WHL
Medicine Hat centre Brennan Bosch almost doubled his scoring in one night.
Bosch had four goals, including the game-winner with 13 seconds left as the Tigers edged the Swift Current Broncos 6-5 Friday in Western Hockey League action.
Bosch had five goals heading into the game. He scored twice on the power-play and banked in the game winner from behind the goal-line to give the Tigers the come-from-behind victory.
Swift Current led by period scores of 2-1 and 4-3 and held a 5-4 advantage with 7:15 left in the final period before the Tigers stormed back with their 21st win of the season.
The Tigers also had a power-play goal from Daine Todd, and Travis Dunstall scored the game-tying goal with 2:47 left in regulation.
Dale Weise scored a short-handed breakaway goal for Swift Current, while Zack Smith, David Stieler, Levi Nelson and Eric Doyle also scored.
Tigers netminder Ryan Holfeld yielded five goals on 17 shots but still picked up his 10th win of the season.
Elsewhere in the WHL, it was: Lethbridge 5 Calgary 4, Spokane 5 Kootenay 2, Prince George 1 Chilliwack 0, Seattle 3 Everett 0, Edmonton 4 Red Deer 2, Kamloops 4 Kelowna 3 and Moose Jaw 4 Portland 3.
At Swift Current, Sask., Bronco goaltender Travis Yonkman turned aside 36 of 42 shots, including 15 saves in the middle period when the Broncos were outshot by a 17-3 margin.
The Tigers went three for eight on the power play, with two goals coming on five-on-three advantages. Swift Current connected on three of six man advantage situations.
Medicine Hat held a 42-17 edge in shots.
The Tigers improved their Central Division record to 21-13-3-1, while Swift Current falls to 18-15-0-5.
Hurricanes 5 Hitmen 4
At Calgary, Ont. Colton Sceviour scored four goals to lead Lethbridge (24-13-1-1) to a win over the Hitmen (24-12-1-2).
Chiefs 5 Ice 2
At Cranbrook, B.C., Spokane (27-6-1-2) scored three first-period goals and went on to beat Kootenay (21-13-3-0).
Cougars 1 Bruins 0
At Prince George, B.C., defenceman Ty Wishart scored on a power play mid-way through the third period, getting the lone goal as the Cougars (13-23-1-0) opened the second half of the WHL season with a win over Chilliwack (17-16-3-1).
Thunderbirds 3 Silvertips 0
At Seattle, Wash., Jacob DeSerres made 28 saves to record his second shutout of the season and lead the Thunderbirds (16-11-5-1) to a win over Everett (18-18-0-2).
Oil Kings 4 Rebels 2
At Red Deer, Alta., Brent Raedeke broke a 2-2 tie with 30.4 seconds remaining in the second period and Edmonton (13-18-2-4) went on to down the Rebels (10-24-4-1).
Blazers 4 Rockets 3
At Kelowna, B.C., Alex Rodgers scored the game-winning goal for Kamloops (17-18-1-1), a power-play goal with 16.7 seconds left in regulation time, as the Blazers rallied to defeat the Rockets (20-12-2-4).
Warriors 4 Winter Hawks 3
At Portland, Ore., Jordan Knackstedt scored two third period goals, including the game winner with 4:40 remaining as Moose Jaw (18-9-4-3) edged the Winter Hawks (6-28-0-1).
Source: WHL: Bosch leads Tigers past Broncos
