More from Tuesday . . .

A bit more on a trade that was mentioned here earlier in the day. . . . The Kelowna Rockets, with veteran G Mark Guggenberger, 20, hobbled by sore groins, acquired G Warren Shymko from the Tri-City Americans for a 2010 ninth-round bantam draft pick. . . . With Guggenberger unable to play, G Adam Brown will start his fifth straight exhibition game Friday against the visiting Vancouver Giants. . . . Shymko, 17, was a fifth-round pick by the Americans in the 2007 bantam draft. He was in the Americans’ camp before being reassigned to the SJHL’s Yorkton Terriers. . . . “He was one of the top goalies in the Saskatchewan league,” Rockets president/GM Bruce Hamilton told Doyle Potenteau of the Kelowna Daily Courier. “We needed to get somebody in here to back Brown up because there’s no certainty as to when Mark will be ready to play. “We think it’s a matter of time when Mark is ready to go. But, for now, it’s the uncertainty of how long it’s going to take to get him back and ready to go, so we had to add another guy so we have two guys who can play at any time.” . . . Shymko spent the last two seasons with the midget AAA Saskatoon Contacts. Last season, he was 18-4-3 with a 2.27 GAA and a .914 save percentage.
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The Prince Albert Raiders have acquired LW Craig McCallum, 20, from the Edmonton Oil Kings for a conditional 2010 bantam draft pick. McCallum played two seasons with the Oil Kings, totaling 75 points in 139 games. . . . The Raiders now have four 20-year-olds, the others being F Dustin Cameron, D Patrick Kozyra and G Garrett Zemlak. . . . The trades leaves the Oil Kings with four 20s – F Brett Breitkreuz, G Torrie Jung, D Drew Nichol and D Garrett Thiessen.
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The Kamloops Blazers got their roster down to 29 players by reassigning F Uriah Machuga, 17, and D Max Mowat, 16, on Tuesday. . . . Machuga started last season with the Blazers and got into 18 games before being sent home. He is from Norco, Calif. . . . Mowat, a list player from Coldstream, B.C., is likely to open the season with the Okanagan Rockets of the B.C. major midget league. . . . The Blazers are carrying two goaltenders, 10 defencemen and 17 forwards, including the five players who are at NHL camps.
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The Prince George Cougars returned home from the Everett tournament, where they went 1-1-0-1, and Tuesday trimmed their roster to 25 by reassigning six forwards and two defencemen. The Cougars did reveal to where they had assigned them but gone are F Justin Bertow, 18, F Bobby Asham, 17, F Caleb Belter, 16, F Wilson Dumais, 16, F John Odgers, 16, F Troy Bourke, 15, D Josh Smith and D Dane Phaneuf. . . . The Cougars are carrying two goaltenders, nine defencemen and 14 forwards as they head into their last two exhibition games. They’ll play in Kamloops on Friday with the Blazers traveling to Prince George for a Saturday game.
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The Tri-City Americans have reassigned F Braeden Adamyk, 19, to the SJHL’s Kindersley Klippers. Adamyk, from Neepawa, Man., had 10 points in 66 games with the Edmonton Oil Kings in 2007-08. He played last season with the Klippers.
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If you are following the Medicine Hat Tigers, the following seven players have been released from the training camp roster: D Nick Eliason, 16, of Outlook, Sask.; D Colin Fay, 18, of St. Claude, Man.; LW Todd Fiddler, 16, of Meadow Lake, Sask.; D Devon McMullen, 15, of Moosomin, Sask.; C Brad Robinson, 17, of Duncan, B.C.; LW Jason Trott, 17, of Anmore, B.C.; and, D Jesse Ursic, 16, of Port Alberni, B.C. . . . The Tigers also added C Trent Ouellette, 16, of Three Hills, Alta., to their roster.
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The Central league’s Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees have signed F Kyle Sheen (Kootenay, Kamloops, 1999-2004). Sheen, from Calgary, had 18 points and 154 penalty minutes in 47 games with the Rapid City Rush last season.
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The Lethbridge Hurricanes, who signed six players a few days ago, signed two more on Tuesday. D Brandyn Hulit, 16, and F Mitchell Guiel, 15, both signed WHL contracts. Hulit, from Coutts, Alta., was the 84th pick in the 2008 bantam draft. He played for the midget AAA Lethbridge Hurricanes last season. Guiel, the 103rd pick in the 2009 draft, played for the bantam AAA Langley, B.C., Eagles last season.
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The Vancouver Giants have released D Matt Strong, 19, who was acquired early in the offseason from the Chilliwack Bruins for a 2010 eighth-round bantam draft pick. . . . It is looking more and more as though the Giants will open with three 16-year-old defencemen – Luke Fenske, Zach Hodder and David Musil.
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If you are at all interested in the ongoing saga of the NHLPA and its dismissal of Paul Kelly as its executive director, this right here is the best story I have read to date.