Saturday . . .

Eric Fehr of the Washington Capitals and Ryan Stone of the Edmonton Oilers were teammates with the Brandon Wheat Kings not so long ago and are the best of friends. On Saturday, they played against each other in Edmonton. There is more on the two friends right here.
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There is more right here on the AHL possibly ending up in Victoria or other points west. This piece is from Cleve Dheensaw of the Victoria Times Colonist.

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According to Steve Ewen of the Vancouver Province, the Vancouver Giants are bringing in some reinforcements. Ewen reports that the Giants have signed D Luke Fenske, 16, from the BCHL’s Alberni Valley Bulldogs. A third-round pick in the 2008 bantam draft, he’ll join the Giants after the Christmas recess. . . . Ewen also reports that the Giants are pursuing Mark MacMillan, 17, of Port Alberni and D Wes Vannieuwenhuizen, 17, of the BCHL’s Surrey Eagles. Vannieuwenhuizen was a sixth-round pick in 2007. . . . The Giants also are checking out F Aaron Hadley, 16, of the junior B Beaver Valley Nitehawks, who was a 10th-round selection in 2008. . . . For more on this story, check out Ewen’s blog -- The Dub Hub -- over there on the left.
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SATURDAY:
In Medicine Hat, F Taylor Gal and F Kale Kessy each scored two goals as the Tigers dumped the Calgary Hitmen, 6-4. . . . The Hitmen (26-9-1-1) led this one 2-0 at 16:12 of the first period, on goals by F Tyler Fiddler, his 17th, and F Joel Broda, his 20th. . . . But the Tigers (22-11-2-4) scored the next six goals. . . . F Emerson Etem got his 27th for the Tigers; he has five in four games against Calgary. . . . Etem also had two assists, while F Matt MacKay set up three goals. . . . The Hitmen got two goals from Fiddler and three helpers from F Misha Fisenko. . . . Attendance was 4,006. . . . The previous three games between these teams had been decided in shootouts, with Calgary winning twice.
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In Cranbrook, B.C., F Dustin Sylvester had three goals to lead the Kootenay Ice to a 6-1 victory over the Lethbridge Hurricanes. . . . Sylvester also had an assist. . . . The Ice, which won 8-2 in Lethbridge on Friday, was 6-for-9 on the PP, setting a franchise record for PP goals in one game. . . . D Brayden McNabb had a goal and three assists, while D Hayden Rintoul added three assists for the Ice (19-15-1-2), which has won three in a row. . . . The Hurricanes (10-20-3-1) have lost three straight. . . . Ice G Todd Mathews stopped 19 shots, losing his shutout when F Mitch Maxwell got his 16th goal at 10:42 of the third. Yes, it came via the PP. . . . Lethbridge G Brandon Anderson stopped 17 shots. . . . Attendance was 2,669. . . . Lethbridge G Linden Rowat, out since October with an ankle problem, has been cleared to resume skating on Dec. 26.
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In Brandon, F Aaron Lewadniuk and F Mark Stone each scored three times to lead the Wheat Kings to an 8-2 victory over the Moose Jaw Warriors. . . . It was the first WHL hat trick for each player. . . . Lewadniuk also had an assist. . . . F Toni Rajala and F Shayne Wiebe each had three assists for Brandon (25-11-0-2), which goes into the break having won eight in a row. . . . Brandon scored the game’s first four goals and the last four. . . . The Warriors fell to 17-15-1-2 as they lost for the sixth time in seven games. . . . Brandon G Andrew Hayes stopped 16 shots. . . . Attendance was 4,743. . . . Moose Jaw starter Jeff Bosch gave up three goals on 11 shots before being replaced by Brandon Glover, who stopped nine of 14 shots. . . . The Wheat Kings had beaten the Warriors 4-1 in Moose Jaw on Friday.
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In Chilliwack, F Byron Froese’s shootout goal gave the Everett Silvertips a 4-3 victory over the Bruins. . . . The shootout went five rounds and Froese was the ninth shooter. Earlier, Everett got a shootout goal from F Scott MacDonald, with D Jesse Craige scoring for the Bruins. . . . F Ryan Howse got his 28th goal of the season for Chilliwack, moving him to within one of WHL leader Jordan Eberle of the Regina Pats. . . . Howse’s goal was the 70th of his career, one shy of Oscar Moller’s franchise record. . . . F Kellan Tochkin, who is from just down the Trans-Canada Highway in Abbotsford, got two for the Silvertips. He now has 12. . . . Everett F Cameron Abney forced OT with his third of the season at 10:21 of the third. . . . F Kevin Sundher had a goal and an assist for the Bruins, with D Brandon Manning drawing two assists. . . . The Bruins were 2-for-6 on the PP; the Bruins were 0-for-4. . . . Attendance was 3,679. . . . The Silvertips (19-13-2-1) had lost seven of nine. . . . The Bruins (15-17-1-5) had won their last two games.
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In Portland, G Drew Owsley stopped 46 shots, including 22 in the second period, to lead the Tri-City Americans to a 6-0 victory over the Portland Winterhawks. . . . Owsley, one of the biggest stories of the WHL season’s first half, has four shutouts this season and five in his career. . . . Owsley stopped 32 shots on Friday as the Americans blanked the Silvertips 3-0 in Everett. . . . F Jordan Messier scored three goals and set up another for the Americans (26-9-0-0), who have won four in a row and are 5-0 against Portland (22-15-0-1) this season. . . . F Patrick Holland added two Tri-City goals. . . . Attendance in the Rose Garden was 7,152. . . . Owsley’s shutout was the 42nd by WHL goaltenders this season.
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In Prince George, the Cougars got two goals from F Taylor Makin as they beat the Kamloops Blazers, 4-2. . . . Makin, whose first goal was the Teddy Bear score, has six goals this season. . . . F Nick Buonassisi broke a 2-2 tie with his sixth goal at 12:40 of the third period. Makin, who also had an assist, added insurance at 15:06. . . . The Blazers (14-17-2-3) scored two PP goals, giving them seven in their two games in Prince George. They scored five times on the PP in a 7-2 victory on Friday. . . . The Cougars (7-26-1-1) got a goal and two assists from F Jaroslav Vlach and two assists from F Brock Hirsche. . . . Prince George G Hudson Stremmel, who didn’t get out of the first period on Friday, stopped 34 shots. . . . Kamloops G Kurtis Mucha stopped 28. . . . Attendance was 4,299. . . . The teams return from the Christmas break to play in Kamloops on Dec. 27.
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In Red Deer, G Kraymer Barnstable stopped 24 shots to help the Rebels beat the Edmonton Oil Kings, 2-0. . . . The shutout was the first of Barnstable’s career. . . . It was Red Deer’s first shutout this season and the fourth time Edmonton (10-20-4-4) has been blanked. . . . Barnstable, who has been backing up Darcy Kuemper and hadn’t played in 11 games, is 6-1-0-0. . . . F Colton Mayor’s second goal of the season, at 2:54 of the first period, was all the offence Red Deer (18-15-0-2) would need. . . . F Turner Elson added insurance with his fifth goal at 12:33 of the second. . . . F Matt Dumba, the fourth overall pick in the 2009 bantam draft, picked up an assist on Elson’s goal, his first career WHL point coming in his third game. He also was plus-2. . . . Attendance was 4,698. . . . Edmonton, which had won two in a row, had beaten the visiting Rebels 3-1 on Friday.
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In Saskatoon, F Derek Hulak scored two goals and set up three others as the Blades beat the Prince Albert Raiders, 5-2. . . . The Raider had beaten the Blades 4-2 in Prince Albert on Friday. . . . Hulak has 16 goals this season. . . . F Dustin Cameron of the Raiders got the game’s first goal, at 15:14 of the first period. . . . The Blades scored the next five -- two in the first, one in the second and two in the third. . . . F Charles Inglis added a goal and two assists for Saskatoon (24-7-1-3). . . . The Raiders (20-16-1-2) had won two in a row. . . . Attendance was 4,363. . . . The Blades had D Jyri Niemi (shoulder) back in their lineup. He had missed seven games and now will join the Finnish national junior team.
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In Kent, Wash., F Cody Eakin’s shootout goal gave the Swift Current Broncos a 3-2 victory over the Seattle Thunderbirds of Kent. . . . With Seattle shooting first for each round, Eakin, the first Broncos’ shooter, scored the only goal his side would need as the hosts were blanked. . . . Swift Current F Taylor Vause forced OT with a shorthanded goal at 19:49 of the second period. . . . The Broncos (19-17-0-2) went 3-2 on their U.S. Division swing. . . . The Thunderbirds are 13-19-1-4. . . . Seattle F Charles Wells had two assists. . . . Swift Current G Mark Friesen stopped 26 shots through OT. . . . Seattle G Calvin Pickard also stopped 26 shots. . . . Attendance was 3,347.
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That’s it. The WHL now is on its Christmas break. The regular season resumes on Dec. 27.