Friday . . .

There’s more right here on the NAHL, the Albert Lea Thunder and the situation involving parents who claim to have paid so their sons would have spots, and playing time, with the team.
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An interesting note from Dan Plaster, the Regina Pats’ director of communications:
“Just a few years ago, it was the big players who dominated the WHL top 10 scorers, but in 2009-10 that is not the case. (Going into Friday’s games), just two of the 11 players in the top 10 -- Brayden Schenn and Igor Revenko, both of whom are 6-foot-0 -- are 6-foot-0; the remainder are shorter than that. The remainder are Brandon Kozun, 5-9; Brendan Shinnimin, 5-10; Jordan Eberle, 5-10; Jordan Weal, 5-9; Willie Coetzee, 5-10; Bretton Cameron, 5-11; Craig Cunningham, 5-10; Cody Eakin, 5-11; and, Matt Calvert, 5-10.
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FRIDAY:
In Cranbrook, F Brett Leffler and F Matt Strueby scored in the shootout to give the Regina Pats a 3-2 victory over the Kootenay Ice. . . . The Ice led this one 2-0 on late first-periods goals from D Joey Leach and F Kevin King. . . . Regina (11-11-3-0) got goals from F Jordan Eberle, at 13:41 of the second period on the PP, and RW Kyle Mulder, at 14:48 of the third. . . . F Max Reinhart scored in the shootout for the Ice (11-12-1-1). . . . Attendance was 2,641. . . . Eberle’s goal was the 124th of his career with the Pats and moved him into a tie with F Dave Michayluk (1979-82) for 13th on the club’s all-time list. He had been tied with F Mike Wanchuk (1971-74). . . . The Pats now head into the U.S. Division for five games, starting Saturday in Kennewick against the Tri-City Americans. It’s interesting that Eberle and D Colten Teubert will miss games in Portland and Seattle because they will be with Team WHL as it meets a touring Russian side in two Subway Super Series games.
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In Moose Jaw, the Saskatoon Blades scored the game’s first three goals and went on to beat the Warriors, 4-1. . . . F Brent Benson got the Blades (19-3-0-3) rolling with his second goal of the season at 12:29 of the first period. . . . D Stefan Elliott scored his ninth of the season early in the second period for a 2-0 lead. . . . F Walker Wintoneak of the Blades added his 14th into an empty net in the third period. . . . Saskatoon G Steven Sanford stopped 26 shots, including 13 in the third period, losing his shutout when F Antonin Honejsek scored 57 seconds into the period. . . . Moose Jaw is 15-9-1-0. . . . The teams staged a multi-fight situation at 2:20 of the second period, which means the WHL’s coffers will be enriched just in time for the Christmas shopping season. . . . Attendance was 2,310. . . . The Warriors scratched F Jason Bast (facial injuries), F Thomas Frazee (ill) and F Nathan McMaster (concussion), and then lost F Riley Reinbolt and F Corey Scott in the multi-fight situation. . . . According to Matthew Gourlie of the Moose Jaw Times-Herald, “Bast has had surgery to repair the broken bone in his face. The good news is that his jaw won’t be wired shut. However, the swelling was so severe after the surgery that he was almost unrecognizable and a time line for his return is still uncertain.”
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In Brandon, F Matt Calvert broke a 2-2 tie at 19:59 of the second period and the Wheat Kings went on to a 5-2 victory over the Calgary Hitmen. . . . The teams had traded goals until Calvert scored. . . . Calvert’s goal came off a faceoff in the Calgary zone with just 1.1 seconds left on the clock. . . . F Paul Van de Velde upped Brandon’s lead to 4-2 at 2:59 of the third. . . . Attendance was 4,868. . . . F Toni Rajala scored twice for Brandon. He has 10 goals in his freshman season. . . . Brandon improved to 15-10-0-2; Calgary is 19-7-0-0. . . . Brandon G Andrew Hayes stopped 28 shots, eight fewer than Calgary`s Martin Jones.
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In Edmonton, F Blake Gal scored twice as the Spokane Chiefs scored a 3-1 victory over the Oil Kings. . . . Gal also earned an assist as he was in on all three Spokane goals. He has five goals this season. . . . Spokane G James Reid stopped 41 shots as the Chiefs improved to 13-7-1-0. . . . Attendance was 5,613. . . . Edmonton F Mark Raedeke ended Reid’s shutout with his 12th goal at 18:53 of the third period. . . . Gal’s first goal, at 14:21 of the first period, was shorthanded. . . . The Oil Kings are 8-13-2-4. . . . Note that the Oil Kings have rescheduled a game that originally was to have been played Nov. 29. That game, against the visiting Moose Jaw Warriors, will be played on Nov. 28 so as not to conflict with the Grey Cup game.
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In Medicine Hat, F Wacey Hamilton scored two goals and set up another as the Tigers got past the Prince Albert Raiders, 6-4. . . . Hamilton has eight goals this season. . . . F Bretton Cameron added a goal, his 22nd, and two helpers for the Tigers (14-9-2-3). . . . The Raiders (12-12-1-2) got the game’s first goal, when F Dustin Cameron got his 12th at 8:50 of the first period. But the Tigers scored the game’s next four goals and led 4-1 at 11:21 of the second period. . . . F Craig McCallum had three assists for the Raiders. . . . Attendance was 4,006.
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In Kennewick, Wash., G Drew Owsley stopped 25 shots to help the Tri-City Americans to a 6-0 victory over the Everett Silvertips. . . . It was Owsley’s first shutout this season and the second of his career. . . . F Johnny Lazo scored twice for the Americans, while F Adam Hughesman had a goal and two assists. . . . The Americans (18-5-0-0), who are 9-0 at home, scored four first-period goals. On Tuesday, they struck five times in the first period as they beat the visiting Seattle Thunderbirds of Kent, 5-3. . . . Attendance was 4,614. . . . It was the second time Everett (13-7-1-0) has been blanked this season. . . . Tri-City D Eric Mestery, who was reacquired Thursday from the Lethbridge Hurricanes, had an assist and was plus-2.
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In Prince George, the Cougars got 38 saves from G Alex Wright as they beat the Kelowna Rockets, 3-2. . . . Cougars F Brock Hirsche gave his guys a 3-1 lead with a PP goal at 14:46 of the third period. The goal proved large when D Collin Bowman scored for the Rockets (11-13-1-0) at 18:49. . . . D Dallas Jackson and F Nick Buonassisi gave the Cougars (4-17-1-1) a 2-0 lead going into the third period. . . . F Geordie Wudrick got a PP goal for the Rockets early in the third. . . . Wudrick has two goals in two games since being acquired from the Swift Current Broncos earlier in the week. . . . D Tyson Barrie had two assists for the Rockets, who have lost five games in a row. . . . Attendance was 2,060. . . . Kelowna was 1-for-6 on the PP; Prince George was 1-for-9. . . . F Tyler Halliday, claimed on waivers by the Rockets from the Cougars earlier in the week, was pointless with four penalty minutes. And he was plus-1.
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In Chilliwack, F Ryan Howse and F Roman Horak scored two goals and added an assist each to help the Bruins to a 6-4 victory over the Portland Winterhawks. . . . Howse has 21 goals on the season, while Horak has 10. . . . The Bruins are 11-12-1-3. . . . Portland (16-9-0-0) got two goals and an assist from F Luke Walker. . . . Walker’s two goals forged a 3-3 tie at 18:04 of the second period, but Chilliwack F Chris Collins scored at 19:35 of the second period and Horak made it 5-3 with a shorthanded goal just 55 seconds into the third period. . . . Howse’s second goal also was shorthanded. . . . On Sunday, the Bruins won 5-3 in Portland, with Howse and Horak each scoring twice.
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In Kent, Wash., C Lindsay Nielsen scored twice to lead the Seattle Thunderbirds to a 3-1 victory over the Kamloops Blazers. . . . The Blazers lost RW Tyler Shattock in the first period when he took a boarding major, misconduct and game misconduct for a hit on Seattle D Steve Chaffin, who left and didn’t return. . . . Seattle (9-13-1-3) has won five of its last six games. . . . The Blazers (10-13-2-1) are winless in five and are 2-11-0-1 in their last 14 outings. . . . Seattle was 2-for-9 on the PP; the Blazers were 0-for-3. . . . Kamloops G Jon Groenheyde stopped 27 shots, while Seattle’s Calvin Pickard turned aside 15.