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KELOWNA, B. Mike Quick Jersey .C. -- Axel Blomqvist scored the winner at 16:40 of the third period as the Victoria Royals edged the Kelowna Rockets 3-2 on Tuesday in Western Hockey League action. Brandon Magee and Ryan Gagnon also scored for the Royals (48-17-4), who extended their win streak to six games. Tanner Wishnowski scored his first-career WHL goal for the Western-Conference leading Rockets (54-11-4) and Cole Linaker had the other. Victorias Patrik Polivka made 34 saves for the win as Kelownas Jordon Cooke stopped 33-of-36 shots in defeat. --- WHEAT KINGS 8 BLADES 5 BRANDON -- Richard Nejezchleb and Ryan Pulock each had a goal and two assists as the Wheat Kings avoided a fifth straight loss by downing Saskatoon. Rene Hunter, Jesse Gabriel, Rihards Bukarts, John Quenneville, Braylon Shmyr and Tim McGauley also scored for Brandon (32-29-9) and Ryan Pilon had three assists. David Nemecek, Cameron Hebig, Cory Millette, Ryan Graham and Chase Clayton supplied the scoring for the Blades (16-48-5), who are on a nine-game slide. Jordan Papirny made 41 saves for the Wheat Kings. Troy Trombley allowed five goals on 20 shots before giving way to Brandon Kegler, who stopped 19-of-22 shots in 38 minutes of relief for Saskatoon. --- HITMEN 5 HURRICANES 3 CALGARY -- Adam Tambellini had a goal and an assist and Chris Driedger stopped 24 shots as the Hitmen handed Lethbridge its 12th loss in a row. Kenton Helgesen, Alex Roach, Jake Virtanen and Travis Sanheim also scored for Calgary (46-17-7) while Brady Brassart had three assists. Riley Sheen scored twice for the Hurricanes (12-53-5) and Tyler Wong added the other. In just his second appearance of the season Lethbridges Stuart Skinner turned aside 39-of-44 shots in defeat. --- OIL KINGS 1 ICE 0 EDMONTON -- Henrik Samuelsson scored the games only goal 15 seconds into the second period as the Oil Kings blanked Kootenay. Tristan Jarry made 20 saves for Edmonton (48-18-3), which maintained top spot in the Eastern Conference with the victory. Mackenzie Skapski turned away 29-of-30 shots for the Ice (39-26-4). The Oil Kings went 0 for 1 on the power play while Kootenay failed to score on three chances with the man advantage. --- WARRIORS 6 RAIDERS 3 MOOSE JAW, Sask. -- Jesse Forsberg, Tanner Eberle and Jack Rodewald each had a pair of goals as the Warriors doubled up Prince Albert. Brayden Point chipped in with three assists for Moose Jaw (21-40-9) while Zach Sawchenko made 26 saves for the victory. Collin Valcourt, Leon Draisaitl and Josh Morrissey scored for the Raiders (33-31-5), who had their four-game win streak halted, and Nick McBride stopped 31-of-36 shots in a losing cause. Prince Albert and Red Deer are tied for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. The Raiders, however, fall to ninth because of the tie-breaker. --- WINTERHAWKS 3 AMERICANS 2 (OT) PORTLAND, Ore.-- Brendan Leipsic scored 30 seconds into extra time as the Winterhawks slipped past Tri-City. Mathew Dumba and Taylor Leier also scored for Portland (51-13-5), which won its fourth straight contest. Parker Bowles scored both goals for the Americans (28-32-9), who dropped their fourth game in a row. Brendan Burke made 18 saves for the Winterhawks while Tri-Citys Eric Comrie stopped 46-of-49 shots in defeat. --- CHIEFS 6 THUNDERBIRDS 4 KENT, Wash. --Mike Aviani had a pair of goals as Spokane downed Seattle for its third win in a row. Connor Chartier, Hudson Elyniuk, Dominic Zwerger and Adam Helewka also scored for the Chiefs (39-24-6) while Eric Williams made 30 saves for the win. Ryan Gropp, Mathew Barzal, Alexander Delnov and Sam McKechnie scored for the Thunderbirds (40-23-6). Seattles Taran Kozun turned aside 37-of-42 shots in a losing cause. Mychal Kendricks Jersey . 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Messam finished thirdd in CFL rushing with 1,057 yards to become the first Canadian-born player to surpass the 1,000-yard plateau since B. Jerome Brown Jersey. C.s Sean Millington in 2000. But Messams season ended with a knee injury in Edmontons West Division semifinal victory over the Calgary Stampeders. Whyte, obtained by Montreal in an off-season trade with B.C., hit 45-of-52 field goals (86.5 per cent) and at one point this year connected on 22 straight. The native of Surrey, B.C., finished tied for second in CFL scoring with 197 points. ' ' ' |
