Saturday . . .

F Brandon Kozun of the Calgary Hitmen has signed a three-year deal with the NHL’s Los Angeles Kings. Kozun, a sixth-round pick by the Kings in the 2009 NHL draft, won the WHL’s scoring title this season, with 107 points. He is second in the playoff scoring race, with 14 points, as the Hitmen take a 1-0 lead into Sunday’s second game of a second-round series with the Medicine Hat Tigers. Kozun actually was born in Los Angeles, although he has played for Canada in international competitions..
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The AJHL’s Brooks Bandits have signed general manager and head coach Ryan Papaioannou to a two-year contract extension. It will run through 2011-12 and the club has an option on 2012-13.
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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 leads series 1-0)
Friday: Medicine Hat 2 at Calgary 5 (8,431)
Sunday: Medicine Hat at Calgary, 4 p.m.
Tuesday: Calgary at Medicine Hat, 6 p.m.
Wednesday: Calgary at Medicine Hat, 6 p.m.
x-Friday: Medicine Hat at Calgary, 6 p.m.
x-April 11: Calgary at Medicine Hat, 5 p.m.
x-April 13: Medicine Hat at Calgary, 6 p.m.
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Brandon (2) vs. Saskatoon (3)
(Brandon leads series 2-0)
Friday: Brandon 6 at Saskatoon 5 (6,418)
Saturday: Brandon 4 at Saskatoon 1 (5,353)
Wednesday: Saskatoon at Brandon, 5 p.m.
Friday: Saskatoon at Brandon, 5:30 p.m.
x-Saturday: Saskatoon at Brandon, 5:30 p.m.
x-April 12: Brandon at Saskatoon, 6 p.m.
x-April 14: Saskatoon at Brandon, 5 p.m.
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WESTERN CONFERENCE
Tri-City (1) vs. Kelowna (6)
(Series tied 1-1)
Friday: Kelowna 3 at Tri-City 5 (3,977)
Saturday: Kelowna 4 at Tri-City 1 (3,812)
Tuesday: Tri-City at Kelowna, 7 p.m.
Wednesday: Tri-City at Kelowna, 7 p.m.
Friday: Kelowna at Tri-City, 7:05 p.m.
x-April 11: Tri-City at Kelowna, 5 p.m.
x-April 13: Kelowna at Tri-City, 7:05 p.m.
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Portland (5) vs. Vancouver (2)
(all Portland games at Memorial Coliseum)
(Vancouver leads series 1-0)
Saturday: Vancouver 9 at Portland 6 (5,849)
Sunday: Vancouver at Portland, 5 p.m.
Wednesday: Portland at Vancouver, 7 p.m.
Friday: Portland at Vancouver, 7:30 p.m.
x-Saturday: Portland at Vancouver, 7 p.m.
x-April 13: Vancouver at Portland, 7 p.m.
x-April 14: Vancouver at Portland, 7 p.m.
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SATURDAY:
In Saskatoon, F Brent Raedeke scored twice to lead the Brandon Wheat Kings to a 4-1 victory over the Blades. . . . The Wheat Kings swept the opening two games in Saskatoon. . . . Raedeke, who is from Regina, had scored the winner in Friday’s 6-5 Brandon victory. He was a trade-deadline acquisition from the Edmonton Oil Kings. . . . After a scoreless first period, Brandon took a 2-1 lead into the third. . . . D Toni Rajala, with his first WHL playoff goal, at 5:01, and Raedeke, at 10:17, on the PP, got Brandon going. . . . F Travis Toomey of Saskatoon halved the deficit at 12:52. . . . Raedeke, with his fourth of the playoffs, and F Matt Calvert, with his fourth, on the PP, finished the scoring in the third. . . . Brandon D Travis Hamonic and F Shayne Wiebe each had two assists. . . . Brandon was 2-for-8 on the PP; Saskatoon was 0-for-6. . . . Brandon G Andrew Hayes, in his first start of these playoffs, made 30 saves as the Wheat Kings ran their postseason record to 6-0. . . . G Steven Stanford stopped 27 shots for Saskatoon. . . . Attendance was 5,353. . . . The series heads for Brandon and games Wednesday, Friday and, if necessary, Saturday. . . . Saskatoon GM/head coach Lorne Molleken completed his four-game suspension by sitting out the opening two games.
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In Kennewick, Wash., the Tri-City Americans scored the first and last goals of the game but gave up three in between and lost 3-2 to the visiting Kelowna Rockets. . . . Kelowna has lost eight straight regular-season games in Kennewick, but won Game 5 of a second-round series there last season and, of course, won Game 2 this season. . . . F Sergei Drozd opened the scoring, giving the home team a 1-0 lead at 2:36 of the first period. . . . F Spencer Main tied it for Kelowna at 12:15. . . . After a scoreless second period, the Rockets took control in the third when F Lucas Bloodoff scored at 6:18. . . . F Brandon McMillan added an empty-netter at 19:15, with F Brendan Shinnimin scoring for the Americans at 19:56. . . . The three Kelowna scorers were jerseys Nos. 15 (McMillan), 16 (Main) and 17 (Bloodoff). . . . Main and Bloodoff also had an assist each. . . . Kelowna G Mark Guggenberger stopped 35 shots, 10 more than Tri-City’s Drew Owsley. . . . Kelowna was 0-for-1 on the PP; the Americans were 0-for-2. . . . Attendance was 3,812.
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In Portland, F Brendan Gallagher scored four goals and set up another to lead the Vancouver Giants to a 9-6 victory over the Winterhawks. . . . The teams came within five goals of the WHL record for total goals in a playoff game. . . . Gallagher broke a 3-3 tie with three straight goals -- at 17:49 and 19:12 of the second period and 2:50 of the third. He got his fourth into an empty net at 18:50. . . . Gallagher, who has eight playoff goals, leads the WHL in playoff points, with 15. . . . Gallagher’s linemates, Lance Bouma and Craig Cunningham, each had a goal and two assists, while D Neil Manning had three assists. F James Wright also had a goal and two helpers. . . . Portland got a goal and three assists from F Ryan Johansen. . . . Vancouver G Mark Segal went the distance, blocking 31 shots. . . . Portland starter Mac Carruth stopped 35 of 41 shots and left
five of seven shots and left trailing 6-3 at 2:50 of the third. Ian Curtis came on to stop five of seven shots. . . . Referees Trevor Hanson and Colby Smith handed out 162 penalty minutes, 87 to Portland. . . . Vancouver was 1-for-6 on the PP; Portland was 0-for-4. . . . The game took two hours 37 minutes to play. . . . Attendance was 5,849. The game was 15 minutes late starting because of lineups to purchase tickets. . . . Scott Sepich of The Oregonian reports: “This was the most goals allowed by Portland in a playoff game since a 10-4 loss to Swift Current in the 1989 WHL final. That game was also at Memorial Coliseum in Portland. The 15 combined goals is the most for a Portland playoff game since Kamloops beat Portland 8-7 in the 1988.”