Tuesday . . . early

The Prince Albert Raiders have signed four members of their management team to two-year deals that run through 2011-12. They all were on contracts that were to have expired on May 31. General manager and head coach Bruno Campese was re-signed, as were Steve Young, Craig Bedard and Duane Bartley. . . . "The Board undertook a complete review and unanimously voted to extend the contracts of Bruno Campese and the hockey staff for two years," said team president Dale McFee, who is a former Raiders player, in a press release. . . . Campese has been head coach since June 21, 2007, and GM since Jan. 14, 2008. . . . Young, who signed on as the assistant GM/assistant coach on May 8, 2008, has been promoted to assistant GM/associate coach. . . . Bedard returns as assistant coach, a role he has filled since July 9, 2007. . . . Bartley, the athletic therapist, is the longest serving member of the hockey staff, having joined the Raiders on July 31, 2001.
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Shaw TV will cover the second-round series between the Calgary Hitmen and Medicine Hat Tigers. Here are the dates for that series (all times local):
Friday: Medicine Hat at Calgary, 7 p.m.
Sunday: Medicine Hat at Calgary, 5 p.m.
April 6: Calgary at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.
April 7: Calgary at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.
x-April 9: Medicine Hat at Calgary, 7 p.m.
x-April 11: Calgary at Medicine Hat, 6 p.m.
x-April 13: Medicine Hat at Calgary, 7 p.m.
x - if necessary.
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The first two games of the Eastern Conference series between the No. 2 Brandon Wheat Kings and No. 3 Blades will be played in Saskatoon. With the Royal Manitoba Winter Fair in Brandon’s Keystone Centre, the series will go 2-3-1-1, if necessary. Here’s the schedule (all times local):
Friday: Brandon at Saskatoon, 7 p.m.
Saturday: Brandon at Saskatoon, 7 p.m.
April 7: Saskatoon at Brandon, 7 p.m.
April 9: Saskatoon at Brandon, 7:30 p.m.
x-April 10: Saskatoon at Brandon, 7:30 p.m.
x-April 12: Brandon at Saskatoon, 7 p.m.
x-April 14: Saskatoon at Brandon, 7 p.m.
x - if necessary.
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The dates for the Western Conference series between the No. 1 Tri-City Americans and No. 6 Kelowna Rockets (all times local):
Friday: Kelowna at Tri-City Americans, 7:05 p.m.
Saturday: Kelowna at Tri-City, 7:05 p.m.
April 6: Tri-City at Kelowna, 7 p.m.
April 7: Tri-City at Kelowna, 7 p.m.
x-April 9: Kelowna at Tri-City, TBA
x-April 11: Tri-City at Kelowna, TBA
x-April 13: Kelowna at Tri-City, TBA
x - if necessary.