Watch above: The Prince Albert Raiders snapped the Saskatoon Blades winning streak at five, skating to a 6-1 victory. Kim Thue with the highlights.
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. – Jesse Lees and Reid Gardiner had a goal and an assist apiece, and Rylan Parenteau stopped 32 shots as the Prince Albert Raiders downed the Saskatoon Blades 6-1 in WHL on Wednesday. The win halted the Raiders four-game losing streak.
Sawyer Lange, Jayden Hart, Colton Heffley and Sean Montgomery also scored for Prince Albert (20-27-1), while Kris Schmidli chipped in with three assists.
Brycen Martin replied for the Blades (14-30-3), who lost for the first time in six games.
The Blades look to get back in the win column when they take on the Swift Current Broncos Saturday at SaskTel Centre.
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Here is the rest of your Wednesday WHL roundup:
Oil Kings 2 Rockets 1
EDMONTON – Lane Bauer scored the winner in the shootout as the Edmonton Oil Kings snapped a four-game slide. Dysin Mayo had a game-tying, power-play goal for Edmonton (23-21-6) at 6:35 of the second period.
Joe Gatenby struck in the first period for the Rockets (37-8-4), who had their three-game winning streak snapped.
Oil Kings goaltender Tristan Jarry made 35 saves through regulation and overtime and stopped 3-of-4 Kelowna skaters in the shootout. Kelowna’s Jake Morrissey turned aside 30 shots through 65 minutes before blocking 2-of-4 Edmonton shots in the shootout.
The Oil Kings were 1 for 3 on the power play while the Rockets failed to take advantage of eight chances with the man advantage.
Hurricanes 6 Ice 3
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. – Brayden Burke scored one goal and set up two more as the Hurricanes doubled up Kootenay. Tyler Wong, Giorgio Estephan, Pavel Skumatov and Brandon Kennedy had a goal and an assist apiece for Lethbridge (12-29-6) while Zane Franklin rounded out the attack.
Tim Bozon led the Ice (26-23-1) with a goal and an assist and Austin Vetterl and Sam Reinhart also scored as Kootenay snapped a four-game winning streak.
Winterhawks 4 Royals 2
PORTLAND, Ore. – Chase De Leo scored the deciding goal in the third period and added an assist as the Winterhawks flew past Victoria for their sixth consecutive victory. Alex Schoenborn also had a two-point game with goal and a helper for Portland (29-19-3). Adam Henry and Dominic Turgeon supplied the rest of the offence while Miles Koules and Blake Heinrich contributed with two assists apiece.
Alex Forsberg struck twice for the Royals (26-20-4). Regan Nagy also scored.
Blazers 4 Thunderbirds 3
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – Brady Gaudet scored the tiebreaking goal 14:38 into the third period and the Blazers held on to edge Seattle. Cole Ully found the back of the net twice with power-play goals for Kamloops (19-25-6) and added an assist for a three-point night. Dawson Davidson also scored.
Roberts Lipsbergs led the Thunderbirds (23-19-6) with a goal and a helper while Cory Millette and Nick Holowko rounded out the attack.
With files from Global News
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