Blazers scouting report

LETHBRIDGE HURRICANES at KAMLOOPS BLAZERS
Today, 5 p.m., Interior Savings Centre (Radio NL 610)

LETHBRIDGE (9-6-0-0): The Hurricanes opened a three-game swing into B.C.
with a 7-2 romp over the Bruins in Chilliwack on Wednesday. . . . Lethbridge
meets the Rockets in Kelowna on Saturday. . . . The Hurricanes will have
played seven straight road games by the time they next play at home, Nov. 16
against the Edmonton Oil Kings. . . . C Colton Sceviour, who was acquired
from the Portland Winter Hawks last season, leads the Hurricanes in goals
(7), assists (12) and points (19). . . . F Zach Boychuk, who was returned by
the NHL’s Carolina Hurricanes last week, has five points in four games. He
also is plus-5. . . . The Hurricanes learned this week that Swiss D Luca
Sbisa, a WHL freshman last season, won’t be retunring from the NHL’s
Philadelphia Flyers. . . . F Mitch Fadden, a Salmon Arm native, has four
points in seven games so obviously hasn’t hit midseason form yet. The
20-year-old had 89 points in 72 games last season. . . . G Juha Metsola
(7-6-0-0, 2.98, .916) is expected to start. The backup is Michael Tadjdeh17,
from Calgary. He is 2-0, 1.00, .923 but has only played in two games. . . .
Injuries: LW Garrett Taylor (wrist, out), LW Dan Iwanski (knee, out).
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KAMLOOPS (7-8-0-2): The Blazers have won three in a row, the latest a 3-1
victory over the visiting Brandon Wheat Kings on Sunday night. . . . The
Blazers are fifth in the 10-team Western Conference. . . . Kamloops has won
its last two home games after a 1-4-0-1 stretch at The ATM. . . . G Justin
Leclerc, who is 6-6-0-1 on the season, is 6-2-0-1 when asked to make fewer
than 30 saves and 0-4-0-0 when that number is higher. Leclerc will make his
fourth straight start. . . . RW Tyler Shattock, showing signs of being the
power forward that was envisioned when he was the sixth pick in the 2005
bantam draft, has eight points in his last eight games. . . . D Giffen Nyren
has five points, two of them goals, over his last four games. . . . LW
Shayne Wiebe, who had nine goals in 66 games last season, has 10 in 17 games
this time around. He has scored three times over the last two games. . . .
Freshman C Jake Trask has two WHL goals — both coming over his last three
games. . . . Kamloops has to start showing better discipline — it has
surrendered seven PP goals on 37 opportunities over its last five games. . .
. LW Alex Rodgers, who has yet to score this season, has one assist in six
separate games. The Blazers are 5-0-0-1 in those games. . . . Injuries: C
Mark Hall (knee, out), D Linden Saip (concussion, questionable).
— GREGG DRINNAN