Wednesday . . .

The Everett Silvertips have revealed that D Shayne Brown, 20, won’t return due to a chronic hip injury. He was acquired last season from the Medicine Hat Tigers but played only 11 games due to injury. . . .
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A couple of trades that were made Tuesday during the import draft: The Kamloops Blazers dealt their second-round pick to the Vancouver Giants for a second-round import selection in 2010. . . . The Tri-City Americans acquired a second-round import pick from the Prince George Cougars for a 2010 13th-round bantam draft pick. . . .
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Ted Nolan is back in the game. Nolan’s three-year contract with the New York Islanders expired Tuesday – they fired him after the 2007-08 season -- and he signed Wednesday with the AHL’s Rochester Americans as their vice-president of hockey operations. Nolan, 51, played for the Americans in 1984-85. . . . Benoit Groulx, a veteran of eight seasons as a QMJHL coach, just completed his first season as the American’s head coach.