Blazers fall 5-3 to Wheat Kings in Brandon
BRANDON, Man. — The Brandon Wheat Kings (20-10-1-2) showed why they are the best team in the East Division with a 5-3 win over the Kamloops Blazers (15-11-3-1) on Wednesday night.
The Blazers opened the scoring on the power play. Gage Quinney snapped a wrist shot over the pad and under the glove of goaltender Jordan Papirny for a 1-0 lead 13:46 into the game.
The Wheat Kings tied it up with 1:36 to go in the period. Reid Duke scored on a rebound off the rush as the two teams were tied at 1-1 through one period.