There are four games in the WHL on Wednesday night. Calgary plays at Kelowna, Prince George travels to Portland, Brandon (7) is at Regina and Seattle visits Spokane.
There were four games on the WHL schedule for Tuesday night. Kootenay defeated Vancouver 6-3, Red Deer (1) got by Medicine Hat 5-3, Calgary beat Kamloops 7-4 and Brandon (7) got past Moose Jaw 5-1.
At Kootenay, Tomas Plihal had one goal and two assists to lead the Ice, while Darren Lynch had one goal and one assist for Vancouver. Curtis Fransoo ‘s first goal of the season turned out to be the game-winner in the third period.
At Medicine Hat, Andrew Bergen scored two goals and added two assists for the Rebels while Bryce Thoma had one goal and two assists for the winners. Joffrey Lupul scored his 55th goal of the season for Medicine Hat.
At Kamloops, Frederik Sjostrom scored two goals and added one assist for the Hitmen, while Brandon Segal added a pair of goals to the winners’ attack. Owen Fussey had one goal and two assists for Calgary, while Lance Morrison added four assists. Scott Upshall had three assists for Kamloops while Shaone Morrisonn had one goal and one assist.
At Moose Jaw, Caine Pearpoint scored a pair of goals to lead Brandon, while Eric Fehr added a pair of assists. Kyle Brodzik scored the lone goal for the Warriors, who were out-shot 43-14. Kyle Kettles made 38 saves in the Moose Jaw goal.
ONTARIO HOCKEY LEAGUE
There are four games on the Wednesday night OHL schedule. Ottawa is at Belleville, Brampton plays at Owen Sound, North Bay visits Peterborough and Plymouth (2) is at Sault Ste. Marie (9) in a battle featuring two of the CHL ‘s Top 10 ranked teams.
There was one game in the OHL on Tuesday night as Sudbury downed Kingston 5-1.
At Sudbury, Zach Stortini scored two goals and added one assist to lead the Wolves to their win, which clinched sixth place in the Eastern Conference for Sudbury. Tyler Leggo and Chris Robertson both had one goal and one assist for the winners, while Mike Smith made 24 saves in goal for the Wolves. Mike Smith of the Frontenacs scored the lone Kingston goal before 5,694 fans.
QUEBEC MAJOR JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE
There are five games on the Wednesday night QMJHL schedule. Sherbrooke plays in Drummondville, Moncton is in Halifax, Hill visits Rouyn-Noranda, Montreal travels to Acadie-Bathurst (3) and Quebec visits Baie-Comeau.
There were four games in the QMJHL on Tuesday night. Shawinigan (5) stopped Sherbrooke 5-4 in overtime, Victoriaville defeated Chicoutimi 5-2, Hull edged Val-d’Or 4-2 and Montreal beat Rimouski 5-2.
At Shawinigan, Jean-Michel Boisvert scored two goals, including the winner in overtime, to lead the Cataractes. Alexandre Menard-Burrows and Mathieu Gravel both had one goal and one assist, while Olivier Michaud made 24 saves. David Chicoine had one goal and one assist for the losers.
At Victoriaville, Matthew Lombardi scored three goals to lead the Tigres, while Danny Groulx added one goal and three assists. Carl Mallette also had three assists for the winners while Daniel Manzato made 32 saves. Pierre-Marc Bouchard had one goal and one assist for Chicoutimi.
At Hull, Jean-Michel Daoust, Dale Sullivan and Maxime Talbot all had one goal and one assist to lead the Olympiques. Eric Lafrance made 23 saves in goal for Hull, while David Rodman had two goals for Val-d’Or and Nicolas Pelletier added two assists.
At Rimouski, Jean-Francois Soucy had two goals for the Rocket, while Louis Robitaille added three assists. Pascal Leclaire made 38 saves in goal for the winners. Jean-Francois Plourde had one goal and one assist for Rimouski.
For complete QMJHL statistics and standings, visit the official QMJHL site.
WESTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE
There are no games in the WHL on Thursday night.
On Wednesday night in the WHL, Kelowna got by Calgary 3-1, Prince George beat Portland 3-1, Regina stopped Brandon (7) 4-3 and Seattle defeated Spokane 3-1.
At Kelowna, Cam Paddock scored twice for the winners while Wade Davis had his 20th goal of the season for Calgary. Shane Bendera made 23 saves in goal for the Rockets before 5,727 fans.
At Portland, Dan Baum scored twice in the third period to give the visitors the win. Mike Wirll added three assists to the Raiders attack, while Blake Robson picked up a pair of assists. Josh Olson had his 35th goal of the season for the Winter Hawks.
At Regina, Matt Hubbauer scored the game-winning goal with less than five minutes to play and added a pair of assists while Dean Beuker scored twice. Jordin Tootoo scored twice for the Wheat Kings, giving him 30 goals on the season.
At Spokane, Brooks Laich had one goal and one assist for Seattle while Brandin Cote scored the lone goal for the Chiefs. Brendan Cuthbert made 39 saves in net for Seattle.
ONTARIO HOCKEY LEAGUE
There is one game in the OHL Thursday night and it’s the only game in the CHL, as London travels to Windsor.
There were four games on the Wednesday night OHL schedule. Peterborough stopped North Bay 5-2, Owen Sound edged Brampton 4-3, Belleville slid past Ottawa 3-2 and Plymouth defeated Sault Ste. Marie 4-1.
At Peterborough, Jason Penner had one goal and two assists for the Petes while Dustin Wood had one goal and one assist. Denis Yachmenev had one goal and one assist for the Centennials, who trailed Kingston by one point for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference with two games to play.
At Owen Sound, Jesse Gimblet scored the game-winning goal and Brad Richardson and Ladislav Kolda both had one goal and one assist to spark the Attack to the win. Kamil Kreps had one goal and one assist for Brampton, which was eliminated from the playoffs with the loss.
At Belleville, Jason Spezza had one goal and one assist to lead the Bulls to victory. Nathan Robinson scored his 47th goal of the season for the winners while Michael Mole made 32 saves in the Belleville net. Rodney Bauman and Brendan Bell scored for Ottawa.
At Sault Ste. Marie, Chad Larose had two goals and one assist to spark the Whalers, as they clinched the West Division title with the win. Stephen Weiss had two assists for Plymouth, while Brent Kelly had the lone goal for the home side, his 38th of the season.
QUEBEC MAJOR JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE
There are no games in the QMJHL on Thursday night.
There were five games on the Wednesday night QMJHL schedule. Drummondville defeated Sherbrooke 9-3, Halifax stopped Moncton 8-3, Hull beat Rouyn-Noranda, Acadie-Bathurst (3) clinched the QMJHL regular season championship with a 5-2 victory over Montreal, and Baie-Comeau got by Quebec 4-1.
At Drummondville, Frederic Faucher had two goals and three assists for the winners, while Yannick Riendeau added two goals and two assists. Jean-Francois Racine made 24 saves in goal for the winners. Patrik Levesque had one goal and one assist for the Castors while Nicolas Corbeil added two assists.
At Halifax, Brandon Benedict had two goals and five assists for the winners while Jason King had three goals and three assists, giving him 61 goals on the season. Jean-Francois Cyr added two goals and two assists for the Mooseheads, while Patrick Thoresen had three assists for the losers before a crowd of 10,313 fans at Halifax.
At Rouyn-Noranda, Maxime Talbot and Ales Hemsky both had one goal and one assist to lead Hull to victory. Marc-Andre Binette had the lone goal for the Huskies while Michael Dilorenzo made 27 saves in goal for the winners.
At Acadie-Bathurst, Michael Tessier had three assists for the Titan, while Olivier Fillion and Patrick Gosselin both had one goal and one assist. Michael Lambert scored his 29th goal of the season fro Montreal, as the Titan clinched the regular season championship.
At Baie-Comeau, Louis-Philippe Martin had one goal and one assist to lead the Drakkar, while Charles Linglet added a pair of assists. Chris Montgomery had the lone goal for Montreal, while Ghyslain Rousseau stopped 27 shots in goal for Baie-Comeau.
For complete QMJHL statistics and standings, visit the official QMJHL site.
