Some Monday notes . . .

The Tri-City Americans have only eight returning forwards, but one of them is sniper Colton Yellow Horn, who had 40 goals last season. “There are a lot of young kids,” Yellow Horn told the Tri-City Herald’s Annie Fowler. “”The older you get, the more mature you are and the younger players look to you to guide them. You can’t worry about who’s out here, you just worry about making the team and going with the flow.” . . . At the same time, the Americans have four veterans back on defence. . . . One player not in camp is D Brock Cornish, who turnes 18 on Dec. 30. A sophomore, he met with GM Bob Tory on Saturday and now is at home in Mission, B.C., awaiting a trade. . . . Also missing is D Jarrett Toll, 18, who is preparing for his third season. He suffered a broken ankle while playing with the New Westminster Salmonbellies in lacrosse’s Minto Cup, the national championship tournament that is ongoing in New Westminster. . . .

You have to wonder how long it will be before the Edmonton Oil Kings are active on the trade front. The expansion Oil Kings have three goaltenders in camp with WHL experience — Alex Archibald, 20, Tommy Tartaglione, 19, and Dalyn Flette, 17. Two of those are expected to stick, meaning someone will be on the move. . . . The Oil Kings also have assets on defence, namely three veteran 20-year-olds — Bretton Stamler, Matt Swaby and Michael Hengen. . . . You can bet that Edmonton GM Bob Green’s phone is ringing these days, and he is sorting through all kinds of good offers. . . .

Due to expansion work being done to the Centennial Civic Centre, the Swift Current Broncos will play their first eight games on the road. The Broncos have been told the building will be ready for them around Oct. 1. “We have been assured . . . by the City that we are going to have a building to play in on Oct. 12,” assistant GM Elden Moberg told the Prairie Post newspaper. “We know that we are not going to have all the amenities that we would like to have for opening night on Oct. 12. There are certain things that we already know that we are not going to have. The east-end seating will not be ready for our home-opener, the new concessions and the washrooms in the east end are not going to be ready for Oct. 12. (The City has) told us that.” The City also has told the Broncos that the building will be completely enclosed by Oct. 12. “We are going to have an indoor facility,” Moberg said. “We are going to have an ice surface.” . . . An indoor facility and an ice surface? Hey, can’t ask for more than that. Drop the damn puck already. . . .

Vancouver Giants sophomore LW Craig Cunningham spent much of the summer living with former NHLer Ray Ferraro and his family in Vancouver. That allowed him to work out on and off the ice with Ferraro’s son, Landon, who will play this season for the Red Deer Rebels. The connection? Cunningham and Ray Ferraro both are from Trail, B.C. Cunningham also spent some time on the ice with the elder Ferraro. The Giants are hoping something rubbed off, too. Ferraro holds the WHL’s single-season record, having scored 104 goals with the Brandon Wheat Kings in 1983-84. Cunningham didn’t score a goal in 48 games last season. . . .

The Moose Jaw Warriors have an interesting situation in goal, where their camp includes two 20-year-olds — veterans Joey Perricone, who is from San Juan Capistrano, Calif., and has played four seasons in Moose Jaw, and Kurt Jory, a Brandon native. . . . GM Chad Lang and head coach Dave Hunchak will have to get started with an interesting decision there.