DUB ROUND-UP: WHEAT KINGS BLANK PATS
REGINA, SK — The Regina Pats opened the second-half of the season with a 4-0 loss to the Brandon Wheat Kings, Wednesday night at the Brandt Centre.
The loss extends the Pats losing-streak to three games. The shutout loss was the first time being shutout since April 1, 2022, when the Winnipeg ICE beat the Pats 7-0.
Brett Hyland (17th), Anthony Wilson (third), Nate Danielson (16th) & Mason Ward (third) scored for the Wheat Kings. Carson Bjarnason kicked out all 19 shots he faced to pick up his second shutout of the season.
Drew Sim stopped 15 of 19 shots in 51:33 before being replaced by Matthew Kieper who stopped all five of the shots, he faced in the final 8:27 of the game.
WARRIORS 3 ICE 1
MOOSE JAW, Sask. – Ryder Korczak scored three goals and Connor Ungar stopped 34 of 35 shots as the Moose Jaw Warriors knocked off the visiting Winnipeg ICE 3-1 in Western Hockey League action on Wednesday.
Matthew Savoie scored for the Eastern Conference-leading ICE, who lost for only the fifth time this season. They have 26 wins.
The Warriors (21-12-0-0), who got a two-assist effort from Brayden Yager, were outshot 35-24.
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HITMEN 8 OIL KINGS 2
CALGARY, Alta. – Sean Tschigerl and David Adaszynski each scored twice as the Calgary Hitmen bounced the Edmonton Oil Kings 8-2 in a one-sided battle of Alberta.
Ethan Moore, Oliver Tulk, Zac Funk and Riley Fiddler-Schultz also scored for the Hitmen (18-9-3-1).
Carter Kowalyk and Nathan Pilling scored for the Oil Kings (4-30-1-0), who were outshot 43-14.
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BLAZERS 6 ROCKETS 2
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – Fraser Minten scored three goals as the Kamloops Blazers defeated the Kelowna Rockets 6-2 at the Sandman Centre.
Drew Englot, Nathan MacPherson-Ridgewell and Emmitt Finnie also scored for the Blazers (20-63-2), who outshot the Rockets 39-28.
Carson Golder and Logan Peskett scored for the Rockets (12-16-3-0).
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THUNDERBIRDS 6 CHIEFS 5
SPOKANE, Wash. – Nico Myatovic scored twice, Luke Prokop had three assists and the visiting Seattle Thunderbirds defeated the Spokane Chiefs 6-5.
Lucas Ciona, Jared Davidson, Jeremy Hanzel and Kyle Crnkovic also scored for the Western Conference-leading T-Birds (25-4-1-1).
Tommaso De Luca scored twice for the Chiefs (6-24-0-2), with singles netted by Berkly Catton, Michael Cicek and Blake Swetlikoff.
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ROYALS 3 GIANTS 0
LANGLEY, B.C. – The Victoria Royals earned a split with back-to-back road games against the Vancouver Giants, posting a 3-0 victory on Wednesday.
Brayden Schuurman scored twice for the Royals (8-24-3-0), while Jake Poole added a single.
Braden Holt stopped 35 shots to register the shutout against the Giants (13-16-4-2).
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WINTERHAWKS 4 AMERICANS 3 (OT)
PORTLAND, Ore. – Gabe Klassen scored at 2:49 of overtime to give the Portland Winterhawks an exciting 4-3 win against the visiting Tri-City Americans.
Marcus Nguyen, Robbie Fromm-Delorme and Diego Buttazzoni also scored for the Winterhawks (24-4-2-1).
Merrek Arpin, Lukas Dragicevic and Jake Sloan scored for the Americans (15-15-1-1), who were outshot 47-35.
(ReginaPats.com/Canadian Press)
