WHL roundup: Halaburda powers Giants past Warriors 5-3

MOOSE JAW — Ty Halaburda scored two power-play goals and Blake Chorney netted the winner as the visiting Vancouver Giants knocked off the Moose Jaw Warriors 5-3 in Western Hockey League action on Saturday at Temple Gardens Centre.

Tobias Tomik and Jakob Oreskovic also scored for the Giants (2-3-0-0), who were outshot 28-26. Giants goaltender Burke Hood made 25 saves.

Lynden Lakovic, Colt Carter and Gage Nagel scored for the Warriors (3-2-0-0), who were tied 2-2 after the first period but trailed 4-2 heading into the third.

Warriors netminder Matthew Hutchison stopped 21 of 25 shots.

The Giants went 2-for-5 on the power play, while the Warriors were 1-for-4.

Elsewhere in the WHL on Saturday:

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OIL KINGS 5 WHEAT KINGS 0

BRANDON, Man. — Parker Snell stopped 26 shots to register the shutout and lead the visiting Edmonton Oil Kings to a 5-0 victory over the Brandon Wheat Kings.

Ethan MacKenzie, Adam Jecho, Miroslav Holinka, Joe Iginla and Poul Andersen scored for the Oil Kings (5-1-0-0), who led 1-0 after the first period and 3-0 heading into the third. Max Curran and Lukas Sawchyn chipped in with two assists apiece.

Wheat Kings (0-3-1-0) goaltender Hudson Perry stopped 29 of 34 shots.

The Oil Kings went 2-for-7 on the power play, while the winless Wheaties were 0-for-5.

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RAIDERS 4 REBELS 1

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — Ty Meunier, Jonah Sivertson and Brayden Dube each had a goal and assist as the Prince Albert Raiders beat the visiting Red Deer Rebels 4-1.

Ben Harvey also scored for the Raiders (4-0-1-0), who outshot the visitors 28-19. Linden Burrett chipped in with two assists.

Matthew Gard scored for the Rebels (1-4-0-0), who trailed 2-0 after the first period and 4-1 heading into the third.

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PATS 4 BRONCOS 2

SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. — Ellis Mieyette had a goal and assist, Maddox Schultz had two assists, and the visiting Regina Pats beat the Swift Current Broncos 4-2.

Keets Fawcett Zachary Lansard and Julien Maze also scored for the Pats (1-4-0-0), who led 3-1 after the first period and 4-1 heading into the third.

Josh McGregor and Carter Moen each scored for the Broncos (3-2-0-0). Jace McFaul chipped in with two assists.

Both teams had 32 shots on goal.

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TIGERS 7 HITMEN 1

MEDICINE HAT, Alta. — Shaeffer Gordon-Carroll had two goals and an assist and Yaroslav Brygalov had a goal and two assists as the Medicine Hat Tigers knocked off the visiting Calgary Hitmen 7-1.

Liam Ruck, Carter Cunningham, Misha Volotovskii and Veeti Vaisanen also scored for the Tigers (4-1-0-0), who outshot the visitors 37-31. Kade Stengrim and Markus Ruck each chipped in with two assists.

Landon Amrhein scored for the Hitmen (2-2-0-0), who trailed 2-0 after the first period and 6-1 heading into the third.

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WINTERHAWKS 6 BLAZERS 4

KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Jordan Duguay and Max Psenicka each had two goals and two assists as the visiting Portland Winterhawks beat the Kamloops Blazers 6-4.

Kayd Ruedig and Jake Gustafson also scored for the Winterhawks (2-3-0-0), who were tied 1-1 after the first period but trailed 3-2 heading into the third.

JP Hurlbert had two goals and two assists for the Blazers (3-2-0-0), who were outshot 36-29. Natham Behm and Tommy Lafreniere also scored for the Blazers.

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VEES 10 THUNDERBIRDS 4

PENTICTON, B.C. — Brittan Alstead had three goals and an assist, Jacob Kvasnicka and Ryden Evers each had one goal and three assists, and the Penticton Vees whipped the visiting Seattle Thunderbirds 10-4.

Brady Birnie scored twice for the Vees (3-2-0-1), while Ethan Weber, Louis Wehmann and Diego Johnson netted singles. Callum Stone, Doogan Pederson and Weber each chipped in with two assists.

Brock England, Brendan Rudolph, Marcus Laraque and Matej Pekar scored for the Thunderbirds (2-3-0-0), who were outshot 46-26.

The T-Birds were tied 1-1 after the first period, but trailed 9-3 heading into the third.

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COUGARS 4 CHIEFS 3

SPOKANE, Wash. — Bauer Dumanski scored at 17:17 of the third period to snap a 3-3 deadlock and lift the visiting Prince George Cougars to a 4-3 win over the Spokane Chiefs.

Jett Lajoie, Kooper Gizowski and Aiden Foster also scored for the unbeaten Cougars (4-0-0-0), who were outshot 27-20. Arsenii Anisimov chipped in with two assists.

Smyth Rebman, Mathis Preston and Coco Armstrong scored for the Chiefs (2-3-0-0), who trailed 1-0 after the first period but were tied 2-2 heading into the third.

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AMERICANS 3 WILD 2

KENNEWICK, Wash. — Cash Koch had two goals and an assist as the Tri-City Americans edged the visiting Wenatchee Wild 3-2.

Savin Virk also scored for the Americans (1-3-0-0), who outshot the visitors 35-28. Jake Gudelj chipped in with two assists.

Mason Kraft and Aiden Grossklaus scored for the Wild (0-2-1-1), who led 1-0 after the first period but were tied 1-1 heading into the third.

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SILVERTIPS 9 ROYALS 4

EVERETT, Wash. — Shea Busch had three goals and two assists as the Everett Silvertips whipped the visiting Victoria Royals 9-4.

Julius Miettinen, Tarin Smith and Matias Vanhanen each had a goal and two assists for the Silvertips (4-0-1-0), while Jaxsin Vaughan, Jesse Heslop and Rylan Pearce netted singles. Landon Dupont and Jakub Seidl each chipped in with two assists.

Timofei Runtso, Hayden Moore, Heath Nelson and Roan Woodward scored for the Royals (3-1-1-0), who were outshot 48-16. Victoria trailed 4-2 after the first period and 6-3 heading into the third.

* This roundup was generated automatically with a CP-developed application.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 4, 2025.