VICTORIA – Brayden Tracey scored 1:46 into overtime as the Victoria Royals edged the Portland Winterhawks 2-1 on Friday in Western Hockey League action.
Keanu Derungs scored for the Royals (23-13-2) in regulation time.
Shane Farkas made 42 saves for the win.
Reece Newkirk scored for the Winterhawks (28-6-5) as Joel Hofer turned away 29 shots for Portland.
Victoria went 0 for 3 on the power play and Portland was 1 for 4 with the man advantage.
RAIDERS 2 COUGARS 1 (OT)
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — Matthew Culling put away the winner 3:34 into overtime as the Raiders slipped past Prince George.
Ilya Usau had the other goal for Prince Albert (22-14-6).
Jonny Hooker scored for the Cougars (10-22-7).
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BLADES 2 OIL KINGS 1 (SO)
SASKATOON — Riley McKay and Colton Dach scored in the shootout as the Blades eked out a win over Edmonton.
Chase Wouters also scored for Saskatoon (20-17-3).
Dylan Guenther scored for the Oil Kings (28-7-8). He also scored in the shootout for Edmonton.
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WHEAT KINGS 2 REBELS 1
BRANDON, Man. — Marcus Sekundiak’s goal at the 11:01 mark of the third period was the winner as the Wheat Kings topped Red Deer.
Luka Burzan chipped in for Brandon (21-17-3).
Dallon Melin replied for the Rebels (14-22-4).
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HURRICANES 4 HITMEN 2
CALGARY — Alex Cotton scored the game-winning goal 12:11 into the third period as Lethbridge doubled the Hitmen.
Noah Boyko, Dino Kambeitz and Oliver Okuliar rounded out the attack for the Hurricanes (24-10-7).
Josh Prokop and Riley Stotts scored for Calgary (20-13-5).
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TIGERS 5 WARRIORS 2
MEDICINE HAT, Alta. — Brett Kemp scored twice, including the third-period winner, as the Tigers subdued Moose Jaw.
Caleb Willms, Cole Sillinger and Daniel Baker also found the back of the net for Medicine Hat (27-12-2).
Logan Doust and Owen Hardy scored for the Warriors (11-24-2).
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BLAZERS 4 ROCKETS 1
KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Connor Zary scored twice as the Kamloops Blazers defeated the Kelowna Rockets 4-1.
Libor Zabransky and Brodi Stuart also scored for the Blazers (25-11-3).
Matthew Wedman scored for the Rockets (21-16-3).
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CHIEFS 3 GIANTS 1
SPOKANE, WA — Michael King, Eli Zummaxck and Jack Finley all found the net as Spokane (21-13-5) downed Vancouver 3-1.
Tristen Nielson got the lone goal for the Giants (17-17-4).
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THUNDERBIRDS 8 AMERICANS 5
KENNEWICK, Wash. — Jared Davidson scored twice as the Thunderbirds beat the Tri-City Americans 8-5.
Conner Bruggen-Cate also got two goals for Seattle (16-20-3), the others coming from Mekai Sanders, Keltie Jeri-Leon, Conner Roulette and Andrej Kukuca.
Marc Lajoie, Connor Bouchard, Blake Stevenson and Sasha Mutala (2 goals) scored for the Americans (13-19-5).
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This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 10, 2020.
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