Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Tuesday's stuff . . .

Jason Vondersmith of the Portland Tribune has more on the Winter Hawks’ transfer of ownership and the resulting shakeup in personnel right here.
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The Moose Jaw Warriors and Chilliwack may have to rework a recent trade after C Evan Fuller, 20, left the Bruins. Fuller and D Brett Ward, 20, were acquired from Moose Jaw on Oct. 7 for C Brayden Metz, 18, and two draft picks — a sixth-rounder in 2009 and a fifth-round in 2010. . . . Fuller, however, has a bad groin and chose to leave the Bruins. Chilliwack GM Darrell May told the Vancouver Province that Fuller told him he was retiring. May also said: “From the day he got here, we had to tape him up.”
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Over the summer, thieves broke into the Vancouver home of former Giants captain Milan Lucic’s parents. Among the items that disappeared was Lucic’s championship ring from the 2007 Memorial Cup. With the Boston Bruins in Vancouver to meet the Canucks on Tuesday, the Giants presented Lucic with a new ring. . . . The Giants attended the NHL game at GM Place and watched as the Bruins, with Lucic getting eight hits, beat the Canucks, 1-0. . . . The Giants are at home to the Tri-City Americans on Wednesday night. Vancouver head coach Don Hay goes into the game with 398 victories, five more than Tri-City’s Don Nachbaur.
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TUESDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS:
In Saskatoon, the Swift Current Broncos scored the game’s last four goals and beat the Blades, 4-1. . . . The Broncos (11-5-0-0) closed to within a point of the East Division-leading Blades. . . . The Blades (11-5-1-0) had won two in a row and 10 of 11. . . . F Taylor Vause had a goal, his second, and an assist for the Broncos. . . . Saskatoon was 0-for-8 on the PP; the Broncos were 1-for-5. . . . Broncos G Mark Guggenburger stopped 24 shots, while Saskatoon’s Braden Holtby turned aside 21. . . . Attendance was 5,026.
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In Prince Albert, F Ryan Harrison scored 1:28 into OT to give the Raiders a 3-2 victory over the Calgary Hitmen. . . . The Raiders (10-8-0-0) also got goals from F Justin Bernhardt and F Brandon Herrod. . . . The Hitmen (13-3-1-0) had won six straight. . . . Calgary F Brandon Kozun forced OT with a PP goal at 9:35 of the third. It was his 13th score of the season.
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In Edmonton, G Torrie Jung stopped 29 shots to lead the Oil Kings to a 4-0 victory over the Kootenay Ice. . . . The Oil Kings (7-9-1-1) have picked up five a possible six points over their last three games. . . . The Ice (8-6-2-3) had won five of six. . . . Jung actually began the season with the Kelowna Rockets, before being dealt to the Lethbridge Hurricanes. He didn’t get into a game with the Hurricanes before they traded him to Edmonton. . . . He has made three starts for Edmonton and has two victories and a shootout loss. . . . This was his first shutout of the season and second of his career. . . . F Tomas Vincour and F Brent Raedeke each scored his seventh goal for Edmonton. . . . Referee Adam Byblow tossed Kootenay head coach Mark Holick and Edmonton assistant coach Rocky Thompson at 19:52 of the third period. The teams engaged in a multi-fight situation at that time. According to the Oil Kings’ website: “Tempers really flared and calling cards were left as the teams erupted for a flurry of penalties with just eight seconds left in the game when Jesse Ismond, Kevin King and Ian Barteaux from the Ice tangled with Mark Pysyk, Shayne Neigum and Jesse Pearson for the Oil Kings. Ice head coach Mark Holick and Oil Kings assistant coach Rocky Thompson were both given game misconducts for an animated shouting match between the benches.” . . . The Ice and Oil Kings are scheduled to next meet on Nov. 15 in Cranbrook.
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In Everett, F Kellan Tochkin scored the lone goal of the shootout as the Silvertips dumped the Tri-City Americans, 7-6. . . . Everett (7-6-1-0) had lost its previous two games. . . . The Americans (10-3-0-1) had a five-game winning streak end. . . . Everett F Daniel Bartek forced OT with a PP goal at 17:40 of the third period. That was his eighth goal of the season. . . . Tri-City got a goal and two assists from each of F Johnny Lazo, F Jason Reese and F Adam Hughesman. . . . Everett three times had a two-goal lead. . . . Everett LW Kyle Beach (back spasms) sat this one out. . . . Tri-City D Brett Plouffe left early with an undisclosed injury. . . . On Friday, in Kennewick, Wash., the Americans beat the Silvertips, 1-0. . . . In Everett’s last five home games, teams have combined to score 50 goals. The Silvertips have won all five games — 5-2 over Kamloops, 8-6 over Kelowna, 5-2 over Seattle, 7-3 over Seattle.

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