European movement

D Mike Siklenka, who played with the Seattle Thunderbirds, has signed with Lukko Rauma in Finland top league — SM-Liiga. Last season, Siklenka played with Leksand in Sweden’s No. 2 league. He had 31 points in 39 games was plus-18. He also had 164 penalty minutes. Also on Lukko's roster: F Shayne Toporowski, who has played three seasons there. Last season the former P.A. Raider had 53 points in 55 games.

D Bryce Thoma, formerly of the Red Deer Rebels, will play with the Hull Stingrays of Britain’s Elite League. Thoma played with the ECHL's Las Vegas Wranglers last season. Among his teammates in Hull will be F Cole Byers (Moose Jaw Warriors) and F James Knight (also Moose Jaw). Hull's coach is Rich Strachan and you're a real WHL fan if you can remember that he played for the Winnipeg Warriors.

By the way, it's B.C. 21, Saskatchewan 0 at halftime in Regina. . . . The wheezing sound you hear is coming from Roughriders fans who are thinking about how many times this has happened to them in the past.