Thursday . . .

Larry DePalma, who scored 61 goals for the Saskatoon Blades, was sentenced to some jail time this week. The Saskatoon StarPhoenix has the story right here.
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The Edmonton Journal has a bit on the Alex Plante situation and it’s right here. It seems that Plante has wanted out of Calgary since some time last season and that the Edmonton Oil Kings were interested.
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As expected, Hockey Canada has named Pat Quinn head coach of the national junior team that will play in the World Junior Championship in Ottawa beginning on Dec. 26. Quinn replaces Benoit Groulx, who left the QMJHL’s Gatineau Olympiques a couple of weeks ago to sign on as head coach of the AHL’s Rochester Americans. Quinn’s assistant coaches are Willie Desjardins (Medicine Hat Tigers) and Dave Cameron (Mississauga St. Michael’s Majors), along with Guy Boucher (Drummondville Voltigeurs), who was added to the staff Thursday when the Quinn announcement was made.
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If you happen to be a follower of the WHL, here are some important dates for you:
Oct. 14: General managers’ meeting (Calgary).
Oct. 15: Board of governors’ meeting (Calgary).
Oct. 16: Deadline for teams to declare maximum of three 20-year-olds.
Nov. 26: ADT Canada-Russia Challenge at Swift Current.
Nov. 27: ADT Canada-Russia Challenge at Prince Albert.
Dec. 11-15: Team Canada selection camp (Ottawa).
Dec. 16-25: Team Canada precompetition camp (Ottawa).
Dec. 19-26: WHL trade moratorium.
Dec. 26-Jan. 5: World Junior Championship (Ottawa).
Jan. 10: Trade deadline ( 3 p.m. MST)
Jan. 10: Roster deadline.
Jan. 14: CHL Top Prospects Game.
Feb. 3: Board of governors’ meeting (Calgary).
Feb. 10: Final roster deadline.
March 2: General managers’ meeting (Calgary).
March 20: Start of playoffs.
April 9-19: World under-18 championship (USA).
April 29: Awards luncheon (Calgary).
April 30: Bantam draft (Calgary).
May 15-24: Memorial Cup (Rimouski, Que.)
June: 16-17: Annual meeting (Calgary).
June 26-27: NHL draft (Montreal)
TBD: CHL import draft.
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If you missed it, Mats Sundin appeared at a news conference on Wednesday to announce that he had signed with . . . PokerStars.com. Now playing centre for PokerStars.com, Mats Sundin!!!! . . . Considering all the paper and ink that have been used on Sundin this summer, how delicious is that?