Monday stuff . . .

There wasn’t any playoff action on Monday, but we’ve got a Game 7 treat Tuesday night with the Spokane Chiefs in Vancouver to face the Giants. Game time is 7 p.m. Pacific time.
Some notes, courtesy of Dave Sheldon, the radio voice of the Giants: This will be the first time in Giants history that they will be playing host to a Game 7. In the 2007 WHL final, the Giants lost Game 7 to the Tigers in Medicine Hat. . . . On Sunday, when the Giants won 3-2 in double OT in Spokane, it was the first time in these playoffs that the Chiefs had lost after going into the third period with the lead. They are 39-3 when leading after two periods. . . . The Giants were 6-6-2-1 when trailing after 40 minutes in the regular season; they are 1-1 in the playoffs when facing the same situation. . . . In this series, Vancouver G Tyson Sexsmith has a 1.60 GAA with a .931 save percentage; Spokane’s Dustin Tokarski is 1.73 and .944. . . . Through the first six games, Vancouver has allowed more than three goals once, in a 5-2 loss in Game 3. During the regular season, the Giants were 53-4-2-0 when holding the opposition to three or less. In the playoffs, the Giants are 7-2. . . . Spokane has held the Giants to three or fewer in all but one game, a 4-1 loss in Game 2. When the Giants were held to three or fewer in the regular season, they were 11-9-2-1. So far in the playoffs, they are 4-3 in that situation. . . .The Giants and Chiefs have played 451 minutes of hockey in the series, or the equivalent of seven and a half games.
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The Chiefs, meanwhile, are headed into their ninth Game 7 appearance in franchise history. That includes one series (1985-86) that went nine games. . . . Spokane has a 5-3 record in series that have gone seven or nine games. . . . Most recently, the Chiefs beat the Tri-City Americans 4-1 in Kennewick, Wash., in Game 7 of the Western Conference final a year ago. . . . There are 12 players on Spokane’s roster who played in that game. . . . Spokane D Trevor Glass will be playing in the fourth Game 7 of his WHL career. Glass, who turned 21 on Jan. 22, is 3-0 in such games, although two of them came while he was with the Medicine Hat Tigers.
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If you want to get your morning laugh, chug on over to Regan Bartel’s blog and check out the debate that raged after his posting on Sunday. It is headlined: Rockets in final four. The last time I checked, there were more than 50 comments. Atta boy, Regan. Way to stir it up!
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D Colby Robak of the Brandon Wheat Kings is the Boston Pizza WHL player of the week. He had seven points, four of them goals, and was plus-6 in two games last week. The Wheat Kings won both games and swept the Medicine Hat Tigers from a second-round playoff series. . . . G Dustin Tokarski of the Spokane Chiefs is the WHL’s nominee as the ADT CHL goaltender of the week. He was 3-1-0-0 with a 1.27 GAA and .956 save percentage.
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Here’s Tri-City Americans G Chet Pickard, in conversation with Doyle Potenteau of the Kelowna Daily Courier:
“As the season went on, I thought Kelowna was definitely the best team in the league. They made a couple of good deals at the deadline, and acquiring (Mikael) Backlund at the same time was a big deal, too.
“They play such a good system and they have a lot of guys who play good roles. You look at (Mitchell) Callahan and (Curt) Gogol, those guys ran the crap out of us every game. They have guys for every role on that team: Big guys, strong guys, lots of guys who can put the puck in the net.
“And if you look at their back-end, they have (Tyler) Myers and (Tyson) Barrie and (Tysen) Dowzak and (Collin) Bowman. They have a very complete team."
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The Phoenix Coyotes have signed F Justin Bernhardt to an entry-level NHL contract. Bernhardt, a free agent, played as a 20-year-old with the Prince Albert Raiders this season, completing his fifth WHL season. He was fifth in the WHL points derby, with 92 in 72 games. Bernhardt, who is from Yorkton, Sask., was never selected in the NHL draft.
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The Allan Cup tournament began Monday in Steinbach, Man., and there are a whole lot of former WHLers — including Theo Fleury — chasing the Canadian senior hockey championship. You can follow the tournament right here.