Wednesday . . .

F Andrej Kudrna of the Red Deer Rebels will play for his native Slovakia at the 2010 World Junior Championship that runs Dec. 26 through Jan. 5 in Regina and Saskatoon. Kudrna, who was acquired from the Vancouver Giants on Oct. 6 for F Cass Mappin, leaves the Rebels on Dec. 15 to head for Prince Albert, the site of Slovakia’s pretournament camp. The 18-yer-old has 25 points in 21 games with the Rebels. . . . Vancouver has two players — D David Musil and F Sebastian Svendsen — invited to national junior team training camps. Musil, 16, will be in the Czech Republic’s tryout camp in Regina starting Dec. 17. He has nine points and is plus-13 in 26 games with the Giants. Svendsen, 18, will go to camp with Denmark in Geneva, Switzerland, on Dec. 9. Denmark plays in the Division 1, Group A tournament in France, Dec. 14-20. He has three goals and is plus-1 in 26 games with the Giants.
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F Sahir Gill, whose WHL rights belong to the Kamloops Blazers, has committed to attend Boston University next season. Gill, whose rights the Blazers acquired last season from, yes, the Vancouver Giants, is with the USHL’s Chicago Steel. Gill played last season for the junior A champion Vernon, B.C., Vipers and chose to join the Steel shortly after the season ended. Gill, who is from Terrace, B.C., has 20 points in 16 games with the Steel.
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The Kootenay Ice will be without F Dominick Pacovsky, 19, for up to six weeks after he broke a foot while blocking a shot against the visiting Regina Pats on Friday. Originally, it was thought the foot was bruised, but X-rays have shown a break. He underwent surgery on Monday.
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The AHL’s San Antonio Rampage has added a couple of former WHLers — D Shaun Heshka and G Justin Pogge — to its roster. . . . Heshka (Everett, 2003-05) was assigned to the Rampage by the NHL’s Phoenix Coyotes. Heshka got into eight games with the Coyotes and recorded two assists — his first two NHL points. . . . The Anaheim Ducks moved Pogge (Prince George, Calgary, 2003-06) from the ECHL’s Bakersfield Condors to the Rampage. Pogge was 6-2-0 with a 2.69 GAA and a .902 save percentage with Bakersfield. No word on whether he likes the Bakersfield sound, though.
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The Medicine Hat Tigers will be without Czech F Zdenek Okal for up to eight weeks after he needed surgery to repair damage to his right wrist. Okal was injured in Friday’s 6-4 victory over the visiting Prince Albert Raiders when his wrist was slashed by a skate. Tigers associate coach Shaun Clouston told Darren Steinke of the Medicine Hat News: “They had to sew a vein or an artery, I don’t know which one, back together. Then, there was a nick on one of the tendons. It is not severe. There was also a fairly major nerve that had to be put back as well. Basically, he is going to be really careful right now. He is in a cast.” . . . The injury takes Okal out of the World Junior Championship. He was to have attended the Czech team’s training camp. . . . The Tigers picked up F Josh Lazowski, 18, who was with the AJHL’s Spruce Grove Saints, and he likely will play against the Rebels in Red Deer on Saturday. He had 43 points in 29 games with the Saints. Lazowski had two points in 13 games with the Seattle Thunderbirds in 2007-08.
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WEDNESDAY:
In Kent, Wash., the host Seattle Thunderbirds erased a 1-0 deficit with five straight goals as they beat the Regina Pats, 5-2. . . . D Jeremy Schappert scored Seattle’s last two goals. He has seven. . . . F Prab Rai scored his 14th goal and set up two others for Seattle (10-14-1-3). . . . The Pats (14-12-3-0) got shorthanded goals from F Garrett Mitchell and F Matt Strueby, his 18th. . . . Regina had won five in a row. . . . Seattle was 2-for-7 on the PP; Regina was 0-for-6. . . . Attendance was 3,018. . . . With Seattle G Calvin Pickard playing for Team WHL against a Russian side in Victoria, the Thunderbirds gave Kyle Jahraus a rare stop and he turned aside 26 shots.
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In Everett, F Tyler Maxwell scored at 2:02 of overtime to give the Silvertips a 4-3 victory over the Spokane Chiefs. . . . F Shane Harper had two goals and an assist for the Silvertips (15-7-1-0). . . . Maxwell’s goal was his 16th, while Harper also has 16. . . . D Jared Spurgeon drew three assists for the Chiefs (14-9-1-0). . . . Attendance was 4,881. . . . Everett was 0-for-5 on the PP; Spokane was 2-for-3. . . . Everett G Kent Simpson stopped 34 shots, two fewer than Spokane’s James Reid. . . . Everett trailed this one 3-1 to start the third period, but forced OT with goals from F Chris Langkow, at 6:19, and Harper, at 7:05. . . . Prior to the game, the Silvertips designated D Drew McDermott, an 18-year-old from Saskatoon, was reassigned earlier in the day. He had three assists in 11 games, after picking up three points in 53 games last season.
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In Kennewick, Wash., the Tri-City Americans had six different scorers as they beat the Portland Winterhawks, 6-2. . . . Tri-City (19-6-0-0) also had four different players with two assists each, none of whom scored a goal. . . . D Jarrett Toll, F Kruise Reddick, F Johnny Lazo, F Justin Feser, F Neal Prokop and D Brett Plouffe had the goals, while the two-assist men were F Sergei Drozd, F Brooks Macek, F Jordan Messier and F Adam Hughesman. . . . Portland started G Ian Curtis, but he left after giving up two goals on eight shots in the game’s first 7:49. Freshman Mac Carruth came on to turn aside 30 of 34 shots. . . . Tri-City G Drew Owsley stopped 24 shots. . . . Portland F Luke Walker picked up an elbowing major and game misconduct at 17:35 of the third period. . . . The Americans were 3-for-8 on the PP; the Winterhawks (16-12-0-0) were 0-for-4. . . . Portland has lost four in a row. . . . Attendance was 3,764.