Brandon Wheat Kings edge Saskatoon Blades in OT

Chad Nychuk scored his second goal of the game at 2:22 of overtime to lead the Brandon Wheat Kings to a 5-4 win over the Saskatoon Blades in WHL action on Wednesday.

Ben Thornton, Rylen Roersma and Nolan Ritchie also scored for the Wheat Kings.

Brandon Lisowsky had a pair of goals for Saskatoon, including the tying goal with 49 seconds left to play in the third period.

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Tristen Robins and Tyler Parr also scored for the Blades.

Saskatoon outshot Brandon 35-24 on the night. Carson Bjarnason had 31 saves for the Wheat Kings (3-3-0), while Nolan Maier stopped 19 shots for the Blades (2-1-1).

The Blades struggled on the power play, going 1 for 7, while the Wheat Kings were 1 for 4 with the man advantage.

Saskatoon is back in action on Friday when they host the Medicine Hat Tigers.

—with files from The Canadian Press