Blazers postgame box

THE SCORE
Kamloops 5, Prince Albert 4 (SO)

WHAT HAPPENED
Prince Albert G Dustin Butler stopped 41 shots and almost stole one, but the
Blazers were able to win it in the circus.

THE STANDINGS
The Blazers (15-13-1-1) remain seventh in the Western Conference, two points
behind the Everett Silvertips (16-14-0-2) and two ahead of the Seattle
Thunderbirds (12-10-5-1).

THE GOALTENDER
The Raiders were outshot 36-10 over the last three periods but Butler ws
terrific. He set the Blazers’ single-season shutout record last season
before losing out here in the 20-year-old numbers game during training camp.

THE SLOVAKIAN SNIPER
Kamloops LW Ivan Rohac, the team’s second-leading scorer, was a healthy
scratch. No one’s talking but you’ve got to think this was a disciplinary
matter for one reason or another.

THE WORLD TOURNAMENT
Rohac and Finnish RW Juuso Puustinen leave Monday for Europe and tryout
camps with their respective national junior teams. The 2008 WJC begins Dec.
26 in Liberec and Pardubice, Czech Republic.

THE WORLD TOURNAMENT II
The Raiders are without C Max Brandl, who is with Germany at the World
Junior Championship (Division I, Group A). It opens Sunday in Bad Tolz,
Germany.

THE KID
C Ryan Harrison of Kelowna, the 29th pick in the 2007 bantam draft, made his
debut with the Raiders. Harrison, 15, has 23 points in 20 games with the
major midget Okanagan Rockets. Kamloops D Victor Bartley welcomed Harrison
with a booming hit early in the second period. Harrison later had a shot at
his first goal but fired wide of an open cage.

THE CELEBRITY AUCTION
The Medicine Hat Tigers are in The ATM on Tuesday and the Blazers have
dubbed the night Money For Mark. Proceeds from a celebrity auction,
including an autographed Jarome Iginal jersey, will go to the family of Mark
Dormuth, 7, who is battling severe A plastic anemia.

THE DAILY NEWS THREE STARS

1. G Dustin Butler, Prince Albert. Without him, this one ends early.

2. C Brock Nixon, Kamloops. Two assists and the shootout winner.

3. RW Justin Bernhardt, Prince Albert. Two goals, one of them for this
season’s highlight reel.

UP NEXT
The Tri-City Americans, including ex-Blazers D Kevin Kraus (No. 28), visit
The ATM tonight. Game time is 7 o’clock.