Saturday . . .

JUST NOTES: The Chilliwack Bruins have assigned D Chris Vanduynhoven, 19, to the BCHL’s Surrey Eagles. The 6-foot-5, 236-pounder is a WHL veteran and could well end up back in the league before long. . . . G Kraymer Barnstable, who backed up Tyson Sexsmith in Vancouver last season before losing his spot to Jamie Tucker, has joined the SJHL’s Nipawin Hawks. The Hawks just dealt G Derek Kleinsteuber, who was in his third season with them, to the AJHL’s Spruce Grove Saints. That gives the starter¹s job to Daniel DiCamillo, a 19-year-old from Oakville, Ont., with Barnstable in reserve. The 18-year-old Barnstable is a native of Kelowna. . . . The Portland Winter Hawks will be without F Nick Dietrich, 19, for up to two months after he suffered a broken wrist in a 6-2 loss to the visiting Spokane Chiefs on Friday night. . . . Spokane Chiefs C Justin McCrae (knee) didn’t play again Saturday. He is to be re-evaluated on Monday. . . . The Moose Jaw Warriors have dropped G Kyle Birch, 18, from their roster. He was 1-1 with a 5.14 GAA and .867 save percentage after being acquired from the Tri-City Americans on Sept. 22 for a conditional 2011 fifth-round draft pick. The move leaves the Warriors with Todd Mathews and Devin Dubyk, the two goaltenders with which they exited training camp. . . . RW Jordan Knackstedt, 20, who had 85 points for Moose Jaw last season, has signed a three-year contract with the NHL’s Boston Bruins so now is eligible to play for the AHL’s Providence Bruins. Boston selected Knackstedt in the seventh round of the 2007 NHL draft.
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SATURDAY HIGHLIGHTS:
In Spokane, the Chiefs ran their winning streak to three games with a 5-1 victory over the Everett Silvertips. . . . Spokane (6-1-0-2) got goals from five players and now is 2-0 against Everett this season. The Chiefs won 5-0 in Everett eight days earlier. . . . Everett (3-4-1-0) scored the game’s first goal and then gave up the last five. . . . Everett G Shayne Barrie made 42 saves as his mates were outshot 47-20. . . . Spokane D Brett Bartman was plus-2 and now is tied for the ---league lead, with Regina F Rudolf Cerveny, at plus-13. . . . A moment of silence was held prior to the game in honour of Nancy Ryan, the mother of former Chiefs F Derek Ryan, who died suddenly Friday at the age of 53. Derek, a Spokane native, is playing for the U of Alberta Golden Bears.
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In Swift Current, the Broncos won the battle of the Chynoweths, beating the Kootenay Ice 3-2 in a OT. . . . F Cody Eakin’s fourth goal of the season, unassisted at 3:27 of OT, won it after the Broncos (7-2-0-0) erased a 2-0 deficit. . . . The Ice, of GM Jeff Chynoweth, took a 2-0 first-period lead on early goals by F Drew Czerwonka, his first, and F Dustin Sylverster, his fourth. . . . The Broncos – Dean Chynoweth, Jeff’s brother, is the GM and head coach – tied it on F Keegan Dansereau’s sixth, early in the second period, and D Eric Doyle’s third, at 10:02 of the third. . . . The Ice (3-5-1-3) have lost six of their last seven games. . . . Swift Current had lost its last two games after opening with six victories. . . . Referees Chris Crich and Curtis Howe handed out only four penalties – each team took a fighting major and one minor.
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In Vancouver, the Giants outshot the Prince Albert Raiders 44-11 but the visitors won the game, 5-4, in a shootout. . . . The Giants (7-0-0-2) still are the only WHL team not to have lost in regulation time. . . . The Raiders (5-5-0-0) are 1-2-0-0 on their western swing. . . . Vancouver, which had won its last six games, outshot the visitors 12-4 in the first period but came out
trailing 3-0. . . . Vancouver G Jamie Tucker was lifted after being beaten twice on two shots. . . . In the third period, Vancouver had a 21-0 edge in shots and scored three times, with C James Wright scoring twice and D Craig Schira getting the other. Wright’s second goal, at 10:14, forced OT. . . . Wright and Schira both have five goals this season. . . . Prince Albert G Garrett Zemlak finished with 40 saves through OT and turned aside three of five shooters in the circus. . . . F Dustin Cameron, the Raiders’ fifth shooter, notched the game-winner. . . . Vancouver was 2-for-10 on the PP; the Raiders were 2-for-7. . . . The Raiders continue their trek Monday afternoon in Kamloops.
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In Kamloops, G Lucas Gore stopped 32 shots to lead the Chilliwack Bruins to a 3-2 victory over the Kamloops Blazers. . . . Gore is from Kamloops so had a strong contingent of family and friends in the crowd. . . . LW Scott MacDonald’s goal at 18:32 of the third period broke a 2-2 tie for Chilliwack (4-2-1-1). MacDonald, who celebrated his 17th birthday on Tuesday, scored his second goal of his freshman season by walking out from behind the net and jamming the puck home. . . . The Blazers (4-5-0-1) dominated early in the third period with the score 2-2. In fact, Kamloops had 11 of the periods first 13 shots on goal but Gore was solid. . . . Freshman LW Kevin Sundher had a goal and an assist for the Bruins. . . . Kamloops LW Shayne Wiebe scored his seventh goal of the season, ending a four-game drought.
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In Kelowna, LW Jamie Benn and C Colin Long had two goals each to help the Kelowna Rockets to an 8-1 victory over the Prince George Cougars. . . . The Rockets (5-5-0-0) had been beaten 7-1 by the Giants in Vancouver on Friday. . . . Kelowna had lost three of its last four, and has given up 36 goals in nine games. . . . The Cougars (6-3-0-0) are 0-2-0-0 to open a nine-game road trip. . . . The Cougars now are 1-3-0-0 on the road. . . . Rockets D Collin Bowman didn’t garner a point but was plus-5. . . . On the other side, Prince George captain Dana Tyrell, who scored his club’s goal, was minus-5. . . . Kelowna LW Brandon McMillan set up three goals. . . . Kelowna G Adam Brown, who turns 17 today (Sunday), made his first career start and stopped 11 shots. . . . The Rockets struck for six goals in the second period. . . . Kelowna had a 41-12 edge in shots. . . . Prior to the game, a moment of silence was held in honour of Janson Towers, a running back with the Okanagan Sun, a junior football team. Towers was killed in a motorcycle accident Friday night.
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In Portland, G Calvin Pickard stopped 20 shots to help the Seattle Thunderbirds to a 4-0 victory over the Winter Hawks. . . . The shutout was the first of Pickard’s career. He is the younger brother of Tri-City G Chet Pickard. . . . The Thunderbirds (2-6-0-0) had been 0-6-0-0 on the road. . . . The Winter Hawks (1-6-0-0) have lost five straight, have been shut out four times in seven games and have scored only five goals this season. . . . Seattle LW Prab Rai had two goals, while C David Richard set up two goals and was plus-3. D Brendon Dillon and C Jim O’Brien each had two assists. . . . Referees Adam Byblow and Devin Klein dished out 188 penalty minutes, with Portland taking 101 of those. All told, 162 minutes were handed out in the game’s final 17 seconds – there was a line brawl at the final buzzer.
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In Red Deer, freshman F Burke Gallimore’s two goals helped the Saskatoon Blades to a 4-2 victory over the Rebels. . . . The Blades (6-4-0-0) have won five in a row; the Rebels (3-4-0-3) have lost five straight. . . . Gallimore, who was acquired last season in a deal with the Spokane Chiefs, scored his fifth and sixth goals of the season to erase a 2-1 Red Deer lead late in the first period.
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In Regina, F Justin Feser scored the game’s last three goals as the Tri-City Americans erased a 3-0 deficit and beat the Pats, 4-3, in OT. . . . The Americans (6-3-0-0) went 4-3-0-0 on their seven-game swing. . . . The Pats (4-2-1-2) had won four in a row. . . . Regina led this one 3-0 at 2:28 of the third period, only to have the Americans count three times in less than five minutes late in the period. F Taylor Procyshen, who is from the Regina bedroom community of White City, started it at 13:54 on the PP. Feser then scored twice, at 16:45 and 18:33, with Procyshen assisting on both. . . . Feser scored the winner on a PP at 3:42 of extra time. It was his fourth goal of the season. . . . F Matt Strueby scored twice for Regina, running his goal-scoring streak to five games. He has seven goals in those five games. . . . Tri-City was 2-for-10 on the PP; the Pats were 0-for-8.