By The Canadian Press on March 22, 2024.
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. – Brandon Lisowsky scored twice, Egor Sidorov chipped in with two assists, and the visiting Saskatoon Blades rolled over the Prince Albert Raiders 5-1 in Western Hockey League action on Friday at the Art Hauser Centre. Rhett Melnyk, Misha Volotovskii and Tanner Molendyk also scored for the East Division-leading Blades (49-13-2-3) who trailed 1-0 before the game was two minutes old. Aiden Oiring scored for the Raiders (31-31-2-3), who were outshot 37-20. The Blades led 3-1 after the first period and 4-1 heading into the third. The Blades went 1-for-2 on the power play, while the Raiders were 0-for-2. Elsewhere in the WHL on Friday: — WHEAT KINGS 3 PATS 2 REGINA, Sask. – Joby Baumuller’s power-play goal at 14:52 of the third period snapped a 2-2 tie and lifted the visiting Brandon Wheat Kings to a 3-2 win over the Regina Pats. Nolan Flamand and Nicholas Johnson also scored for the Wheat Kings (33-28-6-1). Sam Oremba scored twice for the Pats (22-39-4-2). Both teams went 1-for-5 on the power play. — AMERICANS 4 WINTERHAWKS 3 (OT) KENNEWICK, Wash. – Jordan Gavin scored at 2:23 of overtime to give the Tri-City Americans a 4-3 win over the visiting Portland Winterhawks. Deagan McMillan, Cruz Pavao and Mason Finley also scored for the Americans (23-40-2-1), who were outshot 52-14. Diego Buttazzoni, Marcus Nguyen and Josh Zakreski scored for the U.S. Division-leading Winterhawks (46-15-4-1). — TIGERS 3 HURRICANES 2 (OT) LETHBRIDGE, Alta. – Oasiz Wiesblatt scored at 4:11 of overtime as the visiting Medicine Hat Tigers edged the Lethbridge Hurricanes 3-2. Bogdans Hodass and Gavin McKenna also scored for the Tigers (37-23-5-2), who outshot the Hurricanes 56-35. Logan Wormald and Brayden Edwards scored for the Hurricanes (32-28-7-0). Noah Chadwick and Logan McCutcheon each had two assists. The Tigers led 1-0 after the first period and 2-1 heading into the third. Both teams went 0-for-2 on the power play. — BRONCO 7 HITMEN 6 SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. – Rylan Gould scored twice, Brady Birnie had three assists and the Swift Current Broncos edged the visiting Calgary Hitmen 7-6. Connor Gabriel, Ty Coupland, Jakub Dvorak, Clark Caswell and Conor Geekie also scored for the Central Division-leading Broncos (40-21-4-2), who were outshot 47-31. Carson Wetsch scored twice for the Hitmen (27-31-8-1), while Reese Hamilton, Ethan Moore, Carter Yakemchuk and Brandon Gorzynski netted singles. — ROCKETS 6 GIANTS 2 LANGLEY, B.C. – Gabriel Szturc scored twice, Max Graham and Andrew Cristall each had a goal and three assists, and the visiting Kelowna Rockets knocked off the Vancouver Giants 6-2. Caden Price and Kaden Longley also scored for the Rockets (32-30-4-1), who outshot the Giants 36-24. Cameron Schmidt and Tyson Zimmer scored for the Giants (32-31-4-0). With the win, the Rockets moved into second place in the B.C. Division, one point ahead of the Giants. Both teams have clinched a playoff berth. — THUNDERBIRDS 3 CHIEFS 1 SEATTLE, Wash. – Sawyer Mynio, Simon Lovsin and Jordan Gustafson each scored as the Seattle Thunderbirds knocked off the visiting Spokane Chiefs 3-1. Braeden Cootes also added two assists for the Thunderbirds (27-37-2-0), who outshot the visitors 38-30. Chase Bertholet scored for the Chiefs (29-32-5-1). — WILD 4 ROYALS 2 VICTORIA, B.C. – Karter Prosofsky scored three goals, including the winner, as the visiting Wenatchee Wild defeated the Victoria Royals 4-2. Evan Friesen also scored for the Wild (34-29-4-0), who led 2-0 after the first period. The second frame was scoreless. Logan Pickford and Reggie Newman scored for the Royals (29-30-5-4). — COUGARS 9 BLAZERS 2 KAMLOOPS, B.C. – Ondrej Becher had three goals and an assist as the visiting Prince George Cougars crushed the Kamloops Blazers 9-2. Borya Valis had two goals and an assist for the B.C. Division-leading Cougars (48-15-1-3), while Oren Shtrom, Aiden Foster, Carlin Dezainde and Jett Lajoie netted singles. Bauer Dumanski chipped in with three assists. Emmitt Finnie and Jordan Keller scored for the Blazers (20-41-3-3), who were outshot 43-36. The Cougars led 4-0 after the first period and 9-1 heading into the third. * This roundup was generated automatically with a CP-developed application. This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 22, 2024. 50