Valchar on the move

The Portland Winterhawks have traded F Radim Valchar to the Lethbridge Hurricanes in exchange for a conditional sixth-round pick in the 2010 WHL bantam draft. That leaves the Winterhawks with forwards Nino Niederreiter and Jacob Berglund as their two imports. Both were selected in the CHL's 2009 import draft. Valchar, 20, had 41 points, including 21 goals, last season. He is expected to join the Hurricanes immediately and be in their lineup Friday when they meet the Rebels in Red Deer in Game 3 of a season-opening eight-game road trip.