DUB ROUND-UP: PATS FALL 4-2 AT SWIFT
Swift Current, Sask. — The Regina Pats dropped a closely contested game 4-2 to the Swift Current Broncos on Friday at the InnovationPlex, ending Regina’s three game winning-streak.
The Pats took a 2-1 lead early in the third period with Parker Berge scoring the go-ahead goal. The Broncos would then fire back with three unanswered goals to close out their 21st win of the season. Connor Bedard opened the scoring for the Pats with his 37th of the season and 100th of his career and Drew Sim made 26 saves in the Pats loss, as his personal three-game winning-streak ended.
Josh Filmon tied the game for the Broncos late in the third and Former Pat’ Drew Englot picked up the game-winning goal less than a minute later. Josh Davies led the way with two goals and an assist and Reid Dyck made 25 saves for his second straight win.
THUNDERBIRDS 3 HURRICANES 2
KENT, Wash. – Reid Schaefer capped a clutch two-goal effort with the game-winning goal 1:18 into overtime and the Seattle Thunderbirds squeezed by the Lethbridge Hurricanes 3-2 on Friday.
Down 2-1 in the third period, Schaefer knotted the contest at the 6:58 mark to eventually send the game to overtime.
Jared Davidson added the other for Seattle (31-7-1-1) on the power play. Scott Ratzlaff stopped 21-of-23 shots.
Cole Shepard and Hayden Smith replied for Lethbridge (24-15-3-2), which got 25 saves from Bryan Thomson.
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REBELS 8 COUGARS 5
RED DEER, ALTA. – Kai Uchacz’s two-goal, three-assist effort led the way as the Red Deer Rebels defeated the Prince George Cougars 8-5 en route to a fourth straight win.
Mats Lindgren had two goals and an assist, while Jayden Grubbe added a goal and three helpers for Red Deer (30-8-1-3), which saw its early 3-0 lead turn into a 4-3 deficit before taking control again with four unanswered markers.
Koehn Ziemmer, with two goals, Ondrej Becher, Jaxsen Wiebe and Viliam Kmec replied for Prince George (18-20-4).
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WINTERHAWKS 7 ROYALS 6 (OT)
PORTLAND, OR. – Kyle Chyzowski scored the game-winning goal midway through overtime as the Portland Winterhawks narrowly escaped with a 7-6 win over the Victoria Royals.
Robbie Fromm-Delorme and James Stefan each had two goals and an assist, while Gabe Klassen contributed another two goals for Portland (29-8-2-1), which snapped a two-game skid.
Teague Patton, with two goals, Alex Thacker, Reggie Newman, Marcus Almquist and Jake Poole scored for Victoria (12-26-4-1), which held a 6-4 lead with under six minutes remaining in the third period.
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AMERICANS 8 BLAZERS 2
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – Parker Bell strung together a hat trick, Tomas Suchanek had 48 saves and the Tri-City Americans powered past the Kamloops Blazers 8-2.
Jordan Gavin, with two goals, Elouann Lemonnier, Deagan McMillan and Adam Mechura also scored for Tri-City (20-16-3-1).
Harrison Brunicke and Connor Levis replied for Kamloops (25-9-4-2), which led 2-1 entering the second period.
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BLADES 6 RAIDERS 1
SASKATOON – Misha Volotovskii scored his second and third goals of the season and the Saskatoon Blades cruised past the Prince Albert Raiders 6-1.
Tanner Molendyk, Egor Sidorov, Jordan Keller and Brandon Lisowsky provided the rest of the offence for Saskatoon (28-9-3-1), which went up 5-0 by the two-minute mark of the second period.
Sloan Stanick was the lone scorer as Prince Albert (15-25-3) dropped its second in a row.
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WHEAT KINGS 4 HITMEN 2
CALGARY – Nolan Flamand had a goal and two assists to push the Brandon Wheat Kings to a 4-2 victory over the Calgary Hitmen.
Brandon (18-20-4) also got goals from Quinn Mantei, Luke Shipley and Calder Anderson. Carson Bjarnason made 34 saves.
London Hoilett scored two goals for Calgary (22-15-3-1), which lost its third in a row. Brayden Peters stopped 31-of-34 shots.
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SILVERTIPS 5 CHIEFS 2
EVERETT, WA. – The Everett Silvertips had four players with multi-point efforts as they defeated the Spokane Chiefs 5-2 for their third straight win.
Ben Hemmerling, Aidan Sutter, Beau Courtney and Caden Zaplitny each had a goal and an assist for Everett (22-19-1), while Kyan Grouette added the other.
Will McIsaac and Chase Bertholet replied for Spokane (8-29-1-2).
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ROCKETS 4 GIANTS 1
LANGLEY, B.C. – Carson Golder scored twice to lead the Kelowna Rockets to a 4-1 win over the Vancouver Giants.
Grady Lenton, on the power play, and Gabriel Szturc, with a short-handed goal, added the others for Kelowna (14-23-3). Talyn Boyko stopped 29-of-30 shots.
Ty Thorpe was the lone scorer for Vancouver (16-20-4-2), which has dropped four straight. Jesper Vikman also made 29 saves.
(ReginaPats.com, Canadian Press/Photo: SC Broncos)