RED DEER, Alta. — Ryder Ritchie had three goals and two assists to power the Medicine Hat Tigers past the Red Deer Rebels 7-1 in the Western Hockey League on Friday night.
The Tigers took control of the contest by outscoring the Rebels 3-0 in the first period. They added two goals in each of the remaining two periods.
Josh Van Mulligen, Liam Ruck, Hunter St. Martin and Gavin McKenna had the other goals. Harrison Meneghin stopped 29 shots.
Nolan Schmidt scored for Red Deer.
WARRIORS 3 PATS 2
MOOSE JAW — Brady Ness's third-period goal proved to be the winner for the Warriors. Nolan Paquette and Max Finley also scored for the winners while Matthew Hutchison stopped 36 shots.
Zach Moore and Cameron Kuzma replied for Regina.
BLADES 3 RAIDERS 2
PRINCE ALBERT — Hunter Laing scored twice _ including the winner in the third period _ for Saskatoon. Hudson Kibblewhite had the other as Max Hildebrand stopped 34 shots.
Aiden Oiring and Evan Smith replied for the Raiders while Evan Gardner made 41 saves.
HITMEN 6 BRONCOS 2
CALGARY — Oliver Tulk scored twice and added an assist to anchor the win for the Hitmen, who outscored Swift Current 4-1 in the first period. Ben Kindel added a goal an assist.
Jaxen Gauchier and Peyton Kettles had the goals for the Broncos.
OIL KINGS 6 ROCKETS 3
EDMONTON — Roan Woodward and Adam Jecho both scored three goals for the Oil Kings. Goaltender Parker Schnell stopped all 25 shots he faced in relief of Ethan Simcoe.
Dawson Gerwing, Kanjyu Gojsic and Jakub Stancl had the goals for Kelowna.
HURRICANES 3 WHEAT KINGS 1
LETHBRIDGE — Logan Wormald had a goal and two assists to lead the Hurricanes. Brayden Edwards and Caden Price had the other goals.
Caleb Hadland scored for Brandon.
THUNDERBIRDS 7 WINTERHAWKS 2
PORTLAND — Coster Dunn and Simon Lovsin both had two goals to lead Seattle. Nathan Pilling also had a goal and two assists while Scott Ratzlaff stopped 42 shots.
Ryder Thompson and Diego Buttazzoni scored for the Winterhawks.
COUGARS 4 WILD 3
WENATCHEE — Terik Parascak recorded a goal and an assist to lead the way for Prince George. Aiden Foster, Villiam Kmec and Borya Valis had the other goals.
Lucas McCloskey, with two, and Shaun Rios replied for the Wild.
SILVERTIPS 6 AMERICANS 5
KENNEWICK — Austin Roest's goal at about the midway point of the third period proved to be the winner for Everett. Carter Bear had two goals and an assist for the winners.
Brandon Whynott had two goals and two assists for the Americans while Jackson Smith also scored twice.
CHIEFS 9 ROYALS 2
VICTORIA — Andrew Cristall had two goals and three assists for Spokane while Berkly Catton also scored twice. Will McIssac recorded a goal and two assists.
Keaton Verhoeff had both goals for the Royals.
* This roundup was generated automatically with a CP-developed application.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 7, 2023.
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