Friday . . .

The Canadian national junior team will hold its precompetition camp in Petawawa and Orangeville, Ont. Team Canada will be at CFB Petawawa on Dec. 16 and 17, before moving to Orangeville, Dec. 18-23. . . . Other national junior teams and their precompetition camp sites: Czech Republic, Brampton, Ont., Dec. 16-23; Finland, Barrie, Ont., Dec. 20-23; Germany, Gatineau, Que., Dec. 20-23; Kazakhstan, Oshawa, Ont., Dec. 18-23; Latvia, Brockville, Ont., Dec. 18-23; Russia, Kingston, Ont., Dec. 19-23; Slovakia, Kitchener, Ont., Dec. 17-23; Sweden, Mississauga, Ont., Dec. 16-23; and, United States, Kingston, Dec. 21-23.
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JUST NOTES: If you were watching the WHL game between the Brandon Wheat Kings and the Blades in Saskatoon on Wednesday night, you may have seen Brandon D Mark Schneider go awkwardly in the boards. It turns out he suffered a broken heel and will be out indefinitely. . . . F Scott Glennie scored twice, including once into an empty net, Friday as the Wheat Kings beat the Pats 3-1 in Regina. . . . Glennie has 19 goals this season. . . . Slotback Jason Clermont, a CFL free agent who agreed to terms Friday with the Saskatchewan Roughriders, dropped the ceremonial puck prior to the game in Regina. . . . Regina D Victor Bartley played in his 300th regular-season WHL game. . . . The Pats had D Travis Sparrow, a seventh-round pick in the 2006 bantam draft, make his WHL debut. He plays for the midget AAA Moose Jaw Warriors. . . . G Travis Yonkman stopped 29 shots to lead the Swift Current Broncos to a 3-1 victory over the Rockets in Kelowna. . . . The Rockets lost D Tyson Barrie late in the game when he apparently took an elbow to the head. He needed assistance getting off the ice and will be re-evaluated Saturday.

G James Reid stopped 26 shots as the Spokane Chiefs got past the visiting Seattle Thunderbirds, 1-0. It was Reid’s second career shutout and came in his sixth appearance. . . . The Chiefs are without G Dustin Tokarski, their go-to guy, as he is in the Canadian national junior team’s selection came. . . . D Jared Cowen scored the only goal in that game, at 13:30 of the first period on a PP. . . . The Thunderbirds had so much fun that they spent the night in Spokane and will the Chiefs there again on on Saturday. . . . The Moose Jaw Warriors beat the Hurricanes 4-3 in Lethbridge in a game that was almost 90 minutes late starting because inclement weather delayed the arrival of the on-ice officials. . . . F Marcus Watson, recalled from the BCHL for the weekend, scored in OT as the Prince George Cougars came from behind to beat the host Portland Winter Hawks, 4-3. The Cougars forced OT when F Brett Connolly scored with three seconds left in the third period. . . . The Medicine Hat Tigers opened a U.S. swing with a 6-3 victory over the Silvertips in Everett. The Silvertips have lost five in a row. . . . The Chilliwack Bruins ended a nine-game skid with a 3-1 victory over the Oil Kings in Edmonton.

DYNAMITER REPORT: F Sam Mellor scored two first-period goals as the Kimberley Dynamiters went into Fernie and beat the Ghostriders 3-2. The teams meet again Saturday, this time in Kimberley. Andrew Green had two assists for the Nitros. . . . The Dynamiters are 15-11-2 and are 8-1-1 in their last 10 games. They are fifth in their division, seven points behind the Ghostriders (17-9-5).