Friday's over

The WHL trade deadline arrives today . . . at 2 p.m. Pacific time, which is 3 p.m. in the WHL office in Calgary . . .
The Swift Current Broncos were involved in Friday’s only three trades. . . . They started by sending F Matt Ius, 18, to the Chilliwack Bruins for F Liam Darragh, 18. . . . The Broncos later dealt D Jesse Dudas, 20, to the Regina Pats for a 2010 fourth-round bantam draft pick. . . . Swift Current also acquired G Morgan Clark, 18, from the Red Deer Rebels for a 2010 fifth-round draft pick. . . . Dudas, who was acquired last season from the Prince George Cougars, hasn’t played this season after injuring a knee in the Edmonton Oilers’ camp. It was thought he would report to the Broncos after Christmas, but he chose not to and requested a trade instead. . . . With the Broncos having acquired Clark, it leads one to speculate that another deal is in the works, one that will have one of Swift Current’s goaltenders — either Travis Yonkman, 20, or Mark Guggenberger, 19 — on the move. . . .
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JUST NOTES: F Michael St. Croix, 15, scored his first WHL goal for Edmonton as the Oil Kings beat the Warriors 3-1 in Moose Jaw. St. Croix, a son of former NHL goaltender Rick St. Croix, was the fourth overall selection in the 2008 bantam draft. . . . Moose Jaw G Jeff Bosch, who was acquired earlier from the Regina Pats, underwent an ultrasound on an injured hip Friday. His return is uncertain. . . . In Cranbrook, F Evander Kane scored twice and added an assist to lead the Vancouver Giants to a 4-1 victory over the Kootenay Ice. The game was Kane’s first since returning from Team Canada. . . . D Nick Ross scored the Giants’ first goal in his first game since being acquired Thursday from the Kamloops Blazers. . . . Giants F Casey Pierro-Zabotel had three assists. . . . Vancouver was without D Jon Blum (dental surgery). . . .
C C.J. Stretch scored in the shootout to give the host Kamloops Blazers a 4-3 shootout victory over the Chilliwack Bruins. The Blazers tied the game 3-3 on RW Jimmy Bubnick’s 20th goal of the season in the third period. It came off a faceoff win by C Seth Compton, who was acquired Wednesday from the Spokane Chiefs. . . . F Colby Robak scored a PP goal 24 seconds into overtime as the host Brandon Wheat Kings edged the Saskatoon Blades 4-3. That moved the second-place Wheat Kings to within three points of the Blades, who are the Eastern Conference’s second seed. . . . Brandon got two goals from F Andrew Clark and one from D Keith Aulie, who was playing his first game since playing for Team Canada and then signing with the NHL’s Calgary Flames. . . . Saskatoon held a 3-1 lead in the third period. Brandon tied it on a PP goal by Clark 30 seconds into the third and Aulie tied it at 7:10. . . . Brandon has won six in a row and is 9-0-1-0 in its last 10 games. . . .
In Kelowna, F Brandon McMillan scored the shootout winner after setting up three goals in regulation time as the Rockets got past the Portland Winter Hawks, 5-4. . . . C Cody Almond had two goals for the Rockets. . . . F Radim Valchar forced OT with a Portland goal with 52 seconds left in the third period. The Rockets had taken a 4-3 lead with PP goals eight seconds apart. . . . G Adam Brown, 17, made 24 saves in his second straight start for Kelowna. . . . G Kurtis Mucha, 19, stopped 32 shots for Portland. . . . F Adam Hughesman was the only one of eight shootout shooters to score, giving the visiting Tri-City Americans a 4-3 victory over the Seattle Thunderbirds of Kent. It was Seattle’s first home-ice loss in their new facility, in which it had won its first two games. . . . Attendance was 3,508. . . . C Mitch Fadden, who began his WHL career in Seattle, scored twice for Tri-City, including the OT-forcing goal at 6:39 of the third period. . . . F Greg Scott scored twice for the Thunderbirds. . . .
The Everett Silvertips, who are 0-5 in OT this season, ran their shootout record to 3-0 with a 3-2 victory over the visiting Prince George Cougars. . . . F Shane Harper won it in the fifth round of the circus. . . . F Brian Matte scored twice in regulation time for Prince George. . . . In Regina, the Pats fell 5-3 to the Swift Current Broncos. The loss, combined with other results on the night, knocked the Pats into ninth spot in the Eastern Conference. The top eight teams make the playoffs. . . . Regina has lost six in a row. . . . The Pats led this one 2-0 before giving up five straight goals. . . . Broncos F Liam Darragh, who was acquired earlier in the day from Chilliwack, earned one assist and got into a scrap with Regina D Colten Teubert. . . .
In Lethbridge, the Prince Albert won for the seventh time in 11 games, beating the Hurricanes 3-2. Lethbridge now has lost seven in a row. . . . The Hurricanes, who reached the championship final last spring, now are 10th in the 12-team Eastern Conference. The Raiders, Kootenay Ice and Edmonton Oil Kings are tied for sixth. . . . Lethbridge G Juha Metsola was back after his stint with Finland at the World Junior Championship. . . .
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WHL trades since Dec. 26:
Dec. 30: Kootenay trades G Thomas Heemskerk, 18, to Everett for a 2010 third-round bantam draft pick.
Jan. 5: Saskatoon trades F Brody Sutter, 17, to Lethbridge for a 2009 fifth-round bantam draft pick.
Jan. 6: Prince Albert trades F Robbie Ciolfi, 17, to Prince George for RW Ryan Kowalski, 17.
Jan. 6: Prince Albert trades F Matt Robertson, 20, to Regina for F Michael MacAngus, 20, and a 2009 fourth-round bantam draft pick.
Jan. 6: Everett trades LW Kyle Beach, 18, and D Mike Alexander, 19, to Lethbridge for D Alex Theriau, 16, LW Daniel Iwanski, 18, and a 2009 first-round bantam draft pick.
Jan. 7: Spokane trades C Seth Compton, 20, and a 2010 third-round bantam draft pick to Kamloops for RW Brady Calla, 20.
Jan. 8: Moose Jaw trades LW Ryley Grantham, 20, and a 2011 fifth-round bantam draft pick to Kelowna for F Dylan Hood, 18.
Jan. 8: Kamloops trades D Nick Ross, 19, and F Alex Rodgers, 19, to Vancouver for D Curtis Kulchar, 18, and three bantam draft picks — third- and fourth-rounders in 2009 and a second-rounder in 2010.
Jan. 8: Kootenay trades LW Kris Foucault, 18, to Calgary for RW Ryan Fox, 18.
Jan. 8: Moose Jaw trades C Joel Broda, 19, and LW Tomas Karpov, 19, to Calgary for C Brendan Rowinski, 18, and second- and seventh-round 2009 bantam draft picks.
Jan. 9: Swift Current trades F Matt Ius, 18, to Chilliwack for F Liam Darragh, 18.
Jan. 9: Swift Current trades D Jesse Dudas, 20, for a 2010 fourth-round bantam draft pick.
Jan.9: Red Deer trades G Morgan Clark, 18, to Swift Current for a 2010 fifth-round bantam draft pick.