SATURDAY SPORTS: BLADES PUMMEL RAIDERS, SUPER BOWL PROTEST

WHL

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SASKATOON – Fraser Minten scored a goal and added two assists as the Saskatoon Blades hammered the Prince Albert Raiders.

Misha Volotovskii, Rhett Melnyk, Tanner Molendyk, Rowan Calvert and Tyler Parr all had a goal each in the win for Saskatoon.

Blades goaltender Evan Gardner saved 19 shots.

Turner McMillen scored once for Prince Albert.

Raiders netminder Max Hildebrand saved 31 of 37 shots.

Elsewhere in the DUB on Friday:

WHEAT KINGS 4 HURRICANES 1

BRANDON, Man. – Rylen Roersma scored twice as the Brandon Wheat Kings hammered the Lethbridge Hurricanes 4-1.

Roger McQueen and Jayden Wiens had a goal each for Brandon.

Wheat Kings goaltender Carson Bjarnason saved 21 shots in the win.

Miguel Marques had the lone goal for Lethbridge.

Hurricanes goaltender Harrison Meneghin stopped 32 of 35 shots.

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BRONCOS 4 OIL KINGS 1

SWIFT CURRENT – Conor Geekie scored twice as the Swift Current Broncos downed the Edmonton Oil Kings.

Connor Gabriel and Rylan Gould added the other two goals for Swift Current.

Broncos netminder Reid Dyck stopped 25 shots.

Gracyn Sawchyn scored once for Edmonton.

Oil Kings goaltender Hudson Perry saved 23 of 27 shots.

NHL

RANGERS 4 BLACKHAWKS 3 OT

CHICAGO (AP) — Mika Zibanejad scored 2:37 into overtime, and the New York Rangers beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 on Friday night for their fourth consecutive victory.

WILD 3, PENGUINS 2

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Kirill Kaprizov scored the tiebreaking goal midway through the third period and Marc-Andre Fleury made 32 saves to lead Minnesota.

Fleury, who earned his 553rd career win, was honored in a pregame ceremony nearly a month after passing Patrick Roy (551) for second place in NHL history. He trails only Martin Brodeur, who has 691 wins.

OILERS 5, DUCKS 3

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Evander Kane had his second hat trick this season and the eighth of his career as Edmonton rallied to beat Anaheim 5-3.

Leon Draisaitl got the go-ahead goal midway through the third and the Oilers scored three times in the final 12 minutes to overcome a 3-2 deficit. Zach Hyman scored his team-leading 31st goal in the third to tie it at 3. Connor McDavid had three assists to extend his point streak to five games.

SUPER BOWL PROTEST

Dozens of Indigenous activists have traveled to Las Vegas to gather outside the Super Bowl and demand the Kansas City Chiefs change the team name and ditch its logo and gametime rituals. Rhonda LeValdo founded and leads a group called Not In Our Honor that is calling for the changes. The Acoma Pueblo journalist has been in the Kansas City area for more than two decades. The Chiefs have been the focus of her decadeslong activism against the use of Native American imagery and references in sports. She says the pain fueling her activism is rooted in her ancestors’ oppression and the lingering effects on her community.

NLL

The Saskatchewan Rush and Vancouver Warriors will meet for the second time this season tonight. 

The Rush are coming off a 10-9 win over Panther City Lacrosse Club on Co-op Field. Robert Church scored four times in an eight-point effort.

Faceoff is at 9:00 p.m. CST from Rogers Arena. You can listen to the full game, starting with the pre-game show on 92.9 The Bull with Cody Janzen starting at 8:45pm. Viewers in Canada can watch the game on TSN+.

(SaskRush.com)

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

UCLA coach Chip Kelly stepped down after six seasons leading the Bruins to become offensive coordinator for Ohio State. Buckeyes coach Ryan Day hired former Texans coach Bill O’Brien as offensive coordinator last month, but O’Brien is now heading to Boston College to become the Eagles’ head coach. Day played quarterback in college for Kelly when he was offensive coordinator at New Hampshire. Kelly had a 35-34 record in six years with the Bruins, who are moving to the Big Ten next season.

(Canadian Press)