Wednesday . . .

F Ondrej Roman won’t play for the Spokane Chiefs tonight against the visiting Chilliwack Bruins. KXLY-TV in Spokane has reported that Roman is returning to the Chiefs for the remainder of the season. And well that is likely to happen, everything isn’t yet in place to allow it to happen. Roman, who spent the last two seasons with the Chiefs, began this season in the Czech Republic and played for his country’s national junior team at the World Junior Championship in Ottawa. Roman had 61 points last season in helping the Chiefs win the Memorial Cup. . . . In order for him to rejoin the Chiefs, he must receive his international release. That is something for which the Chiefs have applied, but have not yet received. They are hoping to receive it and are expecting to receive it, but this being the world of international hockey it isn’t done, as Yogi Berra might say, until it’s done. . . . The Chiefs are hoping to receive that release in time for Roman to play Saturday against the visiting Everett Silvertips
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D Keith Aulie, the captain of the Brandon Wheat Kings, has signed a three-year contract with the NHL’s Calgary Flames. Aulie has just returned to Brandon after helping Canada win gold at the World Junior Championship in Ottawa. Aulie, 6-foot-6 and 217 pounds, has 17 points and 42 penalty minutes in 32 games with Brandon. The Flames selected him in the fourth-round of the 2007 NHL draft. He is expected back in Brandon’s lineup Friday when they play host to the Saskatoon Blades. He will be feted by the team, the city and the province of Manitoba in pregame ceremonies.
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The CHL’s Mosaik MasterCard top 10, showing ranking, team, record, last week’s ranking and week’s in top 10, as selected by a panel of NHL scouts:
1. Calgary Hitmen (36-5-1-1) 1 11
2. Windsor Spitfires (33-5-0-1) 2 16
3. Moncton Wildcats (31-4-2-3) 7 15
4. Vancouver Giants (32-3-0-3) 4 14
5. Shawinigan Cataractes (33-9-0-0) 5 13
6. London Knights (29-8-0-1) 6 13
7. Drummondville Voltigeurs (31-6-0-3) 3 12
8. Quebec Remparts (31-8-0-2) 9 11
9. Belleville Bulls (25-12-2-2) 8 8
10. Tri-City Americans (27-10-0-2) - 5
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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.