Junior Hockey

MEDICINE HAT — Ryder Ritchie and Oasiz Wiesblatt each had a goal and two assists as the Medicine Hat Tigers defeated the visiting Lethbridge Hurricanes 5-2 in the opening game of the Western Hockey League's Eastern Conference Championship series at C

ALLEN — Ryan Roobroeck scored twice, Xavier Villeneuve had a goal and assist, and Canada whipped Latvia 7-1 in the under-18 men's world hockey championship on Friday at the Credit Union of Texas Event Center.

LONDON — Sam Dickinson had two goals and two assists and the London Knights scored four goals in the first period en route to a 5-2 Ontario Hockey League playoff win over the visiting Kitchener Rangers on Friday at Canada Life Place.

RIMOUSKI — The Rimouski Oceanic scored the first two goals and then hung on to defeat the visiting Shawinigan Cataractes 5-1 in Friday's opening game of their Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League semifinal series.

ALLEN — Braeden Cootes had two goals and three assists, Cameron Schmidt added two goals and one assist and Canada cruised to a 9-2 win over Slovakia at the under-18 men's world hockey championship on Thursday.

MONCTON — Markus Vidicek and Caleb Desnoyers each had a goal and an assist as the Moncton Wildcats topped the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 5-3 on Thursday to take Game 1 of the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League conference semifinal series.

CALGARY — Brayden Edwards had a goal and two assists as the Lethbridge Hurricanes defeated the Calgary Hitmen 3-1 in Game 7 on Wednesday to advance to the Western Hockey League eastern conference championship series.

SPOKANE — Andrew Cristall's power-play goal at 18:11 of the second overtime period ended a long night and a tough series as the Spokane Chiefs eliminated the visiting Victoria Royals from the Western Hockey League playoffs with a 5-4 win on Tuesday n

BARRIE — Kashawn Aitcheson scored twice and added an assist as the Barrie Colts edged the visiting Kingston Frontenacs 6-4 in a Game 7, second-round Ontario Hockey League playoff showdown on Tuesday night at Sadlon Arena.

OSHAWA — Owen Griffin scored twice, Colby Barlow had a goal and two assists, and the Oshawa Generals eliminated the visiting Brantford Bulldogs from the Ontario Hockey League playoffs with a 4-1 victory on Sunday at Tribute Communities Centre.