Tuesday’s WHL Round-up

HAWKS BLANK lsquo;TIPS ndash; Mac Carruth turned aside all 26 shots he faced to post his first WHL shutout as the Portland Winterhawks skated to a 3-0 win over the visiting Everett Silvertips in Western Hockey League action on Tuesday night.nbsp;Spencer Bennett scored once and chipped in two assists while Ty Rattie ndash; with a goal and an assist ndash; and Luca Sbisa also scored for the Winterhawks (42-25-2-1), who earn their second straight win but remain four points back of Spokane for fourth place in the Western Conference standings.nbsp;Thomas Heemskerk made 37 saves in a losing cause for the Silvertips (44-20-3-2), who suffer their first regulation defeat since February 12th, but remain tied with Tri-Cities for first place in the Western Conference.nbsp;Game Summarynbsp;nbsp;BLADES 4, WARRIORS 2nbsp;Gaelan Patterson notched a goal and an assist and Steven Stanford turned aside 28 of 30 shots he faced as the Saskatoon Blades doubled up the visiting Moose Jaw Warriors 4-2 on Tuesday.nbsp;nbsp;Walker Wintoneak, Darian Dziurzynski and Marek Viedensky also scored for the Blades (45-17-3-4), who close to within one point of the Brandon Wheat Kings for top spot in the East Division.nbsp; Rookie defenseman Duncan Siemens chipped in two assists.nbsp;Jason Bast scored his 30th goal of the season and Dylan Hood also scored for the Warriors (33-26-5-5), who have lost three of their last four games but remain in seventh place in the Eastern Conference.nbsp; Brandon Glover made 23 saves in the defeat.nbsp;Game Summarynbsp;nbsp;CHIEFS 5, ROCKETS 2nbsp;Blake Gal and Kenton Miller each tallied a goal and an assist and Kyle Beach scored his 52nd goal of the season as the Spokane Chiefs downed the visiting Kelowna Rockets 5-2 on Tuesday.nbsp;Levko Koper and Stefan Ulmer also scored for the Chiefs (43-21-3-2), who have won three straight games and now sit just two points back of Tri-Cities and Everett for a share of first place in the Western Conference.nbsp; James Reid made 30 saves to record his 36th victory of the season.nbsp;Shane McColgan notched his 25th goal of the season while Brandon McMillan tallied his 20th of the campaign for the Rockets (33-31-2-4), who see a three-game winning streak come to an end.nbsp; Mark Guggenberger and Adam Brown combined for 26 saves in a losing cause.nbsp;Game Summarynbsp;nbsp;HURRICANES 5, REBELS 2nbsp;Cam Braes scored twice and set up another while Austin Fyten tallied a goal and two assists to lead the Lethbridge Hurricanes to a 5-2 win over the visiting Red Deer Rebels on Tuesday.nbsp;Carter Bancks ndash; with a goal and an assist ndash; and Jacob Berglund also scored for the Hurricanes (20-42-5-3), who snap a three-game losing skid and a three-game home-ice losing skid.nbsp; Brandon Anderson made 29 saves in the win.nbsp;Landon Ferraro and Andrej Kudrna each notched a goal and an assist for the Rebels (39-25-0-5), who have dropped their last two games and remain in sixth place in the Eastern Conference.nbsp; Kraymer Barnstable and Darcy Kuemper combined for 23 saves in the loss.nbsp;Game Summarynbsp;nbsp;BRUINS 7, COUGARS 4nbsp;Ryan Howse scored three goals and chipped in an assist to lead the visiting Chilliwack Bruins to a 7-4 win over the Prince George Cougars on Tuesday.nbsp;Jeff Einhorn, Brandon Manning, Kevin Sundher and Dylen McKinlay ndash; with his 20th of the season ndash; also scored for the Bruins (31-32-1-5), who now trail Kamloops by two points for seventh place and the Rockets by four points for sixth spot in the Western Conference.nbsp; Lucas Gore made 22 stops to record his 20th victory of the season.nbsp;15-year-old rookie Troy Bourke scored the first two goals of his WHL career, Wilson Dumais notched his first WHL goal and added an assist and James Dobrowolski also tallied a goal and an assist for the Cougars (11-55-1-2), who see their losing skid hit 14 games.nbsp; Brett Connolly picked up an assist in his return to the lineup while Hudson Stremmel made 27 saves in the loss.nbsp;Game Summarynbsp;nbsp;- (more…)