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Sunday, January 1, 2017

Blades, Royals cut deal ... Tigers get goaltender ... Blood test for concussions?

WHL trades since Dec. 27:
Trades: 6.
Players: 10.
Bantam draft picks: 5.
Conditional bantam draft picks: 1.
(WHL trade deadline is Jan. 10).
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F Arjun Atwal was in the Saskatoon Blades’ lineup on Sunday afternoon after having been acquired from
ARJUN ATWAL
the Victoria Royals in a trade announced earlier in the day.
The Blades got Atwal, 17, and an undisclosed conditional bantam draft pick in exchange for D K’Andre Miller, 16, and a sixth-round pick in the 2019 bantam draft. The Blades had acquired that sixth-round pick from the Everett Silvertips for G Dorin Luding on Dec. 2.
Atwal, from Edmonton, has been playing for the AJHL’s Sherwood Park Crusaders. The 5-foot-8, 170-pounder had 14 goals and 17 assists in 33 games. He was the highest-scoring 1999-born player in the AJHL.
The Blades have incurred some injury woes in their forward ranks and are hoping that Atwal can help them get over this rough spell.
Miller, from Hopkins, Minn., hasn’t signed a WHL contract and has, in fact, committed to Wisconsin for 2018-19. He is in the U.S. National Team Development Program, playing for the U-17 team in the USHL. The 6-foot-3, 190-pounder had three goals and six assists in 28 games. Earlier this season, he had one assist in five games with Team USA at the U-17 World Hockey Challenge.
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The Portland Winterhawks have traded G Michael Bullion, 19, to the Medicine Hat Tigers for a seventh-
MICHAEL BULLION
round selection in the 2017 WHL bantam draft.
The Winterhawks also signed G Shane Farkas, who had been with the BCHL’s West Kelowna Warrriors, and he will join Portland to play alongside Cole Kehler.
Farkas, 17, was selected in the fourth-round of the 2014 bantam draft by the Lethbridge Hurricanes. Portland acquired his rights on Sept. 15 in a deal that sent F Tanner Nagel, 18, to the Hurricanes. In 22 games with West Kelowna, Farkas, who is from Penticton, B.C., was 12-7-0, 3.10, .908.
Bullion, 19, is from Anchorage. The 6-foot-0, 200-pounder was a ninth-round pick by Portland in the 2012 bantam draft. His acquisition leaves the Tigers with three goaltenders, at least for now, with the others being Nick Schneider, who leads the WHL with 25 victories, and freshman Duncan McGovern, 16.
This season, Bullion got into 12 games with Portland, going 5-5-1, 3.76, .891.
The trade allows the Tigers to add an experience backup for what they hope will be a deep run in the spring, while the Winterhawks get to look at someone who may be their future starter.
Meanwhile, the Winterhawks also signed 5-foot-9, 140-pound F Reece Newkirk, who is with the midget AAA Moose Jaw Generals. Newkirk, 15, was Portland’s third-round pick in the 2016 bantam draft. The Moose Jaw native has 24 points, including nine goals, in 29 games with the Generals.
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The Vancouver Giants will meet the Hitmen in Calgary in Monday’s lone WHL game. Derek Holloway, the Giants’ bus driver, reports that the trip to Calgary covered 1,158 km and took 12-1/2 hours. . . . Driving conditions, he told Taking Note, were “only bad from Banff to Calgary. The Coquihalla was clear and not snowing.”
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Concussion Report
“Medical researchers in London, Ont., say they have developed a simple blood test that can detect if someone has suffered a concussion with more than 90 per cent accuracy — a finding that may eventually replace current tests that rely on patients to describe their own symptoms,” according to a CTV News report on Saturday. . . . “The blood test uses a small sample of blood drawn from someone within 72 hours of a sudden blow to the head to measure 174 brain chemicals that change in response to a brain injury. Doctors then run tests on the blood to search for signs of a concussion.” . . . The complete story is right here.
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SUNDAY’S GAMES:

At Edmonton, F Lane Bauer scored in OT to give the Oil Kings a 4-3 victory over the Calgary Hitmen. . . .
LANE BAUER
On Friday, the Hitmen had beaten the visiting Oil Kings, 3-2. . . . Bauer scored his 25th goal just 21 seconds into the OT period. . . . Calgary held a 2-0 lead in this one, then trailed 3-2 in the third period. . . . The Hitmen got that lead on PP goals from F Mark Kastelic (6) and F Beck Malenstyn (15), at 4:47 and 7:00. . . . The Oil Kings tied it on second-period PP goals from F Trey Fix-Wolansky (9) and F Colton Kehler, at 10:32 and 15:43. . . . Kehler’s 11th goal, at 19:48, gave Edmonton a 3-2 lead. . . . The Hitmen forced OT when F Matteo Gennaro scored his 12th goal, at 6:30 of the third period. . . . D Aaron Irving had two assists for Edmonton, while Bauer added one to his goal. . . . Irving has 14 goals and 29 assists in 39 games after finishing last season with nine and 31 in 72 games. . . . Gennaro also had an assist for Calgary. . . . Edmonton G Patrick Dea stopped 33 shots, six more than Calgary’s Cody Porter. . . . The Oil Kings were 2-3 on the PP; the Hitmen were 2-4. . . . “The guys had to dig deep today. We are patching it together up front,” Edmonton head coach Steve Hamilton said on the team website. “Just with the injuries and flu going through, it is tough. We ask guys to assume some pretty substantial minutes and I really liked the energy that our two young guys (Scott Atkinson and Liam Keeler) brought to us. It was great to see. We found a way.” . . . Edmonton (18-17-4) is tied with the idle Red Deer Rebels (17-16-6) for third in the Central Division, five points behind the Lethbridge Hurricanes. . . . The Hitmen (14-17-4) are eight points out of a playoff spot. . . . Announced attendance: 11,547.
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At Regina, the Pats unleashed a 72-shot attack en route to a 7-2 victory over the Prince Albert Raiders. .
NIC SANDERS
. . Prince Albert G Nic Sanders went the distance, with 65 saves. . . . G Max Paddock made 30 saves in his first WHL start for Regina. He’s got some good bloodlines — John Paddock, the Pats’ GM/head coach, is an uncle, as is Vaughn Karpan, a former player who now is the director of player personnel for the Vegas Golden Knights. . . . Max Paddock, 16, was a 10th-round pick by the Pats in the 2015 bantam draft. He plays for the midget AAA Brandon Wheat Kings, but has been with the Pats while G Jordan Hollett is out with an injury. . . . F Austin Wagner and F Riley Woods (6) gave Regina a 2-0 first-period lead with goals at 1:38 and 13:56. . . . F Cavin Leth got the Raiders to within one with his 10th goal, at 5:10 of the second period. . . . Regina put it away with the next three goals. . . . F Nick Henry got his 18th, on a PP, at 10:14 of the second period, with Wagner adding his 18th, at 19:09. . . . Regina F Adam Brooks scored No. 21 for a 5-1 lead 55 seconds into the third period. . . . The Raiders got their second goal from F Tim Vanstone (6), at 10:12. . . . Regina F Bryan Lockner scored his first goal, at 12:48, and F Braydon Buziak got his sixth, at 19:55. . . . Brooks and F Lane Zablocki had two assists each, with Buziak, Lockner and Wagner each getting one. . . . Regina F Sam Steel went pointless. . . . Brooks now leads the WHL with 63 points, one more than Steel and five more than F Mason Shaw of the Medicine Hat Tigers. . . . The Pats were 1-5 on the PP; the Raiders were 0-4. . . . Regina (25-3-7) has points in five straight (4-0-1) and now leads the overall standings, by one point over the Everett Silvertips (25-5-6) and Prince George Cougars (27-10-2). . . . Prince Albert (8-29-2) has lost three in a row. . . . Announced attendance: 6,484.
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At Saskatoon, D Artyom Minulin scored in OT to give the Swift Current Broncos a 5-4 victory over the
ARTYOM MINULIN
Blades. . . . On Friday, the Broncos beat the visiting Blades, 3-2 in OT. . . . Saskatoon overcame a 4-2 third-period deficit to force extra time on goals from F Braylon Shmyr (20), at 5:59, and F Jesse Shynkaruk (12), on a PP, at 15:43. . . . Minulin won it with his seventh goal, at 2:53 of OT. . . . F Glen Gawdin scored the Broncos’ first three goals, giving him 12. . . . Gawdin got his first two on the same shift, at 8:56 and 9:53 of the first period, for a 2-0 lead. . . . The Blades tied it on second-period scores from Shmyr, at 2:14, and F Caleb Fantillo (3), at 8:16. . . . Gawdin completed his first career hat trick at 9:34 of the second period. . . . The Broncos took a 4-2 lead when F Conner Chaulk (4) scored at 5:23 of the third period. . . . The Broncos got two assists from D Colby Sissons. . . . Shynkaruk had two assists for the Blades, with Shmyr getting one. . . . Swift Current G Travis Child stopped 38 shots, 12 more than Saskatoon’s Logan Flodell. . . . The Blades were 1-3 on the PP; the Broncos were 0-3. . . . Swift Current (21-11-7) has won two in a row and is tied with the Moose Jaw Warriors (21-9-7) for second in the East Division. . . . Saskatoon (14-20-6) has points in three straight (1-0-2) and is six points out of a playoff spot. . . . Announced attendance: 4,264.
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MONDAY’S GAME (all times local):


Vancouver at Calgary, 4 p.m.

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Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Tortorella: We practice too much; we coach too much ... 'Tips overpower Hitmen ... Cougars real road warriors


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F Mitch Wahl (Spokane, 2005-10) has signed a contract for the rest of this season with Västervik (Sweden, Allsvenskan). This season, he had one goals and three assists in 16 games with Ilves Tampere (Finland, Liiga) before being released on Oct. 30.
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Granted that it’s on an experimental basis, but who would have thought that head coach John Tortorella of the NHL’s Columbus Blue Jackets would be the guy to bring an end to the morning skate on the day of a game? . . . "When I can, I want to start trying to keep the team away from the morning,” he told Cory Wilkins in a story posted at thescore.com. “We bring them in here one time a day during practice days, but on game days we bring them in twice. It doesn't make any sense. With our schedule coming up the way it is, we are trying to get our guys out of the building as much as we can." . . . No, it doesn’t make sense and it hasn’t for a number of years. It also will be interesting to see if less time on the practice ice, even as loose as morning skates can be, will result in fewer injuries. . . . Tortorella also said: "When we get (the schedule) in July, I look for days off, not to see how many days we can practice. I do not want to practice two days in a row at all this year. We practice too much, we coach too much. If we don't have them here, then we don't have to coach them." . . . The Blue Jackets are into a stretch of seven games in 12 days. It will be interesting to see how they do. . . . Wilkins’ complete story is right here.
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D Ryan Gardiner, 19, and the Moose Jaw Warriors have “mutually agreed” to go their separate ways, according to the WHL team. . . . Gardiner, from Winnipeg, is expected to join the MJHL’s Selkirk Steelers. . . . A third-round selection by the Warriors in the 2012 WHL bantam draft, he was in his third season with Moose Jaw. This season, he had two assists in 17 games. . . . In 158 regular-season games, he had one goal and 29 assists.
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The Edmonton Oil Kings have added G Josh Dechaine, 18, to their roster. Dechaine had been with the SJHL’s La Ronge Ice Wolves. From St. Albert, Alta., he also has had stints with the AJHL’s Whitecourt Wolverines and Whitecourt Wolverines. He also has been in training camp with the Brandon Wheat Kings each of the past three years. . . . Dechaine, who has been practising with the Oil Kings, will replace freshman G Liam Hughes on the Edmonton roster. Hughes is out indefinitely with an undisclosed injury. . . . G Boston Bilous, 15, who had been backing up Patrick Dea since Hughes was hurt, has returned to the Fraser Valley Thunderbirds of the B.C. Major Midget Hockey League.
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The Moose Jaw Warriors announced Tuesday that brothers Kevin and Ryan Smyth will be the 2016 inductees into the Conexus Warriors and Legends Hall of Fame. . . . It all will take place on March 3, with the Hall of Fame Game against the Medicine Hat Tigers on March 4. . . . Kevin finished his WHL career (1990-93) with 242 points, including 104 goals, in 201 games with the Warriors. He is seventh on Moose Jaw’s career points list. He was a fourth-round selection by the Hartford Whalers in the 1992 NHL draft. In 58 NHL games, he had six goals and eight assists. He played nine years of pro hockey, with stops in the AHL, IHL and WCHL. . . . The Warriors selected Ryan in the second round of the 1991 WHL bantam draft. He went to play 188 regular-season games with them, putting up 110 goals and 114 assists. He is 13th on the team’s all-time scoring list. In 1993-94, he had 105 points, including 50 goals. He was drafted sixth overall by the Edmonton Oilers in the NHL‘s 1994 draft. His NHL career included time with Edmonton, the New York Islanders, Colorado Avalanche and Los Angeles Kings. He also had an extensive international career on various Canadian teams.
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The Okanagan Hockey Group, which is based in Penticton, B.C., has released an economic impact study that includes some numbers of interest.  According to the study, OHG had an economic impact of $19.91 million from September 2015 through August 2016. . . . From an OHG news release: “Okanagan Hockey Group Ltd. directly injects $3.95 million into the local economy. . . . Okanagan Hockey Academy activities contribute $7.7 million in direct spending in the City of Penticton. . . . As a result of Okanagan Hockey Camps offering eight weeks of programming the local economy benefited by an additional $4.8 million in direct spending.” . . . OHG provides 30 full-time and 100 part-time jobs with an annual payroll in excess of $1.76 million. . . . What I found especially interesting was that “47 families relocated to Penticton” with 15 of those relocating for the school year and 32 spent the entire year there. Those 47 families resulted in more than “$2.98 million of new dollars being spent in the local economy.” As well, visiting families spent $1.51 million, while visiting teams (1,671 visitors) spent $365,000. . . . According to the release, the study was conducted by “an independent third party, Lochaven Management Consultants Ltd., a company with 30 years of experience and a global reputation for excellence, (that) is internationally recognized for its work in private sector development.” . . . I am well aware that economic impact studies are to be read with caution, but these numbers can offer an interesting take on the impact of a business like OHG on a community the size of Penticton.
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Steve Payne was a sniper; Michel Petit was a banger. They don’t know each other; they know of each other. Their NHL careers were ended by brain injuries and now both ex-players have joined the concussion-related lawsuit against the NHL. . . . Payne is adamant that he isn’t involved because he is looking for money. "I hope I don't become one of those guys, because that means I'm having trouble and problems that are beyond my ability to handle," he tells Joshua Kloke of sports.vice.com."I just want (the NHL) to be there for these guys and help them get the treatment they need to at least live as normal a life as they can under the circumstances.” . . . What Payne and Petit have gone through is an eye-opener and worth a read. Kloke’s story is right here.
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JUST NOTES:

The Kootenay Ice is expected to have F Peyton Krebs, 15, in the lineup for the first time (tonight) when it meets the Hurricanes in Lethbridge. Krebs, from Okotoks, Alta., was the first overall selection in the WHL’s 2016 bantam draft. Krebs is spending this season with the midget AAA UFA Bisons. He has 21 points, nine of them goals, in 12 games. . . . 
The Saskatoon Blades have a flu bug going through the dressing room. G Logan Flodell and D Libor Hajek, two key individuals, weren’t able to practice on Tuesday. The Blades are at home to the Moose Jaw Warriors on Thursday. 
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TUESDAY’S GAMES:


At Everett, the Silvertips struck four times on a five-minute power play en route to a 6-1 victory over the
DOMINIC ZWERGER
Calgary Hitmen. . . . Calgary F Travis Sanheim took a checking-from-behind major and game misconduct for a first-period hit on Everett D Noah Juulsen, who went to the dressing room. . . . Juulsen returned to start the second period, played a couple of PP shifts and then returned to the room. He finished the game in the press box. . . . The penalty occurred at 19:51 with the game at 0-0. . . . Eight seconds later, F Dominic Zwerger scored Everett’s first goal. He got its second, and his 10th, at 3:05 of the second period, with Juulsen getting the secondary assist. . . . F Eetu Tuulola added his fifth at 3:40 and D Kevin Davis got his second at 4:29. . . . The Silvertips will play in Davis’s hometown of Kamloops tonight (Wednesday). . . . Zwerger also drew two assists. Bajkov and F Sean Richards (4) each had a goal and two assists, while F Devon Skoleski had two helpers. Davis and Tuulola had an assist apiece. . . . Everett G Carter Hart stopped 27 shots, losing his shutout bid to F Matteo Gennaro (5) at 15:04 of the second period. . . . Calgary starter Cody Porter allowed six goals on 34 shots in 47:07. Kyle Dumba finished up by stopping all four shots he faced. . . . Everett was 5-5 on the PP; Calgary was 0-5. . . . The Silvertips (15-2-3) are 7-0-2 in their past nine games. . . . The Hitmen (7-7-2) have lost two in a row. The Hitmen have been outscored 15-3 in two games since opening a U.S. Division swing with a 3-1 victory over the Seattle Thunderbirds in Kent, Wash., on Friday. . . . Announced attendance: 3,012.
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At Kelowna, F Colby McAuley had two goals and an assist to lead the Prince George Cougars to a 4-2
COLBY McAULEY
victory over the Rockets. . . . The Cougars (16-4-2) continue to lead the overall standings. They are 4-0-0 against Kelowna this season. Prince George hadn’t beaten Kelowna four times in a season since 2006-07 when the Rockets won the season series, 6-4-0. . . . The Cougars also are 11-1-0 in the B.C. Division. . . . The Rockets, who had been 8-2-0 in their past 10 games, are 11-10-0. . . . The Cougars scored the game’s first two goals, with F Yan Khomenko getting his eighth goal at 6:23 of the second period and F Colby McAuley scoring No. 6 at 9:48. . . . F Tomas Soustal (9) got Kelowna on the board with a PP goal at 16:48. . . . McAuley scored again at 4:26 of the third period. . . . Kelowna F Calvin Thurkauf got his ninth, on a PP, at 8:51 of the third. . . . The Cougars closed the scoring on F Josh Boyd’s third goal at 18:45. . . . F Josh Curtis had three assists for the visitors, while Boyd added one to his goal. . . . G Ty Edmonds stopped 22 shots for the Cougars. . . . The Rockets got 32 saves from G Michael Herringer. . . . The Rockets were 2-4 on the PP; the Cougars were 0-5. . . . The Cougars are 10-1-1 on the road. . . . F Kody McDonald returned to the Cougars’ lineup after serving a three-game sentence, while D Sam Ruopp served Game 4 of an eight-game sentence. . . . Announced attendance: 4,521.
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At Cranbrook, B.C., F Mark Rassell scored once and added two assists to help the Medicine Hat Tigers
MARK RASSELL
to a 5-2 victory over the Kootenay Ice. . . . The Tigers, who are 8-2-0 on the road, outshot the Ice 38-13 as they took a 3-2 lead into the third period. . . . The visitors scored the game’s first two goals — F James Hamblin (4) at 2:07 of the second period and D Ty Schultz (1) at 5:47. . . . F Zak Zborosky’s 14th goal got the Ice to within one at 12:24, but Medicine Hat F Matt Bradley (9) got that one back 1:03 later. . . . F Noah Philp’s second goal pulled the Ice back to within a goal at 16:02. . . . The Tigers put it away with two quick third-period goals. Rassell, who has 12 goals, scored shorthanded at 4:17 and Bradley added another at 6:44. . . . F Mason Shaw had two assists for the winners. . . . G Nick Schneider stopped 19 shots for the victory. . . . The Ice got 50 saves from G Payton Lee. . . . Kootenay was 0-6 on the PP; Medicine Hat was 0-7. . . . The Tigers (14-5-1) have won three in a row. . . . The Ice (3-12-5) has lost five straight (0-4-1). . . . Announced attendance: 1,565.
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At Spokane, the Seattle Thunderbirds scored the game’s first two goals and the last three in beating the
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Chiefs, 5-2. . . . Seattle F Keegan Kolesar was in the lineup for the first time this season, and he started on a line with F Mathew Barzal and F Ryan Gropp. Kolesar had undergone surgery for a supraumbilical hernia in late Septembrer while in camp with the NHL’s Columbus Blue Jackets. . . . D Brandon Schuldhaus got Seattle started with his first goal, at 1:22 of the opening period. F Scott Eansor made it 2-0 at 14:32. . . . The Chiefs tied the score with two quick goals, F Kailer Yamamoto scoring No. 16 at 17:14 of the first and F Hudson Elynuik getting his sixth just 13 seconds into the second. . . . F Ryan Gropp broke the 2-2 tie with his third goal at 3:54 of the third period. Kolesar and Barzal had the assists. . . . F Alexander True (6) made it 4-2 at 9:02 and F Nolan Volcan (8) got the empty-netter at 19:11. . . . D Reece Harsch and Barzal each had two assists for Seattle, with Eansor and True each getting one. . . . G Rylan Toth stopped 31 shots in earning the victory. . . . The Chiefs got 27 saves from Dawson Weatherill. . . . Each team was 0-3 on the PP. . . . The Thunderbirds (9-8-1) have won two straight. . . . The Chiefs (7-7-5) had points in seven straight (4-0-3) before this one. . . . Announced attendance: 3,317.
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At Swift Current, D Artyom Minulin scored at 2:03 of OT to give the Broncos a 3-2 victory over the Red
ARTYOM MINULIN
Deer Rebels. . . . It was the seventh time in their past nine games that the Broncos went to OT. . . . Minulin has five goals this season. . . . He also had an assist. . . . Last season, Minulin finished with five goals and 28 assists in 72 games. This season, he has five goals and 16 assists in 22 games. . . . The Broncos scored the game’s first two goals, with F Tyler Steenbergen getting No. 15, on a PP, at 8:22 of the first period and F Cole Johnson scoring his second, at 2:41 of the second. . . . D Josh Mahura got Red Deer’s first goal, his eighth, on a PP, at 17:49. . . . The Rebels tied it when F Michael Spacek scored his 13th goal, shorthanded, at 7:14 of the third period. . . . The Broncos got 23 saves from G Taz Burman. . . . Red Deer G Lasse Petersen turned aside 27 shots. . . . The Rebels were 1-1 on the PP; the Broncos were 1-4. . . . Swift Current (11-6-5) had lost three in a row (0-1-2). . . . The Rebels (10-9-3) have lost two straight. . . . This was Red Deer’s eighth straight road game (2-5-1). . . . Announced attendance: 1,708.
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At Victoria, F Tyler Soy scored once and added two assists as the Royals dumped the Prince Albert
TYLER SOY
Raiders, 3-1. . . . F Jared Dmytriw’s seventh goal, at 3:06 of the first period, on a PP, gave the home side a 1-0 lead. . . . D Loch Morrison tied it with his first goal at 16:11 of the second period. . . . Victoria F Matt Phillips (13) snapped the tie at 2:21 of the third period. . . . Soy iced it with an empty-netter at 19:36. That was his 11th goal of the season and 101st of his career. That equals the Royals’ career record that was held by F Brandon Magee, who also scored 12 times for the Chilliwack Bruins. . . . Soy has 204 points in 233 regular-season games. . . . G Griffen Outhouse stopped 25 shots for the Royals, while the Raiders’ Nick Sanders turned aside 27. . . . The Raiders were 1-4 on the PP; the Royals were 1-7. . . . The Royals improved to 12-8-2. . . . The Raiders (5-14-1) have lost three in a row, all in the B.C. Division. . . . This was the third game in a row for Prince Albert head coach Marc Habscheid against a former team. He also coached the Kamloops Blazers and Kelowna Rockets before ending up in Victoria. He was the head coach of the Chilliwack Bruins for two seasons and made the move with them to Victoria. . . . Announced attendance: 3,192.
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WEDNESDAY’S GAMES (all times local):

Regina at Edmonton, 7 p.m.
Everett at Kamloops, 7 p.m.
Kootenay at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.
Calgary vs. Tri-City, at Kennewick, Wash., 7:05 p.m.

Prince Albert vs. Vancouver, at Langley, B.C., 7 p.m.




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Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Report: Pats to get WHL support . . . Import* goalie cut by Everett . . . Minulin leads Broncos to win

F Petr Kalus (Regina, 2005-06) has ended a tryout agreement with Zvolen (Slovakia, Extraliga) in order to sign a one-year contract with the Nottingham Panthers (England, UK Elite). Kalus played for Nottingham in 2013-14.
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Greg Harder of the Regina Leader-Post is reporting that the Regina Pats are expected to get complete support from the WHL and its teams in their bid to serve as the host team for the 2018 Memorial Cup tournament.
That will be the 100th anniversary of the Memorial Cup; it also will be the 100th anniversary of the Pats.
The WHL’s board of governors is meeting in Calgary and Anthony Marquardt, the Pats governor and co-owner, is scheduled to ask for support today (Wednesday).
“Multiple league sources have told the Leader-Post that the Pats are a shoo-in to receive a full endorsement from the WHL,” Harder writes. “Once the formalities are complete, the nominee will be presented to the CHL for final approval.”
The CHL has said it will announce in November the successful applicants from each of the three major junior leagues.
Harder’s complete story is right here.
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One of the more interesting stories in the WHL may have come to an end on Tuesday when the Everett Silvertips dropped G Lasse Petersen from their roster.
LASSE PETERSEN
Petersen, 19, is expected to join the MJHL’s Swan Valley Stampeders.
Petersen is from Denmark; in fact, he has played for Denmark’s U-16, U-18 and U-20 teams. He also is a goaltender, and you will be aware that the CHL moved to ban import goaltenders more than three years ago.
Petersen’s father, Erik, is a Canadian, who played and coached in Denmark. Thus, Lasse has dual citizenship and isn’t considered an import by the CHL. Mark him as an import with an asterisk.
Petersen was 3-2-0, 3.13, .879 in seven games with the Calgary Hitmen last season, before moving on to the Spokane Chiefs with whom he was 
9-5-1, 2.95, .894 in 18 appearances. He also was 2-4, 3.25, .883 with the Chiefs in the playoffs.
This season, with Everett, he was 1-0-0, 1.00, .923 before being released on Tuesday.
The decision to drop Petersen means the Silvertips have decided to go with the same goaltending tandem that they used last season — Carter Hart, 18, who signed a three-year deal with the NHL’s Philadelphia Flyers on Monday, and Mario Petit, 19.
Everett’s roster is down to 25, including two goaltenders and eight defencemen.
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The Lethbridge Hurricanes got F Giorgio Estephan back from the camp of the NHL’s Buffalo Sabres on Monday.
Meanwhile, F Keegan Kolesar returned to the Seattle Thunderbirds after being with the Columbus Blue Jackets. However, Kolesar had surgery for a supraumbilical hernia and will be out for perhaps another five weeks.
By my count, and it’s strictly unofficial, the following WHL players remain in NHL camps, not including 20-year-olds:
Brandon Wheat Kings — D Ivan Provorov, Philadelphia Flyers.
Calgary Hitmen — D Jake Bean, Carolina Hurricanes.
Prince Albert Raiders — D Brendan Guhle, Buffalo Sabres.
Seattle Thunderbirds — F Mathew Barzal, New York Islanders.
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JUST NOTES:

F Eetu Tuulola of the Everett Silvertips was at practice on Tuesday but wasn’t on the ice. One of his arms was in a sling. He’s week-to-week. . . . 
F Tyler Popowich and F Owen Hardy, both of whom have been out with undisclosed injuries, practised with the Vancouver Giants on Tuesday. They should be available tonight against the visiting Victoria Royals. . . . The Giants also may have F Tyler Benson back in their lineup. He hasn’t played since a Sept. 11 exhibition game when he sat out the last eight minutes of the third period. He was in camp with the Edmonton Oilers — they took him in the second round of the NHL’s 2016 draft — but he didn’t see any game action.
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TUESDAY’S GAMES:

At Cranbrook, B.C., the Moose Jaw Warriors scored the game’s last two goals and beat the Kootenay Ice, 3-2. . . . F Dylan Stewart gave the Ice a 1-0 lead at 14:53 of the first period. . . . D Jett Woo pulled the Warriors even at 7:49 of the second. . . . F Keenan Taphorn gave the Ice a 2-1 lead just 1:32 later. His twin brother, Kaeden, drew the primary assist. . . . Moose Jaw F Brett Howden tied the game at 4:31 of the third and F Nikita Popugaev got the winner at 14:49. . . . Popugaev also had an assist. . . . G Brody Willms stopped 32 shots for Moose Jaw (3-0-1). Kootenay (0-3-2) got 32 saves from Jakob Walter. . . . The Warriors were 0-1 on the PP; the Ice was 0-2. . . . Warriors F Dakota Odgers played in his 200th regular-season WHL game. . . . Announced attendance: 1,538. That is the smallest announced crowd in Cranbrook since the Ice moved into what now is known as Western Financial Place in time for the 2000-01 season.
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At Swift Current, D Artyom Minulin had a goal and three assists to help the Broncos to a 7-3 victory over the Portland Winterhawks. . . . The Broncos held a 3-2 lead late in the second period when they struck four times in 3:24. . . . F Glenn Gawdin, who also had an assist, scored two of those goals, at 16:25 and 19:59. F Tyler Steenbergen and F Aleksi Heponiemi also scored in that burst. . . . The Broncos also got a a goal and two assists from F Lane Pederson. . . . F Cody Glass had two assists for the Winterhawks. . . . The Broncos (4-2-0) got 25 saves from G Travis Child. . . . Portland starter Michael Bullion gave up seven goals and 28 shots through two periods. Cole Kehler came on in relief and stopped 14 shots in the third. . . . The Broncos were 1-5 on the PP; the Winterhawks (3-2-0) were 1-4. . . . Both teams were without their head coaches as Mike Johnston of the Winterhawks and Manny Viveiros of the Broncos attended meetings in Calgary. . . . Associate coaches Kyle Gustafson (Portland) and Ryan Smith (Swift Current) ran the benches. . . . The Winterhawks scratched Latvian F Rodrigo Abols, 20, for a second straight game. . . . Portland had only one 20-year-old dressed (F Keegan Iverson). It had both of its freshman imports in action — F Joachim Blichfeld scored once, while F Henri Jokiharju had an assist. . . . Announced attendance: 1,697.
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WEDNESDAY’S GAMES (all times local):

Tri-City at Everett, 7:05 p.m.
Kelowna at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.
Moose Jaw at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.
Portland at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.
Kamloops at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Victoria vs. Vancouver, at Langley, B.C., 7 p.m.

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