Friday's highlights . . .

WHL trade deadline: Thursday, 3 p.m. Calgary time

Dean Chynoweth, the GM and head coach of the Swift Current Broncos, has been suspended for two games and fined $500 after incurring a game misconduct on Wednesday in a 4-1 loss to the visiting Lethbridge Hurricanes. Chynoweth hurled two water bottles on the ice during the third period of that game. . . . Geez, wish I’d been there. It isn’t often that we get to see the coaches get to have that much fun in this league any more. . . . All the suspension does is free him up to spend even more time working the phones in advance of Thursday’s trade deadline. . . . By the way, sources indicate that Chynoweth and the Broncos haven’t actually signed off on that two-year contract extension that was reported to have been agreed to in June. . . .

A list of coaches and general managers to be disciplined by the WHL this
season, showing games suspended, number of times fined and amount fined:
Games Fines/Total
Don Hay, Vancouver 0 2/$1,000
Dean Chynoweth, Swift Current 2 1/$500
John Becanic, Everett 0 1/$500
Greg Hawgood, Kamloops 0 1/$500
Curtis Hunt, Regina 0 1/$500
Wade Klippenstein, Prince George 0 1/$500
Steve Pleau, Edmonton 0 1/$500
Roy Stasiuk, Lethbridge 0 1/$500
Turner Stevenson, Seattle 0 1/$500

FRIDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS
In Saskatoon, G Ryan Holfeld stopped 24 shots for his third shutout of the
season as the Medicine Hat Tigers blanked the Blades, 3-0. . . . C Yashar
Farmanara scored the only goal the Tigers would need, getting his 16th at
1:05 of the second period. . . . C Brennan Bosch had a goal, his 10th, and
an assist. . . . The Blades (13-23-2-1) have lost five of their last seven. . . . The Tigers (24-13-3-1) have won four in a row and seven of eight on the road. . . . Holfeld has four shutouts in his career. . . . Saskatoon has been blanked three times this season. . . .

In Spokane, the Moose Jaw Warriors tied the game late in the third period before falling 5-4 to the Chiefs in a shootout. . . . Spokane (28-8-1-2), which had lost two in a row, moved into a tie with the Vancouver Giants and Calgary Hitmen for first place overall. . . . The Warriors (20-11-4-4) went 2-2-0-1 on their U.S. swing. . . . The Warriors, with two 15-year-olds dressed, trailed three times but outshot the Chiefs, 40-29. . . . Spokane G Dustin Tokarski was sharp in making 36 saves. . . . C Brad Riege scored Moose Jaw’s fourth goal at 17:06 of the third period. . . . Moose Jaw head coach Dave Hunchak was tossed by referees Colby Smith and Sean Raphael just 49 seconds into overtime as the Warriors were penalized for having too many men on the ice. History shows that he may as well write the $500 cheque and send it to the WHL office right now. . . . Moose Jaw D Ryan Stanton played the third period despite a broken finger. . . . The Chiefs led this one 2-0 early in the second period before the Warriors came back. . . . LW Drayson Bowman had his 28th goal and an assist for Spokane. . . . Bowman and C Judd Blackwater, who also had a goal and an assist in regulation, scored in the shootout. . . . RW Jordan Knackstedt, who had a goal and two helpers for the Warriors, was the only visitor to score in the circus. . . . The Chiefs have reassigned F Luke Betts to a BCHL team yet to be determined. Betts, 18, had one goal in six games since being acquired from the Red Deer Rebels. . . .

In Vancouver, the Giants broke a 1-1 tie early in the third period and went on to a 6-1 victory over the Seattle Thunderbirds. . . . Vancouver (27-8-1-4) is tied for first place overall with the Spokane Chiefs and Calgary Hitmen. . . . Vancouver is 17-3-1-0 at home. . . . The Thunderbirds (17-13-5-1) had won three of their last four. . . . Seattle was 0-for-4 on the PP and now is 9-for-110 on the road. . . . C Casey Pierro-Zabotel had a goal and two assists for Vancouver, which outshot Seattle 45-23. . . . Vancouver RW Garet Hunt was given a charging major and game misconduct for a hit on Seattle RW Bud Holloway at 8:57 of the first period. Holloway didn’t return. . . . The teams meet again Saturday in Seattle. . . .

In Brandon, the Lethbridge Hurricanes scored the game’s first four goals and went on to a 4-2 victory over the Wheat Kings. . . . The Hurricanes got
goals from four players and led 4-0 at 5:23 of the second period. . . . Lethbridge outshot Brandon, 24-19. . . . C Colton Sceviour got his 18th of
the season and C Dwight King his 19th for Lethbridge. . . . The Hurricanes (26-14-1-1) have won three of four. . . . Sceviour has seven goals over his last four games. . . . Brandon (25-13-0-1) had won its last two games. . . . Brandon D Daryl Boyle, the captain, left with an undiclosed injury during his first shift. . . . Lethbridge D Cam Stevens, 18, and Brock Sutherland, 16, took a regular shift and then were returned to other teams. Stevens, who is coming off a broken leg, went back to the MJHL’s Winkler Flyers, while Sutherland returned to the midget AAA Wheat Kings. . . .

In Calgary, D Paul Postma had two goals and two assists as the Hitmen dropped the Kootenay Ice, 9-2. . . . The Hitmen (28-12-1-2) have won four in a row and are tied for first overall with the Spokane Chiefs and Vancouver Giants. . . . The Ice (23-14-3-0) had won its last two games. . . . C Kyle Bortis had two goals, giving him 24, and an assist for Calgary, which wsa 4-for-8 on the PP. . . . The Ice was 0-for-5 with the man advantage. . . . Calgary D Alex Plante remains sidelined with a concussion. . . .

In Edmonton, newly acquired C Cody Gross scored his club’s only goal in regulation and its only goal in the circus as the Red Deer Rebels beat the Oil Kings, 2-1. . . . Red Deer (11-26-4-1) had lost three in a row. . . . Edmonton (14-19-2-6) now has lost three in a row. It also has lost five of six at home. . . . LW Jeff Lee scored his first WHL goal for Edmonton to end an 18-game drought. . . .
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In Everett, the Chilliwack Bruins took a 2-0 first-period lead and went on to beat the Silvertips, 3-2. . . . The Bruins (19-17-3-1) had lost six of their last seven games. . . . The Silvertips (20-19-0-2) had a two-game winning streak end. . . . The victory lifted the Bruins into a tie with Everett for fifth place in the Western Conference. . . . D Nick Holden, a 20-year-old whose services are in demand with the trade deadline approaching, scored the eventual game-winner at 1:49 of the third period. . . . Chilliwack C Mark Santorelli, who had just two assists in his previous five games, scored once. . . . The Bruins were 3-for-7 on the PP, with all three goals coming off point shots; the Silvertips were 1-for-7. . . . Everett held a 28-19 edge in shots on goal. . . . Everett D Tyler Kieffer, who joined the team from the USHL’s Lincoln Stars, made his WHL debut. . . .
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In Kamloops, G Jon Groenheyde made his WHL debut with 33 saves as the Kamloops Blazers dumped the Tri-City Americans, 3-2. . . . Groenheyde, a 16-year-old from Surrey, B.C., is with the Blazers until James Priestner, who backs up Justin Leclerc, returns from the U-17 World Hockey Challenge. . . . The Blazers (19-19-1-1) led 2-0 in the third period before the Americans made it interesting. . . . Tri-City LW Colton Yellow Horn drew an assist on a Blair Macaulay shorthanded goal to run his point streak to 22 games. . . . The Americans (28-9-1-0) were outworked in this one and fell from first to third place in the Western Conference. . . . With LW Alex Rodgers (flu) out, the Blazers moved sophomore Mark Hall onto their top line and he responded with the first two-point game of his career, setting up the first goal and scoring the second. . . .

In Kelowna, the Rockets struck for four power-play goals and two shorthanded goals as they dumped the Prince George Cougars, 6-0. . . . G Kris Westblom stopped 22 shots for his second shutout of the season and 10th of his career. . . . The Rockets (23-13-2-4) have won three in a row and are a strong fourth in the Western Conference. . . . The Cougars (13-25-1-0) are 13 points out of a playoff spot in the conference. . . . Kelowna C Colin Long, who took over the WHL scoring lead earlier in the week, was kept off the scoresheet. . . . C Cody Almond and LW Jamie Benn each had a goal and two assists. . . . Benn now has 21 goals. . . . LW Jesse Paradis scored his first WHL goal. . . . Kelowna has put up two shutouts this season; this was the first time the Cougars have been blanked.