KAMLOOPS, B.C. 鈥� The Tri-City Americans spotted the Kamloops Blazers the first goal and then roared back with four of their own en route to a 4-1 Western Hockey League victory at the Sandman Centre on Tuesday night.
Kainoah Brankovic, Carter MacAdams, Brandon Whynott and Jake Sloan scored for the Americans (26-21-4-1), who were outshot 45-30. Austin Zemlak and Jackson Smith each chipped in with two assists. Netminder Lukas Matecha stopped 44 of 45 shots for the visitors.
Conner Radke scored for the Blazers (18-29-4-0), who led 1-0 after the first period but trailed 2-1 heading into the third.
The Americans went 1-for-3 on the power play, while the Blazers were 0-for-5.
Elsewhere in the WHL on Tuesday:
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TIGERS 5 BLADES 3
SASKATOON, Sask. 鈥� Gavin McKenna had a goal and two assists as the visiting Medicine Hat Tigers tripped the Saskatoon Blades 5-3.
Ryder Ritchie, Markus Ruck, Oasiz Wiesblatt and Misha Volotovskii also scored for the Central Division-leading Tigers (34-16-3-1), who outshot the hosts 43-18.
Hunter Laing, Hayden Harsanyi and Rowan Calvert scored for the Blades (27-17-3-3), who were tied 1-1 after the first period but trailed 3-2 heading into the third. Tyler Parr chipped in with two assists.
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WHEAT KINGS 7 BRONCOS 4
SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. 鈥� Dominik Petr and Marcus Nguyen each scored twice, and Nolan Flamand had a goal and two assists as the visiting Brandon Wheat Kings plowed past the Swift Current Broncos 7-4.
Nicholas Johnson and Giorgos Pantelas also scored for the Wheat Kings (26-16-4-3), who outshot the hosts 32-24. Quinn Mantei and Nguyen also had two assists.
Otto Hanson, Carlin Dezainde, Hunter Mayo and Grayson Burzynski scored for the Broncos (27-21-1-1), who trailed 2-0 after the first period and 4-2 heading into the third. Connor Dale chipped in with two assists.
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REBELS 4 PATS 1
RED DEER, Alta. 鈥� The Red Deer Rebels scored three unanswered goals in the first period then hung on to beat the visiting Regina Pats 4-1.
Beckett Hamilton, Derek Thurston, Talon Brigley and Matthew Gard (empty-netter) scored for the Rebels (20-26-4-2).
Keets Fawcett scored a power-play goal for the Pats (14-31-4-2).
Both teams had 27 shots on goal.
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HITMEN 3 HURRICANES 2 (OT)
CALGARY, Alta. 鈥� Oliver Tulk's second goal of the game, scored on the power play at 1:40 of overtime, lifted the Calgary Hitmen to a 3-2 win over the visiting Lethbridge Hurricanes.
Ethan Moore also scored for the Hitmen (33-13-3-2), who outshot the visitors 40-18, but had trouble beating hot Hurricanes' netminder Jackson Unger.
Luke Cozens and Brayden Yager scored for the Hurricanes (32-16-2-1), who trailed 2-1 heading into the third period.
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CHIEFS 4 WILD 3 (OT)
SPOKANE, Wash. 鈥� Shea Van Olm's second goal of the game, scored 2:52 into overtime, lifted the Spokane Chiefs to a 4-3 come-from-behind win against the visiting Wenatchee Wild.
Van Olm scored with 30 seconds left in the third period to tie the game 3-3 and force the overtime period.
Berkly Catton and Brayden Crampton also scored for the Chiefs (35-16-1-0), who outshot the visitors 35-18.
Evan Friesen, Lukas McCloskey and Brendan Dunphy scored for the Wild (18-28-5-1), who went 2-for-3 on the power play.
The Chiefs led 1-0 after the first period but trailed 2-1 heading into the third.
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THUNDERBIRDS 3 ROCKETS 2
SEATTLE, Wash. 鈥� The Seattle Thunderbirds scored two unanswered goals in the third period to erase a 2-1 deficit and record a 3-2 win over the visiting Kelowna Rockets.
Nathan Pilling, Matej Pekar and Coster Dunn scored for the Thunderbirds (20-28-2-1), who outshot the visitors 37-25.
Hayden Paupanekis and Michael Cicek scored for the Rockets (16-30-4-1).
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POKE CHECKS: Four WHL teams made the Canadian Hockey League's Top 10 rankings this week. The Everett Silvertips are No. 4, the Chiefs are No. 6, the Calgary Hitmen are No. 7, and the Tigers are No. 10. The London Knights of the Ontario Hockey League are ranked No. 1.
* This roundup was generated automatically with a CP-developed application.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 11, 2025.
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