EVERETT, Wash. - Brian King's late winner was just enough to lead the Everett Silvertips past the Portland Winterhawks 3-2 on Wednesday night in Western Hockey League action.
Dawson Leedahl and Connor Dewar both had power-play goals for Everett (30-16-4) in the second period. Carter Hart made 22 saves for the win.
Rihards Bukarts opened scoring for Portland (25-24-2), while Dominic Turgeon added a goal late in the second. Goalie Adin Hill stopped 21 shots in net for the Winterhawks.
The Silvertips went 2 for 3 on the power play, while Portland could not score on its one man advantage.
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RAIDERS 3 COUGARS 1
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — Reid Gardiner scored and added two assists to lead the Raiders past Prince George.
Captain Tim Vanstone and Jordan Tkatch chipped in for Prince Albert (28-17-6).
Chase Witala replied for the Cougars (31-19-3).
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ROYALS 4 HITMEN 1
VICTORIA — Matthew Phillips had a pair of power-play goals to lift the Royals over Calgary in an undisciplined win.
Dante Hannoun scored the eventual winner for Victoria (32-15-5) in the first period, while Jack Walker had a goal early in the first.
Jackson Houck responded for the Hitmen (30-19-2).
The Royals earned 24 minutes in penalties and Calgary had 41 minutes of penalties.
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THUNDERBIRDS 3 BLAZERS 1
KENT, Wash. — Keegan Kolesar struck twice, once on the power play and once and into an empty net, as Seattle skated past Kamloops.
Matthew Wedman also scored for the Thunderbirds (28-19-3).
Matt Needham was the lone scorer for the Blazers (23-20-8).
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CHIEFS 6 GIANTS 2
VANCOUVER — Brothers Kailer and Keanu Yamamoto both scored in Spokane's rout of the Giants.
Jason Fram, Tyson Helgesen, Markson Bechtold and Jaret Anderson-Dolan rounded out the Chiefs' (25-20-5) attack.
Chase Lang supplied the offence for Vancouver (20-28-5).
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