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KELOWNA, B.C. -- Axel Blomqvist scored the winner at 16:40 of the third period as the Victoria Royals edged the Kelowna Rockets 3-2 on Tuesday in Western Hockey League action. Brandon Magee and Ryan Gagnon also scored for the Royals (48-17-4), who extended their win streak to six games. Tanner Wishnowski scored his first-career WHL goal for the Western-Conference leading Rockets (54-11-4) and Cole Linaker had the other. Victorias Patrik Polivka made 34 saves for the win as Kelownas Jordon Cooke stopped 33-of-36 shots in defeat. --- WHEAT KINGS 8 BLADES 5 BRANDON -- Richard Nejezchleb and Ryan Pulock each had a goal and two assists as the Wheat Kings avoided a fifth straight loss by downing Saskatoon. Rene Hunter, Jesse Gabriel, Rihards Bukarts, John Quenneville, Braylon Shmyr and Tim McGauley also scored for Brandon (32-29-9) and Ryan Pilon had three assists. David Nemecek, Cameron Hebig, Cory Millette, Ryan Graham and Chase Clayton supplied the scoring for the Blades (16-48-5), who are on a nine-game slide. Jordan Papirny made 41 saves for the Wheat Kings. Troy Trombley allowed five goals on 20 shots before giving way to Brandon Kegler, who stopped 19-of-22 shots in 38 minutes of relief for Saskatoon. --- HITMEN 5 HURRICANES 3 CALGARY -- Adam Tambellini had a goal and an assist and Chris Driedger stopped 24 shots as the Hitmen handed Lethbridge its 12th loss in a row. Kenton Helgesen, Alex Roach, Jake Virtanen and Travis Sanheim also scored for Calgary (46-17-7) while Brady Brassart had three assists. Riley Sheen scored twice for the Hurricanes (12-53-5) and Tyler Wong added the other. In just his second appearance of the season Lethbridges Stuart Skinner turned aside 39-of-44 shots in defeat. --- OIL KINGS 1 ICE 0 EDMONTON -- Henrik Samuelsson scored the games only goal 15 seconds into the second period as the Oil Kings blanked Kootenay. Tristan Jarry made 20 saves for Edmonton (48-18-3), which maintained top spot in the Eastern Conference with the victory. Mackenzie Skapski turned away 29-of-30 shots for the Ice (39-26-4). The Oil Kings went 0 for 1 on the power play while Kootenay failed to score on three chances with the man advantage. --- WARRIORS 6 RAIDERS 3 MOOSE JAW, Sask. -- Jesse Forsberg, Tanner Eberle and Jack Rodewald each had a pair of goals as the Warriors doubled up Prince Albert. Brayden Point chipped in with three assists for Moose Jaw (21-40-9) while Zach Sawchenko made 26 saves for the victory. Collin Valcourt, Leon Draisaitl and Josh Morrissey scored for the Raiders (33-31-5), who had their four-game win streak halted, and Nick McBride stopped 31-of-36 shots in a losing cause. Prince Albert and Red Deer are tied for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. 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Nash remained in the game for the rest of the first period, but did not return for the second.NEW YORK -- The New York Mets have cut slumping 40-year-old Bobby Abreu and are calling up outfielder Kirk Nieuwenhuis from the minors. The Mets designated Abreu for assignment after Mondays 4-3 loss to San Francisco. His final appearance came in the sixth inning when he was sent up as a pinch-hitter, then pulled after the Giants made a pitching change. Abreu had been out of the majors since 2012 when the Mets promoted him from Triple-A on April 21. He provided a left-handed bat and good patience at the plate as a pinch-hitter, occasional outfielder and designated hitter for games at American League stadiums. Abreu started well, but quickly dropped off. He was hitless in hhis last 22 at-bats as a pinch-hitter.dddddddddddd He hit .238 with one home run and 14 RBIs in 142 plate appearances, and finished up 0 for 13. Overall, Abreu has hit .291 with 288 homers in 18 seasons with Houston, Philadelphia, the Yankees, the Angels, the Dodgers and the Mets. "It was a big step to be out for one year and come back this year," Abreu said. "The feeling right now, its not going to put me down. Im going to stay with my head up." Abreu said he will play winter ball back home in Venezuela and perhaps look to become a hitting coach in the future. "Id like to see if I can pass all the stuff I know to these guys," he said. ' ' '