WHL roundup: Saskatoon Blades beat Swift Current Broncos 4-3 in shootout
SASKATOON - Tyler Parr scored the shootout winner for the Saskatoon Blades in a 4-3 win over the visiting Swift Current Broncos in the Western Hockey League on Sunday.
David Lewandowski scored twice and Jordan Martin once for Saskatoon (17-6-1-1) atop the WHL's Eastern Conference. Blades goalie Evan Gardner stopped 19 of 22 shots in Saskatoon's third straight win.
Jaxen Gauchier, Grayson Burzynski and Clarke Caswell scored for Swift Current (14-10-0-1). Netminder Joey Rocha made 29 saves.
SILVERTIPS 7 BLAZERS 1
EVERETT, Wash. - Dominik Rymon scored twice for Everett which tops the WHL with a 21-3-2-1 record.
Jesse Heslop, Beau Courtney, Cole Temple, Carter Bear and Kaden Hammell also scored for the Silvertips, who have won eight of their last 10 games. Goalie Alex Garrett made 27 saves.
Oren Shtrom scored the lone goal for Kamloops (12-14-1-0).
TIGERS 7 HITMEN 3
MEDICINE HAT, Alta. — Gavin McKenna's hat trick spurred the Tigers (15-11-1-0) to the win over Calgary (12-8-3-1).
Bryce Pickford scored twice and Liam Ruck and Hunter St. Martin also scored for Medicine Hat. Jordan Switzer earned the win with 25 saves.
Oliver Tulk, Carson Wetsch and Chase Valliant scored for the Hitmen.
OIL KINGS 5 COUGARS 0
EDMONTON — Parker Snell posted a 29-save shutout for the host Oil Kings (12-11-1-1).
Gavin Hodnett, Cole Miller, Blake Fiddler, Gracyn Sawchyn and Adam Jecho were Edmonton's goals scorers.
Cooper Michaluk stopped 27 of 32 shots for Prince George (13-8-3-2).
ROYALS 6 THUNDERBIRDS 1
VICTORIA - Keaton Verhoeff scored twice for the Royals (14-8-3-2) in the win over the visiting T-Birds (9-14-2-1).
Victoria also got goals from Teydon Trembecky, Nate Misskey, Markus Loponen and Brayden Boehm with goalie Jayden Kraus...