More from Thursday . . .

The Regina Pats have solved their 20-year-old situation by putting F Mitch Czibere on waivers. They acquired Czibere and a 2009 fourth-round bantam draft pick from the Vancouver Giants on Sept. 11, 2008, for D Curtis Kulchar and F Todd Kennedy. . . . Czibere had 29 points in 53 games last season. . . . The Pats are left with three 20-year-olds – D Matt Delahey, F Brett Leffler and F Matt Strueby. They also are hoping to find a place for G Linden Rowat, 20, to play. . . . The Pats also announced that F Garrett Mitchell’s thumb injury will keep him out indefinitely. He was injured while blocking a shot in Wednesday’s 4-3 shootout victory over the visiting Saskatoon Blades. He will have more X-rays next week. . . . It’s the Pats and the Moose Jaw Warriors on Friday night in Game 1 of the battle for the Mayor’s Cup. A Pats’ press release notes that the Pats are the Cup holders, having won five of six games last season.
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The NHL’s New Jersey Devils have assigned Swedish D Alexander Urbom, 19, to the Brandon Wheat Kings. Urbom, who has signed an NHL contract, should arrive in Brandon on Friday but isn’t likely to play that night against the visiting Swift Current Broncos. He was a third-round pick by the Devils in the NHL’s 2009 draft. . . . The Wheat Kings learned earlier Thursday that Finnish F Toni Rajala, who has been rehabbing a knee injury in the camp of the Edmonton Oilers, will head for Brandon after watching his NHL team meet the Tampa Bay Lightning in an exhibition game in Winnipeg. . . . The Wheat Kings still have two other forwards in NHL camps, as Brayden Schenn is with the Los Angeles Kings and Matt Calvert is with the Columbus Blue Jackets.