Zahejsky, Blazers top Oil Kings 4‑1 on Saturday

EDMONTON (Interstat) — Vit Zahejsky had one goal and six shots on net as the Kamloops Blazers defeated the Edmonton Oil Kings 4-1 on Saturday at Rogers Place. Kamloops improved to 8-6, while Edmonton fell to 6-5 in front of 5,101. Zahejsky opened the scoring at 13:51 of the first period. Ty Bonkowski made it 2-0 in the second period off assists from Jacob Dumansky. Kayden Stroeder answered for Edmonton with a second-period goal assisted by Luke Melnik and Josh Lee. Logan Lanti restored Kamloops’ two-goal lead in the third period with assists from Isa Guram and Dumansky, and Mikhail Cherepanov closed the scoring at 18:45 of the third. Bonkowski finished with a goal and three shots, Cherepanov had a goal, two shots and two penalty minutes, Dumansky added two assists and two penalty minutes, Lanti had a goal and two shots, Guram had an assist and three shots, and Stroeder had a goal and six shots for Edmonton.