Austin Roest scored twice as the visiting Everett Silvertips edged the Prince George Cougars 4-3 Tuesday at CN Centre.
Jesse Heslop and Julius Miettinen also scored for the Silvertips (17-9-1-0), who were outshot 39-31.
Zac Funk scored twice for the Cougars (17-7-0-0), while Bauer Dumanski netted a single.
Earlier Tuesday, the Cougars were first overall in the weekly Canadian Hockey League junior rankings for the first time this season.
The Cougars now head to the United States for three games in three nights over the weekend: Friday in Kennewick, Washington, against the Tri-City Americans, Saturday in Spokane against the Chiefs, and Sunday in Portland, Oregon, against the Winterhawks, the fifth-ranked team in the CHL.
The Cougars return to home ice Dec. 8 and 9 for a pair of games against the Victoria Royals.
Elsewhere in the Western Hockey League on Tuesday:
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REBELS 4 HITMEN 3 (OT)
RED DEER, Alta. — Kai Uchacz scored 41 seconds into overtime to give the Red Deer Rebels a 4-3 victory over the visiting Calgary Hitmen.
Kalan Lind, Frantisek Formanek and Dwayne Jean Junior also scored for the Rebels (11-9-0-3), who outshot the visitors 31-25.
Chase Valliant, Keets Fawcett and Carter Yakemchuk scored for the Hitmen (10-10-3-0), who led 2-1 after the first period. The second period was scoreless.
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WARRIORS 4 BRONCOS 0
MOOSE JAW, Sask. — Brayden Yager scored three times, Pavel McKenzie and Denton Mateychuk each chipped in with two assists and the Moose Jaw Warriors blitzed the visiting Swift Current Broncos 4-0.
Jagger Firkus also scored for the Warriors (15-10-0-1), while Jackson Unger made 32 saves to post the shutout.
Joey Rocha stopped 33 of 36 shots in the Broncos' net.
The Warriors, who led 1-0 after the first period and 3-0 after two, outshot the Broncos 37-32. The Broncos (12-11-1-0) were 0-for-3 on the power play, while the Warriors went 0-for-2.
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BLADES 6 AMERICANS 3
KENNEWICK, Wash. — Egor Sidorov scored three times as the visiting Saskatoon Blades beat the Tri-City Americans 6-3.
Lukas Hansen, Vaughn Watterodt and Easton Armstrong also scored for the Blades (17-8-1-0), who outshot the hosts 39-32.
Parker Bell, Deagan McMillan and Pasha Bocharov scored for the Americans (13-9-1-1).
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ROYALS 6 BLAZERS 1
VICTORIA, B.C. — Cole Reschny scored three goals as the Victoria Cougars blitzed the visiting Kamloops Blazers 6-1.
Nate Misskey, Reggie Newman and Logan Pickford also scored for the Royals (14-10-0-2), who were outshot 30-26.
Conner Radke scored for the Blazers (6-14-3-2), who trailed 3-0 after the first period and 4-0 heading into the third.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 28, 2023.
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