Monday . . .

Candidates are starting to line up in hopes of landing the general manager’s job with the OHL’s Peterborough Petes. The Peterborough Examiner has that story right here.
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G Thomas Heemskerk of the Everett Silvertips has joined the AHL’s Worcester Sharks, the AHL affiliate of the NHL’s San Jose Sharks. Heemskerk, who turned 20 on April 11, signed a free-agent deal with San Jose in September. He led the WHL with a .927 save percentage, as he went 24-12-2-2 with a 2.34 GAA. . . . Worcester opens a first-round playoff series with the Lowell Lock Monsters on Wednesday.
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The OHL will hear bid presentations for the 2011 Memorial Cup on Wednesday and it seems that the Missisauga St. Michael’s Majors and Windsor Spitfires are in a real close race to serve as host team. That story is right here.
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The BCHL’s Nanaimo Clippers have brought back former player Michael Olson as associate GM/associate coach. That story is right here.
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The La Ronge Ice Wolves, who have won the SJHL title, will open at home against the MJHL-champion Dauphin Kings on Friday and Saturday in the first two games of the ANAVET Cup series. . . . La Ronge took out the Yorkton Terriers in six games, winning 3-2 in overtime on Sunday. . . . Dauphin, the host team for the Royal Bank Cup, is coming off a sweep of the Winnipeg Saints in the MJHL final.
The Vernon Vipers on their second straight BCHL title on Monday, beating the visiting Powell River Kings 3-1 in Game 7. . . . Vernon will play the AJHL champion in the Alberta-B.C. final. The AJHL title will be decided Tuesday when the Spruce Grove Saints play host to Game 7 against the Fort McMurray Oil Barons.
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The NHL’s Columbus Blue Jackets are moving their AHL affiliation from the Syracuse Crunch to the Springfield Falcons, who had been hooked up with the Edmonton Oilers. . . . The Blue Jackets announced Monday that they won’t renew the contracts of the Crunch coaching staff — head coach Ross Yates and assistants Trent Cull and Karl Goehring.
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WHL PLAYOFFS
SECOND ROUND
(Best-of-7)
(x — if necessary)
(All times local)
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Calgary (1) vs. Medicine Hat (5)
(Calgary wins series 4-2)
April 2: Medicine Hat 2 at Calgary 5 (8,431)
April 4: Medicine Hat 0 at Calgary 4 (6,976)
April 6: Calgary 3 at Medicine Hat 4 (OT) (3,832)
April 7: Calgary 4 at Medicine Hat 1 (4,006)
April 9: Medicine Hat 5 at Calgary 4 (9,004)
April 11: Calgary 3 at Medicine Hat 2 (OT) (4,006)
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Brandon (2) vs. Saskatoon (3)
(Brandon wins series 4-2)
April 2: Brandon 6 at Saskatoon 5 (6,418)
April 3: Brandon 4 at Saskatoon 1 (5,353)
April 7: Saskatoon 5 at Brandon 4 (4,026)
April 9: Saskatoon 4 at Brandon 3 (4,765)
April 10: Saskatoon 2 at Brandon 3 (4,026)
Monday: Brandon 5 at Saskatoon 2 (8,606)
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WESTERN CONFERENCE
Tri-City (1) vs. Kelowna (6)
(Tri-City wins series 4-1)
April 2: Kelowna 3 at Tri-City 5 (3,977)
April 3: Kelowna 4 at Tri-City 1 (3,812)
April 6: Tri-City 2 at Kelowna 0 (5,231)
April 7: Tri-City 3 at Kelowna 2 (5,368)
April 9: Kelowna 3 at Tri-City 4 (OT) (4,334)
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Portland (5) vs. Vancouver (2)
(Vancouver leads series 3-2)
April 3: Vancouver 9 at Portland 6 (5,849)
April 4: Vancouver 7 at Portland 4 (3,757)
April 7: Portland 3 at Vancouver 2 (7,088)
April 9: Portland 3 at Vancouver 5 (8,828)
April 10: Portland 5 at Vancouver 4 (6,418)
Tuesday: Vancouver at Portland (Rose Garden), 7 p.m.
x-Wednesday: Vancouver at Portland (Memorial Coliseum), 7 p.m.
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THIRD ROUND
(Best-of-7)
(x — if necessary)
(All times local)
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Calgary (1) vs. Brandon (2)
Friday: Brandon at Calgary, 7 p.m.
Saturday: Brandon at Calgary, 7 p.m.
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WESTERN CONFERENCE
Tri-City (1) vs. Portland/Vancouver winner
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MONDAY:
In Saskatoon, F Matt Calvert broke a 4-4 tie at 8:09 of the third period as the Brandon Wheat Kings beat the Blades, 5-4. . . . The Wheat Kings won the second-round series 4-2 and will meet the Calgary Hitmen in the Eastern Conference final. That series opens with games in Calgary on Friday and Saturday nights. . . . The Blades, who won twice in Brandon but lost all three homes games in the series, actually led this one 3-0 early in the second period. They got a first-period goal from F Marek Viedensky and early second-period scores from F Jeremy Boyer, at 0:41 on the PP, and F Gaelan Patterson, at 1:11. . . . Brandon then scored four straight goals, with D Colby Robak, F Aaron Lewadniuk, on the PP, and F Scott Glennie finding the range in the second period. . . . F Shayne Wiebe gave Brandon its first lead at 5:07 of the third period. . . . Saskatoon F Charles Inglis tied the score at 7:11, with Calvert notching the winner just 58 seconds later. . . . Glennie and Brandon F Brayden Schenn each had two assists. . . . Calvert had gone three games without a goal before he got his fifth of these playoffs. . . . The Blades got two assists from captain Derek Hulak, who, as a 20-year-old, was playing his final WHL game. . . . Brandon was 1-for-3 on the PP; Saskatoon was 1-for-4. . . . Brandon G Jacob DeSerres stopped 33 shots, three more than Saskatoon’s Steven Stanford. . . . Attendance was 8,606. . . . Brandon D Darren Bestland (undisclosed) didn’t play. He missed the first three games of the series with an undisclosed problem, but played in Games 4 and 5.
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PLAYOFF NOTES:
There is only one second-round playoff series still going and it could end Tuesday night. The Vancouver Giants have a second opportunity to finish off the Winterhawks when they meet at the Rose Garden in Portland. If a Game 7 is needed, it will be played Wednesday in Portland’s Memorial Coliseum. . . . The Giants won’t have F J.T. Barnett for either game. He has a should injury, the extent of which isn’t yet known. Barnett, whose season may well be over, was injured in Game 3 on Wednesday in Vancouver. . . . Portland D Taylor Aronson (shoulder), who was injured in Game 4, won’t play. . . . Scott Sepich, a Portland freelance writer who writes on the Winterhawks, notes that the Winterhawks have “never won a home-ice Game 6 in a best-of-seven playoff series, going 0-9 in its previous opportunities, including a 4-3 loss to Spokane on March 29.” . . . The Winterhawks are 0-5 on home ice in these playoffs and have been outscored 29-19 in the five losses.