BRANDON, Man. — Joachim Blichfeld's goal midway through the third period stood as the winner and the Portland Winterhawks went on to beat the Brandon Wheat Kings 4-3 on Tuesday in Western Hockey League action.

Michal Kvasnica, Seth Jarvis and Jaydon Dureau also scored for Portland (24-11-5), which has picked up points in nine straight games (6-0-3).

Ben McCartney led the Wheat Kings (16-16-6) with two goals and Braden Schneider also scored.

Winterhawks goaltender Shane Farkas made 32 saves. Brandon's Jiri Patera stopped 47 shots.

Both teams were 0 for 3 on the power play.

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BLADES 4 THUNDERBIRDS 3

SASKATOON — Eric Florchuk broke a tie 17:20 into the second period and the Blades held on to defeat Seattle.

Kyle Crnkovic, Josh Paterson and Chase Wouters also scored for Saskatoon (26-12-5).

Zachary Ashton, Nolan Volcan and Matthew Wedman scored for the Thunderbirds (12-21-4).

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COUGARS 1 AMERICANS 0

KENNEWICK, Wash. — Taylor Gauthier stopped all 36 shots he faced as Prince George blanked the Americans.

Ethan Browne had the lone goal for the Cougars (14-21-3) in the second period.

Beck Warm made 28 saves for Tri-City (20-15-2).

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