Sunday . . .

G Mackenzie Skapski of the major midget Fraser Valley Bruins is in B.C. Children’s Hospital in Vancouver, recovering from surgery to repair head injuries suffered in a bus accident Friday afternoon near Williams Lake, B.C. Skapski, from Abbotsford, B.C., was taken by the Kootenay Ice in the third round, 57th overall, of the 2009 bantam draft. He played last season with the Abbotsford Hawks, who won the B.C. bantam championship. . . . Skapski was released from ICU on Sunday and now is recovering in his own room. He has had two plates and some screws surgically installed to repair damage and facilitate healing.
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Have you ever wondered about the Tri-City Americans and the number of Winnipeggers on their roster? The Winnipeg Sun takes a look at that phenomenon right here.
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It’s over. The QMJHL’s Saint John Sea Dogs had their winning streak halted at 22 games Sunday when they lost 7-3 to the Wildcats in Moncton. That is the third-longest winning streak in QMJHL history.
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A couple of notes from the Vancouver Giants’ 5-4 shootout victory over the Blazers in Kamloops on Saturday:
The victory was the 466th of Vancouver head coach Don Hay’s WHL career. He is tied for fourth on the all-time list with Jack Shupe (Weyburn, 1966-67, Medicine Hat, Victoria, 1971-82), but is 52 behind the legendary Pat Ginnell, who is third.
Hay, once a Kamloops firefighter, has stood behind the bench as a WHL head coach for 759 games, 11th on the all-time list. Next up is Marcel Comeau, at 780.
The leading active coach is Lorne Molleken of the Saskatoon Blades, who is ninth, with 812 appearances.
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Jean-Francois Houle is leaving his post as an assistant coach with the Clarkson University Knights to become head coach of the QMJHL’s Lewiston Maineiacs.
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SUNDAY:
In Lethbridge, the Medicine Hat Tigers scored three second-period goals as they erased a 3-1 deficit and went on to a 5-4 victory over the Hurricanes. . . . F Austin Fyten gave the home side a 3-1 lead with a PP score at 3:43 of the second period. . . . But the Tigers (21-10-2-4) got goals from D Thomas Carr, his first, F Taylor Gal and F Emerson Etem, his 25th, before the second period ended. . . . F Joey Frazer got his fourth at 12:30 of the third and it was needed when F Carter Bancks got a PP goal for Lethbridge at 16:03. . . . The Hurricanes (10-18-3-1) were 2-for-6 on the PP; the Tigers were 0-for-4. . . . F Wacey Hamilton had a goal and two assists for the Tigers and was plus-3. . . . Medicine Hat has won five in a row and 10 of 12. . . . The Tigers used F Gui Glasspoole, 17, in two weekend games. He plays for the midget AAA Calgary Royals. . . . Attendance was 3,050.
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In Calgary, F Chase Schaber got the shootout winner as the Hitmen edged the Kootenay Ice, 3-2. . . . Schaber was the shootout’s sixth and final skater. . . . The Ice led 1-0 after one period and 2-1 through a lot of the third. . . . Calgary F Del Cowan forced OT with his sixth goal at 17:19 of the third period. . . . Attendance was 16,751. . . . Calgary F Ian Schultz scored his club’s first goal and it was the Teddy Bear score. . . . The goal resulted in 14,655 stuffed toys hitting the ice. . . . The Hitmen (25-8-1-1) continue to lead the overall standings. . . . The Ice (16-15-1-2) has lost three of four.
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In Portland, G Ian Curtis stopped 23 shots to help the Portland Winterhawks to a 2-0 victory over the Everett Silvertips. . . . Curtis has two shutouts this season and two in his career. . . . Everett G Thomas Heemskerk made 33 saves. . . . Portland F Nino Niederreiter scored his 20th goal at 9:12 of the first period and it stood up. . . . Niederreiter, a 17-year-old from Switzerland, leads all CHL freshmen with 37 points. . . . F Brad Ross added insurance with his 16th at 4:21 of the third. . . . F Ryan Johansen drew assists on both goals. . . . The Winterhawks (21-13-0-1) had lost two of three. . . . The Silvertips, who have lost four of five with Portland this season, are 17-12-2-1. They have been shut out three times this season. . . . Attendance in the Rose Garden was 3,868. . . . Word out of Portland’s camp is that LW Luke Walker, who needed surgery Thursday after being struck in the face with a puck the previous night, is undecided about reporting to the U.S. national junior team’s selection camp.
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In Kennewick, Wash., F Patrick Holland scored his second and third goals of the season as the Tri-City Americans beat the visiting Swift Current Broncos, 6-2. . . . The Americans (24-9-0-0) scored the game’s first four goals as they won for the fifth time in six games. . . . F Johnny Lazo of the Americans, who had back-to-back three goal games earlier this month, scored twice, giving him 19. Lazo’s goals were both shorthanded. . . . The victory lifted the Americans past the idle Vancouver Giants and into first place in the Western Conference. . . . Tri-City G Drew Owsley stopped 27 shots in earning his 23rd victory this season and the 30th of his career. . . . The Broncos (17-16-0-2) are 1-1 on their U.S. Division swing. . . . Attendance was 3,264.