More from Thursday . . .

The latest chapter in the Battle of the Bonner Brothers takes place Friday in Ladner, B.C. That is where the Kamloops Blazers, of general manager Craig Bonner, will meet the host Vancouver Giants, of GM Scott Bonner, in a WHL exhibition game. . . . “It would be typical of Craig to have a goon team. You can put that in the paper,” Scott said to the Vancouver Province’s Steve Ewen when asked what kind of team he expected the Blazers to put on the ice. . . . Scott was kidding. We think. . . . Vancouver, which often operates with all the secrecy of a pro football team, didn’t release a lineup. . . . At the other end of the spectrum, the Blazers released their lineup Thursday morning. Goaltender Justin Leclerc will start. Only one newcomer — Tyler Hansen, a third-round pick in the 2008 bantam draft from Magrath, Alta. — is among the six defencemen scheduled to dress. The 12 forwards will include newcomers JC Lipon, 16, Richard Vanderhoek, 18, and Dylan Willick, who turns 17 on Oct. 19. Lipon and Willick signed WHL contracts earlier this week.
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The Giants lost Danish F Stebastian Svendsen during their intrasquad game on Wednesday. But the club said Thursday he only has a bruised shoulder and is day-to-day.
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The ECHL’s Wheeling Nailers have signed D Kevin Seibel (Prince George, Swift Current, Vancouver, 1998-2004). Seibel, 26, played last season with Appiano in Italy and the Central league’s Tulsa Oilers. Before that, he spent four years at UBC, where he played for the Thunderbirds.
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Sudbury radio station CJMX reported Thursday evening that Mike Foligno, the head coach of the OHL’s Sudbury Wolves, has decided to step down. According to the report, Foligno will stay on as general manager. Associate coach Bryan Verreault will move up to head coach, while former NHLer Jeff Beukeboom will be the new assistant coach. . . . Foligno’s wife, Janis, died of cancer last month.
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The Edmonton Oil Kings have signed F Mitchell Moroz, the 30th overall pick in the 2009 bantam draft. He had 36 points in 31 regular-season games with the bantam AAA Calgary Northstars last season.
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The Red Deer Rebels have lost freshman D Matt Pufahl, 16, with a shoulder injury. He was the 68th pick in the 2008 bantam draft. Pufahl was injured early in training camp and the Red Deer Advocate reports that he has two torn ligaments in a shoulder. “He’s actually done quite a bit of damage to his shoulder,” head coach Jesse Wallin told the Advocate’s Greg Meachem. “He’s going home to Saskatoon and he has an appointment there to see an orthopedic specialist. From there it will be determined whether he needs surgery or if he’ll be able to play with a brace through the season and have the surgery next year, if it’s necessary. We certainly hope that it doesn’t need to be surgically repaired, but our guess right now is that it will probably come to that.” . . . Once he is healthy, Pufahl is expected to join the midget AAA Saskatoon Contacts.
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F Sanfred King of the Brandon Wheat Kings has received medical clearance and is scheduled to be on the ice when main camp opens today. He had his 2008-09 season end prematurely with a broken leg.
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G Joe Caligiuri, 20, has joined the MJHL’s Dauphin Kings, the host team for the 2010 Royal Bank Cup. Caligiuri had been on the Prince George Cougars’ roster, but he was released earlier this week following the acquisition of G James Priestner, 18, from the Brandon Wheat Kings. . . . The RBC is the tournament at which the Canadian junior A champion is decided.
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Let the record show that F Sean Aschim, a third-round pick in the 2007 bantam draft, scored the first goal of the WHL’s exhibition season. Aschim gave the host Prince Albert Raiders a 1-0 first-period lead but the Saskatoon Blades scored the game’s other five goals and posted a 4-1 victory. . . . It was the first exhibition game of this season. . . . Aschim is from Saskatoon. . . . The Blades got two goals from F Brent Benson, the sixth overall selection in the 2008 bantam draft.
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Dennis Hextall, who played for the Brandon Wheat Kings (1961-63), is one of the two finalists for the job as commissioner of the IHL. Hextall, 66, is an uncle to former Brandon goaltender Ron Hextall. According to the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, the finalists are “Hextall and Rob DeGagne, who played in the first incarnation of the IHL during the 1986-87 season, are the finalists for the position. An official announcement is expected next week.”