Tuesday . . .

The Prince George Cougars have placed F Tyler Halliday, 20, on waivers as they get down to the maximum of three 20-year-old players. Halliday, who had 25 points in 66 games last season, had seven points in 19 games this time around. . . . The Cougars had been carrying four 20-year-olds, with the return of D Garrett Thiessen from a shoulder injury. They had until Nov. 24 to get down to three but chose not to go right to the deadline. . . . Their other 20-year-olds are D Dallas Jackson and F Alex Rodgers. . . . The Kelowna Rockets will play a doubleheader in Prince George this weekend and the Cougars hope to have F Brett Connolly back in the lineup. Because of a hip problem, he has played just seven games this season.
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TUESDAY:
In Regina, F Garrett Mitchell and F Matt Strueby each scored twice as the Pats got past the Edmonton Oil Kings, 5-3. . . . Strueby, with his 15th, and Mitchell, with his third, scored in the first period. . . . Edmonton (8-12-2-4) tied it on goals from F Tomas Vincour, his 13th, and F Logan Proulx, his third. . . . Vincour’s goal came on a penalty shot after a Regina player covered the puck in the crease with a hand. . . . But the Pats (11-11-3-0) scored the next three goals, with D Matt Delahey, Strueby and Mitchell finding the range. . . . Strueby has back-to-back two-goal games after returning from a bout with the flu. He has 16 goals in 22 games. . . . Regina F Jordan Weal had two assists. He has 10 points in his last five games. . . . Regina had lost three in a row. . . . Edmonton has lost five of six. . . . Regina F Jordan Eberle had one assist and has 13 points over his last six games. His 41 points has him second in the WHL points derby, just two back of Calgary Hitmen F Brandon Kozun. . . . Attendance was 3,757. . . . Regina was 2-for-5 on the PP; Edmonton was 0-for-6. . . . With Agribition taking over their building, the Pats now head out on a six-game swing that opens Friday in Cranbrook against the Kootenay Ice and then moves into the U.S. Division.
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In Medicine Hat, F Bretton Cameron’s goal 37 seconds into the third period gave the Tigers a 4-2 lead and they went to beat the Brandon Wheat Kings, 4-3. . . . Cameron scored on the PP as the Tigers (13-9-2-3) went 2-for-7 with the man advantage. Brandon (13-10-0-2) was 1-for-4. . . . Cameron has 21 goals on the season. . . . Brandon D Darren Bestland scored his first goal of the season at 15:53 of the third to get his side close. . . . Both goaltenders — Medicine Hat’s Deven Dubyk and Brandon’s Andrew Hayes — stopped 19 shots. . . . Attendance was 4,006.
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In Cranbrook, F Max Reinhart’s overtime goal gave the Kootenay Ice a 4-3 victory over the Prince Albert Raiders. . . . Reinhart scored his seventh goal of the season on a breakaway at 4:14 of extra time. . . . Raiders F Igor Revenko scored two goals — he has 16 — two minutes apart in the second period as the visitors took a 3-1 lead. . . . The Ice (11-12-1-0) tied it on goals by F Dustin Sylvester, at 18:31 of the second, and F Matt Fraser, at 1:14 of the third. . . . Reinhart set up Fraser’s goal. . . . The Raiders are 11-11-1-2. . . . Attendance was 2,652.
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In Kennewick, Wash., the host Tri-City Americans scored five first-period goals and went on to beat the Seattle Thunderbirds, 5-3. . . . The Thunderbirds ((8-13-1-3) had won four in a row, all on the road. . . . The Americans (17-5-0-0) moved to the top of the Western Conference, one point ahead of the idle Vancouver Giants (15-7-1-2). . . . The Americans scored five times on 16 first-period shots. . . . Tri-City G Drew Owsley stopped 26 shots and improved his record to 16-4-0-0. . . . G Calvin Pickard stopped 27 shots for Seattle. He went into the game having put up back-to-back shutouts — 4-0 in Everett on Saturday and 5-0 in Vancouver on Sunday. . . . Attendance was 3,693. . . . Tri-City F Adam Hughesman left after the first period and didn’t return. . . . The Americans are 8-0-0-0 at home. . . . Tri-City got goals from five different players. . . . Tri-City F Brendan Shinnimin had one assist and now has 13 points in six games.