The championship rings received by the two Canadian gold medal teams. World Junior (L) World Championship (R). pic.twitter.com/TOj2We7K86
— Gord Miller (@GMillerTSN) June 11, 2015
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Ryan McGill as the next head coach of the Brandon Wheat Kings? . . . Gary Lawless of the Winnipeg Free Press weighs in right here on the decision facing Kelly McCrimmon, the owner, general manager and head coach of the Wheat Kings.
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F/D Colton Heffley, who played out his junior eligibility this season, will attend Dalhousie University and play for the Tigers. Heffley, from Swift Current, played in the WHL with the Kelowna Rockets and Prince Albert Raiders. . . . Heffley was a second-round selection by the Rockets in the 2009 bantam draft. After playing four-plus seasons — 270 regular-season games — with the Rockets, he was dealt to the Raiders on Dec. 2 for a fourth-round pick in the 2016 bantam draft.
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The Moose Jaw Warriors early bird season-ticket deadline passed by and the team revealed that sales are ahead of last season. They have sold 2,154 season tickets, up 212 from the 1,942 they had sold a year ago.
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In the AHL, the host Utica Comets scored a 3-2 victory over the Manchester Monarchs in Game 3 of the Calder Cup final. . . . The Monarchs hold a 2-1 edge going into Game 4 in Utica on Friday. . . . F Cal O’Reilly had a goal, his first of the playoffs, and an assist for the Comets. . . . The Monarchs lost G Jean-Francois Berube to an undisclosed injury at 7:51 of the first period, with Patrik Bartosak, who wasn’t dressed for Games 1 or 2, coming on to replace him. Bartosak (Red Deer Rebels, 2011-14) stopped 27 of 29 shots. . . . Attendance was 3,835.
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In the ECHL, the South Carolina Stingrays beat the visiting Allen Americans 4-1 to force a seventh game in the Kelly Cup final. . . . Game 7 is scheduled for Allen on Sunday. . . . The series followed a 3-3-1 format. . . . The Stingrays scored the game’s first three goals. . . . Attendance was 4,078.
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The junior B Kootenay International Junior Hockey League held its annual meeting last weekend in Osoyoos. As Taylor Rocca of the Cranbrook Daily Townsman reports right here, expansion and the suspensions of traded players who refuse to report were among the items on the agenda.
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Actor Vince Vaughn at rink side. He paid for dinner last night for Tampa Bay coaches, staffers. And he's a Blackhawks fan.
— Helene Elliott (@helenenothelen) June 11, 2015
— NHL (@NHL) June 11, 2015
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In Red Deer, F Connor Rankin scored three goals and added three assists to lead the Calgary Hitmen to a 9-5 victory over the Rebels. . . . Rankin's third goal, and his 11th of the season, was the 100th of his career. He enjoyed his first hat trick with Calgary and the third of his career. . . . The Hitmen led this one 5-0 after the first period. . . . The Rebels got to within 6-4 and 7-5 but that was it. . . . Calgary F Beck Malenstyn scored twice, giving him four goals this season, while F Chase Lang scored his 12th goal and added two assists. . . . F Riley Sheen, who was acquired Monday from the Lethbridge Hurricanes on Monday, had two goals and an assist for Red Deer. He's got five goals this season. . . . 
In Victoria, the Portland Winterhawks jumped out to a 3-0 lead and hung on to beat the Royals, 6-4. . . . The Royals, who trailed 4-1 after the first period, tied it 4-4 on F Brandon Magee's ninth goal at 8:31 of the third period. . . . Portland F Oliver Bjorkstrand scored his 100th regular-season goal, shorthanded, to give his side a 5-4 lead at 10:25. . . . Portland F Nic Petan added insurance with an empty-netter at 19:54. He has 300 career points, including 199 assists. . . . Bjorkstrand, who has 19 goals this season, has goals in five straight games. . . . Portland F Chase De Leo scored his 16th goal. . . . Victoria D Travis Brown scored twice, giving him 12 goals this season. . . . The Winterhawks have won six in a row. . . . 
In Kamloops, the Blazers erased a 3-0 first-period deficit and beat the Saskatoon Blades, 4-3. . . . F Cameron Hebig gave the visitors a 3-0 lead with a PP goal at 18:56 of the first. . . . The Blades took a 3-1 lead into the third period. . . . F Matt Revel, whom the Blazers acquired from the Blades last season, scored his eighth goal at 13:38. . . . Kamloops won it with two goals in the game's final minute. D Michael Fora got his third goal at 19:23 and Revel got the winner at 19:40. . . . The equalizer banked off two Saskatoon players, hitting a shin and a head on the way into the goal. . . . F Matt Needham and F Cole Ully each had two assists for Kamloops. . . . D Adam Henry had two assists for Saskatoon. . . . Saskatoon G Nik Amundrud stopped 45 shots. G Trevor Martin was to have started, but couldn't go because of the flu. . . . The Blades scratched F Sam McKechnie and D Amil Krupic with the flu. . . . Daniel Nugent-Bowman of the Saskatoon StarPhoenix is on the road with the Blades. His game story is 
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