VICTORIA — The Victoria Royals spotted the Wenatchee Wild an early 2-0 lead before turning on the jets and beating the visitors 6-3 in Western Hockey League action on Saturday at Save-On-Foods Memorial Arena.
Tanner Scott and Nate Misskey each scored twice for the Royals, who outshot the Wild 32-18.
Brayden Boehm and Nolan Stewart also scored for the Royals, who improved to 5-1-1-1.
Miles Cooper, Hayden Moore and Zane Saab scored for the Wild, who slipped to 3-3-2-0.
The Cougars went 2-for-5 on the power play, while the Wild were 2-for-7.
Elsewhere in the WHL:
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TIGERS 5 GIANTS 2
MEDICINE HAT, Alta. — Oasiz Wiesblatt and Hunter St. Martin each scored twice and Andrew Basha had four assists as the Medicine Hat Tigers defeated the visiting Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»Giants 5-2.
Gavin McKenna also had a goal and three assists for the Tigers (4-4), who trailed 2-1 heading into the third period.
Tyson Zimmer and Adam Titlbach scored for the Giants (5-3), who g ave up three power-play goals in the third period, and four in the game.
The Tigers outshot the Giants 28-23.
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OIL KINGS 5 REBELS 1
EDMONTON, Ont. — Gracyn Sawchyn had a goal and assist, and Ethan MacKenzie chipped in with two assists as the Edmonton Oil Kings defeated the visiting Red Deer Rebels 5-1.
Gavin Hodnett, Landon Hanson, Roan Woodward and Cole Miller also scored for the Oil Kings (2-3-0-1), who led 3-0 after the first period and 5-0 heading into the third.
Hunter Mayo scored for the Rebels (4-3-1-0), who were outshot 30-29.
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HURRICANES 5 WHEAT KINGS 3
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — Logan Wormald scored twice as the Lethbridge Hurricanes defeated the visiting Brandon Wheat Kings 5-3.
Cameron Norrie, Kooper Gizowski and Logan McCutcheon also scored for the Central Division-leading Hurricanes (5-1-1-0).
Nolan Flamand scored twice while Marcus Nguyen netted a single for the Wheat Kings (4-4-0-1).
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BLADES 2 WARRIORS 0
SASKATOON, Sask. — Rowan Calvert's goal 47 seconds into the third period snapped a scoreless tie and lifted the Saskatoon Blades to a 2-0 win over the visiting Moose Jaw Warriors.
Ben Riche added an empty-net goal for the East Division-leading Blades (6-1-1-0), who got a 20-save shutout from Evan Gardner.
Jackson Unger stopped 30 of 31 shots in the Warriors' (3-4-1-0) net.
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AMERICANS 5 BLAZERS 4 (OT)
KENNEWICK, Wash. — Jackson Smith scored 2:02 into overtime as the Tri-City Americans edged the visiting Kamloops Blazers 5-4.
Brandon Whynott, Nick Anisimovicz, Carter Savage and Gavin Garland also scored for the Americans (2-3-1-0).
Emmitt Finnie, Layton Feist, Harrison Brunicke and Oren Shtrom scored for the Blazers (2-4-1-0).
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COUGARS 5 RAIDERS 4
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — Riley Heidt scored three goals as the Prince George Cougars edged the visiting Prince Albert Raiders 5-4.
Bauer Dumanski and Borya Valis also scored for the B.C. Division-leading Cougars (5-2-2-1).
Aiden Oiring, Doogan Pederson, Niall Crocker and Brayden Dube scored for the Raiders (1-4-2-0).
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SILVERTIPS 6 BRONCOS 3
SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. — Carter Bear and Tyler MacKenzie each scored twice as the visiting Everett Silvertips beat the Swift Current Broncos 6-3.
Dominik Rymon and Eric Jamieson also scored for the U.S. Division-leading Silvertips (7-2).
Luke Mistelbacher, Ty Coupland and Brady Birnie scored for the Broncos (4-5).
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THUNDERBIRDS 6 WINTERHAWKS 5
SEATTLE, Wash. — Kazden Mathies scored the game-winning goal at 15:09 of the third period as the Seattle Thunderbirds edged the visiting Portland Winterhawks 6-5.
Nathan Pilling and Mathies scored twice, while Simon Lovsin and Matej Pekar netted singles for the T-Birds (4-41-0).
Tyson Yaremko scored twice for the Winterhawks (6-3), while Diego Buttazzoni, Jordan Duguay and Tyson Jugnauth scored singles.
* This roundup was generated automatically with a CP-developed application.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 12, 2024.
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