WHL Roundup: League-leading Ice roll past Hitmen 8-2

WINNIPEG – Conor Geekie scored twice, Zack Ostapchuk and Evan Friesen each had a goal and two assists and the Winnipeg Ice pummelled the Calgary Hitmen 8-2 on Wednesday.

Connor McClennon, Ty Nash, Owen Pederson and Vladislav Shilo provided the rest of the offence for Winnipeg (38-7-1). Daniel Hauser made 22 saves.

Carter Yakemchuk and David Adaszynski replied for Calgary (23-20-5-2), which has lost seven in a row.

Ethan Buenaventura stopped 27-of-35 shots.

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WARRIORS 6 OIL KINGS 3

MOOSE JAW, SASK. — Jagger Firkus had a hat trick to help power the Moose Jaw Warriors past the Edmonton Oil Kings 6-3.

Atley Calvert, Brayden Yager and Logan Dowhaniuk added the others for Moose Jaw (33-16-0-3), which won its third in a row.

Loick Daigle, Gavin Hodnett and Mason Finley answered for Edmonton (8-39-3).

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COUGARS 7 ROCKETS 2

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — Chase Wheatcroft had two goals and an assist as the Prince George Cougars cruised past the Kelowna Rockets 7-2.

Cayden Glover, Koehn Ziemmer, Zac Funk, Jaxsen Wiebe and Hudson Thornton also contributed goals for Prince George (23-21-4), which won its fourth straight.

Adam Kydd and Ethan Mittelsteadt replied for Kelowna (17-28-3).

This roundup was generated automatically with a CP-developed application.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 8, 2023.