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WHL Roundup: Cougars score four unanswered to earn 5-4 comeback win over Rockets

KELOWNA, B.C. — COUGARS 5 ROCKETS 4 Koehn Ziemmer capped a two-goal effort with the game winner 16:12 into the third period and the Prince George Cougars grabbed a 5-4 comeback victory over the Kelowna Rockets on Saturday.

KELOWNA, B.C. — COUGARS 5 ROCKETS 4

Koehn Ziemmer capped a two-goal effort with the game winner 16:12 into the third period and the Prince George Cougars grabbed a 5-4 comeback victory over the Kelowna Rockets on Saturday.

Terik Parascak, also with two goals, and Zac Funk provided the rest of the offence for Prince George (15-6-0). Joshua Ravensbergen made 30 saves.

Tij Iginla and Gabriel Szturc each scored two goals for Kelowna (7-11-2), which got 27 stops from Jake Pilon.

Szturc's second goal at 13:03 of the second period gave the Rockets a 4-1 edge. But it all went downhill from there.

Ziemmer started and ended a run of four unanswered goals by the Cougars, with the latter coming on a power play.

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WILD 8 CHIEFS 6

SPOKANE, Wa. — Matthew Savoie scored a hat trick and added one assist as the Wenatchee Wild outlasted the Spokane Chiefs in a high-scoring affair, 8-6.

Briley Wood, Connor Geekie, Kenta Isogai, Hayden Moore and Rodzers Bukarts, with an empty-net goal, scored for Wenatchee (12-8-2).

Rasmus Ekstrom, with two goals and one assist, Conner Roulette, Owen Martin, Ben Bonni and Chase Bertholet replied for Spokane (7-8-2). 

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HURRICANES 4 GIANTS 3 (OT)

LANGLEY, B.C. — Noah Chadwick scored the game-winning goal 47 seconds into overtime to lift the Lethbridge Hurricanes to a 4-3 comeback victory over the Vancouver Giants.

Kooper Gizowski, with two goals, and Leo Braillard chipped in for Lethbridge (11-8-2).

Cameron Schmidt scored twice, while Tyler Thorpe added the other for Vancouver (8-12-1), which held a 3-1 edge 11:03 into the third period.

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TIGERS 3 WHEAT KINGS 2

BRANDON, Man. — Cayden Lindstrom had a goal and an assist as the Medicine Hat Tigers edged the Brandon Wheat Kings 3-2.

Tyler MacKenzie and Hayden Harsanyi also scored for Medicine Hat (14-6-2).

Jayden Wiens and Nate Danielson all scored once for Brandon (9-9-4-1).

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BLADES 4 BRONCOS 1

SASKATOON — Egor Sidorov scored two goals, Brandon Lisowsky added a goal and two assists and the Saskatoon Blades pushed past the Swift Current Broncos 4-1.

Trevor Wong also contributed a goal for Saskatoon (15-6-0).

Ryan McCleary put Swift Current (11-10-1) on the board.

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THUNDERBIRDS 4 SILVERTIPS 1

SEATTLE, Wa. — Scott Ratzlaff had a 42-save performance, Eric Alarie had a goal and two assists and the Seattle Thunderbirds topped the Everett Silvertips 4-1.

Antonio Martorana, Sawyer Mynio and Coster Dunn also scored for Seattle (9-7-1).

Beau Courtney scored once for Everett (13-8-1), which got 23 saves from Tyler Palmer.

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WARRIORS 7 OIL KINGS 3

MOOSE JAW, Sask. — Pavel McKenzie scored twice to lead the charge in the Moose Jaw Warriors' 7-3 win over the Edmonton Oil Kings.

Ethan Semeniuk, Denton Mateychuk, Atley Calvert, Brayden Schuurman and Jagger Firkus added the others for Moose Jaw (13-9-0-1).

Blake Fiddler, Gavin Hodnett and Marc Lajoie answered for Edmonton (6-14-0-1).

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REBELS 3 HITMEN 2

RED DEER, Alta. — Matthew Gard capped a two-goal effort with the eventual game winner at 8:56 of the third period and the Red Deer Rebels edged the Calgary Hitmen 3-2.

Kai Uchacz scored the other for Red Deer (7-9-0-3).

Keets Fawcett and Sean Tschigerl, whose goal made it a one-goal game with 59 seconds remaining, responded for Calgary (9-9-2).

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

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 18, 2023.

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