Some Wednesday notes . . .

Here's a start on Wednesday, meaning there will be more later . . .

The Portland Winter Hawks have picked up D Brock Cornish, 18, from the Tri-City Americans for a third-round pick in the 2008 bantam draft. Cornish met with Tri-City GM earlier in the week and went home to Mission, B.C., to await a trade. He had 10 points and 44 penalty minutes in 31 games with the Americans last season.

EUROPEAN REPORT: Former Red Deer F Brad Leeb has signed with Ingolstadt in the German DEL. He’ll be teammates with the likes of G Jimmy Waite, D Scott Ferguson (Kamloops), F Brad Tutschek (Edmonton/Kootenay/Seattle), F Yannic Seidenberg (Medicine Hat) and C Glen Goodall (Seattle). Tutscheck and Goodall hold German passports. Ingolstadt is coached by Ron Kennedy, a native of Estevan who has coached in Medicine Hat. . . . F Chris Bright (Moose Jaw) has signed with Jesenice, Slovenia, which plays in Austria’s top league. Bright, who holds dual Canadian and Japanese citizenship, played for Basel in the Swiss National League A last season. He joins F Paul Healey (Prince Albert) with Jesenice. . . .

Vancouver Giants F Jonathan Milhouse, 18, will be the shelf for a few days with a sprained left medial collateral ligament. Milhouse, who played 34 games with the Everett Silvertips over two seasons, was injured during a training camp collision. Steve Ewen of the Vancouver Province reports that Milhouse’s father, Dr. Craig Milhouse, has been in Ladner watching training camp and helped trainer Cory Cameron evaluate the injury. Dr. Milhouse works with the Anaheim Ducks and Los Angeles Angels. His son finished last season with the NAHL’s Santa Fe RoadRunners. . . .

The Super Series, so far, has been anything but super. Of course, it can’t be super if there only is one super team playing in it. . . . The best part of the series may be the blog being done by Jason Botchford who, in his real life, covers the Canucks for the Vancouver Province. . . . His entry on shopping in a supermarket in Ufa is hilarious. . . . Earlier, he filed this: “I'm already in hot water with Hockey Canada for reporting on their luxurious digs in Moscow (here is where Hockey Canada wants me to tell you they did not spend $700 a night for the $700-a-night rooms they lived in for five days. They received a discount and a group rate). And here is where I tell you that hotel where Team Canada stayed in was the sweetest house of comfort I've seen in a while. The Canucks can only dream of ever staying in the bathrooms at this hotel.” . . . You can check it out at http://communities.canada.com/theprovince/blogs/icehole/default.aspx . . . or simply Google for The Ice Hole. . . . Enjoy!

The Portland Winter Hawks announced today that “after a 13-year absence, high-quality, full-color video replay screens will return to the Memorial Coliseum prior to the Winter Hawks’ opening night” on Sept. 21. . . . The LED screens will provide a venue for live video and replay video, full animations and crisp graphics at all Winter Hawks games and other events in the Memorial Coliseum, according to the press release. According to the agreement between the City and the team, the City will install the four screens and lease them from the team for a one-year demsonstration period. If they are deemed acceptable, the City will purchase them outright. . . . There has been some acrimony between the two parties of late and hopefully this is the start of a long and beautiful relationship.