WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg ICE returned home to Wayne Fleming Arena on Saturday and thrilled the hometown crowd with a third-period rally to beat the Brandon Wheat Kings 4-3 in Western Hockey League action.
Owen Pederson scored at 15:35 of the third to snap a 3-3 tie, giving the ICE their 13th win in 14 games.
Zach Benson, Ty Nash and Conor Geekie also scored for the ICE, who are listed at No. 1 in this week's Canadian Hockey League top 10 rankings.
Charlie Elick, Nate Danielson and Zakhar Polshakov scored for the Wheat Kings (6-7-1-0).
Earlier in the day, the ICE acquired defenceman Graham Sward from the Spokane Chiefs in exchange for defenceman Jaren Brinson, a first-round pick in the 2023 WHL Prospects Draft, a third-round pick in the 2025 WHL Prospects Draft and a second-round pick and fifth-round pick in the 2026 WHL Prospects Draft.
Sward, 19, from Abbotsford, B.C., registered four assists in eight games along with 10 penalty minutes this season with the Chiefs. He is a fifth-round pick, 146th overall by the Nashville Predators in the 2022 NHL Entry Draft.
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HURRICANES 2 BLADES 1
Jett Jones and Tyson Zimmer scored first-period goals and the Lethbridge Hurricanes (6-8-0-0) held on to defeat the visiting Saskatoon Blades 2-1.
Lukas Hansen scored for the Blades (10-3-0-0), who outshot the Hurricanes 30-28.
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COUGARS 4 THUNDERBIRDS 1
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — Riley Heidt scored twice as the Prince George Cougars defeated the unbeaten Seattle Thunderbirds 4-1.
Koehn Ziemmer and Ethan Samson also scored for the Cougars (6-6-0-0).
Jared Davidson scored for the T-Birds (9-1-0-0).
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BRONCOS 5 RAIDERS 4
PRINCE ALBERT, SAK. — Mathew Ward's goal at 17:51 of the third was the winner as the Swift Current Broncos recorded a 5-4 road win over the Prince Albert Raiders.
Caleb Wyrostok scored twice for Swift Current, while Josh Filmon and Connor Hvidston added singles for the Broncos (5-7-0-0).
Carson Latimer, Keaton Sorensen, Carter Anderson and Harrison Lodewyk scored for the Raiders (3-9-2-0).
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SILVERTIPS 3 PATS 2
REGINA, SASK. — Austin Roest's goal at 14:49 snapped a 2-2 tie and the Everett Silvertips edged the Regina Pats 3-2.
Jackson Berezowski and Jesse Heslop also scored for the Silvertips (8-4-0-0).
Borya Valis and Connor Bedard scored for the Pats (6-7-0-1).
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WINTERHAWKS 5 ROCKETS 3
PORTLAND, ORE. — James Stefan scored a goal and added an assist as the Portland Winterhawks defeated the visiting Kelowna Rockets 5-3.
Aidan Litke, Gabe Klassen, Kyle Chyzowski and Carter Sotheran also scored for the Winterhawks (8-1-1-0).
John Babcock, Rilen Kovacevic and Gabriel Szturc scored for the Rockets (4-7-1-0).
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AMERICANS 6 WARRIORS 2
MOOSE JAW, SASK. — The Tri-City Americans scored three unanswered goals in the third period and defeated the Moose Jaw Warriors 6-2.
Lukas Dragicevic, Parker Bell, Drew Freer, Ethan Ernst, Tyson Greenway and Adam Mechura scored for the Americans (6-5-0-0).
Denton Mateychuk and Maximus Wanner scored for the Warriors (8-5-0-0).
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ROYALS 4 TIGERS 3 (OT)
MEDICINE HAT, ALTA. — Jake Poole scored at 1:28 of overtime, his third goal of the game, to give the visiting Victoria Royals a 4-3 victory over the Medicine Hat Tigers.
Riley Gannon also scored for the Royals (3-10-2-0).
Oasiz Wiesblatt, Pavel Bocharov and Dallon Melin scored for the Tigers (4-6-2-0), who scored at 19:11 of the third period to force overtime.
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BLAZERS 7 CHIEFS 1
SPOKANE, WASH. — The Kamloops Blazers scored four unanswered goals in the first period and then cruised to a 7-1 win over the host Spokane Chiefs.
Logan Stankoven and Daylan Kuefler each scored twice for the Blazers (7-3-1-1), with singles netted by Kyle Masters, Kaden Hammell and Fraser Minten.
Grady Lane scored for the Chiefs (3-8-0-0), who were outshot 41-26.
* This roundup was generated automatically with a CP-developed application.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 29, 2022.
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