Sunday's serving . . .

Regina Pats RW Brett Leffler (collarbone) may miss up to two weeks. He was injured Saturday night. . . .

SUNDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS:
In Calgary, C Brock Nixon had a goal and two assists to help the Hitmen to a 4-1 victory over the Edmonton Oil Kings. . . . Nixon has five points in three games since being acquired from the Kamloops Blazers. . . . The Hitmen (31-12-1-2) were coming off a six-day break. They now have won a season-high seven in a row. . . . Calgary has a seven-point lead atop the Eastern Conference. . . . The Oil Kings (15-22-3-6) have lost three in a row. . . . C Ryan White had a goal and an assist for Calgary. White, who is from Brandon, and Nixon, who is from Russell, Man., are friends. . . . D Karl Alzner, in his return from helping Canada win goal at the World Junior Championship, had two assists. . . . Edmonton D Cameron Cepek and Calgary RW Ian Schultz fought three seconds after the opening faceoff. . . . It turns out the genesis of that bout came two weeks earlier in Edmonton.
"Cepek asked me last game to go off the opening faceoff, but I said `no' because I had hurt my hand a couple of games before," Schultz told Scott Fisher of the Calgary Sun. "After the national anthem, we kind of gave each other the nod, and that was it." . . . Calgary continues to play without D Alex Plante (concussion). . . .

In Portland, G Leland Irving stopped 25 saves as the Everett Silvertips beat the Winter Hawks 5-0. . . . Everett (24-20-0-2) is fifth in the Western Conference, 10 points out of fourth and six points up on the Seattle Thunderbirds and Chilliwack Bruins, who are tied for sixth. . . . The Winter Hawks (8-34-0-1) have lost three in a row. . . . RW Dan Gendur had a goal and an assist. He has 15 points in his last eight games. . . . Everett is 6-1 versus Portland this season. . . . Irving has two shutouts this season and 19 in his career. That latter figure ties him with Kelly Guard for fourth on the WHL’s all-time list, behind Bryan Bridges (21), and Justin Pogge and Dustin Slade, each of whom put up 20. . . .

In Seattle, LW Colton Yellow Horn scored twice to lead the Tri-City Americans to a 3-1 victory over the Thunderbirds. . . . Yellow Horn leads the WHL with 31 goals. . . . Spokane Chiefs LW Drayson Bowman is second, with 29 goals. . . . The Americans (31-10-1-2) have won three in a row and are one point behind the Western Conference-leading Spokane. . . . The Thunderbirds (19-15-5-1) had won their previous two games. . . . Tri-City G Chet Pickard stopped 28 saves in earning his 27th victory of the season. . . . He was especially sharp in the early going as Seattle got off the game’s first 13 shots. . . . Pickard lost his shutout bid at 17:55 of the third period when F Ian McKenzie beat him.