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F Josh Nicholls (Saskatoon, 2008-13) has signed a contract for the rest of this season with the Straubing Tigers (Germany, DEL). This season, with the Colorado Eagles (ECHL), he had 11 goals and 21 assists in 30 games. . . .
F Denis Rehák (Prince George, 2003-04) has transferred from Žilina to Nové Zámky (both Slovakia, Extraliga). Details of the move weren’t disclosed. He had a goal and six assists in 46 games with Žilina. . . .
F Štěpán Novotný (Kelowna, Swift Current, 2008-11) was transferred from Žilina to Nové Zámky (both Slovakia, Extraliga). Details weren’t disclosed. He had six goals and eight assists in 20 games with Žilina.
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F Jordy Stallard of the Prince Albert Raiders underwent shoulder surgery on Monday and won’t play
again this season. He is expected to be ready for the opening of training camp in August.
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Stallard, a 19-year-old from Brandon, was injured in a game against the host Calgary Hitmen on Jan. 22.
The Raiders acquired Stallard from the Hitmen on Jan. 10. He had 10 points, including six goals, in eight games with Prince Albert. He had put up four goals and three assists in his last four games.
He finished this season with 37 points, 14 of them goals, in 40 games.
Stallard was a fifth-round selection by the Winnipeg Jets in the NHL’s 2016 draft.
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DEPT. OF DISCIPLINE: The WHL handed out four games in suspensions and $1,250 in fines following weekend games. . . . F Cameron Hausinger of the Red Deer Rebels received a two-game suspension for a hit on Blades D Jake Kustra in Saskatoon on Saturday night. Hausinger had been given a headshot major and game misconduct, but the penalty later was changed to a charging major. Kustra, who was taken from the ice on a stretcher and was taken to hospital, was left with a facial laceration and a brain injury. He is out indefinitely. . . . Red Deer D Colton Bobyk, who levelled Blades F Braylon Shmyr later in that same game, wasn’t disciplined. Shmyr also has a brain injury and will be out indefinitely. . . . F Jeff de Wit of the Regina Pats was given two games after taking a checking-from-behind major and game misconduct for a hit on Blades D Mark Rubinchik in Saskatoon on Friday night. Rubinchik wasn’t injured on the play. . . . Meanwhile, the Lethbridge Hurricanes were fined $750 and the Moose Jaw Warriors $500 for the line brawl that occurred during their game in Lethbridge on Saturday. It was the Hurricanes’ second such incident this season, thus the difference in fine amounts.
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Portland’s CW, a local television station, has apologized via its Facebook page to viewers after it pulled the plug prematurely on the telecast of a game between the Seattle Thunderbirds and host Winterhawks on Saturday night. With about three minutes left in a five-minute OT period, the clock struck 10 p.m., and the station switched to a newscast. The Winterhawks went on to win the game, 4-3 in a shootout.
“We sincerely apologize for the disruption in coverage of Saturday’s game,” read the apology issued by the station, “and are taking action now to ensure this doesn’t happen again. Thank you for your viewership!”
Nothing has been heard from the WHL, the Winterhawks or the Thunderbirds.
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Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet reports in his weekly 30 Thoughts that “word at the CHL Top Prospects’ Game last week was that Regina’s Memorial Cup bid did not to unnoticed. The Saskatchewan capital is in the conversation.” . . . The lead to this week’s piece involves a junior B team in B.C. that is 0-40-3. It’s good stuff, as usual, and it’s all right here.
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Marko Kardum, a farmer in Central Saanich, B.C., was out clearing a little snow on Monday night when the police showed up. The fact that Kardum was driving a Zamboni may have something to with it. . . . Katie Derosa of the Victoria Times Colonist tracked him down and has his story right here.
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INJURY NOTES:
The WHL’s weekly roster report shows some of the league’s top players on the shelf, listed as being out either week-to-week or indefinitey, all with undisclosed injuries.
Noah Juulsen of the Everett Silvertips, one of the WHL’s top defencemen, is week-to-week, so likely won’t play on the East Division swing that opens Friday in Brandon. He last played on Jan. 20.
F Tomas Soustal of the Kelowna Rockets hasn’t played since Jan. 28 and also is shown as being out week-to-week.
F Noah Gregor of the Moose Jaw Warriors has been sidelined since Jan. 7 and is out week-to-week. He had 52 points, including 20 goals, in 42 games when he was injured.
D Brendan Guhle wasn’t in the Prince George Cougars lineup last night against the visiting Vancouver Giants. He won’t play tonight (Wednesday) either. He last played on Jan. 29.
F Scott Eansor of the Seattle Thunderbirds was day-to-day in last week’s roster report, but that was changed to week-to-week for the report issued Tuesday. He hasn’t played since Jan. 14.
F Braylon Shmyr of the Saskatoon Blades also is shown as being out week-to-week after suffering a brain injury in a game on Saturday night.
F Jake Leschyshyn of the Regina Pats is out indefinitely after apparently being injured on Friday in Saskatoon.
D Alexander Alexeyev of the Red Deer Rebels hasn’t played since Jan. 28 and won’t play again this season after undergoing surgery to repair an undisclosed lower-body injury last week.
The Vancouver Giants are listing F Tyler Benson (groin) as being out indefinitely. Benson last played on Jan. 2 and originally was said to have a minor injury.
Meanwhile, the Tri-City Americans revealed that D Seth Bafaro, a 16-year-old from Revelstoke, B.C., has been shut down for the season. He has a shoulder injury that requires surgery. Bafaro, with one assist in 28 games as a freshman, played on Jan. 28 and 29 after being out since Jan. 13.
Bafaro is the second defenceman the Americans have shut down this season. Tyler Jette, 18, suffered an "upper-body" injury and had his season end before he had played a game. The Americans announced on Jan. 24 that he was done, at least for now.
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Boys making the best out of a bad situation. #puteminacoffin #Strandbrook pic.twitter.com/usUgNP7cXS— Mark Rassell (@Mark_Rassell) February 7, 2017
The Medicine Hat Tigers were able to leave Cranbrook and head for home on Tuesday after behind snow-stayed since early Sunday morning. They were on their way home from Kennewick, Wash., after beating the Tri-City Americans, 6-5, on Saturday night when their progress was halted by highways closed due to a heavy snowfall.
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TUESDAY’S GAMES:
#WHL VAN/PG: @PGCougars Jesse Gabrielle takes home fifth 3-point game of season, collecting one in every month.— Geoffrey Brandow (@GeoffreyBrandow) February 8, 2017
At Prince George, F Jesse Gabrielle had a goal and two assists to lead the Cougars to a 4-1 victory over the Vancouver Giants. . . . F Radovan Bondra, who was acquired from the Giants earlier in the season,
gave the Cougars a 1-0 lead at 9:36 of the first period. He’s got 26 goals, seven of them in 14 games with Prince George. . . . F Jack Flaman (13) pulled the Giants even at 8:10 of the second period. . . . F Jared Bethune snapped the tie with his 15th goal, at 13:47. . . . F Nikita Popugaev added insurance at 5:34 of the third period, with his 15th goal. . . . Gabrielle, who assisted on those last two goals, got No. 26 at 12:29. . . . Gabrielle now has 47 points in 45 games. . . . D Sam Ruopp had two assists for the Cougars, while Bethune added one to his goal. . . . The Cougars got 25 saves from G Nick McBride. . . . Vancouver G Ryan Kubic stopped 29 shots. . . . The Giants were 0-2 on the PP; the Cougars were 0-3. . . . F Jansen Harkins and D Brendan Guhle were among the Cougars’ scratches. . . . The Cougars (37-16-3) had lost their previous two games. The are second in the overall standings, four points behind the Regina Pats. However, the Pats hold six games in hand. The Cougars also lead the B.C. Division by eight points over the Kamloops Blazers. . . . The Giants (17-32-5) have lost eight in a row (0-6-2). . . . These same teams will clash again tonight in Prince George. . . . Announced attendance: 2,511.
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Tonight was 43rd meeting between Victoria/Chilliwack and Seattle. Only once, 12/16/14, has the game been decided by one goal in regulation.— TBird Tidbits (@TBirdTidbits) February 8, 2017
At Victoria, F Ryan Gropp scored three times as the Seattle Thunderbirds skated past the Royals, 3-1. . . . Gropp’s third goal was his 18th this season and the 100th in 238 career games. It was Gropp’s first hat
trick this season and the fifth of his career. He had two last season when he scored a career-high 34 goals. . . . Gropp, a 20-year-old from Kamloops, gave the visitors a 1-0 lead at 9:00 of the first period. . . . F Dante Hannoun’s 19th goal, on a PP at 18:36, tied it, 1-1. . . . Gropp struck for his second goal at 19:42 of the first and he completed the hat trick with an empty-netter at 18:59 of the third. . . . F Mathew Barzal drew assists on Gropp’s first two goals. . . . Victoria was 1-4 on the PP; Seattle was 0-3. . . . G Matt Berlin earned the victory with 17 saves. He is 5-0-2 in nine appearances with Seattle this season. . . . Victoria got 29 saves from G Griffen Outhouse. . . . The Thunderbirds had D Jake Lee make his WHL debut. From Sherwood Park, Alta., Lee was a first-round selection by Seattle in the 2016 bantam draft. He plays for the midget AAA Sherwood Park Kings. . . . However, Seattle F Elijah Brown, a first-round selection in the 2015 bantam draft, left in the sec ond period with an apparent injury to his right leg. . . . Victoria F Jack Walker played in his 300th career regular-season game. He has played all 300 regular-season games with the Royals. He has 231 points, including 94 goals. Over the last two seasons, Walker has put up 139 points, including 60 goals, in 123 games. . . . The Thunderbirds (32-15-5) have points in nine straight games (8-0-1). They are second in the U.S. Division, three points behind the Everett Silvertips. Each team has played 52 games. Everett is scheduled to open a six-game East Division swing in Brandon on Friday. . . . The Royals (30-20-4) had a four-game winning streak end. They are tied with the Kelowna Rockets for third in the B.C. Division, five points behind Kamloops. . . . The teams will play again tonight in Victoria. . . . Announced attendance: 3,085.
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WEDNESDAY’S GAMES (all times local):
Moose Jaw at Brandon, 7 p.m.
Regina at Calgary, 7 p.m.
Swift Current at Edmonton, 7 p.m.
Kelowna at Kamloops, 7 p.m.
Prince Albert at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.
Vancouver at Prince George, 7 p.m.
Lethbridge at Red Deer, 7 p.m.
Portland at Spokane, 7:05 p.m.
Seattle at Victoria, 7:05 p.m.
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In Prince Albert, G Nick McBride stopped 24 shots to lead the Raiders to a 3-0 victory over the Spokane Chiefs. . . . It was McBride’s second shutout of the season and second of his career. It was his first victory in 12 decisions, too. . . . Raiders F Tim Vanstone scored his eighth goal at 2:56 of the second period and it stood up as the winner. . . . The Raiders struck for three goals in 4:07, with F Colton Heffley getting his fifth at 6:41 and F Matteo Gennaro getting No. 9 at 7:03. . . . Chiefs G Garret Hughson stopped 27 shots. . . . F Craig Leverton had two assists. . . . Eleven of the 16 minor penalties called in the game were for roughing. . . . Each team was 0-for-4 on the PP. . . . Vanstone left in the second period with an undisclosed injury and didn’t return. . . . The Raiders (23-31-2) have won two in a row. They have 16 games remaining and are seven points out of a playoff spot. . . . Spokane (26-24-4), which has been shutout in five of its last 11 games, is 2-2-0 on its six-game East Division trip. The Chiefs, who are in Brandon on Friday, hold down the Western Conference’s first wild-card spot. . . . Jeff D’Andrea of panow.com has a game story 
In Cranbrook, the Kootenay Ice scored five second-period goals and went on to beat the Medicine Hat Tigers, 6-3. . . . Ice F Levi Cable, who was playing his 250th game, got the game’s first goal, his 24th, just 59 seconds into the first period. . . . Ice F Jaedon Descheneau picked up his 150th career assist on Cable’s goal. . . . Tigers F Cole Sanford scored his WHL-leading 44th goal on a PP at 2:54 of the second. He’s riding a 12-game point streak. . . . Ice D Rinat Valiev broke the tie with his eighth goal at 11:07 and the Ice added four more before the period ended. . . . Cable and Valiev each had two assists, as did F Luke Philp. . . . Ice F Tim Bozon scored his 22nd goal and added his 150th career assist. . . . Descheneau added his 25th goal, while F Sam Reinhart got No. 13. . . . With head coach Ryan McGill ill and unavailable, assistant coach Jay Henderson ran the Kootenay bench. . . . The Ice had D Tanner Faith back on their bench, but he was in the role of an assistant coach. He is recovering from season-ending shoulder surgery. . . . The Tigers were without D Ty Stanton (ill), but had D Tyler Lewington, their captain, back from a one-game suspension. . . . The Ice (28-26-1) had lost its previous three games. It owns the Eastern Conference’s first wild-card spot, one point up on Edmonton. . . . The Tigers (36-16-3) lead the Central Division by six points over Calgary. . . . Taylor Rocca of the Cranbrook Daily Townsman has a game story 
In Calgary, the Hitmen ran their winning streak to nine games with a 4-3 five-round shootout victory over the Prince George Cougars. . . . F Brad Morrison scored for the Cougars in the first round of the shootout, with F Adam Tambellini countering for the Hitmen in the second round. . . . F Connor Rankin won it in the fifth round. . . . Cougars G Ty Edmonds stopped 49 shots through OT. . . . Morrison forced OT with his 20th goal at 12:00 of the third period. . . . The Hitmen led 2-0 in the second period, only to have the Cougars tie it on D Tate Olson’s fifth goal, on a PP, at 1:20 of the third. . . . F Jake Virtanen shot Calgary back into the lead with his 15th goal at 11:13. . . . Tambellini had two assists, while D Travis Sanheim scored his 11th goal and added an assist. . . . Calgary F Kenton Helgesen, the team captain, scored his 18th goal of the season in what was his 250th career game. . . . Morrison also had an assist, while F Zach Pochiro got his 10th goal and added an assist. . . . Calgary G Brendan Burke stopped 19 shots. . . . The Hitmen (32-17-5) are second in the Central Division, six points behind Medicine Hat. . . . The Cougars (21-32-4) are 0-1-2 in their last three games. They are fifth in the B.C. Division, but just three points behind third-place Vancouver. . . . 
In Vancouver, F Carter Popoff scored twice to help the Giants to a 3-1 victory over the Edmonton Oil Kings. . . . Edmonton F Lane Bauer scored his 18th goal at 9:42 of the first period. . . . The Giants scored the game’s last three goals. . . . Popoff tied it at 7:33 of the second period and F Vladimir Bobylev got his third just 44 seconds later. . . . Popoff, who has 22 goals, iced it with an empty-netter at 19:34 of the third. . . . Vancouver G Cody Porter stopped 31 shots. . . . Giants G Payton Lee, who has been out with a hand injury, was on the bench backing up Porter. . . . Edmonton G Tristan Jarry blocked 21 shots. He played in his 148th career game to set a franchise record. He had shared the mark with Laurent Brossoit. . . . Vancouver F Tyler Benson had two assists. . . . Vancouver D Arvin Atwal was eligible to return from a WHL suspension, but he was a healthy scratch. . . . Vancouver (23-29-3) has won two in a row and has moved into third place in the B.C. Division, one point ahead of idle Kamloops. The Giants have a game in hand. . . . Edmonton (25-26-6) has lost two straight; it went 1-3-0 on a trip into the B.C. Division, scoring only six goals in the process. The Oil Kings hold down the Eastern Conference’s second wild-card spot. . . . Steve Ewen of the Vancouver Province has a game story 
In Everett, the Tri-City Americans erased 2-0 and 3-2 deficits as they beat the Silvertips 4-3 in a shootout. . . . F Vladislav Lukin scored the lone goal of the three-round shootout. Lukin, a freshman from Ufa, Russia, isn’t believed to be related to former Kamloops Blazers captain Jaret Lukin. . . . This really was a wild one. . . . Everett led 2-0 after one period — on goals from F Patrick Bajkov, his 20th, and Remi Laurencelle, his 15th — and took that lead into the third. . . . The Americans tied it on D Brendan O’Reilly’s first goal, at 7:23 of the third, and F Lucas Nickles’ 20th just 12 seconds later. . . . F Nikita Scherbak put Everett back out front with his 23rd goal at 12:05. . . . Tri-City pulled even on F Beau McCue’s 21st goal at 14:28. . . . D Brandon Carlo had two assists for the Americans. . . . Everett G Austin Lotz stopped 26 shots through OT, three more than Tri-City’s Eric Comrie. . . . F Parker Bowles was among the Americans’ scratches. Bowles, who leads the Americans in assists and points, left a 3-0 loss in Kamloops on Sunday with an apparent injury to his left arm or shoulder. . . . The Americans also scratched D Riley Hillis (suspended), D Tyler Morrison (undisclosed injury) and D Dylan Coghlan (undisclosed injury). Tri-City F Braden Purtill moved back to defence for this one. . . . The Americans (26-26-3) are fifth in the U.S. Division, but are in the Western Conference’s second wild-card spot. . . . Everett (34-16-5) leads the U.S. Division by seven points over idle Portland. . . . Nick Patterson of the Everett Herald has a game story 
The SJHL’s Melfort Mustangs have fired general manager/head coach Gavin Holcomb. . . . Trevor Blevins has stepped in as interim head coach. Blevins is a former Melfort player and assistant coach. . . . Dwight Kulchysky will remain on as assistant coach and also will serve as the interim general manager. . . . The Mustangs are 10-12-0-4 after beating the visiting Estevan Bruins 4-2 on Friday night. Melfort is fourth in the four-team Sherwood Division, four points behind the division-leading Nipawin Hawks.
The Brandon Wheat Kings have traded G Christopher Tai, 18, to the Medicine Hat Tigers for an undisclosed 2015 bantam draft pick. With the move, Brandon made room for G Curtis Honey, who missed 14 games with an undisclosed injury. He played the third period of Brandon’s 4-3 loss to the visiting Swift Current Broncos Friday night. . . . Tai played in one game with Brandon, after coming over from the Lethbridge Hurricanes. He gave up one goal in 30 minutes with the Wheat Kings. Tai is expected to arrive in Medicine Hat on Monday. . . . The Tigers need a goaltender with G Marek Langhamer soon to leave for the selection camp of the Czech Republic national junior team.
In Brandon, the Swift Current Broncos erased a 2-1 first-period deficit with three second-period goals in a 7:16 span and beat the Wheat Kings, 4-3. . . . The Broncos (19-11-3) have won three in a row and lead the Eastern Conference by four points. . . . F Dakota Odgers opened the game’s scoring for the Broncos with his first WHL goal. It came in his 13th game, four of which have come this season. . . . F Andrew Johnson’s fourth goal, at 13:36 of the second, stood up as the winner. . . . Broncos G Eetu Laurikainen stopped 38 shots. . . . The Wheat Kings were without F Jayce Hawrulyk, their scoring leader, who served the first game of a two-game suspension. He drew the punishment under supplemental discipline for a hit on Regina D Kyle Burroughs on Wednesday night. Burroughs, who is going through the WHL’s concussion protocol, didn’t play Friday night. . . . Regina F Max Kammerer also is concussed. . . .
In Moose Jaw, the Regina Pats scored two shootout goals to beat the Warriors, 5-4. . . . The Warriors actually took a 4-2 lead into the third period. . . . F Dyson Stevenson got the Pats to within one with his 16th goal at 12:26 of the third, with F Chandler Stephenson forcing extra time with his second goal of the game, and his 13th this season, at 16:26. . . . Stephenson also had an assist. . . . F Brayden Point scored twice, giving him 11, and added an assist for Moose Jaw, which got three assists from D Jesse Forsberg. . . . F Boston Leier and Stevenson scored for the Pats in the shootout, while the Warriors got a goal from F Torrin White. . . .
In Edmonton, F Mitchell Moroz and F Reid Petryk scored shootout goals to give the Oil Kings a 5-4 victory over the Portland Winterhawks. . . . The Winterhawks erased a late 4-2 third-period deficit to force OT. F Taylor Leier scored twice, giving him 22, at 17:13 and 19:04. . . . F Edgars Kulda had his ninth goal and an assist for Edmonton, which has won four straight. . . . F Nic Petan had a goal and two assists for Portland, giving him 64 points and moving him to within two points of the WHL points lead. He also had Portland’s lone goal in the shootout. . . . Portland (21-5-4) has points in seven straight (5-0-2) and leads the overall standings by two points over the Kelowna Rockets and Everett Silvertips. . . . This was a meeting of the two teams that appeared in the last two WHL finals, Edmonton winning the first title and the Winterhawks now the defending champions. . . . Edmonton D Dyson Mayo scored the game’s second goal at 15:20 of the first period; it was the Teddy Bear goal. . . . Portland D Derrick Pouliot had a goal and two assists. . . .
In Kamloops, F Tim Bozon burned his former team for two goals and two assists as the Kootenay Ice beat the Blazers, 7-3. . . . Bozon has 19 points, including six goals, since being acquired by the Ice from Kamloops. He has nine goals on the season. . . . F Jaedon Descheneau had two goals, giving him 21, and an assist for Kootenay, while F Sam Reinhart had two assists. . . . F Eric Krienke scored his first WHL goal for the Blazers. He’s a 17-year-old freshman from Calgary. . . . Kamloops D Sam Grist was hit with a match penalty for attempt to injure during a third-period scrap with Ice F Jon Martin. Grist apparently used Martin’s helmet to strike the Ice player. . . . The Blazers are at home to the Everett Silvertips tonight, so Grist may have to sit out depending on how the WHL office views the matter. . . . Ice F Ryan Chynoweth was among the scratches. He was injured when hit from behind during a game in Vancouver on Wednesday night. . . . Kamloops, which has lost 11 in a row, is without F Aspen Sterzer, who suffered an undisclosed injury on Nov. 29 against visiting Kelowna. Sterzer isn’t expect to play tonight, either. . . .
In Prince George, F Braden Purtil scored his third goal of the season at 4:21 of OT as the Tri-City Americans beat the Cougars, 4-3. . . . Cougars F Todd Fiddler forced OT with his 11th goal at 18:15 of the third period. . . . F Lucas Nickles had a goal, his seventh, and two assists for the Americans, who have won three in a row. . . . Americans G Eric Comrie turned aside 38 shots. . . . Prince George F Troy Bourke completed a three-game suspension. . . . The Cougars are hurting through sickness and injuries. Ted Clarke of the Prince George Citizen reports that the Cougars had just six forwards available for one practice this week. . . . Prince George F Zach Pochiro (concussion) was symptom free only to have headaches return. Also out with concussions are F Jari Erricson, D Tate Olson and F Brad Morrison. . . . Also out of the Cougars lineup are D Raymond Grewal (ankle), F David Soltes (knee) and G Brett Zarowny (groin). . . .
In Kelowna, the Rockets scored the game’s last three goals and beat the Everett Silvertips, 3-1. . . . Kelowna F Ryan Olsen got his fifth goal, on the PP, at 10:55 of the second and D Damon Severson, with his eighth on a PP just 57 seconds into the third, broke the 1-1 tie. . . . Olsen, whose first goal was the Teddy Bear score, later scored his second of the game. . . . Kelowna G Jordon Cooke stopped 26 shots. . . . Everett F Josh Winquist had his point streak snapped at 18 games. He had 40 points, including 16 goals, over that stretch. That is the longest point steak in the league this season. . . . The Rockets, who have the WHL’s best winning percentage (.846), have won five straight. . . .
In Victoria, F Brandon Magee scored twice, the last one into an empty net, as the Royals doubled the Vancouver Giants, 4-2. . . . Magee has 10 goals. . . . Royals F Taylor Crunk snapped a 2-2 tie with his third goal at 9:50 of the third. . . . Vancouver lost F Tim Traber, who spent two seasons with the Chilliwack Bruins and two with the Royals, to a boarding major and game misconduct at 10:44 of the first period. . . . The Giants had earned at least a point in each of their previous 11 games. . . . 
In Spokane, F Branden Troock struck for three goals and added an assist as the Seattle Thunderbirds dropped the Chiefs, 7-3. . . . Troock, who enjoyed his first WHL hat trick, has 13 goals. . . . Seattle, which won 5-1 in Spokane on Sunday, has won five in a row. . . . Seattle D Shea Theodore had four assists for the first time in his career, with D Jarret Smith scoring his first goal and adding two helpers for his first three-point outing. Smith has two goals in 101 regular-season games. . . . F Adam Helewka had two goals, giving him 14, and an assist for Spokane. . . . Chiefs F Mitch Holmberg, who leads the WHL in goals (32) and points (66), was held pointless and, in fact, was ejected after becoming involved in a multi-fight situation at 17:41 of the third period. . . . Seattle held a 25-15 edge in shots on goal. 
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