A bit more from Thursday . . .

The Lethbridge Hurricanes are hoping to have C Zach Boychuk back early in October. Boychuk, who was selected by the Carolina Hurricanes with the 14th pick of the NHL’s 2008 draft, had wrist surgery in July. “It’s coming along a lot quicker than I expected,” Boychuk told Tony Clarke of the Lethbridge Herald. “The doctor told me on July 15 I would be out for at least three months, but I’m expecting to be back a little earlier than that, hopefully by the beginning of October. I don’t want rush it, Carolina doesn’t want me to rush it and neither does Lethbridge, so I’m just going to take it within stride and keep my cardio up and my strength.”
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A couple of other notes from the Lethbridge Herald: G Michael Maniago, 20, has ended his WHL career. Maniago, who began with the Kamloops Blazers and finished with Lethbridge, didn’t report to the start of the Hurricanes’ training camp. He has decided to attend school in Calgary. . . . Veteran trainer Tyler (Slim) Broderson was at camp saying his goodbyes on Thursday. Carolyn Glover has been hired to replace the retiring Broderson. . . . And, no, I didn't know that Broderson's first name was Tyler.
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Check the Herald’s website right here for lots of camp coverage.
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The Spokane Chiefs are down to 32 players, including four 15-year-olds, all of whom are, of course, ineligible for regular play this season. And the Chiefs will be without LW Drayson Bowman and LW Ondrej Roman when they play in the Everett tournament this weekend. The Spokane Spokesman-Review reports that Bowman is at home (Littleton, Colo.), preparing to attend the Carolina Hurricanes’ camp, while Roman, a Czech, is awaiting an IIHF release. . . . The Spokesman-Review’s Jessica Brown is reporting that the Chiefs will name Leigh Mendelson as their assistant coach, likely sometime next week. Mendelson was an assistant coach with the USHL’s Omaha Lancers last season. He will fill the vacancy created when Hardy Sauter was promoted to head coach, replacing Bill Peters, who signed on as head coach of the AHL’s Rockford IceHogs.