LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — Oasiz Wiesblatt capped a two-goal effort with the game winner 1:56 into overtime as the Medicine Hat Tigers edged the Lethbridge Hurricanes 6-5 on Friday in Western Hockey League action.
Liam Ruck, Tanner Molendyk, Gavin McKenna and Kadon McCann provided the rest of the offence for Medicine Hat (44-17-3-1), which extended its winning streak to seven games.
Harrison Meneghin made 31 saves in the win.
Kooper Gizowski and Miguel Marques, each with two goals, and Noah Chadwick scored for Lethbridge (41-19-3-2). Jackson Unger stopped 28-of-34 shots.
Down 3-1 entering the third period, the Tigers outscored the Hurricanes 4-2 in the third period. McCann's goal at 9:54 put Medicine Hat up 5-4 before Marques sent the game to extra time with his second goal at 13:24.
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RAIDERS 4 REBELS 3 (OT)
RED DEER, Alta. -- Aiden Oiring completed his hat trick with the game-winning goal 4:10 into overtime to lift the Prince Albert Raiders to a 4-3 win over the Red Deer Rebels.
Niall Crocker also scored for Prince Albert (35-23-5-1). The game was tied 3-3 after the opening period and was scoreless until overtime.
Jaxon Fuder, Gleb Semenov and Kalan Lind replied for Red Deer (26-30-6-2).
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COUGARS 4 WILD 2
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. -- Koehn Ziemmer scored both of his goals in the third period as the Prince George Cougars scored three unanswered in the final frame to defeat the Wenatchee Wild 4-2.
Matteo Danis and Riley Heidt also chipped in goals for Prince George (39-20-4-2).
Evan Friesen netted both goals for Wenatchee (23-34-7-1).
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THUNDERBIRDS 6 AMERICANS 3
KENT, Wash. -- Braeden Cootes, Coster Dunn and Nathan Pilling each had a goal and an assist as the Seattle Thunderbirds scored four unanswered goals in the third period to top the Tri-City Americans 6-3.
Hayden Pakkala, Brayden Schuurman and Sam Charko, into an empty net, also scored for Seattle (26-32-4-1).
Savin Virk, Jake Sloan and Carter Savage replied for Tri-City (31-25-6-1).
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SILVERTIPS 5 WINTERHAWKS 3
EVERETT, Wash. -- Austin Roest and Rylan Pearce each scored two goals in leading the Everett Silvertips to a 5-3 win over the Portland Winterhawks.
Jaxsin Vaughan scored the other for Everett (45-12-4-4).
Carter Sotheran, Diego Buttazzoni and Josh Zakreski replied for Portland (34-26-3-1), which turned the Silvertips' 4-1 edge to a 4-3 contest late in the third before Pearce's empty-netter with 51 seconds left.
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WHEAT KINGS 4 WARRIORS 1
BRANDON, Man. -- Caleb Hadland netted two goals, including a short-handed marker, to fuel the Brandon Wheat Kings to a 4-1 victory over the Moose Jaw Warriors.
Jordan Gavin and Luke Shipley scored in the third period to put the game out of reach for Brandon (35-22-4-3).
Krzysztof Macias had the lone goal for Moose Jaw (14-43-5-2).
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BLADES 3 BRONCOS 0
SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. -- Evan Gardner had a 22-save shutout as the Saskatoon Blades cruised to a 3-0 win over the Swift Current Broncos.
Jack Kachkowski, Hunter Laing and Cooper Williams, with an empty-netter, provided the offence for Saskatoon (35-22-3-4).
Joey Rocha stopped 24 shots for Swift Current (33-28-1-2).
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GIANTS 3 ROYALS 1
VICTORIA -- Cameron Schmidt scored twice in leading the Vancouver Giants to a 3-1 win over the Victoria Royals.
Tyler Thorpe scored an empty-netter to seal the win with 1:26 remaining for Vancouver (32-24-8).
Brayden Boehm had the lone goal for Victoria (36-17-3-7).
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BLAZERS 5 ROCKETS 2
KELOWNA, B.C. -- Emmitt Finnie led the way with a goal and two assists as the Kamloops Blazers downed the Kelowna Rockets 5-2.
Harrison Brunicke, Rhett Ravndahl, Jordan Keller, Nathan Behm also contributed goals for Kamloops (23-36-4-1).
Will Sharpe and Hiroki Gojsic replied for Kelowna (17-41-4-2).
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This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 14, 2025.
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