Sunday . . .

A velodrome inside Portland’s Memorial Coliseum,the home of the Winterhawks? Why not? That story is right here and right here.
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Congratulations to Ian Henry, the Seattle Thunderbirds media and public relations director, and his good wife. They welcomed Fiona Parker into the world on Friday, at 12:41 a.m., in Tacoma. Fiona weighed 7.4 lb., and was 19 inches long. She also has a good lot of black hair. Mom and daughter, Dad says, are doing great.
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The New York Rangers have signed F Dane Byers, who was a restricted free agency. Byers, 23, played for the Prince Albert Raiders (2002-06) and was a second-round pick by the Rangers in the 2004 NHL draft. He has played 165 regular-season games with the Hartford Wolf Pack, the Rangers’ AHL affiliate. He missed the last 71 games of last season with an injury, but had four points in six playoff games.
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C Zach Hamill, who won the 2006-07 WHL scoring title with the Everett Silvertips, is spending some time in the Boston area. Read about it right here.
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From the rumour mill: The sister of D David Musil, whose WHL rights ended up with the Vancouver Giants after a trade with the Kootenay Ice that followed a clandestine draft of some sort, apparently will play volleyball at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, B.C., in the fall. . . . The leading candidate to be the next head coach of the Swift Current Broncos? One source told me Sunday that would be Mark Lamb.
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Nancy McPhee of the Summerside, P.E.I., Journal Pioneer has an interesting story involving a coach who has been disciplined because one of his players got involved in something of an off-ice situation during the Royal Bank Cup in Victoria in May. That story is right here.
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D Victor Bartley, who captained the Regina Pats while using up his major junior eligibility last season, is taking part in the New York Islanders’ prospects camp.
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Tim Schmitt of the Niagara Gazette says D Tyler Myers, who has been in the Buffalo Sabres’ prospects camp, could very well start next season back with the Kelowna Rockets. That piece is right here.
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Helene Elliott of the Los Angeles Times has an interesting column on the Los Angeles Kings’ prospects camp. A lot of it wasn’t open to the public, which is rather interesting. Brayden Schenn, Thomas Hickey and Colten Teubert all come in for a mention right here.