Feb 13, 2016
WHL: Wong's hat trick helps Hurricanes beat Americans
Tyler Wong scored a hat trick to lead the Lethbridge Hurricanes past the Tri-City Americans 5-3 on Friday night in Western Hockey League action.
The Canadian Press
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - Tyler Wong scored a hat trick to lead the Lethbridge Hurricanes past the Tri-City Americans 5-3 on Friday night in Western Hockey League action.
Ryley Lindgren and Carter Folk also found the back of the net for the Hurricanes (39-16-0). Jayden Sittler made 25 saves for the win in net.
Vladislav Lukin had two goals while Tyler Sandhu also scored in a three-goal second period for Tri-City (25-26-3). Evan Sarthou kicked out 23 shots in the loss.
Lethbridge scored once on six power plays while the Americans were 2 for 7.
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RAIDERS 3 PATS 2
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — Dalton Yorke scored the eventual winner as the Raiders edged Regina.
Carson Miller and Reid Gardiner had the others for Prince Albert (31-18-6).
Austin Wagner, shorthanded, and Connor Hobbs, on the power play, scored for the Pats (23-23-7).
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WARRIORS 6 BRONCOS 4
MOOSE JAW, Sask. — Brayden Point, Noah Gregor, Tanner Faith and Dryden Hunt all had a goal and an assist as the Warriors beat Swift Current.
Josh Thrower and Tristin Langan also scored for Moose Jaw (27-21-8).
Glenn Gawdin, Lane Pederson, Calvin Spencer and Jaydan Gordon chipped in for the Broncos (19-28-6).
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WHEAT KINGS 7 BLADES 1
BRANDON, Man. — Jayce Hawryluk had two goals and three assists to lead the Wheat Kings in a rout of Saskatoon.
Ty Lewis scored twice and added an assist while Nolan Patrick had a goal and three assists for Brandon (35-16-4). Tanner Kaspick and Duncan Campbell also chipped in.
Braylon Shmyr scored late in the second period for the Blades (19-32-4).
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HITMEN 4 REBELS 1
CALGARY — Carsen Twarynski scored a hat trick as the Hitmen halted Red Deer's three-game winning streak.
Jake Bean had the other for Calgary (32-20-3) on the power play.
Adam Helewka found the back of the net for the Rebels (35-17-3).
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ICE 3 CHIEFS 2 (SO)
CRANBROOK, B.C. — Matt Alfaro and Jesse Zaharichuk both scored in the shootout as the Ice slipped past Spokane.
Tanner Lishchynsky forced extra time with a goal at 19:57 of the third period for Kootenay (10-41-4). River Beattie opened the scoring on the power play.
Hayden Ostir and Hudson Elynuik had goals for the Chiefs (26-21-7).
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ROCKETS 4 COUGARS 3 (OT)
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — Rourke Chartier capped off a hat trick at 2:47 of overtime as Kelowna edged the Cougars.
Tomas Soustal opened the scoring on the power play for the Rockets (38-15-3).
Chase Witala, Jesse Gabrielle and Colby McAuley supplied the offence for Prince George (31-21-4).
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WINTERHAWKS 3 SILVERTIPS 2
PORTLAND, Ore. — Keoni Texeira scored the eventual winner late in the second period as the Winterhawks topped Everett.
Rodrigo Abols and Alex Overhardt rounded out the attack for Portland (28-25-2).
Carson Stadnyk and Jake Christiansen had goals for the Silvertips (32-18-4).
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BLAZERS 5 GIANTS 0
VANCOUVER — Connor Ingram stopped all 34 shots he faced and Matt Revel had a goal and an assist as Kamloops shut out the Giants.
Gage Quinney, Quinn Benjafield, Ryan Rehill and Garrett Pilon supplied the rest of the Blazers (25-22-8) offence.
Ryan Kubic started in net and turned away 24-of-29 shots in 42:41 in defeat for Vancouver (21-29-6). Jake Morrissey went the rest of the way and made five saves.
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