Friday . . .

F Travis Dunstall, 20, who was released by the Everett Silvertips, has joined the AJHL’s Grande Prairie Storm and was expected to play Friday night. Dunstall skated with the Storm after the Medicine Hat Tigers, for whom he played last season, told him not to report as they were trying to move him.
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FRIDAY’S GAMES:
In Kent, Wash., F Ryan Howse scored two goals and set up another as the Chilliwack Bruins beat the host Seattle Thunderbirds, 4-1. . . . Chilliwack (1-2-0-0) won for the first time this season with Marc Habscheid behind the bench. . . . Attendance was 2,239. . . . Seattle (1-3-0-0) was 0-for-6 on the PP. . . . The Bruins scored the game’s last four goals. . . . F Isak Quakenbush, who played 112 games for Seattle over the previous two seasons, scored Chilliwack’s first goal. . . . Chilliwack G Mark Friesen stopped 31 shots.
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In Brandon, G Andrew Hayes put up his second straight shutout as the Wheat Kings beat the Swift Current Broncos, 3-0. . . . Attendance for Brandon’s home-opener was 5,280. . . . Hayes stopped 16 shots in running his shutout streak to 128 minutes 10 seconds. . . . Swift Current G Alexandre Sirard, in his WHL debut, stopped 22 shots. . . . According to the Brandon Sun’s James Shewaga, the Broncos hadn’t been blanked in 153 straight regular-season games. That was the WHL’s longest such streak going into Friday’s games. . . . Brandon F Mark Stone left with a jammed wrist in the third period and will be re-evaluated on Saturday. . . . Finnish F Toni Rajala arrived in Brandon on Thursday and skated with the Wheat Kings on Friday morning. He is rehabbing a knee injury and is believed to be seven to 14 days away from playing. . . . D Alexander Urbom was scheduled to arrived in Brandon late Friday night and is expected to play Saturday in Moose Jaw against the Warriors. . . . Fans in Brandon were treated to the unveiling of the facility’s new $1.5-million video scoreclock with replay screens.
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In Regina, the Moose Jaw Warriors won Game 1 of the Trans-Canada battle, 5-4, over the Pats. . . . The Warriors had lost six straight in Regina, since Nov. 2, 2007. . . . Moose Jaw twice held t wo-goal leads and took a 4-3 lead into the third period when it had to kill of four consecutive minors. . . . The Warriors went up 5-3 when F Quinton Howden scored on a penalty shot awarded while they were shorthanded. . . . Attendance was 4,189. . . . F Spender Edwards scored twice for Moose Jaw, which got 28 saves from G Jeff Bosch. . . . The Pats are at home to the Saskatoon Blades on Sunday, the third time in 10 days these teams will have met.
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In Red Deer, the Rebels doubled the Lethbridge Hurricanes, 4-2. . . . D Justin Weller’s first career WHL goal — it was his 84th game — broke a 2-2 tie at 11:10 of the third period. Furthermore, it was a shorthanded score. . . . Weller also was plus-3. . . . Red Deer F Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, the first overall pick in the 2008 bantam draft, scored again. He has one goal in each of the season’s first three games. In his career, he has five goals in eight games. . . . Red Deer G Darcy Kuemper stopped 35 shots, including 18 in the third period. . . . F Radim Valchar scored both Lethbridge goals. Valchar, 20, was acquired from the Portland Winterhawks earlier in the week. . . . The Hurricanes, who play their first eight games on the road while their home arena undergoes renovations, are 0-3.
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In Vancouver, F J.T. Barnett scored his fourth goal in as many games as the Giants edged the Prince George Cougars, 2-1. . . . Last season, Barnett scored once in 38 games. . . . Vancouver G Jamie Tucker stopped 22 shots, losing his shutout when F Jesse Forsberg scored with 1:05 left in the third period. . . . D Kevin Connauton, the Vancouver Canucks’ draft pick who left Western Michigan to play for the Giants this season, scored his second goal of the season. The Canucks selected him in the third round of the NHL’s 2009 draft.
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In Kamloops, F Tyler Shattock scored twice to help the Blazers to a 4-1 victory over the Kelowna Rockets. . . . The Rockets have beaten the Blazers 14 straight times — nine last regular season, four in the playoffs and one in the just-completed exhibition season. . . . Shattock leads the WHL with five goals. . . . Kelowna lost three players to injuries in the first period. D Mitchell Chapman (shoulder), D Tyson Barrie, whom head coach Ryan Huska said was “sore all over,” and F Max Adolph (leg) are doubtful for tonight’s rematch in Kelowna. Barrie was injured on what appeared to be a clean check by Kamloops F Shayne Wiebe. . . . Attendance was 4,080.
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In Medicine Hat, F Brandon Kozun scored the lone goal of the shootout as the Calgary Hitmen edged the Tigers, 5-4. . . . That means Medicine Hat GM/head coach Willie Desjardins will have to wait to get his 300th WHL head-coaching victory. The Tigers meet the Kootenay Ice in Cranbrook on Saturday. . . . Yes, attendance was 4,006. . . Kozun had a goal and two assists in regulation time and now leads the WHL with eight points.
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In Saskatoon, Edmonton G Torrie Jung stopped 36 shots as the Oil Kings beat the Blades, 4-2. . . . Edmonton D Tyler Hlookoff broke a 2-2 tie with a PP goal at 7:38 of the third period. . . . F Tomas Vincour iced it with an empty-netter. . . . Each team finished the night at 1-1-0-1 in the standings. . . . Attendance was 3,667. . . . Saskatoon, with four 20-year-olds, dressed D Sam Klassen, F Milan Kytnar and F Derek Hulak, and scratched F Walker Wintoneak.
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In Kennewick, Wash., F Brendan Shinnimin set up four goals as the Tri-City Americans got past the Portland Winterhawks, 4-3. . . . Shinnimin, who had 25 points in 64 games last season, had seven points in two games this season. . . . F Johnny Lazo and F Adam Hughesman each scored twice for the Americans, who banged in three goals after giving up the game’s first goal. Hughesman also drew an assist. . . . Tri-City G Drew Owsley stopped 28 shots. . . . F Luke Walker scored all of Portland’s goals. . . . Attendance was 3,725. . . . After the game, the Americans assigned F Max Moline to a midget AAA team in Lethbridge and F Zach McPhee to a major midget team in B.C. Moline was a fifth-round pick in the 2008 bantam draft, while McPhee went in the sixth round. . . . Tri-City now is down to 26 players, including 14 forwards and nine defencemen.