Northland Properties, of which Kamloops Blazers majority owner Tom Gaglardi is president, has bought into the $1-billion Revelstoke Mountain Resort development. Located on Mount MacKenzie, six km southeast of Revelstoke, the resort’s grand opening is set for Dec. 22. Gaglardi told the Vancouver Sun his family paid "well into the eight figures" and now is one of four partners. According to a Sun story by Bruce Constantineau, “The resort is expected to be completed over 15 years and will ultimately include more than 5,000 new housing units, 500,000 square feet of commercial and retail space, and a signature golf course. Earlier this year, international buyers snapped up all 59 units of a resort condo project in just three hours -- at prices ranging from $310,000 to $1.8 million. Developers said the demand was so strong they released a second building for sale, and 80 per cent of that project's 56 units sold out by the end of the day.” . . .
Germany, including C Max Brandl of the Prince Albert Raiders, beat Austria, including Spokane Chiefs D Stefan Ulmer, 6-3 Saturday to win the World Junior Championship (Division I, Group A) in Bad Tolz, Germany. . . . Brandl had a goal and two assists in the tournament. Ulmer had a goal and an assist. . . . Germany earns promotion to the top division of the WJC and will compete in Ottawa in 2009. Lithuania was relegated. . . .
SATURDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS
In Saskatoon, LW Jamie Benn’s goal with one second left in overtime gave the Kelowna Rockets a 3-2 victory over the Blades. . . . Saskatoon held leads at 1-0 and 2-1. . . . Benn won it with his 17th goal of the season. . . . Kelowna (20-11-2-4) won its last three games on a six-game Prairie swing. It finished the swing 3-1-0-2 in picking up eight of a possible 12 points. . . . Is it too early to suggest Ryan Huska as a front-runner for coach of the year? . . . C Cody Almond scored his seventh goal of the season for Kelowna; it was his first goal since Nov. 7 and the first time he has scored on the road this season. . . . LW Brandon McMillan of Kelowna forced OT at 18:46 of the third period. . . . The Blades fell to 12-20-2-0). . . . Neither RW Kyle St. Denis (concussion) nor LW James McEwan (ribs) played for Kelowna. . . .
In Cranbrook, the Kootenay Ice got off to a 3-0 first-period lead and hung on for a 4-3 victory over the Lethbridge Hurricanes. . . . The Ice beat the Hurricanes by that same score on Friday night in Lethbridge. . . . D Chad Greenan and RW Andrew Bailey scored PP goals and C Steve Da Silva sniped while shorthanded to get the Ice off to a terrific start. . . . RW Michael Stickland gave the home side a 4-0 lead on the PP at 12:35 of the second period. . . . LW Mike Wuchterl, in the second period, and C Colton Sceviour and LW Mitch Fadden, in the third got Lethbridge close. . . . Fadden’s goal came with 11 seconds left in the third period. . . . G Kris Lazaruk was to have started for the Ice but bowed out with the flu. Thomas Heemskerk made 34 saves for the victory. . . . Lethbridge’s Mike Maniago stopped 17 shots. . . . Lethbridge was 1-for-8 on the PP; Kootenay was 3-for-9. . . . The Ice (21-12-3-0), which started the season by going 3-8-3-0, has won three in a row and is just three points behind the Eastern Conference-leading Hurricanes (23-12-1-1). . . .
In Seattle, C Greg Scott scored three times and set up two others to lead the Thunderbirds to an 8-3 victory over the Swift Current Broncos. . . . C Jim O’Brien and RW Bud Holloway added two goals each for Seattle (15-11-5-1). . . . Holloway also had three assists. . . . The Broncos are 18-14-0-5. . . . Seattle held a 41-26 edge in shots. . . . It was a career night for Scott. Prior to this, he had had twice had two-goal games and three times had earned three points in a game. Never had he had three goals or five points in a game. . . . Scott has 14 goals this season; he scored 18 in 72 games last season. . . . Seattle got 23 saves from G Jacob DeSerres. Riku Helenius, the No. 1 goaltender, is with Finland preparing for the World Junior Championship. . . .
In Moose Jaw, the Warriors got a big game from linemates Jason Bast, Jordan Knackstedt and Frazer McLaren as they dumped the Regina Pats, 6-1. . . . Those three totaled 13 points. Knackstedt had two goals and three assists, Bast had two goals and two assists, and McLaren chipped in four helpers. . . . Moose Jaw improved to 18-9-4-3, while Regina slipped to 22-14-1-1. . . .
In Everett, F Clayton Bauer’s goal with 2:45 left in the third period gave the Everett Silvertips a 4-3 victory over the Portland Winter Hawks. . . . Bauer scored his 10th goal of the season off a rebound during a power play to win it. . . . Everett (17-16-0-2) was without LW Kyle Beach (concussion) and C Zach Hamill (WHL suspension). . . . C Jacob Dietrich scored twice for Portland (6-27-0-1). . . . Beach was injured in a Friday night fight with Tri-City’s Mitch McColm. Hamill drew a suspenion for a high hit on Tri-City D Tyler Schmidt. . . . Neither Beach nor Hamill will play Sunday when the Silvertips are in Portland. . . . Portland went with just 17 skaters, what with six players out with injuries – R Riley Boychuk (hip), D Brock Cornish (shoulder), D Ryan Kerr (shoulder), F Aaron McGill (back), D Lee Morrow (shoulder) and F Keith Voytechek (hand). . . . Everett C Zack Dailey, who suffered an 11-stitch facial cut from a skate on Friday, played with a full shield. . . .
In Spokane, LW Colton Yellow Horn ran his point streak to 17 games as the Tri-City Americans scored a 4-1 victory over the Chiefs. . . . Yellow Horn scored his 21st goal, shorthanded, at 6:31 of the first period and later added an assist. . . . C Jason Reese’s PP goal gave the Americans a 2-0 lead in the first period. . . . Spokane got a goal from F Judd Blackwater at 1:19 of the second, but the Americans added third-period goals from LW Adam Hughesman and C Shaun Vey. . . . Tri-City outshot the home side 33-30, including 17-6 in the third period. The Chiefs held a 16-8 advantage in the second. . . . Tri-City G Chet Pickard stopped 29 shots to run his record to 21-5-1-0. . . . Spokane’s Kevin Armstrong stopped 29 shots. . . . Tri-City was 1-for-1 on the PP; the Chiefs were 0-for-6. . . . The Chiefs, with the WHL’s best record, are 26-6-1-2. The Americans (25-7-1-0) closed to within four points of Spokane. . . . Spokane had a four-game winning streak snapped; it also had won eight in a row at home. . . . The Chiefs have lost four times at home this season, twice to the Americans. . . . Tri-City head coach Don Nachbaur was back behind the Americans bench for the first time in a while. He missed seven games while in Prince George to be with his father, who passed away on Dec. 9. . . . And a tip of the cap to Spokane captain Chris Bruton, who told the Spokane Spokesman-Review: “Give credit to them. When the game was on the line, they were able to bury it and we weren’t.” In a league where teams are sometimes far too reluctant to give credit to the opposition, Bruton’s statement is a breath of fresh air. . . .
In Vancouver, G Tyson Sexsmith record the shutout as the Giants blanked the Chilliwack Bruins, 2-0. . . . Sexsmith made 16 saves in earning his WHL-leading sixth shutout this season. It was the 17th of his career, moving him into a tie for seventh on the WHL’s all-time list. . . . It was Teddy Bear Night and there were 10,744 fans in Pacific Coliseum. . . . The Giants (24-7-1-3) have won six straight. . . . The Bruins (17-15-3-1) have lost four in a row. They were beaten 5-1 by the visiting Giants on Friday. . . . Bruins G Mark Friesen was sharp, too. He made 35 saves. . . . Freshman LW James Henry scored the Teddy Bear goal at 9:04 of the second period. It was his first goal and came in his 19th game. . . . Chilliwack RW Partik Bhungal injured a leg Friday and didn’t play Saturday. . . .
In Prince George, G Real Cyr stopped 35 shots as the Cougars dumped the Kamloops Blazers, 6-2. . . . The Blazers had won 7-2 in Prince George on Friday. . . . D Ty Wishart and C Evan Fuller each had a goal and two assists as the Cougars, who are ninth in the 10-team Western Conference, got back to within nine points of Kamloops and Everett. . . . C Nick Buonassisi, playing his second WHL game as a callup from the major midget ranks, scored his first WHL goal for Prince George and it was the Teddy Bear goal. . . . The Cougars (12-23-1-0) won for just the third time in its last 18 games. . . . The Blazers (16-17-1-1) have lost four of five. . . .
In Prince Albert, Brandon F Jay Fehr gave his club a 4-2 lead at 8:57 of the third period and the Wheat Kings went on to a 4-3 victory over the Raiders. . . . D Nathan Deck and LW Jordan Hale each scored his first goal of the season.
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