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KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Adam Tambellini had a goal and an assist, and Mack Shields made 26 saves as the Calgary Hitmen blanked the Kamloops Blazers 3-0 in Western Hockey League action on Saturday. Kenton Helgesen and Jaynen Rissling also scored for Calgary (35-15-6), while Brady Brassart picked up two assists. Bolton Pouliot stopped 28 of 31 shots for Kamloops (11-40-5), who have now dropped nine straight games. The Hitmen were 2 for 8 on the power play while Kamloops failed to score on two chances with the man advantage. --- BRONCOS 6 WARRIORS 3 MOOSE JAW, Sask. -- Jay Merkley scored two goals to lift the Broncos over the Warriors. Graham Black scored once and assisted on three for Swift Current (27-21-8), while Brett Lernout, Colby Cave and Cavin Leth also scored. Jack Rodewald scored a goal and added an assist for Moose Jaw (14-32-8), and Josh Ulrich and Brayden Point rounded out the Warriors offence. Swift Currents Eetu Laurikainen made 23 saves for the win. Zach Sawchenko stopped 39 saves as his team was outshot 45-26. --- RAIDERS 3 TIGERS 2 PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. -- Josh Morrisseys 19th goal of the season, scored at 3:11 of the third period, held up as the winner as the Raiders edged the Tigers. Sawyer Lang and Chance Braid also scored for Prince Albert (25-26-3), while Morrissey added an assist. Markus Eisenschmid and Trevor Cox scored for Medicine Hat (32-20-3). Cole Cheveldave turned aside 27 shots to pick up the victory while Marek Langhamer made 19 saves in the losing effort. --- PATS 7 BLADES 3 REGINA -- Kyle Burroughs and Dmitry Sinitsyn had a goal and two assists apiece to lead the Pats over the Blades. Boston Leier, Chandler Stephenson, Braden Christoffer, Dyson Stevenson and Jesse Zgraggen had a goal and an assist each for Regina (28-22-5), who outshot the Blades 62-25. Cameron Hebig, Austin Adamson, and Chase Clayton scored for Saskatoon (15-39-4), who was held to four shots on goal in the third period. Regina goaltender Daniel Wapple made 22 saves in the win. Troy Trombley kicked aside 55 shots in the losing effort. --- ICE 4 HURRICANES 2 CRANBROOK, B.C. -- Mackenzie Skapski made 32 saves and Sam Reinhart had a goal and two assists to lead the Ice over the Hurricanes. Jagger Dirk had a goal and an assist, and Luke Philp and Rinat Valiev also scored for Kootenay (30-21-4), who had 55 penalty minutes on 13 infractions, including a game misconduct to Landon Peel. Lethbridge (11-41-5) scored both its goals on the power play, the first from Reid Duke and the second from Riley Sheen. Jamal Watson and Brady Ramsay were given game misconducts as the Hurricanes tacked on 57 minutes on 13 penalties. Teagan Sacher made 30 saves in the loss. --- WINTERHAWKS 5 SILVERTIPS 3 PORTLAND, Ore. -- Taylor Leier scored twice and Corbin Boes stopped 26 shots as the Winterhawks topped the Silvertips. Nicolas Petan and Alex Schoenborn had a goal and an assist apiece for Portland (38-12-5), who outshot the Silvertips 41-29. Layne Viveiros added the other Winterhawks goal and Oliver Bjorkstrand chipped in with two assists. Ben Betker, Brayden Low, and Kohl Bauml scored for Everett (26-21-8). Austin Lotz turned away 36 shots for the Silvertips. --- COUGARS 7 REBELS 1 PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. -- Troy Bourke scored two goals and assisted on two more as the Cougars dominated the Rebels. Brad Morrison had two goals and one assist, Todd Fiddler scored twice, and Zach Pochiro also scored for Prince George (24-26-7), who outshot the Rebels 41-18. Aspen Sterzer was the lone goal scorer for Red Deer (27-25-4). Cougars goalie Adam Beukeboom stopped 17 shots for the victory. Aust Lotz made 36 saves for Everett. --- OIL KINGS 5 GIANTS 1 VANCOUVER -- Tristan Jarry needed to make only 15 saves to secure Edmontons 11th straight win. Brett Pollock, Edgars Kulda and Curtis Lazar had a goal and an assist apiece, and Brandon Ralph and Dysin Mayo also scored for the Oil Kings (40-13-1), who outshot the Giants 27-16. Foster Thomas replied for Vancouver (27-21-9) with a short-handed goal at 14:18 of the first period. Giants goalie Payton Lee stopped 22 shots in the losing effort. --- ROYALS 6 ROCKETS 4 KELOWNA, B.C. -- Steven Hodges scored two goals and Coleman Vollrath made 30 saves to lift the Royals over the Rockets. Alex Blomqvist scored a goal and added an assist, and Jordan Fransoo, Logan Nelson and Austin Carroll also scored for Victoria (38-16-4), who inched closer to the B.C. division-leading Rockets in the standings. Tyson Baillie scored a goal and assisted on two more, Nick Merkley had a goal and an assist, and Tyrell Gouldbourne and Colton Heffley also scored as Kelowna (43-9-4) failed to pick up at least one point for the first time in 10 games. 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Eric Staal Jersey .Before a raucous sellout crowd, the Hawks won for the 29th time in 31 games to extend their Eastern-best record to 36-8.As usual, pretty much everyone chipped in.Four starters were in double figures and backup point guard Dennis Schroder led a spurt at the start of the fourth quarter that helped the Hawks pull away.OAKLAND, Calif. -- When the Seattle Mariners were in the midst of a recent eight-game losing streak, manager Lloyd McClendon reminded his players such stretches happen, and they will happen again. Then he challenged them to respond in a positive way. The club is now doing a little bit of everything right to get back on track. Rookie Roenis Elias struck out six while pitching into the seventh to win consecutive starts for the first time, Justin Smoak drove in three runs and the Mariners beat the Oakland Athletics 8-3 on Tuesday night for their season-best fourth straight victory. "Its been something incredible," Elias said. "Everybodys together doing their job. I like my team how theyre playing baseball." Smoak hit an RBI double and Dustin Ackley a run-scoring single in the first to back Elias (3-2), who followed up a 10-strikeout gem at Yankee Stadium his last time out with another impressive start once he settled down. The Mariners jumped on Jesse Chavez (2-1) to take a quick first-inning lead for the second straight game against the As -- and Seattle scored all three of its first-inning runs with two outs on the way to its ninth win in 11 games overall. "We know that were not going to win a playoff spot in April," Michael Saunders said. "However, that being said, losing eight straight was a definite learning experience for us. Its not going to be the last time." Chavez got a scare and escaped injury in the fourth when he saved himself from a hard-hit liner by Saunders by catching the screamer that was going right for his face. "It was all reflexes, I just put my glove up," Chavez said. "As soon as I let go of the pitch I saw him make contact. Ive jumped out of the way at balls at my lower body, but Ive never had one like that at my face before." Making the play knocked him off his feet to end the fourth, and the small Coliseum crowd of 12,106 briefly fell silent. "Luckily no one got hurt. I havent seen the replay but guys said it had a chance to hit him square in the face," Saunders said. Chavez got a double play to face the minimum in the fifth, but his night ended after allowing Mike Zuninos sixth-inning sacrifice fly following a hit battsman and a walk.dddddddddddd Oakland No. 9 hitter Nick Punto pulled Oakland back in it with a two-run, two-out single in the second. Yoenis Cespedes, back in the starting lineup after nursing a left hamstring injury, hit a leadoff home run in the sixth. The As squandered a scoring chance in the seventh against Dominic Leone, leaving the tying run on third as they again struggled with runners in scoring position. Elias allowed three runs and five hits with three walks in 6 1-3 innings in his seventh career start. Sean Doolittle struck out all four batters he faced in relief of Chavez. But Seattle added on four unearned runs in the top of the ninth against 2013 AL saves leader Jim Johnson, who was booed off the mound when pulled by manager Bob Melvin as fans headed for the exits. Smoak added a two-run single. For Wednesdays doubleheader, Felix Hernandez will pitch Game 1 for Seattle and Erasmo Ramirez the second. As manager Bob Melvin didnt announce his choice for the nightcap, though Dan Straily pitches the opener. Oakland will make right-hander Arnold Leon its 26th player for the second game but is likely to start Drew Pomeranz since he didnt pitch in relief Tuesday. The 25-year-old Leons family was scheduled to fly in from Mexico for his likely major league debut after nine seasons in the minors. The teams are playing two after an April 4 game was called because of a soggy field that had mistakenly gone without its tarp during a heavy rainstorm. NOTES: Saunders, who came in batting .393 with a homer and five RBIs in seven games batting leadoff, went 0 for 4 atop the order. "I dont like messing with success," McClendon said. "Hes been doing great, weve been doing great. Its kind of hard to change that."... As reliever Eric OFlaherty, on the disabled list since undergoing Tommy John surgery in the off-season, threw a 30-pitch bullpen session and could begin throwing to hitters soon, and Melvin said an announcement on the pitchers next step would come Wednesday. ... Melvin said Triple-A catcher Stephen Vogt, an As playoff star last October currently on Sacramentos disabled list, is close to returning from a strained oblique muscle. 02:32ET 07-05-14 ' ' '