F Jamie Lundmark (Moose Jaw, Seattle, 1998-2001) has signed a two-year extension with Klagenfurt (Austria, Erste Bank Liga). In 54 games, Lundmark had 24 goals and 25 assists. He led his team in goals, assists and points, and was eighth in the league’s scoring race.
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FRIDAY’S GAMES:
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There weren’t any embellishment penalties handed out in the Everett-Spokane game, despite both coaches having complained about the opposition’s diving tactics. . . . If you missed it, Everett head coach Kevin Constantine filled in Nick Patterson of the Everett Herald on Thursday:
“Their diving and their flopping to me has almost turned into an Olympic sport. It was very evident, it was epidemic in the game (Wednesday) night.
“I think a couple players on our team over the course of the season gave us a false team reputation of going down easy. Our team has never promoted that or done that, even though there's a couple players who have done it a little. It's nothing compared to what Spokane has done in the first three games."
With Spokane’s special teams having been better in the regular season, Constantine told Patterson that the Chiefs “as a team, conspired to turn this into a flopping contest. You could pick out 10 times before what happened with Scherbak in overtime — 10 times — where they just purposely dropped to the ice. I don't debate that Scherbak, in the case of the overtime penalty, might have tried to encourage the ref to make a call the other way and got called for it. But that call that was made on Scherbak should have been called on Spokane 10 times prior to that call being made. I could show you the 10 times (on video) right now.
“To me it's a bit comical and a bit frustrating how much Spokane is just flopping all over the ice. I think it's a travesty to the game, I think it's bad for the game that they're doing that, and I hope the officiating can stay on top of them doing that.”
Patterson’s complete story is right here.
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F Colby Cave of the Swift Current Broncos has signed a three-year, entry-level deal with the NHL’s Boston Bruins. Cave, who just completed his 20-year-old season with the Broncos, was an undrafted unrestricted free agent. . . . From Battleford, Sask., Cave had career highs in goals (35), assists (40) and points (75) this season. He played all 72 regular-season games for a third straight season. . . . In 287 career games, he had 202 points, 95 of the goals.
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The NHL’s Montreal Canadiens have assigned Swift Current Broncos D Brett Lernout to the AHL’s Hamilton Bulldogs. Lernout was selected by Montreal in the third round of the 2014 NHL draft and signed a three-year contract with the Habs on Dec. 19. . . . This sesason, Lernout, 19, had 42 points, including 14 goals, in 72 games with the Broncos, whose season ended this week with a first-round loss to the Regina Pats. . . . The Bulldogs are at home to the Utica Comets tonight.
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F Mads Eller of the Edmonton Oil Kings played hurt as his squad lost to the Brandon Wheat Kings in five games. Chris O’Leary of the Edmonton Journal has more right here on Eller and his broken mastoid process.
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The Everett Silvertips have signed F Spencer Gerth, 16, a list player who was in their training camp prior to this season. Gerth spent the season with the junior B Golden Rockets of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League. Ty Davidson, who was the Rockets’ GM/head coach, is the son of Everett GM Garry Davidson. . . . Gerth had 22 points, including eight goals, in 52 games with Golden.
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KABOOM! . . . The Kimberley Dynamiters opened the Cyclone Taylor Cup — B.C.’s junior B championship tournament — with a 2-1 victory over the host Mission Outlaws on Friday night. . . . F Braden Saretsky, who turns 19 on April 16, scored the Nitros’ first goal, to continue his amazing playoff run. The West Kelowna native now has 19 goals in 23 playoff games; he scored 19 goals in 44 regular-season games. He played the first 19 games of the season with the KIJHL’s Summerland Steam and the last 25 with the Dynamiters. . . . Kimberley faces the Campbell River Storm today at 2 p.m. Pacific.
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Everett beats Spokane 3-1 to go up 3-1. Chiefs 0-6 with 6 goals for in last 6 home playoff games.
— Scott Sepich (@SSepich) April 4, 2015
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In Prince Albert, the Raiders built up a 4-0 lead and then held off a furious Regina comeback before beating the Pats, 5-3. . . . Raiders G Nick McBride stopped 55 shots. . . . Raiders F Matteo Gennaro scored his 13th goal at 14:18 of the second period for a 4-0 lead. . . . The Pats got third-period goals from F Adam Brooks, his 28th, F Braden Christoffer, his 25th, and F Pavel Padakin, his 24th, to get to within one. . . . Padakin’s goal, on a PP, came at 15:44 with G Daniel Wapple on the bench for the extra attacker. Padakin was playing in his 200th WHL game. . . . Raiders F Reid Gardiner iced it with an empty-netter at 19:01. He’s got 32 goals. . . . F Jordan Tkatch scored twice for the Raiders, giving him 11 goals, while F Jayden Hart had three assists. . . . Regina F Sam Steel was helped from the ice with an apparent leg injury and went to the dressing room in the second period. After the game, Phil Andrews, the radio voice of the Pats, tweeted: “John Paddock says Sam Steel’s injury is not serious at first assessment. Will know more in the days to come.” . . . Regina was 1-for-1 on the PP; the Raiders weren’t given even one opportunity. . . . Wapple finished with 20 saves. . . . Prince Albert (28-35-3) has won four in a row. . . . Regina (35-22-9) has lost two in a row. . . . 
In Brandon, F Tim McGauley scored once and added two assists as the Wheat Kings beat the Moose Jaw Warriors, 5-3. . . . McGauley became the second WHLer this season to reach the 100-point plateau when he scored his 41st goal into an empty net at 19:44 of the third period. He now is tied for the WHL scoring lead with Medicine Hat Tigers F Trevor Cox. . . . McGauley extended his point streak to 23 games with an assist on a first-period goal by F Morgan Klimchuk. That goal, his 30th this season, ran Klimchuk’s point streak to 11 games. . . . McGauley has 16 goals and 34 assists in those 23 games. . . . The Wheat Kings led 2-0 in the first period but found themselves trailing 3-2 after Warriors F Brayden Point scored his 33rd goal with 8.7 seconds in the second period. . . . Brandon F Rihards Bukarts tied it with his 31st goal at 3:16 of the third and F Jayce Hawryluk broke the tie with this second of the game, and 28th of the season, at 8:23, via the PP. . . . Point also had an assist, while F Axel Blomqvist had two helpers. . . . Klimchuk and Bukarts also added an assist each. . . . Moose Jaw F Jesse Shynkaruk and Brandon F John Quenneville were tossed 45 seconds into the game for taking part in a staged fight. . . . Brandon G Jordan Papirny stopped 29 shots, four fewer than Moose Jaw’s Zach Sawchenko. . . . Brandon was 1-for-2 on the PP; Moose Jaw was 0-for-1. . . . The Wheat Kings (49-11-7) have won two straight. . . . The Warriors (29-33-5) had a three-game winning skein end. . . . 
In Cranbrook, the Kootenay Ice scored the game’s first three goals and went to a 4-1 victory over the Lethbridge Hurricanes. . . . Ice F Luke Philp opened the scoring at 1:17 of the first period. That was his 29th goal of the season and his 200th career regular-season point. . . . Philp later added an assist. . . . Ice F Jaedon Descheneau scored his 30th goal of the season, while F Tim Bozon got No. 32 into an empty net at 19:47 of the third. . . . Descheneau has reached the 30-goal mark for a third straight season. . . . Ice G Wyatt Hoflin stopped 27 shots, losing his shutout bid when F Giorgio Estephan scored his 21st goal at 18:55 of the third. . . . Ice D Rinat Valiev had two assists. . . . Lethbridge G Jayden Sittler made 41 stops. . . . Ice F Jon Martin took 29 of his team’s 33 penalty minutes. He got into a dustup with D Devan Fafard at 19:12 of the first period and was given two for instigating, two for roughing, five for fighting, a misconduct and a game misconduct. . . . Ch-ch-ching! Lethbridge GM/head coach Peter Anholt picked up a game misconduct at 18:42 of the third period with his side trailing 3-0. . . . The Ice (34-29-4) ended a three-game losing skid (0-2-1). . . . The Hurricanes (20-38-8) have lost two in a row. . . . Taylor Rocca of the Cranbrook Daily Townsman has a game story 
In Edmonton, the Oil Kings scored three power-play goals en route to an 8-1 victory over the Saskatoon Blades. . . . The home team scored the first four and last four goals in this one as they scored eight times for the first tie this season. . . . F Edgars Kulda and F Andrew Koep each had a goal and two assists, while D Ashton Sautner had two assists. Kulda has 12 goals; Koep has 13. . . . Edmonton F Lane Bauer scored the game’s first goal, his 24th, 53 seconds into the game and the Oil Kings took it from there. . . . The Oil Kings were 3-for-7 on the PP; the Blades were 0-for-4. . . . Edmonton G Triston Jarry stopped 34 shots, including a second-period penalty shot by F Sam McKechnie. . . . Saskatoon G Brock Hamm turned aside 38 shots. . . . The Oil Kings (32-29-7) have won two straight. . . . The Blades (19-44-4) have lost four in a row. . . . 
In Vancouver, F Dominic Zwerger broke a 1-1 tie at 13:28 of the first period and the Spokane Chiefs went on to a 4-3 victory over the Giants. . . . Zwerger has 15 goals. . . . F Jackson Playfair gave the Chiefs a two-goal lead with his 12th at 5:39 of the second. . . . Vancouver F Jackson Houck scored his 22nd goal, on a PP, at 9:30 of the second. . . . F Blair Oneschuk got his sixth goal at 17:49 of the second to restore Spokane’s two-goal lead. . . . Giants F Zane Jones got his guys close with his 28th goal at 1:10 of the third, but they weren’t able to equalize. . . . The Giants’ coaching staff moved D Arvil Atwal to the forward ranks for this one. . . . The Chiefs (32-29-4) had lost two in a row. . . . The Giants (26-38-3) have lost seven in a row.
In Saskatoon, D Nolan Reid broke a 4-4 tie at 9:12 of the third period and the Blades went on to a 5-4 victory over the Medicine Hat Tigers. . . . Reid, a 16-year-old from Deer Valley, Sask., has one goal in 25 games this season after scoring once in two games last season. . . . Tigers F Trevor Cox gave his guys a 4-3 lead with his 16th goal at 16:34 of the second period. . . . Saskatoon F Brett Stovin tied it at 3:02 of the third, on a PP, with his second of the game and 15th of the season. Last season, he finished with 14 goals in 61 games. . . . The Blades had lost five straight games to the Tigers. . . . F Wyatt Sloboshan and D Brycen Martin each had two assists for the Blades. . . . Medicine Hat F Dryden Hunt scored his 17th goal and added an assist, while F Markus Eisenschmid had two assists. F Matt Bradley got his ninth goal and had an assist for the Tigers. . . . Saskatoon G Nik Amundrud stopped 42 shots, seven more than Medicine Hat’s Nick Schneider. . . . Saskatoon F Nikita Soshnin came up short on a third-period penalty shot with the game tied at 4. . . . The Tigers were 3-for-6 on the PP but gave up a shorthanded goal. . . . The Blades were 2-for-3 on the PP. . . . Saskatoon (11-29-3), which is at home to Kootenay tonight, has won two straight. . . . The Tigers (29-12-2) have lost two in a row. . . . The Tigers are in Prince Albert tonight. . . . Daniel Nugent-Bowman of the Saskatoon StarPhoenix has a game story 
In Red Deer, F Austin Carroll scored the only goal of the shootout, in the seventh round, as the Victoria Royals beat the Rebels, 2-1. . . . F Greg Chase scored his 10th goal of the season to give Victoria a 1-0 lead 57 seconds into the first period. . . . F Brooks Maxwell scored his 14th goal for Red Deer at 14:33 of the first. . . . Victoria G Coleman Vollrath, making his 100th WHL appearance, stopped 34 shots through OT, five more than Red Deer’s Rylan Toth. . . . The Royals (23-19-3) have won three straight. They visit Calgary tonight. . . The Rebels (25-14-6), who play host to Regina tonight, had won their previous five games. . . . 
In Prince George, F Chase De Leo’s shootout goal gave the Portland Winterhawks a 4-3 victory over the Cougars before 3,858 fans. . . . De Leo, who had a 17-game point streak end in a 6-2 loss in Kamloops on Wednesday, scored his 18th goal in the first period. . . . Portland F Miles Koules forced OT with his 19th goal at 16:54 of the third period. . . . The Cougars scored three first-period PP goals to take a 3-2 lead. . . . D Josh Connolly scored his seventh goal and added an assist for Prince George. He was acquired from Kamloops last week with the hopes that he could add some life to the Cougars’ PP. . . . F Nic Petan and F Oliver Bjorkstrand each had two assists for Portland. . . . F Chase Witala scored his 24th goal for Prince George. . . . Winterhawks G Adin Hill stopped 31 shots, five fewer than Ty Edmonds of the Cougars. . . . Portland F Mitch Walter was among the scratches. He left Wednesday’s game in Kamloops after taking a hard punch to the face in a second-period altercation. That was his first game with the Winterhawks since being acquired from Edmonton. . . . F David Soltes played his first game with the Cougars since leaving to play for Slovakia at the WJC. His father, sister and girlfriend took in the game from the Cougars’ corporate box. . . . The Winterhawks (24-19-3) moved into second place in the U.S. Division, a point ahead of Spokane, which has three games in hand. . . . The Cougars (20-23-2) have lost four in a row (0-2-2). . . . The same teams will play again tonight in Prince George. . . . The Cougars have drawn 63,787 fans to their 23 home games. Last season, their 36-game attendance total was 60,931. . . . 
In Kelowna, G Taran Kozun stopped 36 shots to lead the Seattle Thunderbirds to a 5-2 victory over the Kelowna Rockets. . . . Kozun was especially sharp in the first period when the Rockets held a 17-9 edge in shots. . . . Seattle came out of that period with a 2-0 goal. . . . F Roberts Lipsbergs scored his first goal since returning to the Thunderbirds from the ECHL’s Stockton Thunder. . . . Lipsbergs also had an assist. . . . Kelowna F Nick Merkley scored his 14th goal, at 6:39 of the second, to get the Rockets to within 2-1. . . . But Seattle F Cory Millette restored the two-goal lead 15 seconds later with his 11th goal of the season. . . . Kelowna F Rourke Chartier, who leads the WHL in goals, was scratched with a back injury. Larry Fisher of the Kelowna Daily Courier reports that Chartier is day-to-day “after getting hit from behind last game.” . . . Among Seattle’s scratches were F Mathew Barzal (knee) and F Alexander True (broken wrist). . . . Barzal, who hasn’t played since Nov. 4, is getting close to returning. True was injured on Tuesday. . . . The Thunderbirds (22-16-5) are 3-0-1 in their last four. They are in Everett tonight. . . . The Rockets now are 34-8-3 with six of those losses coming at home. They’ll have a lot of time to chew on this one as they don’t play again until Friday. . . . Larry Fisher of the Kelowna Daily Courier has a game story 
In Vancouver, G Evan Sarthou stopped 30 shots to lead the Tri-City Americans to a 3-0 victory over the Giants. . . . Sarthou, who has three shutouts this season, is the Americans’ starter with Eric Comrie out with an undisclosed injury. . . . F Ty Comrie scored his fourth goal at 9:19 of the second period and it stood up as the winner. . . . F Taylor Vickerman added insurance with his fifth goal at 12:40 of the third, via the PP, and F Austyn Playfair got his first career goal, into an empty net, at 19:06. . . . F Max James had two assists. . . . Vancouver G Payton Lee stopped 28 shots. . . . Vancouver F Thomas Foster took a kneeing major and game misconduct at 11:09 of the third period. . . . The Americans (21-21-2) had lost their previous two games. They entertain Spokane tonight. . . . The Giants (19-22-2), who are in Kamloops tonight, have lost two straight. . . .
In Everett, D Ben Betker drew four assists to help the Silvertips to a 5-3 victory over the Spokane Chiefs. . . . Playing in his 174th regular-season game, Betker had never had more than two points in one game. He has 46 points, 11 of them goals, in his career. He now has a career-high 16 assists, two more than he earned all of last season. In his last 10 games, Betker has 12 points, including 10 assists. . . . The Silvertips scored the game’s first three goals, taking a 3-0 lead on F Matt Fonteyne’s fourth goal, shorthanded, at 7:40 of the first period. . . . That was the Silvertips’ first SHG of the season. They were the last of the 22 teams to score a SHG. . . . The Chiefs got to 3-2 before the period ended but were never able to equalize. . . . In fact, Everett F Jake Mykitiuk scored his first of the season at 14:37 of the first to restore the two-goal lead. . . . Spokane F Adam Helewka scored his 26th goal at 13:15 of the second period. He tied a franchise record with at least one goal in nine straight games. . . . Helewka shares the record with F Marian Cisar, 1997-98; F Brent Gilchrist, 1986-87; and F Terry Perkins, 1985-86. . . . Thanks to WHL Facts (@WHLFacts) for the info. . . . F Calder Brooks was among Spokane’s scratches. . . . The Silvertips (27-12-4), who are at home to Seattle tonight, have won three straight. . . . The Chiefs (23-16-4), who meet Tri-City in Kennewick, Wash., tonight, slipped into third place in the U.S. Division, one point behind Portland. Spokane does hold three games in hand.
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