Friday's stuff . . .

A couple of former WHLers — D Tyson Marsh and D Patrick Wellar — have signed with the ECHL’s Reading Royals, who are affiliated with the NHL’s Toronto Maple Leafs and the AHL’s Toronto Marlies. Marsh played last season with the ECHL’s Columbia Inferno and the AHL’s Rockford IceHogs, while Wellar was with the Inferno and the Marlies. Wellar, who played with the Portland Winter Hawks and Calgary Hitmen, is starting his first season as a pro, while Marsh also is a fifth-year pro. He played for the Vancouver Giants.
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It’s business as usual in Portland while the WHL continues to do whatever it is it has to do regarding the sale of the Winter Hawks franchise. The Winter Hawks, who announced the signing of 2008 first-round bantam pick F Ty Rattie early in the week, also have signed D Tyler Wotherspoon. He was the first selection in the 2008 draft’s second round. Wotherspoon, 6-foot-0 and 180 pounds, is from Surrey, B.C., where he played for the bantam AAA Cloverdale Colts, who are coached by Darryl Erickson, a Portland scout.
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The Brandon Wheat Kings have opened camp with one import — veteran F Daniel Bartek, 20 — on hand. Bartek, a two-spotter as an import and a 20-year-old, is one of five 20-year-olds in Brandon’s camp, the others being forwards Andrew Clark and , and defencemen Chad Erb and Matt McCue. . . . Belarus D Kirill Gotovets, 17, was taken by Brandon in the 2008 CHL import draft but is expected to attend Shattuck-St. Mary’s in Faribault, Minn. Russian LW Maksim Mayorov, 19, will go to camp with the NHL’s Columbus Blue Jackets so Brandon will wait to see to where he is assigned. Mayorov signed a three-year deal with Columbus on Friday.
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Heard from long-time friend Gord Hahn on Friday. What a great chat we had! Honda worked as a trainer/equipment manager with the Brandon Wheat Kings and Swift Current Broncos for a lot of years before leaving the game — well, as much as a guy can leave the game — and working for the City of Swift Current. But he now is a little bit retired — he works at a golf course and has a lawn-maintenance business — and talking about being a season-ticket holder and just going to the rink and enjoying some hockey. . . . Sounds like a plan to me. . . . But something tells me if someone should need a pair of skates sharpened. . . .
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Everett signed three 1991-born players Friday, just in time for them to take part in the Silvertips’ preseason tournament. F Ryan White of Parker, Colo., played for the midget AA Colorado Thunderbirds last season, while D Drew McDermott of Saskatoon was with the midget AAA Prince Albert Mintos. C Tyler Maxwell, a 17-year-old from Manhattan Beach, Calif., played for the midget AAA Los Angeles Jr. Kings last season.
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OK. . . . It’s rant time. . . . And this is an annual event. . . . Considering the technology available, the WHL should be absolutely embarrassed that it can’t get exhibition game results and goal scorers — in fact, complete summaries — up on its website shortly after games end. . . . It’s 10:45 p.m. PT and the WHL website shows three final results, all from the Everett tournament, on its exhibition schedule and results page. That’s it. . . . And, no, I won't rant on this again. Not until next August.
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What follows, is what I was able to put together by visiting various team websites and, I’m sorry, but I’m not going to be doing that every night through the exhibition season. . . . And a plug to Dave Sheldon of the Vancouver Giants for putting period-by-period updates of the Kamloops at Vancouver game. Thanks, big guy!
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FRIDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS: F Kruise Reddick scored three times and set up two others as the Tri-City Americans dumped the Portland Winter Hawks 6-2 at the Everett tournament. . . . F Kevin Sundher, 16, scored three times to lead the Chilliwack Bruins to a 4-2 victory over the Seattle Thunderbirds in Everett. Sundher was the seventh overall pick in the 2007 bantam draft. . . . Seattle actually led 2-0 before Sundher scored three times in a span of seven minutes 13 seconds early in the second period. . . .
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Vancouver 4, Kamloops 1, at Ladner — Kam: Alex Rodgers; Vcr: Chris Cloud, James Wright, Lane Scheidl, Craig Schira.
Everett Tournament
Chilliwack 4, Seattle 2 — Cwk: Kevin Sundher 3, Dylen McKinlay; Sea: David Richard, Jeremy Boyer.
Tri-City 6, Portland 2 — TC: Kruise Reddick 3, Justin Feser, Joel Ridgeway, Brooks Macek. Port: Ty Rattie, Colin Reddin.
Spokane 4, Everett 2 — Spok: Mitch Holmberg, Levko Koper, Dustin Donaghy, Seth Compton; Evt: Tyler Kieffer 2.