vancouver Giants. Kooper Gizowski, with two goals, and Leo Braillard chipped in for Lethbridge (11-8-2). Cameron Schmidt scored twice, while Tyler Thorpe added the other for Vancouver (8-12-1), which held a 3-1 edge 11:03 into the third period. — TIGERS 3 WHEAT KINGS 2 BRANDON, Man. – Cayden Lindstrom had a goal and an assist as the Medicine Hat Tigers edged the Brandon Wheat Kings 3-2. Tyler MacKenzie and Hayden Harsanyi also scored for Medicine Hat (14-6-2). Jayden Wiens and Nate Danielson all scored once for Brandon (9-9-4-1). — BLADES 4 BRONCOS 1 SASKATOON – Egor Sidorov scored two goals, Brandon Lisowsky added a goal and two assists and the Saskatoon Blades pushed past the Swift Current Broncos 4-1. Trevor Wong also contributed a goal for Saskatoon (15-6-0). Ryan McCleary put Swift Current (11-10-1) on the board. — THUNDERBIRDS 4 SILVERTIPS 1 SEATTLE, Wa. – Scott Ratzlaff had a 42-save performance, Eric Alarie had a goal and two assists and the Seattle Thunderbirds topped the Everett Silvertips 4-1. Antonio Martorana, Sawyer Mynio and Coster Dunn also scored for Seattle (9-7-1). Beau Courtney scored once for Everett (13-8-1), which got 23 saves from Tyler Palmer. — WARRIORS 7 OIL KINGS 3 MOOSE JAW, Sask. – Pavel McKenzie scored twice to lead the charge in the Moose Jaw Warriors’ 7-3 win over the Edmonton Oil Kings. Ethan Semeniuk, Denton Mateychuk, Atley Calvert, Brayden Schuurman and Jagger Firkus added the others for Moose Jaw (13-9-0-1). Blake Fiddler, Gavin Hodnett and Marc Lajoie answered for Edmonton (6-14-0-1). — REBELS 3 HITMEN 2 RED DEER, Alta. – Matthew Gard capped a two-goal effort with the eventual game winner at 8:56 of the third period and the Red Deer Rebels edged the Calgary Hitmen 3-2. Kai Uchacz scored the other for Red Deer (7-9-0-3). Keets Fawcett and Sean Tschigerl, whose goal made it a one-goal game with 59 seconds remaining, responded for Calgary (9-9-2). This roundup was generated automatically with a CP-developed application. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 18, 2023. 44-43
