WHL roundup: Geekie scores double OT winner, Broncos sweep Hurricanes
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - Conor Geekie scored the game-winning goal in double overtime, and the Swift Current Broncos edged the Lethbridge Hurricanes 5-4 on Wednesday night to complete a first-round sweep in the Western Hockey League playoffs.
Josh Filmon, Clark Caswell, Luke Mistelbacher and Grayson Burzynski also scored for Swift Current.
Mathew Ward had three assists and Reid Dyck made 37 saves.
Trae Wilke, Carter Dereniwsky, Brayden Edwards and Hayden Pakkala replied for Lethbridge. Harrison Meneghin stopped 40 shots.
The Hurricanes led 4-1 midway through the second period before the Broncos mounted the comeback with four unanswered goals.
Elsewhere in the WHL:
REBELS 3 TIGERS 2
(Rebels lead best-of-seven series 3-1)
RED DEER, Alta. — Cashe Wutzke made 33 saves as the Red Deer Rebels edged the Medicine Hat Tigers.
Jhett Larson, Carson Birnie and Kalan Lind scored to Red Deer.
Tyler MacKenzie and Hunter St. Martin replied for Medicine Hat. Ethan McCallum stopped 31 shots.
BLADES 4 RAIDERS 1
(Blades lead best-of-seven series 3-1)
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — Misha Volotovskii had a goal and an assist as the Saskatoon Blades defeated the Prince Albert Raiders.
Easton Armstrong, Tanner Molendyk and Egor Sidorov also scored for Saskatoon. Evan Gardner made 15 saves.
Ryder Ritchie replied for Prince Albert. Max Hildebrand stopped 32 shots.
WARRIORS 6 WHEAT KINGS 4
(Warriors lead best-of-seven series 3-0)
BRANDON, Man. — Matthew Savoie had two goals and an assist as the Moose Jaw Warriors beat the Brandon Wheat Kings.
Owen Berge, Brayden Yager, Connor Schmidt and Denton Mateychuk also scored for Moose Jaw. Jackson Unger made 35 saves.
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