Wednesday . . .

FIRST ROUND
(Best-of-7)
(All times local)
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Calgary (1) vs. Moose Jaw (8)
(Moose Jaw leads series 3-1)
Thursday: Moose Jaw at Calgary, 7 p.m.
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Brandon (2) vs. Swift Current (7)
(Brandon wins series 4-0)
Wednesday: Brandon 3 vs. Swift Current 2 (OT) (at Regina)
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Saskatoon (3) vs. Red Deer (6)
(Saskatoon leads series 3-0)
Wednesday: Saskatoon 2 at Red Deer 1 (OT)
Thursday: Saskatoon at Red Deer, 7 p.m.
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Kootenay (4) vs. Medicine Hat (5)
(Series tied 2-2)
Wednesday: Kootenay 1 at Medicine Hat 5
Friday: Medicine Hat at Kootenay, 7 p.m.
Sunday: Kootenay at Medicine Hat, 6 p.m.
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WESTERN CONFERENCE
Tri-City (1) vs. Chilliwack (8)
(Tri-City leads series 3-1)
Wednesday: Tri-City 4 at Chilliwack 3 (OT)
Friday: Chilliwack at Tri-City, 7 p.m.
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Vancouver (2) vs. Kamloops (7)
(Vancouver wins series 4-0)
Wednesday: Vancouver 5 at Kamloops 4
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Everett (3) vs. Kelowna (6)
(Series tied 2-2)
Wednesday: Everett 4 at Kelowna 5 (2OT)
Friday: Kelowna at Everett, 7:35 p.m.
Saturday: Everett at Kelowna, 7 p.m.
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Spokane (4) vs. Portland (5)
(Spokane leads series 2-1)
Wednesday: Portland 2 at Spokane 1
Friday: Portland at Spokane, 7 p.m.
Saturday: Portland at Spokane, 7 p.m.
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WEDNESDAY’S PLAYOFF GAMES:
In Regina, D Alexander Urbom scored at 16:27 of overtime to give the Brandon Wheat Kings a 3-2 victory over the Swift Current Broncos. . . . The Wheat Kings won the series, 4-0. . . . The Broncos played their two home games in Regina because the world women’s curling championship is being played in the arena in Swift Current. . . . Attendance was 1,344. . . . Urbom’s goal was his second of the series. . . . The Wheat Kings scored two second-period goals — by D Travis Hamonic, at 4:39, and F Brayden Schenn, at 7:51 on the PP — to take a 2-0 lead. . . . The Broncos tied it before the end of the second, on goals by D Reece Scarlett, at 13:15, and F Taylor Vause, shorthanded, at 18:41. . . . Schenn also had an assist and finished the four games with nine points. . . . The Wheat Kings were 1-for-3 on the PP; the Broncos were 0-for-2. . . . Brandon G Jacob DeSerres stopped 20 shots, while Swift Current’s Mark Friesen turned aside 45. . . . Brandon was without D Jordan Hale, who is awaiting the length of a suspension for a charging major he took for a hit on Broncos F Adam Lowry in Game 3. Lowry didn’t play in Game 4.
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In Red Deer, F Marek Viedensky scored his first goal of the playoffs at 5:03 of overtime to give the Saskatoon Blades a 2-1 victory over the Rebels. . . . Viedensky was acquired from the Prince George Cougars in January. He fired the puck towards the net from the boards and had it bounce off a couple of Rebels and into the net. . . . The Blades, with a 3-0 lead, can eliminate the Rebels on Thursday night in Red Deer. . . . The Blades, who were without GM/head coach Lorne Molleken and three players after a line brawl in Game 2, took a 1-0 lead when D Stefan Elliott scored a PP goal at 0:04 of the seocnd period. . . . Red Deer tied it on its first goal of the series, with F Willie Coetzee scoring at 10:52. . . . Saskatoon G Steven Stanford stopped 37 shots. . . . Red Deer G Kraymer Barnstable kicked out 39. . . . The Blades were 1-for-6 on the PP; the Rebels were 0-for-4. . . . Attendance was 4,082. . . . With Molleken suspended for four games, assistant coach David Struch is running the Blades’ bench. . . . After the shenanigans of Game 2, referees Dan Cowley and Derek Herman gave the Blades 20 of 34 penalty minutes, including a misconduct to F Curt Gogol. . . . WHL commissioner Ron Robison and Richard Doerksen, the league’s vice-president, hockey, were in attendance.
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In Medicine Hat, the Tigers got a goal and two assists from F Taylor Gal and beat the Kootenay Ice, 5-1. . . . Gal set up F Emerson Etem for his third goal of the series at 9:52 of the first period and then scored on a penalty shot at 2:08 of the second. . . . F Dominik Pacovsky got the Ice to within one at 4:19 of the second, but the Ice scored three times, twice on the PP, before the period ended. . . . D Tomas Kundratek, D Mark Isherwood and F Wacey Hamilton all scored, with Kundratek and Hamilton counting on the PP. . . . The Tigers were 2-for-7 on the PP; the Ice was 0-for-6. . . . Medicine Hat G Tyler Bunz stopped 21 shots, while the Ice duo of starter Todd Mathews and Nathan Lieuwen combined on 26 saves. Attendance was 3,966. . . . The series, tied 2-2, continues Friday in Cranbrook.
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In Chilliwack, F Kruise Reddick’s third goal in four games, at 15:09 of overtime, gave the Tri-City Americans a 4-3 victory over the Bruins. . . . The Bruins forced OT with two goals 11 seconds part in the last minute of the third period. . . . With G Lucas Gore on the bench for the extra attacker, F Jamie Crooks scored at 19:38 and drew an assist on F Kevin Sundher’s goal at 19:49. . . . The Americans led 2-0 when F Patrick Holland and F Brendan Shinnimin, with his fifth goal in four games, scored at 8:35 and 9:09 of the first period. . . . F Ryan Howse, with his fourth goal of the series, got the Bruins to within one at 3:12. . . . F Brooks Macek upped the Americans’ lead, on the PP, at 10:55 of the third. . . . F Adam Hughesman drew two assists for Tri-City. . . . Attendance was 3,449. . . . One night after the teams combined for 18 power plays, the Americans were 1-for-3 and the Bruins were 0-for-2. . . . Both goaltenders — Drew Owsley of the Americans and Gore — stopped 33 shots. . . . The victory was the first in Chilliwack for Tri-City head coach Jim Hiller, who was fired by the Bruins after last season. He had been their head coach through three seasons. The Americans lost three times in Chilliwack during this regular season. . . . The Americans were without F Neal Prokop, who suffered a season-ending broken leg in Game 3. “We were playing for Neal today. Today and the rest of the way,” Reddick told Annie Fowler of the Tri-City Herald. . . . The Americans, with a 3-1 edge, are at home for Game 5 on Friday.
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In Kamloops, F Brendan Gallagher broke a 4-4 tie at 15:41 of the third period and the Vancouver Giants beat the Blazers, 5-4. . . . The Giants won the series in four games. . . . The Blazers have lost 19 straight playoff games. . . . F Colin Smith gave Kamloops a 4-3 lead with his second goal of the game at 9:23 of the third period. . . . F Craig Cunningham tied it at 10:45. . . . Cunningham and Gallagher each had 10 points in the four games. . . . D Austin Madaisky, who was the Blazers’ best player in the series, scored his third goal in four games. He also had three assists in the series. . . . The Blazers were 3-for-3 on the PP; the Giants were 1-for-2. . . . D Kevin Connauton and F Lance Bouma had two assists each for Vancouver. . . . Kamloops C C.J. Stretch, in his final WHL game, set up three goals, while linemate Brendan Ranford had two helpers. . . . Vancouver G Mark Segal stopped 25 shots. Kamloops G Jon Groenheyde, in his first start of the series, turned aside 26 shots. . . . Attendance was 4,140.
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In Kelowna, F Geordie Wudrick’s PP goal, at 0:46 of the second overtime period, gave the Rockets a 5-4 victory over the Everett Silvertips. . . . The victory allowed the Rockets to hold serve, with Game 5 in Everett on Friday. . . . Wudrick scored his second goal of the game, and sixth in four games, with F Chris Langkow off for tripping. He had been penalized at 19:19 of the first OT. . . . Everett led this one 2-0 before it was six minutes old, on goals from F Shane Harper, his fourth, and F Markus McCrea. . . . Kelowna scored the next three goals, all before the first period ended. F Spencer Main, Wudrick and F Brett Bulmer counted. . . . The Silvertips took a 4-3 lead in the second period on goals from F Clayton Cumiskey and D Ryan Murray. . . . The Rockets forced OT when D Antoine Corbin scored his second goal of the series at 2:45 of the third period. Corbin had five goals in the regular season. . . . The Rockets were 2-for-3 on the PP; the Silvertips were 1-for-3. . . . Kelowna G Mark Guggenberger, in his first start of the series, stopped 39 shots, nine more than Everett’s Thomas Heemskerk. . . . Attendance was 6,088. . . . Everett was without D Radko Gudas (upper body) for a second straight game.
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In Spokane, D Troy Rutkowski broke a 1-1 tie at 16:00 of the third period and the Portland Winterhawks hung on to beat the Chiefs, 2-1. . . . Portland has eight goals in this series, with five of them from the back end. . . . The Chiefs, with a 2-1 lead, are at home to Game 4 on Friday night. . . . Portland F Nino Niederreiter scored at 5:22 of the second period. . . . Spokane F Kyle Beach got that one back at 12:10 of the second. It was his third goal of the series. . . . Portland, which has won all five times it has played in Spokane this season, was 0-for-1 on the PP; the Chiefs were 0-for-2. . . . Portland G Mac Carruth stopped 30 shots, while Spokane’s James Reid kicked out 47 shots. . . . The Chiefs gave up a season-high 49 shots on goal. . . . Attendance was 4,320.