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WHL roundup: Rebels blank Raiders 3-0 to record 10th straight win

RED DEER, Alta.

RED DEER, Alta. — The unbeaten Red Deer Rebels, listed 10th in this week's Canadian Hockey League Top 10 rankings, won their 10th game of the Western Hockey League season in style on Saturday, blanking the Prince Albert Raiders 3-0 at the Peavey Mart Centrium.

Jayden Grubbe, Jace Isley and Jhett Larson scored for the Rebels, who improved their record to 10-0-0-0.

Rhett Stoesser made 23 saves for the shutout.

The Raiders slipped to 3-7-2-0 with the loss.

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GIANTS 6 ROYALS 5 (OT)

VICTORIA, B.C. — A goal by Zack Ostapchuk 1:09 into overtime gave the Vancouver Giants a 6-5 victory against the Victoria Royals.

Ty Thorpe and Samuel Honzek scored twice for the Giants (2-5-1-2), while Ethan Semeniuk netted a single.

Jake Poole scored three goals for the Royals (2-9-1-0), with singles added by Riley Gannon and Teague Patton.

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TIGERS 5 WHEAT KINGS 1 

MEDICINE HAT, ALTA. — Pavel Bocharov scored a goal and added two assists as the Medicine Hat Tigers beat the Brandon Wheat Kings 5-1.

Brayden Boehm, Reid Andresen, Owen MacNeil and Brendan Lee also scored for the Tigers (4-5-1-0).

Brett Hyland scored for the Wheat Kings (6-5-1-0).

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HURRICANES 3 BRONCOS 2

SWIFT CURRENT, SASK. — Cole Shepard scored two goals, including the winner at 10:34 of the third, as the Lethbridge Hurricanes edged the Swift Current Broncos 3-2.

Joe Arntsen also scored for the Hurricanes (5-7-0-0) who were outshot 35-32.

Adam McNutt and Owen Pickering scored for the Broncos (2-7-0-0).

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THUNDERBIRDS 8 CHIEFS 3

SEATTLE, WASH. — Reid Schaefer scored twice and Jordan Gustafson had three assists as the Seattle Thunderbirds won their eighth game in as many starts by rolling over the Spokane Chiefs 8-3.

Jared Davidson, Coster Dunn, Lucas Ciona, Sam Popowich, Jeremy Hanzel and Sawyer Mynio also scored for the T-Birds (8-0-0-0).

Ty Cheveldayoff, Chase Bertholet and Kooper Gizowski scored for the Chiefs (3-6-0-0).

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AMERICANS 7 WINTERHAWKS 3

KENNEWICK, WASH. — Tyson Greenway scored three goals and added two assists as the Tri-City Americans handed the Portland Winterhawks their first defeat of the season.

Adam Mechura, Deagan McMillan, Jake Sloan and Parker Bell also scored for the Americans (5-5-0-0).

Marek Alscher, Markus Nguyen and Gabe Klassen scored for the Winterhawks (7-1-0-0)

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COUGARS 4 BLAZERS 3 (OT)

KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Koehn Ziemmer's goal at 1:39 of overtime capped off a spirited Cougars' comeback as Prince George recorded a 4-3 road win.

Chase Wheatcroft tied the game 3-3 at 19:19 of the third period to force overtime.

Hudson Thornton also chipped in with two goals for the Cougars (5-5-0-0).

Logan Stankoven scored all three goals for the Blazers (5-3-0-1).

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ICE 5 ROCKETS 4

KELOWNA, B.C. — Conor Geekie scored two goals and Zach Benson added two assists as the Winnipeg ICE won their 11th game of the season with a 5-4 decision over the Kelowna Rockets.

Ben Zloty, Ty Nash and Vladislav Shilo also scored for the ICE (11-1-0-0).

Rilen Kovacevic, Gabriel Szturc, Turner McMillen and Adam Kydd scored for the Rockets (3-6-1-0).

* This roundup was generated automatically with a CP-developed application.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 22, 2022.

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