Tuesday, October 23, 2007

More from Tuesday. . .

D Michael Hengen, 20, has left the Edmonton Oil Kings for what the team is calling “personal reasons.” He had five points in nine games. . . . Hengen was one of the club’s five 20-year-olds. . . . The Oil Kings were his fifth team as he also had stints in Swift Current, Saskatoon, Calgary and Moose Jaw. . . . Hengen, who is from Surrey, B.C., is expected to go to school and play in the BCHL. . . .

LW Troy Ofukany of the Regina Pats, who was expected to miss six weeks or more with a sprained knee, may play Wednesday against the visiting Swift Current Broncos. Ofukany, 20, was injured on Sept. 28. “I was told by some (people) that I’d be out a minimum of six weeks but fortunately it has been a little over three weeks,” Ofukany told the Regina Leader-Post’s Greg Harder. “It feels like I’ve been out for a couple months. I couldn’t imagine sitting out for another month. That would be devastating.” . . . Regina RW Brett Leffler (concussion) will be out at least a week. . . .

The Vancouver Province’s Steve Ewen reports that the Giants have placed RW Ken Petkau, 20, on their suspended list, which allows them add another 20-year-old to their roster, should they so choose. According to Ewen, Petkau has again reiterated to WHL vice-president Richard Doerksen that he no longer wants to play in the WHL. Ewen writes that Petkau “eventually stopped contact with Vancouver,” and that “Petkau hasn't returned phone calls to The Province.” . . .

The Moose Jaw Warriors, who open a five-game road swing tonight in Cranbrook, have brought in G Brandon Glover, 15, from the midget AAA Victoria Grizzlies. He was a sixth-round pick in the 2007 bantam draft. It isn’t likely that Glover will get into a game, but he will get to learn something about the WHL routine. . . . Moose Jaw F Riley Holzapfel (concussion) remains day-to-day. . . .

The Chilliwack Bruins will welcome back F Ryan Howse this weekend when they play the Cougars in his hometown of Prince George. Howse, 16, has been out since injuring a shoulder on a check from Kamloops Blazers D Keaton Ellerby on Oct. 6. Howse was the third overall pick in the 2006 bantam draft. . . . “This is a weekend I’ve had in mind for a while, so it’s great I can play,” Howse told the Prince George Citizen’s Jim Swanson. . . . Howse has missed four games. He has two points in seven games. . . .

TUESDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS

In Portland, the Winter Hawks scored the game’s last three goals, two of them from LW Frazer McLaren, and beat the Saskatoon Blades, 4-2, in a battle of conference cellar-dwellers. . . . The victory improved Portland’s record to 2-10-0-0. . . . McLaren now has three goals on the season. . . . The Blades (3-8-1-0) have lost four in a row. . . .

In Spokane, Drayson Bowman’s goal at 14:50 of the third period, his ninth this season, broke a 3-3 tie as the Chiefs beat the Brandon Wheat Kings, 4-3. . . . The Chiefs (9-2-1-1) scored the game’s first three goals, one of those a power-play score by Bowman, before Brandon (7-5-0-0) roared back with a goal late in the second period and two more in the third, the last one an unassisted power-play score by Tyler Dittmer, his ninth. . . . Spokane is tied atop the Western Conference with the Tri-City Americans (10-3-0-0) and Vancouver Giants (9-2-1-1), both of whom were idle. . . .

In Swift Current, G Dustin Butler stopped 37 shots as the Prince Albert Raiders broke a 2-2 tie with two late third-period goals and beat the Broncos, 4-2. . . . Max Brandl’s second goal of the season, on a power play at 15:34, stood up as the winner. Ryan DePape added some insurance at 17:15. . . . Prince Albert improved to 4-9-2-0, while the Broncos slipped to 8-3-0-2.

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