SUNDAY SPORTS PAGE: DUB, NHL, BOWL GAMES & MORE
WHL
BLADES 6 PATS 1
REGINA, Sask. – Conner Roulette scored a goal and two assists as the Saskatoon Blades hammered the host Regina Pats 6-1.
Brandon Lisowsky, Jordan Keller, Tanner Molendyk, Aidan De La Gorgendiere and Trevor Wong also scored for Saskatoon.
Blades goaltender Ethan Chadwick stopped 14 of 15 shots, while Pats netminder Drew Sim surrendered six goals on 30 shots.
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RAIDERS 5 CHIEFS 3
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. – Sloan Stanick scored twice as the Prince Albert Raiders defeated the visiting Spokane Chiefs 5-3 on Saturday.
Carson Latimer, Landon Kosior and Ryder Ritchie added goals for the Raiders.
Prince Albert goaltender Max Hildebrand kicked out 30 of 33 shots.
Michael Cicek, Kooper Gizowski and Blake Swetlikoff scored for Spokane.
Chiefs goaltender Cooper Michaluk made 31 saves.
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ICE 4 WHEAT KINGS 3 (OT)
WINNIPEG, Man. – Owen Pederson knocked in the game-winning goal at 1:54 of overtime period as the Ice edged the Wheat Kings 4-3.
Pederson and Zach Benson both scored twice for Winnipeg.
Brett Hyland had two goals for Brandon while Luke Shipley notched a single.
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BRONCOS 4 REBELS 1
RED DEER, Alta. _ Raphael Pelletier scored a goal and an assist as he powered the Swift Current Broncos to a 4-1 win over the Red Deer Rebels.
Brady Birnie, Owen Pickering and Luke Mistelbacher also scored for Swift Current.
Broncos netminder Gage Alexander saved 30 of 31 shots.
Carson Birnie scored for Red Deer.
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TIGERS 4 ROCKETS 1
MEDICINE HAT, Alta. – Dallon Melin scored a goal and an assist as the Medicine Hat Tigers grounded the Kelowna Rockets 4-1.
Oasiz Wiesblatt, Tyler MacKenzie and Cayden Lindstrom added goals for Medicine Hat.
Goaltender Beckett Langkow faced just 14 shots in the Medicine Hat net.
Grady Lenton scored for Kelowna.
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THUNDERBIRDS 5 SILVERTIPS 1
EVERETT, Wash. – Jeremy Hanzel had a goal and an assist as the Seattle Thunderbirds topped the Everett Silvertips 5-1.
Seattle also received goals from Lucas Ciona, Bryce Pickford, Gracyn Sawchyn and Kyle Crnkovi.
Thunderbirds netminder Scott Ratzlaff stopped 34 of 35 shots.
Jackson Berezowski scored the lone goal for Everett.
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WINTERHAWKS 5 GIANTS 4 (OT)
PORTLAND, Ore. – Ryan McCleary scored the overtime winner as the Portland Winterhawks beat the Vancouver Giants 5-4.
James Stefan scored twice for Portland while Ryan McCleary, Carter Sotheran and Aidan Litke had singles.
Ty Thorpe, Tyler Thorpe, Mazden Leslie and Dylan Anderson tallied for the Giants.
Winterhawks netminder Dante Giannuzzi kicked out 35 of 39 shots.
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BLAZERS 4 COUGARS 3 (OT)
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – Logan Bairos potted the winner as the Kamloops Blazers scored a 4-3 overtime win over the Prince George Cougars.
Daylan Kuefler scored twice for Kamloops while Fraser Minten and Logan Bairos added singles.
Blazers goaltender Dylan Ernst stopped 23 of 26 shots.
Ethan Samson, Hudson Thornton and Jaxsen Wiebe scored for Prince George.
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HITMEN 7 HURRICANES 2
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. – Matteo Danis scored twice as the Calgary Hitmen thumped the Lethbridge Hurricanes 7-2.
Zac Funk, Maxim Muranov, Riley Fiddler-Schultz, David Adaszynski and Dax Williams also scored for Calgary.
Hitmen netminder Ethan Buenaventura made 27 saves.
Lethbridge received goals from Chase Pauls and Logan Wormald.
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ROYALS 6 AMERICANS 5
VICTORIA, B.C. – Teydon Trembecky knocked in the game-winning goal at 10:53 of the third period as the Victoria Royals edged the Tri-City Americans 6-5.
Nate Misskey, Carter Dereniwsky, Teydon Trembecky, Riley Gannon, Austin Zemlak and Justin Kipkie also scored for Victoria.
Jake Sloan scored twice while Jalen Luypen, Drew Freer and Ethan Ernst notched singles for the Americans.
NHL SCOREBOARD
Ottawa 6 Detroit 3
Boston 4 Columbus 2
Anaheim 4 Edmonton 3
Tampa Bay 5 Montreal 1
Washington 5 Toronto 2
Carolina 5 Dallas 4 (OT)
N.Y. Rangers 6 Philadelphia 3
Florida 4 New Jersey 2
Buffalo 5 Arizona 2
Colorado 3 Nashville 1
Winnipeg 5 Vancouver 1
N.Y. Islanders 5 Vegas 2
Los Angeles 3 San Jose 2 (SO)
NFL
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The Minnesota Vikings completed the biggest comeback in NFL history, erasing a 33-point deficit by beating the Indianapolis Colts 39-36 on Greg Joseph’s 40-yard field goal with three seconds left in overtime Saturday to win the NFC North division in their typical dramatic fashion.
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) – Tyler Bass hit a 25-yard field goal as time expired, and Buffalo wrapped up its fourth consecutive playoff berth on a snow-slick field in rallying past Miami 32-29.
The Dolphins (8-6) entered the weekend in second place and as the AFC’s sixth seed. They’ve now lost three in a row in their bid to qualify for the postseason for the first time since 2016.
CLEVELAND (AP) – Deshaun Watson threw a touchdown pass in his home debut for Cleveland, leading the Browns to an ugly 13-3 win over the AFC North-leading Baltimore Ravens, who need injured star quarterback Lamar Jackson to get back quickly.
Watson wasn’t spectacular, but he did enough in his third game since being reinstated from an NFL suspension to help the Browns (6-8) keep their miniscule playoff hopes alive.
BOWL GAMES
ATLANTA (AP) – Quarterback Davius Richard scored on a 1-yard plunge in overtime and North Carolina Central beat Jackson State 41-34 on Saturday in the Celebration Bowl to spoil coach Deion Sanders’ bid for an undefeated season in his final game with the Tigers.
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) – Frank Gore Jr. ran for an NCAA bowl-record 329 yards and accounted for three touchdowns to help Southern Miss hold off Rice 38-24 in the LendingTree Bowl.
LAS VEGAS (AP) – Deshaun Fenwick came off the bench to rush for 107 yards and Oregon State nearly dealt Florida a rare shutout, winning the Las Vegas Bowl 30-3.
BOSTON (AP) – Jawhar Jordan ran for 115 yards, breaking free for two long touchdowns, and Louisville beat Cincinnati 24-7 oin the twice-delayed first edition of the Fenway Bowl at the chilly home of the Boston Red Sox.
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) – Jordan Mims rushed for a career-high 205 yards and two scores, Jake Haener threw two TD passes and Fresno State beat Washington State 39-6 in the LA Bowl to complete the biggest in-season turnaround in Football Bowl Subdivision history.
FRISCO, Texas (AP) – Boise State quarterback Taylen Green accounted for 256 yards and three touchdowns and the Broncos beat North Texas 35-32 in a back-and-forth Frisco Bowl.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Cornerback Jakon Robinson stopped SMU quarterback Tanner Mordecai on a 2-point conversion try with eight seconds left and BYU held on for a 24-23 win in the New Mexico Bowl.
Mordecai, who finished with 218 passing yards and two touchdowns, tried to cut up the middle on a designed run and was dropped by Robinson, shutting down SMU’s comeback attempt from a 24-10 third-quarter deficit.
The 2-point try came after Jordan Kerley caught a 12-yard TD pass from Mordecai.
BYU finished 8-5 and SMU 7-5.
(Canadian Press, Associated Press/Photo: Regina Pats)
