PRINCE GEORGE — Jakub Vanecek's goal at 18:45 of the third period ended a 3-3 deadlock and lifted the visiting Tri-City Americans to a 4-3 Western Hockey League victory over the Prince George Cougars on Sunday at the CN Center.
The Cougars came back from a 3-1 deficit with a goal in the final minute of the second period and another goal before the third period ended four minutes later.
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Crew Martinson, David Krkal and Cruz Pavao (2-5-0-0) also scored for the Americans, while Savin Virk had two assists.
Carson Carels had a goal and two assists for the Cougars (5-2-0-0), while Bauer Dumanski and Cooper Gizowski had singles goals. The Cougars beat the Americans 30-25.
After the first period, the teams tied 1:1, and by the third period the Americans were leading 3:2.
Xavier Wendt stopped 27 of 30 shots for the Americans and Joshua Ravensbergen stopped 21 of 25 shots for the Cougars.
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BRONCOS 5 WHEAT QUEENS 4
BRANDON, man. — Hudson Darby had a goal and two assists, goaltender Joey Rocha stopped 41 of 45 shots, and the visiting Swift Current Broncos beat the Brandon Wheat Kings 5-4.
Zach Pantelakis, Stepan Kuryachenkov, Josh McGregor and Sawyer Dingman also scored for the Broncos (4-4-0-0), who led 2-0 after the first period and 5-2 going into the third. Noah Kosik had two assists.
Luke Mistelbacher scored twice for the Wheat Kings (1-5-1-0), while Caleb Hadland and Joby Baumuller scored singles. Jackson Jacobson had three assists for the Whities, who outshot the visitors 45-17.
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Wheat Kings goaltender Filip Ruzicka stopped nine of 11 shots and Jaden Kraus stopped three of six shots.
The Broncos were 2-for-5 on the power play while the Wheat Kings were 0-for-4.
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WILD 7 THUNDERBIDS 3
WENATCHEE, Washington. Sam Elliott had two goals and two assists, Josh Toll had four assists and the Wenatchee Wild beat the visiting Seattle Thunderbirds 7-3.
Mason Kraft had a goal and two assists for the Wild (1-4-1-1), while Dawson Seitz, Luka Shcherbina, Zane Saab and Maddix McCagherty had solo goals.
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Brock England had a goal and an assist for the Thunderbirds (3-5-0-0), while Matej Pekar and Colton Jerryor added singles.
The Wild went 3-for-7 on the power play while the Thunderbirds went 0-for-4.
*This review was automatically generated using an application developed by CP.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 12, 2025.
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