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SPOKANE — Shea Van Olm scored three goals, Berkly Catton had two goals and five assists, and the Spokane Chiefs eliminated the visiting Vancouver Giants from the Western Hockey League playoffs with an 9-4 victory on Saturday.

BRANTFORD — Nick Lardis scored three goals, Calvin Crombie had a goal and assist, and the Brantford Bulldogs eliminated the North Bay Battalion from the Ontario Hockey League playoffs with a 5-1 victory on Saturday at Brantford Civic Centre.

MEDICINE HAT — Ryder Ritchie scored the game-winning goal at 13:44 in the second period as the Medicine Hat Tigers edged the Broncos 3-2 on Friday to advance to the second round of the Western Hockey League playoffs.

SYDNEY — Jakub Milota made a jaw-dropping 84 saves in the second-longest playoff game in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League history to keep the Cape Breton Eagles' season alive Friday.

WINDSOR — Liam Greentree had three goals and two assists to lift the Windsor Spitfires past the Soo Greyhounds 8-4 and into the second round of the Ontario Hockey League playoffs Friday.

SPOKANE — Andrew Cristall had a hat trick as the Spokane Chiefs cruised to a 6-2 Game 4 win over the Vancouver Giants on Thursday in Western Hockey League playoff action.

OWEN SOUND — Noah Read had a hat trick and one assist as the London Knights completed the first-round sweep with an 8-4 win over the Owen Sound Attack on Thursday in Ontario Hockey League playoff action.

SASKATOON — Ben Kindel's hat trick helped the Calgary Hitmen rout the Saskatoon Blades 6-2 on Wednesday and complete a four-game sweep in their first-round Western Hockey League playoff series.

Mael St-Denis's power-play goal early in the second period stood as the winner as the Rimouski Oceanic beat the Charlottetown Islanders 4-1 to complete their four-game sweep in the first round of the Quebec Maritime Junior Hockey League playoffs.

SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. — Noah Morneau and Ilya Protas each had two goals and an assist as the Windsor Spitfires downed the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 4-1 on Wednesday in Ontario Hockey League playoff action.