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WHL roundup: Cougars beat Hurricanes 6-4 as three players score a pair

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — Three players scored twice as the Prince George Cougars defeated the Lethbridge Hurricanes on Friday night in the Western Hockey League.

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — Three players scored twice as the Prince George Cougars defeated the Lethbridge Hurricanes on Friday night in the Western Hockey League.

Riley Heidt, Zac Funk and Koehn Ziemmer each had a pair of goals for Prince George (17-6-0). 

Cougars netminder Ty Young saved 21 of 25 shots.

Joe Arntsen scored twice while Elias Knoester and Miguel Marques had Lethbridge's other goals (13-10-2)

Hurricanes goaltender Harrison Meneghin kicked out 25 of 31 shots.

Elsewhere in the WHL:

BLADES 3 THUNDERBIRDS 1

SEATTLE — Brandon Lisowsky scored a goal as the Saskatoon Blades topped the Seattle Thunderbirds.

Egor Sidorov and Lukas Hansen also scored once for Saskatoon (16-8-0). Blades goaltender Evan Gardner kicked out 18 of 19 shots.

Antonio Martorana scored the lone goal for Seattle (10-9-1). Thunderbirds goaltender Scott Ratzlaff kicked out 19 of 21 shots.

OIL KINGS 4 PATS 2

EDMONTON — Ty Nash had a goal and an assist as the Edmonton Oil Kings topped the Regina Pats.

Marc Lajoie, John Szabo and Skyler Bruce also scored for Edmonton (7-15-1). Oil Kings goaltender Kolby Hay kicked out 27 of 29 shots.

Logan Peskett and Tanner Howe all scored once for Regina (10-13-2). Pats goaltender Ewan Huet saved 33 of 36 shots.

SILVERTIPS 6 WINTERHAWKS 3

EVERETT, Wash. — Teague Patton scored a hat trick as the Everett Silvertips topped the Portland Winterhawks.

Carter Bear, Ben Hemmerling and Austin Roest also scored for Everett (15-9-1). Silvertips netminder Tyler Palmer stopped 8 of 11 shots and fellow goalie Ethan Chadwick stopped all 20 he faced.

Gabe Klassen, Josh Davies and James Stefan had the goal for Portland (14-6-1). Winterhawks netminder Luke Brunen stopped 37 of 42 shots.

BRONCOS 6 WARRIORS 3

MOOSE JAW, Sask. — Josh Filmon scored twice as the Swift Current Broncos defeated the Moose Jaw Warriors.

Luke Mistelbacher, Ryan McCleary, Brady Birnie and Clarke Caswell also scored for Swift Current (12-10-1). Broncos netminder Joey Rocha stopped 41 of 44 shots.

Atley Calvert scored twice while Martin Rysavy scored once for Moose Jaw (13-10-1). Warriors netminder Jackson Unger kicked out 42 of 47 shots.

BLAZERS 6 GIANTS 3

KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Nathan Behm scored twice as the Kamloops Blazers topped the Vancouver Giants.

Shea Van Olm also scored twice while Harrison Brunicke and Andrew Thomson scored once for Kamloops (6-13-4). Blazers netminder Dylan Ernst kicked out 20 of 23 shots.

Tyler Thorpe, Kyren Gronick and Cameron Schmidt all scored once for Vancouver (9-13-2). Giants netminder Brett Mirwald kicked out 33 of 38 shots.

REBELS 2 WHEAT KINGS 0

RED DEER, Alta. — Rhett Stoesser earned a 25-save shut out as the Red Deer Rebels beat the Brandon Wheat Kings.

Ollie Josephson and Kai Uchacz scored the goals for Red Deer (9-9-3).

Netminder Ethan Eskit saved 29 of 30 shots for Brandon (10-10-5).

ROYALS 5 AMERICANS 1

KENNEWICK, Wash. — Robin Sapousek scored twice as the Victoria Royals topped the Tri-City Americans.

Cole Reschny, Tanner Scott and Ben Riche also scored for Victoria (13-9-2). Royals netminder Braden Holt stopped 19 of 20 shots.

Max Curran scored once for Tri-City (12-8-2). Americans goaltender Lukas Matecha stopped 31 of 35 shots.

WILD 4 CHIEFS 2

WENATCHEE, Wash. — Hayden Moore had a goal and an assist as the Wenatchee Wild defeated the Spokane Chiefs.

Matthew Savoie, Conor Geekie and Karter Prosofsky also scored for Wenatchee (16-8-2). Wild goaltender Brendan Gee saved 30 of 32 shots.

Berkly Catton scored twice for Spokane (8-10-2). Chiefs goaltender Cooper Michaluk stopped 31 of 35 shots.

This roundup was generated automatically with a CP-developed application. 

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 24, 2023.

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