WHL Roundup: Dylan Guenther with hat trick, Oil Kings beat Thunderbirds 6-2
EDMONTON - Dylan Guenther scored a hat trick as the Edmonton Oil Kings downed the Seattle Thunderbirds 6-2 on Saturday in Western Hockey League action.
Conner McDonald, Josh Williams and Riley Sawchuk also scored for the Oil Kings (10-1-3), who are 8-0-2 in their last 10 games.
Henrik Rybinski and Matthew Wedman found the back of the net for the Thunderbirds (4-5-3).
Sebastian Cossa kicked out 28 shots for Edmonton. Blake Lyda turned away 35-of-40 shots for Seattle.
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TIGERS 3 HURRICANES 2 (SO)
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — The Medicine Hat Tigers beat the Lethbridge Hurricanes 3-2 in a shoot out.
James Hamblin and Elijah Brown scored for the Tigers (9-4-1) while Oliver Okuliar and Dylan Cozens answered for the Hurricanes (9-4-2).
Hamblin scored in the shootout for Medicine Hat.
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RAIDERS 4 CHIEFS 1
SPOKANE, Wash. — Aliaksei Protas scored twice as the Prince Albert Raiders downed the Spokane Chiefs 4-1.
Landon Kosior and Ilya Usau also scored for the Raiders (9-2-3) while Bear Hughes got the Chiefs (6-6-1) lone marker.
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WHEAT KINGS 5 BRONCOS 1
SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. — The Brandon Wheat Kings (6-9-0) bounced the Swift Current Broncos (3-7-3) 5-1.
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ROYALS 2 BLAZERS 1
VICTORIA — The Victoria Royals edged the Kamloops Blazers 2-1.
Will Warm and Tarun Fizer scored for the Royals (5-5-1), while Zane Franklin scored for the Blazers (9-5-0).
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AMERICANS 5 COUGARS 2
KENNEWICK, Wash. — The Tri-City Americans defeated the Prince George Cougars 5-2.
Sasha Mutala, Paycen Bjorklund, Samuel Huo, Nick Bowman and Marc Lajoie scored for the Americans (7-5-1) while Rhett Rhinehart and Filip Koffer replied for the Cougars (3-9-1).
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