Sunday . . .

WARNING: Loser point rant on the way!
So . . . consider the weekend that was in the B.C. Division.
The Vancouver Giants went into the weekend with a 4-1-0-1 record. They were one point ahead of the Kamloops Blazers, who were 4-1-0-0.
And the teams were to play a home-and-home series, opening Friday in Kamloops and finishing Saturday in Vancouver.
Prior to Friday, there was talk of how, although the season is early, these were the proverbial four-point games.
So . . . the Blazers won the opener 2-1 in a shootout and the Giants won the second one, 5-4, in overtime.
And everyone went home with three points.
So . . . were they two-pointers or three-pointers or four-pointers or six-pointers?
And let’s shed a tear for the Kelowna Rockets. Because while Vancouver and Kamloops were divvying up six points from their two games, the Rockets were playing in a measly little two-pointer with the Chilliwack Bruins.
And then, of course, the Blazers lost 4-3 in OT to the Portland Winterhawks on Sunday. So add another loser point to Kamloops' total.
All of this is, of course, courtesy of the loser point, the worst — and most absurd — thing in sports today.
By the way, in the last 20 games between Vancouver and Kamloops, Vancouver is 11-5-0-4 and Kamloops is 9-9-2-0. Try explaining that to a 12-year-old hockey fan.
So . . . the Giants are six games over .500 in those 20 games. But the Blazers have a .500 record. And in the 20 games between the teams the WHL has doled out 46 points.
This is absolutely bizarre and it’s time someone made a decision to at least discuss alternatives.
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The Prince George Cougars lost F Brett Connolly, the CHL’s reigning rookie of the year, with a recurring hip injury during their 9-2 loss to the visiting Lethbridge Hurricanes on Sunday. Connolly left the game in the second period and didn’t return. He was on crutches after the game. He later told the Prince George Citizen that it’s the same injury he first suffered while in Europe with Team Canada at the U-18 Ivan Hlinka Memorial tournament in August. . . . The Cougars next play Friday in Kamloops.
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The BCHL’s Prince George Spruce Kings have acquired D Tyler Miller, 18, who was released last week by the WHL’s Prince George Cougars. Miller, who is from Prince George, was acquired from the Merritt Centennials for future considerations. . . . Meanwhile, former Cougars D Jeff Regier, 18, is with the BCHL’s South Surrey Eagles. Regier, whom the Cougars acquired last season from the Everett Silvertips, had been at home in Abbotsford, B.C., waiting for the Cougars to trade him.
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F Brock Balson, a third-round pick in the 2008 bantam draft, has been designated for assignment by the Prince Albert Raiders. He was pointless in two games with the Raiders. . . . Balson will be joining the GM/head coach Tyler Boldt and his junior B Chase Chiefs this week. . . . The Raiders now are carrying 24 players, including three goaltenders and eight defencemen.
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A couple of former WHLers are on the move after a Sunday trade in the MJHL. The Portage Terriers traded D Eddie Friesen, 19, and G Matt Krahn, 18, to the Neepawa Natives for D Zach Tully, 20, D Kyle Krzyzaniak, 17, F Braeden Adamyk, 19, and futures. . . . Friesen (Everett) and Adamyk (Edmonton) have WHL experience.
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SUNDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS:
In Calgary, the Moose Jaw Warriors got a late goal from F Dylan Hood and beat the Hitmen, 4-3. . . . Calgary took a 3-1 lead into the third period after F Kris Foucault scored his second goal of the game at 19:31 of the second period. . . . The Warriors stormed back getting goals form D Travis Hamonic at 4:15, F Brendan Rowinski, on the PP, at 9:07, and Hood, at 16:06. . . . Rowinski has six goals this season; Hood has one. . . . Hood also drew an assist and was plus-3. . . . The Hitmen had gone into the game with a 5-0-0-0 record. They were the last of the WHL’s unbeaten teams. . . . Attendance was 6,349. . . . Moose Jaw (4-3-0-0) got 33 saves out of freshman G Brandon Glover who picked up his first WHL victory. He was 0-2 in two appearances last season and had yet to earn a decision in two appearances this season.
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In Medicine Hat, the Tigers outscored Edmonton 2-1 in the shootout to post a 4-3 victory over the Oil Kings. . . . F Matt MacKay, acquired last week from the Moose Jaw Warriors, and D Mark Isherwood scored in the eight-shooter circus for Medicine Hat (3-1-1-1). F Robin Soudek, Edmonton’s second shooter, was the lone visitor to score. . . . In regulation time, the Tigers got two PP goals from F Bretton Cameron and a goal and two assists from F Taylor Gal. . . . Cameron is one of five 20-year-olds on the Tigers’ roster. . . . Edmonton (4-1-0-2) forced OT when F Travis Ewanyk scored his first WHL goal at 19:33 of the third period. . . . Attendance was 4,006. . . . The Tigers were without defencemen Cody Carlson and Matt Konan, both of whom were injured in Saturday’s 5-4 OT loss to the visiting Kootenay Ice. Carlson was hurt while blocking a shot; Konan was injured in a scrap with Moose Jaw F Brock Montgomery. . . . Medicine Hat F John Stampohar was hit with the rare interference major for a hit on Edmonton F T.J. Foster, who didn’t return. The WHL will investigate the penalty. . . . Edmonton D Henrik Tervonen (shoulder) is out for up to four weeks, while D Jesse Pearson, F Colton Stephenson and F Clayton Cumiskey all are out indefinitely with concussions.
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In Kamloops, F Chris Francis scored a PP goal in OT as the Portland Winterhawks erased a 2-0 third-period deficit and beat the Blazers, 4-3. . . . Attendance was 3,963. . . . Portland (5-1-0-0) was 1-for-9 on the PP; the Blazers (5-1-2-0) were 1-for-10. . . . F JC Lipon scored his first two WHL goals for the Blazers, while F C.J. Stretch had two assists. . . . Kamloops G Jon Groenheyde stopped 55 shots.
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In Swift Current, D Eric Doyle set up two goals as the Broncos doubled the Red Deer Rebels, 4-2. . . . Attendance was 2,072. . . . The Broncos got out to a 3-0 lead before Red Deer closed the gap to 3-2 on two Willie Coetzee goals early in the third period. . . . Broncos F Dillon Wagner ended it with an empty-netter at 19:13. . . . Swift Current G Morgan Clark didn’t start against his former teammates. Instead, Alexandre Sirard made 24 saves for his first victory of this season and the second of his career. . . . The Broncos are 4-3-0-0, while the Rebels slipped to 3-5-0-0.