Saturday . . .

There was an horrific incident in a Friday night game that has left an OHL player in hospital, in critical but stable condition. There is an update from his team right here, while the game story is right here.
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SATURDAY:
In Chilliwack, the Bruins won their second game in less than 24 hours, beating the Calgary Hitmen, 4-2. . . . The Bruins had beaten the Blazers 7-1 in Kamloops on Friday night. . . . F Jamie Crooks scored twice as the Bruins erased a 2-1 deficit by scoring the game’s last three goals. . . . Crooks tied the game twice, at 1-1 midway in the first period, and at 2-1 midway in the second. . . . F Ryan Howse snapped the 2-2 tie with his 11th goal at 17:54 of the second period. . . . Attendance for the rare Saturday afternoon game was 3,052. . . . The Hitmen were coming off a 2-0 victory over the Giants in Vancouver on Friday night. . . . Chilliwack G Mark Friesen stopped 28 shots, while Calgary’s Martin Jones, who also played Friday, turned aside 19. . . . Friesen also played Friday, coming on in relief of the injured Lucas Gore at 9:53 of the second period. . . . The Bruins (7-6-1-3) moved into a tie for fourth with idle Kamloops (8-8-2-0) in the Western Conference. . . . The Hitmen (13-5-0-0) later slipped into a tie for top spot in the Eastern Conference. The Saskatoon Blades moved into that tie with a victory in Moose Jaw.
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In Spokane, G Kurtis Mucha tied a Portland franchise record as the Winterhawks dumped the Chiefs, 2-0. . . . Mucha stopped 35 shots, including 14 in the first period, as he posted his eighth career shutout and tied Lanny Ramage for the franchise record. . . . It was Mucha’s first shutout this season. . . . Mucha stopped F Mitch Holmberg on a second-period penalty shot. . . . Portland (13-5-0-0) has won five straight. . . . Portland F Spencer Bennett opened the scoring at 15:08 of the second period with his eighth goal this season. . . . Portland F Brad Ross put it away with his ninth of the season, an empty-netter with 16 seconds to play. . . . Attendance was 4,642. . . . The teams meet again Sunday, this time in Portland. . . . The Winterhawks remain tied with the Tri-City Americans for top spot in the U.S. Division.
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In Prince George, G Brett Martyniuk was perfect in his first start this season as the Tri-City Americans dropped the Cougars, 4-0. . . . Martyniuk, a sophomore, went into the game having played just 20 minutes this season as the red-hot Drew Owsley has been the go-to guy. On this night, though, Martyniuk stopped 20 shots in recording his first career shutout. He got into 15 games last season. . . . F Brendan Shinnimin led the Tri-City offence with two goals and an assist, while F Adam Hughesman had a goal and two assists. . . . Shinnimin, who had 25 points, including 12 goals, in 64 games last season, has 28 points, 12 of them goals, in 16 games this season. . . . The Cougars fell to 3-12-0-0. . . . Attendance was 1,630, the smallest crowd to watch the Cougars play in their 15 seasons in Prince George. . . . The Americans (13-3-0-0) have beaten the Cougars eight straight times since Oct. 3, 2007. . . . G Hudson Stremmel stopped 36 shots for the Cougars.
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In Red Deer, G Thomas Heemskerk stopped 41 shots to lead the Everett Silvertips to a 3-0 victory over the Rebels. . . . It was Heemskerk’s first shutout this season and the fourth of his career. . . . Heemskerk served notice he was on his game with a 20-save first period. . . . D Radko Gudas scored twice for Everett (8-4-0-0). The freshman from Prague has 13 points, seven of them goals, in 12 games. . . . The Rebels are 8-9-0-0. . . . Attendance was 4,353.
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In Lethbridge, D Alexander Urbom was credited with a goal at 19:47 of the third period gave the Brandon Wheat Kings a 5-4 victory over the Hurricanes. . . . The Wheat Kings (10-7-0-2) wrapped up a seven-game road trip with the victory. They went 3-1-0-1 in the U.S. Division, then lost 2-1 to the Kootenay Ice Friday before finishing up in Lethbridge. . . . The Hurricanes (5-11-2-0) came back from a 3-1 deficit and then tied the game 4-4 when F Cam Braes scored with 32 seconds left in the third period. . . . All that did was set the stage for Urbom, a freshman from Sweden, to score his second goal of the game and third of the season. . . . However, Brandon GM/head coach Kelly McCrimmon told the Brandon Sun’s Rob Henderson that the goal actually was scored by F Paul Van de Velde, a 19-year-old who was acquired earlier in the week from the Everett Silvertips. McCrimmon said that Van de Velde, who also scored Brandon’s fourth goal, tipped in Urbom’s wrist shot. . . . F Mitch Maxwell scored Lethbridge’s other three goals, giving him nine this season. . . . Brandon G Andrew Hayes stopped 17 shots, while Lethbridge’s Brandon Anderson turned aside 37. . . . With starter Linden Rowat (leg) out, the Hurricanes had Dylan Tait, an 18-year-old from Lethbridge on the bench. Rowat was hurt in the opening minute of Friday’s 4-3 loss to the visiting Seattle Thunderbirds. . . . Attendance was 3,001.
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In Moose Jaw, D Stefan Elliott’s second goal of the game broke a 3-3 tie and gave the Saskatoon Blades a 4-3 victory over the Warriors. . . . Elliott scored 51 seconds into the first period and again at 6:59 of the third period. . . . The Blades (12-3-0-2) scored the game’s first three goals, with F Walker Wintoneak giving them a 3-0 lead with a shorthanded score 42 seconds into the second period. . . . The Warriors (11-6-0-0) then scored three in row, with F Quinton Howden’s PP goal forging a 3-3 tie four minutes into the third period. . . . The Blades, who have won 10 of 11, got 29 saves from G Adam Morrison. . . . Moose Jaw G Jeff Bosch stopped 15 shots. . . . Attendance was 2,091. . . . The rematch is Tuesday in Saskatoon.
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In Medicine Hat, the Tigers got three goals each from three players as they routed the flu-ravaged Seattle Thunderbirds, 11-2. . . . Medicine Hat (9-6-2-2) had lost three in a row. . . . F Emerson Etem, F Matt MacKay and F Bretton Cameron each scored three times. . . . Etem, a freshman from Long Beach, Calif., has 15 goals in 19 games. He also had three goals in a 12-5 victory over the Blazers in Kamloops on Oct. 12. . . . MacKay now has nine goals, while Cameron has 17. . . . Etem and MacKay also had two assists each, while D Jace Coyle set up four goals. . . . The Thunderbirds fell to 4-10-0-2. . . . Attendance was 4,006. . . . The Thunderbirds scratched five players with the flu and four others played despite being ill. According to Darren Steinke of the Medicine Hat News, Seattle was missing F Sena Acolatse, D Steve Chaffin, F Chance Lund, F Prab Rai and D Scott Ramsay. At the same time, F Tyler Alos, F Luke Lockhart, F Lindsay Nielsen and D Stevan Warg played despite being ill.