Andy Devlin
Insight

3 Stars of the Night: Dach with three goals and two assists for five points.

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  1. Kirby Dach (Saskatoon) – Three Goals, five points in a massive Saskatoon Blades 8-0 win over Swift Current. The 17-year-old forward was a +3 on the night and went 10-of-23 at the faceoff dot.
  2. Nolan Yaremko (Tri-City) – The overage captain (at least while Michael Rasmussen is gone) had two goals and two assists for him Americans as they clobbered the Spokane Chiefs in Kennewick 6-1.
  3. Cole Fonstad (Prince Albert) – The Montreal Canadiens prospect had two goals and added an assist as he was in on all thee goals in the Raiders 3-1 win over the Regina Pats.

Honorable mentions: Zack Andrusiak and Dillon Hamaliuk each had a goal and two assists as the Seattle Thunderbirds edged the visiting Portland Winterhawks… Payton Krebs, Jaeger White and Connor McClennon all had two points apiece in the Kootenay ICE’s 5-3 win over the Calgary Hitmen…David Tendeck solved the Everett Silvertips attack for the second straight night, stopping 27-of-28 and leading his Vancouver Giants to a 3-1 win… Griffen Outhouse and Dean McNabb combined for 28 stops on 29 shots as the Victoria Royals beat the Prince George Cougars 5-1… Taylor Ross led the Lethbridge Hurricanes to a bounce back win over the Medicine Hat Tigers with two points… Stelio Mattheos and Luke Burzan each had two points as Brandon double up Moose 4-2… Wyatt McLeod had his first multi-point WHL game with two assists in Edmonton’s 4-1 victory in Red Deer.

Troubling moments: Justin Nachbaur (Prince Albert) had a five minute major and a game misconduct with 8:54 left in the second period against Regina… Owen Blocker (Lethbridge) went to the hospital but ended up coming back to the rink.

Firsts: Seth Jarvis (Portland) and Connor McClennon each had their first two WHL goals on night one of their 16-year-old seasons. Justin Sourdif scored his first WHL goal in Vancouver’s win… Import Krystof Hrabik also had his first in Tri-City’s victory… Ridly Greig (Brandon) was another first round pick from 2017 who found the twine in the WHL for the first time.