WHL Roundup: Blades survive late push from Hurricanes, hold on for 4-3 victory

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — Hunter Laing led the way with two goals as the Saskatoon Blades survived a late push from the Lethbridge Hurricanes to hold on for a 4-3 win on Wednesday in Western Hockey League action.

Kazden Mathies and Hayden Harsanyi also scored for Saskatoon (29-18-3-4). Ethan McCallum made 29 saves.

Shane Smith, Brayden Edwards and Kooper Gizowski replied for Lethbridge (34-19-2-1), which dropped its third in a row. Jackson Unger stopped 20-of-24 shots.

Harsanyi put the Blades ahead 4-1 8:54 into the third period, where the tide would turn just a few minutes later.

Edwards trimmed the deficit with 4:20 remaining in the contest before Gizowski pulled the Blades within one with 1:48 left.

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HITMEN 5 PATS 0

REGINA – Oliver Tulk had two goals and an assist to lead the Calgary Hitmen to a 5-0 win over the Regina Pats.

Ethan Merner, Brandon Gorzynski and Ethan Moore also scored for Calgary (35-15-3-2), which got a 14-save shutout from Daniel Hauser.

Ewan Huet kicked out 38-of-43 shots for Regina (14-34-5-2), which lost its sixth straight game.

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

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 19, 2025.