BRANDON, Man. — Stelio Mattheos had two goals and an assist while Cole Reinhardt added a goal and two helpers as the Brandon Wheat Kings extended their win streak to five games by downing the Swift Current Broncos 7-3 on Sunday in Western Hockey League play.
Ty Lewis, Connor Gutenberg, Zach Wytinck and Evan Weinger also scored for the Wheat Kings (14-6-1), who trailed 3-2 in the second period before reeling off five unanswered goals.
Tyler Steenbergen scored his league-leading 31st goal in just 21 games for the Broncos (15-5-1). Glenn Gawdin and Conner Chaulk rounded out the offence.
Logan Thompson made 38 saves for Brandon as Logan Flodell stopped 29-of-36 shots for Swift Current.
The Wheat Kings went 3 for 5 on the power play while the Broncos were 2 for 6 with the man advantage.
Brandon’s Tanner Kaspick was given a game misconduct midway through the first for checking to the head.
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PATS 2 SILVERTIPS 1
EVERETT, Wash. — Carter Hart stopped 48-of-50 shots, but it wasn’t enough as his Silvertips fell to Regina.
Jake Leschyshyn scored the game-winning goal for the Pats (13-9-2) at 2:19 of the third period while Robbie Holmes added the other. Tyler Brown made 38 saves for the win.
Patrick Bajkov found the back of the net for Everett (10-12-2), which has dropped back-to-back games. Hart leads the WHL with a 1.84 goals-against average and .944 save percentage.
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