Music: {allcanada} OIL KINGS PREVAIL OVER PATS IN PHYSICAL AFFAIR

The Edmonton Oil Kings pounded the Regina Pats in every sense of the word Friday night.

Cameron Abney scored twice and added an assist to help the Edmonton Oil Kings handle the Regina Pats 7-3 in Western Hockey League action.

Despite all the offence, violence dominated the game. A brawl broke out in the second period involving six skaters and both teams' goalies.

After Edmonton exploded with four goals to put the game out of reach, a couple big hits by Regina's Garrett Mitchell and Myles Bell rubbed the Oil Kings the wrong way.

After the whistle, Mitchell went at it with Klarc Wilson, Bell dropped the mitts with Braeden Laroque and Regina's Trent Ouelette paired up with Oil King Jesse Pearson.

Then goalies Damien Ketlo and Cam Lanigan gave each other the nod and fought at centre ice.

"He's a great guy," Lanigan said after the game, noting he and Ketlo worked and trained together last summer and are friends off the ice.

"It was all just for fun really. I've never been in a fight before. I still don't know what happened. I think I did pretty good my first fight."

But Lanigan said he didn't pull any punches. "I wanted to win."

Ketlo, with his right arm in a sling after the game, was unavailable for comment.

Backup Dawson Guhle finished the game for Regina while Laurent Brossoit stepped in for Edmonton between the pipes.

In the end the Oil Kings out-shot the Pats 43-22, adding two more goals in the third while Regina managed one more.

Lanigan earned the win making 13 saves on 15 shots. Taking the loss and making 22 saves on 27 shots was Ketlo.

Elsewhere in the WHL it was Brandon 7 Saskatoon 0, Kootenay 6 Spokane 3, Prince Albert 5 Swift Current 4, Medicine Hat 2 Red Deer 1, Tri-City 1 Kelowna 0, Vancouver 5 Prince George 3, Everett 4 Kamloops 2 and Seattle 3 Lethbridge 2 (SO).

At Regina, Sask., Michael St. Croix, Klarc Wilson, Colton Stephenson, Josh Lazowski and Jordan Hickmott also scored for Edmonton (2-2-0).

Carter Ashton, Myles Bell and Jordan Weal provided the offence for the Pats (1-3-0).

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Wheat Kings 7 Blades 0

At Brandon, Man., Liam Liston made 23 saves for his first WHL shutout as the Wheat Kings stomped Saskatoon.

David Toews scored two goals and set up another for Brandon (4-0-0), while Wheaton King had a goal and two assists. Scott Glennie, Shayne Wiebe, Jason Swyripa and Jonny Gaudet also scored.

Starter Adam Morrison stopped 23 of 28 shots for the Blades (2-1-0). He was replaced in the third period by Adam Iwan, who made eight saves on 10 shots.

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Ice 6 Chiefs 3

At Cranbrook, B.C., Kevin King scored twice and had an assist as Kootenay skated to a win over Spokane.

James Martin and Max Reinhart had a goal and an assist for the Ice (2-1-0), while Brock Montgomery and Matt Fraser added singles.

Tyler Johnson, Mitch Holmberg and Steven Kuhn supplied the offence for the Chiefs (0-2-0).

Raiders 5 Broncos 4

At Swift Current, Sask., Prince Albert collected its first win of the season after hanging on for the decision over the Broncos.

Mark McNeill scored twice for the Raiders (1-3-0), while Igor Revenko, Jonathan Parker and Sebastian Svendsen added singles.

Taylor Vause, Justin Dowling and Brad Hoban replied for Swift Current (1-3-0), while import Stepan Novotny had his team-leading fifth of the season.

Tigers 2 Rebels 1

At Medicine Hat, Alta., Deven Dubyk turned aside 31 shots to give the Tigers a win over Red Deer.

The 19-year-old made 15 saves in the third period, while Tyler Pitlick and Ryan Harrison's first period power-play goals held up for Medicine Hat (1-1-0).

Turner Elson had the lone goal for the Rebels (3-1-0), a second period power-play marker off a goalmouth scramble.

Americans 1 Rockets 0

At Kennewick, Wash., Drew Owsley recorded his first shutout of the season as Tri-City blanked Kelowna.

Adam Hughesman scored the only goal of the game as Owsley made 34 saves for the Americans (4-0-0).

Adam Brown stopped 27 shots for the Rockets (0-3-0).

Giants 5 Cougars 3

At Prince George, B.C., James Henry had a pair of goals as Vancouver towered over the Cougars.

Craig Cunningham had back-to-back goals for the Giants (2-3-0), while Brendan Gallagher added an empty-net marker for some insurance.

Spencer Asuchak, Martin Marincin and Parker Stanfield replied for Prince George (1-2-0).

Silvertips 4 Blazers 2

At Everett, Wash., Kent Simpson stopped 42 shots as the Silvertips clawed their way past Kamloops.

Josh Birkholz scored the tying and winning goals for Everett (3-0-0), then Simpson did the rest. Landon Ferraro and Tyler Maxwell also scored for the Silvertips.

Dylan Willick and Brendan Ranford scored for Kamloops (1-2-0).

Thunderbirds 3 Hurricanes 2 (SO)

At Kent, Wash., Marcel Noebels and Burke Gallimore both scored in the shootout as Seattle flew past Lethbridge.

Noebels and Travis Toomey tallied in regulation time for the Thunderbirds (2-2-0).

Jacob Berglund and Phillip Tot answered for the Hurricanes (2-0-1).