Wednesday . . .

The Prince George Cougars got their roster down to 25 on Wednesday by assigning D Tyler Miller, 18, to the BCHL’s Merritt Centennials. Miller was pointless and had nine penalty minutes in two games with the Cougars. Miller, who is from Prince George, played 28 games with the BCHL’s Westside Warriors last season. . . . The Cougars are carrying 13 forwards and 10 defencemen at the moment.
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D Tyler Myers, 19, the WHL’s playoff MVP last spring, will start the NHL season on the roster of the Buffalo Sabres. If Myers doesn’t play with the Sabres, he has to be returned to the Kelowna Rockets. . . . The Rockets also had held out at least some of hope of getting back C Colin Long, 20, but he has signed a three-year deal with the NHL’s Phoenix Coyotes and will start the season with the AHL’s San Antonio Rampage.
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The Tri-City Americans have signed D Riley Guenther, who was a third-round selection in the 2009 WHL bantam draft. Guenther played last season with the bantam AAA Calgary Sabres, recording 22 points in 32 games and was named to the AMBHL all-star team. Guenther will play this season with the midget AAA Calgary Northstars. . . . The Americans now have signed their first three picks from the 2009 draft.
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Yes, the Everett Silvertips are still in the WHL. They’re just enjoying (?) 10 days off between games. And what does a WHL team do with 10 days off this early in the season, and how did that happen? Nick Patterson of the Everett Herald has that story right here.
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There was a trade in the OHL on Tuesday. A story and photo about that trade are right here. Surely there is a lesson there somewhere.
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WEDNESDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS:
In Moose Jaw, F Brendan Rowinski scored three goals as the Warriors dumped the Red Deer Rebels, 4-1. . . . Linemate Thomas Frazee drew assists on all of Rowinski’s goals. . . . Rowinski’s first WHL hat trick comprised a power-play goal, a shorthanded goal and an even-strength score. . . . Attendance was 2,141. . . . Rowinski has five goals on the season. He scored five goals in 29 games with the Warriors last season, after being acquired from the Calgary Hitmen.
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In Kamloops, D Bronson Maschmeyer drew three assists as the Blazers beat the Lethbridge Hurricanes, 5-3. . . . RW Tyler Shattock scored on a second-period penalty shot for the Blazers. . . . The Hurricanes (0-6-0-0) conclude a season-opening road trip with two games in Prince George against the Cougars. . . . Lethbridge opened on the road because its home arena is undergoing renovations.
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In Prince Albert, F Jordan Weal scored three times to help the Regina Pats to a 9-3 victory over the Raiders. . . . Weal and linemates Jordan Eberle and Brett Leffler combined for 11 points. . . . Eberle, in his first game back from the NHL’s Edmonton Oilers, had two goals and two assists. . . . Leffler had a goal and three helpers and finished plus-5. . . . Regina went into the game having scored 10 goals in five games. . . . The Pats held a 50-33 edge in shots. . . . F Killian Hutt, acquired Monday from the Portland Winterhawks, had a goal in his Regina debut. . . . Attendance was 1,800. . . . The Pats lifted G Damien Ketlo in the last minute of the third period because of concerns over a groin injury that siedelined him for three games. His status for the club’s next game, against the visiting Swift Current Broncos on Friday, is uncertain.
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In Edmonton, the Oil Kings got 31 saves from Torrie Jung as they beat the Medicine Hat Tigers, 5-0. . . . It was Jung’s first shutout this season and the fifth of his career. . . . Edmonton, once 0-13 against the Tigers, now is 2-13 in the series. . . . F Brent Raedeke had two goals for Edmonton which is 3-1-0-1. . . . Raedeke has six goals in five games. . . . Medicine Hat started Tyler Bunz in goal but yanked him at 11:13 of the second, following Edmonton’s fourth goal. Deven Dubyk, acquired earlier in the day from the Moose Jaw Warriors, finished up. . . . Medicine Hat has D Tomas Kundratek, 20, back from the New York Rangers but he hasn’t yet gotten his international release so couldn’t play.