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SASKATOON - Oliver Bjorkstrand was the story on Saturday night.Bjorkstrand scored three times in the third period to record the hat trick as the Portland Winterhawks cruised by the Saskatoon Blades 6-1 in Western Hockey League play.Anton Cederholm, Chase De Leo and Miles Koules all chipped in for the Winterhawks (5-9-2).Adam Henry had a power-play goal halfway through the second period for the Blades (4-9-0).Bolton Pouliot turned away 24 shots to record the win as Saskatoons Alex Moodie made 34 saves in a losing effort.Portland scored twice on four power-play attempts while the Blades were 1 for 4.---HURRICANES 3 RAIDERS 1PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — Taylor Cooper had a first-period goal and added an assist for Lethbridge as it got by the Raiders.Dexter Bricker and Andrew Nielsen added goals for the Hurricanes (4-8-1), who won their third-straight game.Jayden Hart scored at 19:20 of the third period for Prince Albert (5-8-0) to spoil the shutout.---REBELS 5 WARRIORS 1RED DEER, Alta. — Conner Bleackley scored his third of the season and added two assists as the Rebels cruised past Moose Jaw.Evan Polei, Wyatt Johnson, Meyer Nell and Scott Feser rounded out the attack for Red Deer (5-7-1).Kolten Olynek chipped in with a short-handed goal for the Warriors (6-6-1).---OIL KINGS 5 COUGARS 1EDMONTON — Luke Bertolucci struck twice, 27 seconds apart, as the Oil Kings beat Prince George.Edgars Kulda, Mitchell Walter and Dysin Mayo supplied the remainder of the Edmonton (8-3-1) offence.Jari Erricson opened the scoring with his 10th of the year for the Cougars (7-8-0).---BRONCOS 2 PATS 1REGINA — Brett Lernout had the go-ahead goal halfway through the third period as Swift Current slipped past the Pats.Jake DeBrusk also scored for the Broncos (9-7-1) on the power play.Sergey Zborovskiy replied with his first goal of the year for Regina (5-8-1).---TIGERS 7 HITMEN 5MEDICINE HAT, Alta. — Markus Eisenschmid scored a pair for the Tigers as they got past Calgary.Ty Stanton, Matt Bradley, David Quenneville, Cole Sanford and Trevor Cox rounded out the offence for Medicine Hat (11-1-1).Pavel Karnaukhov and Jake Virtanen each had two goals and an assist for the Hitmen (7-5-1). Ben Thomas also had a goal.---CHIEFS 4 ICE 3SPOKANE, Wash. — Adam Helewka and Calder Brooks had two goals apiece for the Chiefs to pace their offence against Kootenay.Kailer Yamamoto added three assists for Spokane (6-3-3).Matt Alfaro struck twice and Zak Zborosky added another for the Ice (3-11-0).---ROCKETS 6 WHEAT KINGS 1KELOWNA, B.C. — Madison Bowey had two of his clubs six straight goals to lead the Rockets past Brandon.Cole Martin, Nick Merkley, Rourke Chartier and Austin Glober rounded out the attack for Kelowna (12-1-0).Quintin Lisoway got the Wheat Kings (10-3-1) on the board in the second period.---BLAZERS 2 AMERICANS 0KENNEWICK, Wash. — Connor Ingram made 25 saves to record the shutout as Kamloops blanked Tri-City.Matt Revel and Patrik Maier found the back of the net for the Blazers (9-6-1).Evan Sarthou turned aside 25 shots for the Americans (8-7-0).---SILVERTIPS 2 THUNDERBIRDS 1 (OT)EVERETT, Wash. — Ivan Nikolishin wasted no time, scoring 41 seconds into overtime, as the Silvertips got by Seattle.Cole MacDonald had the other Everett (8-1-3) goal.Scott Eansor chipped in for the Thunderbirds (5-5-3).---ROYALS 3 GIANTS 2VICTORIA — Austin Carroll struck twice as the Royals skated past Vancouver.Taylor Crunk added another for the Royals (8-6-1).Matt Bellerive and Mason Geertsen scored for the Giants (6-7-0).--- . JOHNS, N. . Ozuna hit Reeds 2-2 pitch off the batters eye far above the 407-foot sign in straightaway centre. It was the fifth blown save in 25 tries for Reed (1-5) and the ninth home run the closer has allowed in 38 appearances. Nuno, acquired in the deal that sent Brandon McCarthy to the New York Yankees, gave up three hits, struck out a career-high seven and walked one in seven innings. http://www.basketballheatshop.com/Cheap ... at-Jersey/. Braves reliever David Carpenter was also fined for throwing at Rockies outfielder Corey Dickerson in the same game, which featured several ejections, including Colorado manager Walt Weiss. . Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports reports that the Raptors have traded forward Steve Novak along with a second-round pick to the Utah Jazz in exchange for guard Diante Garrett - who will then be waived. . Messier, who had been a special assistant to Rangers general manager Glen Sather, announced Thursday in a statement that he is resigning in order to "expand the game of hockey in the New York area by developing the Kingsbridge National Ice Center. MIAMI -- Safety Louis Delmas signed a one-year contract Monday worth up to $3.5 million with the Miami Dolphins, who shook up their secondary on the eve of free agency. Miami also released cornerback Dimitri Patterson on Monday. Patterson was plagued by injuries the past two seasons, and his release frees up more than $5 million in salary cap space for the Dolphins. Delmas spent the past five seasons with the Detroit Lions, who released him last month. Hes expected to replace Chris Clemons, who can become a free agent Tuesday. Delmas started 15 games in 2013 and had a career-high three interceptions. The South Florida native was a second-round draft pick who made 64 starts for the Lions. "He is leader on and off the field and has a proven ttrack record of playmaking that will benefit the entire defensive unit," new Dolphins general manager Dennis Hickey said.dddddddddddd The Dolphins are expected to be active in free agency beginning Tuesday. Their priority will be to revamp an offensive line that had an awful 2013 both on and off the field, and became the focus of a bullying scandal that sabotaged the season. Guards Richie Incognito and John Jerry, both implicated in the scandal, are among those who become free agents. Neither is likely to return to Miami. Help for the defensive front seven will also be on Hickeys shopping list. Nose tackles Paul Soliai and Randy Starks can become free agents, and the Dolphins also want to upgrade their linebacker corps. ' ' '