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D Grant Toulmin (Swift Current, 2005-07, 2008-20) has been released by Katowice (Poland, PHL) by mutual agreement. He was pointless in three games.
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Barring further transactions, the Seattle Thunderbirds will open the season with Rylan Toth and Carl Stankowski as their goaltenders. They traded G Ryan Gilchrist to the Lethbridge Hurricanes on Tuesday, getting back a conditional seventh-round selection in the 2017 bantam draft. . . . Toth, 20, was acquired from the Red Deer Rebels on Friday for a third-round pick in the 2017 draft. The 5-foot-9, 160-pound Stankowski, a 16-year-old Calgarian, was a second-round pick in the 2015 bantam draft. In 2014-15, he played with the bantam AAA Calgary Flames. He then moved to California with his family and spent last season with the U-16 Anaheim Jr. Ducks, going 1.87 and .935 in 16 games. . . . Gilchrist, 18, is from McLaughlin, Alta. The 6-foot-4, 190-pounder played last season with the AJHL’s Canmore Eagles, going 3.77 and .888. . . . With Lethbridge, it is expected that Gilchrist will back up veteran Stuart Skinner. . . . The Hurricanes made room for Gilchrist by releasing G Brandon Kegler, who will turn 19 on Dec. 4. Kegler, a fourth-round pick by the Saskatoon Blades in the 2012 bantam draft, played last season with the BCHL’s Salmon Arm Silverbacks.
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JUST NOTES:
The Victoria Royals have signed F Gunnar Wegleitner, 18, to a WHL contract. He was placed on the team’s protected list earlier this month after he showed well at training camp. The 6-foot-1, 190-pound Vancouverite had a goal and two assists in six exhibition games. . . . Last season, he had a goal and an assist in 14 games with the BCHL’s Surrey Eagles. In 2014-15, he had one goal in 43 games with the WHL’s Everett Silvertips. . . .
The Regina Pats are down to 28 players after dropping F Riley Krane, 16, from their roster. He is expected to play for the major midget Caribou Cougars, who are based in Prince George. Krane, from Dawson Creek, B.C., was an eighth-round pick in the 2015 bantam draft.
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His parents gave him all the tools to have the best name in hockey. But he chose football... What a shame pic.twitter.com/HPoOu5I2cF— Dylan McIlrath (@dylan_mcilrath) September 20, 2016
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TUESDAY-THURSDAY GAMES:
No Games Scheduled.
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FRIDAY GAMES (all times local):
Kootenay at Calgary, 7 p.m.
Kelowna at Kamloops, 7 p.m.
Medicine Hat at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.
Brandon at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.
Edmonton at Red Deer, 7 p.m.
Prince Albert at Regina, 7 p.m.
Saskatoon at Swift Current, 7 p.m.
Everett at Vancouver, 7:30 p.m.
Prince George at Victoria, 7:05 p.m.
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