Friday . . .

FRIDAY:
In Kamloops, the Kootenay Ice erased a 4-0 third-period deficit and beat the Blazers 6-4 in a shootout. . . . The game was the first for Guy Charron since he signed on as the Blazers’ head coach on Monday. . . . Kootenay (12-13-1-1) tied the game 4-4 with four power-play goals and then took a 5-4 lead on F Joe Antilla’s goal at 16:18. . . . Kamloops F Tyler Shattock then tied it with 11.8 seconds left on the clock. . . . F Jesse Ismond won it in the shootout. . . . The Ice is 12-13-1-1. . . . Kamloops G Kurtis Mucha, in his first start since being acquired from the Portland Winterhawks on Sunday, stopped 42 shots. . . . Kootenay was 4-for-8 on the PP; the Blazers were 3-for-7. . . . Attendance was 4,610. . . . The Ice lost D Ryan Molle with a suspected concussion after he was hit by teammate Hayden Rintoul, who was trying to check F JC Lipon, who danced between the two. Molle won’t play Saturday when the Ice meets the Rockets in Kelowna. . . . This was the only meeting of the season between the Ice and Blazers.
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In Brandon, the Wheat Kings fell behind 2-0 in the first behind then came back to beat the Swift Current Broncos, 4-2. . . . The Broncos got first-period goals from F Michael Stickland and F Brad Hoban, before Brandon F Jay Fehr scored at 18:37 of the first period. . . . The Wheat Kings then got second-period goals from D Brodie Melynchuk, F Michael Ferland and F Brayden Schenn. . . . F Scott Glennie and F Aaron Lewadniuk each drew three assists for Brandon (17-10-0-2), which has won four in a row. . . . The Broncos are 13-12-0-2. . . . Attendance was 4,456. . . . Brandon visits Swift Current on Saturday.
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In Chilliwack, F Shane McColgan scored twice to give the Kelowna Rockets a 2-1 victory over the Bruins. . . . F Brandon McMillan assisted on both Kelowna goals. . . . F Dylen McKinlay gave the Bruins a 1-0 lead in the second period. McColgan tied it later in the period and broke a 1-1 tie in the third. . . . G Adam Brown stopped 32 shots for the Rockets (13-13-1-0), who pulled into a sixth-place tie with the Bruins (11-13-1-4) in the Western Conference. . . . Chilliwack G Mark Friesen stopped 27 shots. . . . Attendance was 3,168.
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In Everett, F Jordan Eberle’s three goals sparked the Regina Pats to a 4-2 victory over the Silvertips. . . . Regina (15-12-3-0) was 3-for-5 on the PP, while Everett (15-8-1-0) was 0-for-8. . . . Eberle, who scored the game’s last three goals, moved into the WHL scoring lead, with 50 points, three ahead of Calgary Hitmen F Brandon Kozun. . . . Eberle has 23 goals, one fewer than Cody Eakin of the Swift Current Broncos. . . . Regina G Damien Ketlo stopped 34 shots, including 20 in the third period. . . . Everett G Thomas Heemskerk stopped 36 shots. . . . Attendance was 5,810.
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In Prince Albert, F Ryan Harrison’s eighth goal of the season, just 50 seconds into overtime, gave the Raiders a 3-2 victory over the Calgary Hitmen. . . . Calgary F Joel Broda forced OT with his 12th goal at 19:53 of the third period. . . . The Raiders (14-12-1-2) are 10-3-0-1 at home. . . . The Hitmen (19-8-1-0) have lost three in a row. . . . Attendance was 2,204.
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In Kent, Wash., F Nino Niederreiter scored two goals and set up two others as the Portland Winter Hawks scored a 6-4 victory over the Seattle Thunderbirds. . . . Portland is 4-0 against Seattle this season with one of the victories coming in a shootout. . . . Seattle led this one 4-1 midway in the second period. . . . Portland D Taylor Aronson broke a 4-4 tie with his second goal of the game and his second of the season at 13:20 of the third period on the PP. . . . . F Prab Rai had a goal and an assist for Seattle. He has 20 points in 11 November games. . . . Seattle D Jeremy Schappert scored his eighth goal of the season on a second-period penalty shot. . . . The Winterhawks (17-12-0-0) had lost four in a row. . . . Seattle (10-15-1-3) went in having won six of eight. . . . Attendance was 4,213.
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In Prince George, F Craig Cunningham’s goal at 19:28 of the third period broke a 4-4 tie and gave the Vancouver Giants a 5-4 victory over the Cougars. . . . Cunningham also had two assists. . . . The Cougars (4-19-1-1) took a 3-2 lead into the third period but Vancouver tied it on D Kevin Connauton’s PP goal six seconds into the frame. . . . F Brett Connolly, who had missed all but seven games this season because of a hip injury and then strep throat, gave the Cougars the lead, only to have Connauton tie it with another PP goalat 9:25. . . . F Garry Nunn, playing his first game of the season for Vancouver (17-8-1-2) after recovering from a broken leg and ligament damage in an ankle, had one goal. . . . F Spencer Asuchak, acquired by the Cougars from the Tri-City Americans earlier in the week, had a goal in his first game for P.G. . . . Vancouver was 3-for-6 on the PP; Prince George was 0-for-7. . . . Attendance was 2,074. . . . Vancouver is 5-2-1-2 on the road. It is playing a lot of home games in the first half of the schedule because it will have to vacate its building in January for the Olympic Winter Games.
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In Red Deer, F Andrej Kudrna had a goal and two assists to lead the Rebels to a 4-1 victory over the Moose Jaw Warriors. . . . Kudrna’s 13th goal of the season, at 9:22 of the second period, broke a 1-1 tie. . . . Attendance was 4,355. . . . The Rebels improved to 13-13-0-0, while the Warriors now are 15-10-1-1 and have lost four in a row. . . . Moose Jaw F Jason Bast, who had surgery this week to repair a broken bone in his face, is back skating but didn’t play. He isn’t expected to play Saturday in Edmonton.
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In Saskatoon, F Derek Hulak, the first shooter in the fifth round of the shootout, scored to give the Blades a 3-2 victory over the Lethbridge Hurricanes. . . . Lethbridge led 2-0 on a PP goal from F Carter Ashton, at 8:40 of the first, and a shorthanded goal by F Craig Orfino, at 6:17 of the second. . . . Saskatoon got PP goals from F Jeremy Boyer, at 7:24 of the second, and F Walker Wintoneak, at 7:31 of the third. . . . Saskatoon (20-3-0-3) became the first team to 20 victories, with the Calgary Hitmen and Tri-City Americans both losing to remain at 19. . . . Saskatoon has won five in a row and is 11-1-0-0 at home. . . . The Hurricanes (8-14-3-1) have lost five straight. . . . Attendance was 4,170.
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In Kennewick, Wash., G James Reid stopped 41 shots to lead the Spokane Chiefs to a 4-1 victory over the host Tri-City Americans. . . . The Chiefs (15-8-2-0) have won nine of their last 12. . . . The Chiefs (15-8-2-0) and Americans (19-7-0-0) have evenly split four games this season. They’ll meet eight more times. . . . The Chiefs got off to a great start when F Tyler Johnson scored shorthanded at 3:09 of the first period. . . . Tri-City G Drew Owsley stopped a career-high 43 shots. . . . Tri-City had a 20-5 edge in third-period shots. . . . Reid lost his shutout bid when F Brendan Shinnimin scored on the PP at 13:57 of the third period. . . . Reid has not allowed more than one goal in eight of his last 10 starts. . . . Spokane was 1-for-7 on the PP; Tri-City was 1-for-9. . . . Attendance was 5,265, the largest crowd of the season in the Toyota Centre.