Portland . . .

Just off a conference call that included WHL commissioner Ron Robison . . . Some points that were made about the sale of the Winter Hawks:

A price wasn't announced, nor will it be announced.

Bill Gallacher is in this alone, at least for now. Robison said that Gallacher is the "sole investor" although he is exploring a "local component" at this time. If that doesn't come through, Robison said the league has no doubts about Gallacher being able to shoulder the load by himself.

It is hoped that the deal will close around the end of October. I wouldn't expect a whole lot of change between now and then, and certainly not on the team's eastern road swing.

The vote to transfer ownership was unanimous.

More later . . .

By the way . . . the vote to award Brandon the 2010 Memorial Cup was unanimous. In fact, Brandon made its presentation first, after which Everett and Kelowna chose not to make presentations and, in fact, immediately offered support to Brandon.