TUESDAY SPORTS: WARRIORS CLIP PATS IN OT

REGINA – Ethan Semeniuk took the steam out of the Regina Pats’ late comeback when we scored at 3:35 of overtime to give the visiting Moose Jaw Warriors a 5-4 Western Hockey League victory on Monday.

With the Warriors leading 4-2 with less than two minutes left in the third period, goals by Sam Oremba (18:21) and Tye Spencer (18:45) tied the game and forced the overtime session at the Brandt Centre.

Martin Rysavy scored twice for the Warriors (21-14-0-2), while Atley Calvert had a goal and two assists. Rilen Kovacevic added a single for the visitors.

Spencer scored twice for the Pats (13-18-4-2), while Jaren Brinson and Oremba added singles. Tanner Howe chipped in with three assists, while Braxton Whitehead had two helpers.

Elsewhere in the WHL on Monday:

OIL KINGS 6 SILVERTIPS 5

EVERETT, Wash. – Third-period goals by Roan Woodward and Ty Nash erased a 5-4 deficit and gave the visiting Edmonton Oil Kings a 6-5 win over the Everett Silvertips.

Nash, with assists from Gracyn Sawchyn and Woodward, scored the winner with only seven seconds left in the third.

Gavin Hodnett, Marc Lajoie, Cole Miller and Parker Alcos also scored for the Oil Kings (12-20-1-1), who were badly outshot 43-20, but got a 38-save performance from Kolby Hay.

Beau Courtney and Carter Bear each scored twice for the Silvertips (22-14-1-1), while Julius Miettinen added a single. Hayden Smith chipped in with two assists.

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BLADES 4 WHEAT KINGS 0

SASKATOON, Sask. – Trevor Wong had a goal and two assists and Austin Elliott made 28 saves as the Saskatoon Blades blanked the visiting Brandon Wheat Kings 4-0.

Brandon Lisowsky, Rhett Melnyk and Tyler Parr also scored for the East Division-leading Blades (25-8-2-1), who led 2-0 after the first period and 4-0 heading into the third. Egor Sidorov chipped in with two assists.

Three of the Blades’ goals were scored on the power play, while the fourth was a short-handed effort.

Netminder Carson Bjarnason stopped 35 of 39 shots for the Wheat Kings (19-13-4-1).

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ROYALS 5 HITMEN 4 (OT)

VICTORIA, B.C. – Justin Kipkie scored at 1:30 of overtime as the Victoria Royals capped off a late comeback to edge the visiting Calgary Hitmen 5-4.

Trailing 4-2 with less than four minutes left in the final period, the Royals got goals from Teydon Trembecky (16:01) and Dawson Pasternak (18:58) to tie the game and force the overtime. Kipkie got an assist on Pasternak’s goal.

Reggie Newman and Ben Riche also scored for the Royals (23-13-0-2), who were outshot 37-24 but got a superb game from netminder Jayden Kraus.

Chase Valliant scored twice and Carson Wetsch had a goal and two assists for the Hitmen (13-17-4-1). Oliver Tulk also scored for the visitors.

NHL

Joey Daccord made 35 saves in his second career shutout, Eeli Tolvanen had a goal and two assists and the surging Seattle Kraken beat the Vegas Golden Knights 3-0 in Monday’s NHL Winter Classic in front of 47,313 spectators at T-Mobile Park. Seattle, with its fifth straight win, improved to 7-0h-and-2 in its past nine games.

WORLD JUNIORS

Canada plays Czechia on Tuesday in quarterfinal action at the World Junior Hockey Championship in Gothenburg, Sweden. Canada, which has won two consecutive world titles, finished preliminary play with three wins and a loss, good enough for second place in Group A. Also today, Slovakia plays Finland, Latvia faces the United States, and host Sweden plays Switzerland. The semifinals go Thursday.

PWHL

Ella Shelton of Ingersoll, Ontario scored the Professional Women’s Hockey League’s first-ever goal in New York’s 4-0 win over Toronto. Shelton struck midway through the opening period at Toronto’s downtown Mattamy Athletic Centre. Alex Carpenter, Jill Saulnier and Kayla Vespa also scored for New York. Corinne Schroder made 29 saves to post the shutout. Montreal visits Ottawa Tuesday.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWL GAMES

ROSE BOWL

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) – Blake Corum rushed for a 17-yard touchdown on the second snap of overtime, and top-seeded Michigan advanced to its first College Football Playoff championship game with a 27-20 victory over fourth-seeded Alabama in the Rose Bowl on Monday.

SUGAR BOWL

NO. 2 WASHINGTON 37, NO. 3 TEXAS 31

NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Michael Penix Jr. passed for 430 yards and two touchdowns, and Washington held off Texas in the Sugar Bowl to advance to the College Football Playoff championship game, earning both the sixth-year quarterback with two surgically repaired knees and the beleaguered Pac-12 one more game this season.

FIESTA BOWL

NO. 8 OREGON 45, NO. 18 LIBERTY 6

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) – Bo Nix threw for 363 yards and five touchdowns to cap a recording-breaking career, and Oregon closed out a season that started with national title expectations by rolling over Liberty.

CITRUS BOWL

NO. 25 TENNESSEE 35, NO. 20 IOWA 0

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – Freshman quarterback Nico Iamaleava ran for three touchdowns and threw for one in his first career start, and Tennessee shut down Iowa’s Division I-worst offense in the largest shutout in Citrus Bowl history.

RELIAQUEST BOWL

No. 13 LSU 35, WISCONSIN 31

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) – Garrett Nussmeier threw for 395 yards and three touchdowns, helping LSU launch its post-Jayden Daniels era with a come-from-behind victory over Wisconsin.

(Canadian Press)