Some Saturday notes . . .

It likely is safe to assume that F Sawyer Mick helped establish a WHL record on Saturday night – most years between goals by brothers. Mick, 17, scored his first two WHL goals in a 5-1 victory over the Thunderbirds in Seattle on Saturday. Mick’s brother, Troy, last played in the WHL in 1989-90 with the Regina Pats.
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In that same game, Portland G Kurtis Mucha increased his career minutes played total to 9,778, which took him past Lanny Ramage and into first place on the Winter Hawks’ list. . . . Ramage holds the franchise record for most career games played (175) but Mucha is closing in on that mark, too, with 172.
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Still with the Portland-Seattle game, Thunderbirds F Greg Scott was given a match penalty for attempt to injury in the second period. "The call was (that) he stepped on their player's leg intentionally," Seattle head coach Rob Sumner told Seattle freelancer Jim Riley. "Greg said he had no intention to do that at all. It hurt to lose him that early in the game, but we need to have other guys step up." . . . Scott will be suspended pending a league investigation into the incident which involved Portland F Tayler Jordan.
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The Prince George Cougars, missing their entire top line, moved D Dallas Jackson up front and he scored their first two goals but they gave up two goals in the last three minutes and lost 4-3 to the Giants in Vancouver on Saturday. The Cougars are without LW Dana Tyrell (knee), C Brett Connolly (Team Pacific, U-17 World Hockey Challenge) and RW Marek Viedensky (Team Slovakia, World Junior Championship). . . . D Mike Berube (broken arm) returned to Vancouver’s lineup after a 15-game absence. . . . The Giants now have won eight in a row.
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The Kootenay Ice lost F Dustin Sylvester with a left leg injury – he was removed on a stretcher – during a 6-1 victory over the Hurricanes in Lethbridge on Saturday. He was hit by Lethbridge D Mitch Versteeg, who was given a major penalty for boarding and will be suspended pending a league investigation. “Losing Sylvester is going to hurt,” Kootenay head coach Mark Holick told the Lethbridge Herald. “I don’t know what happened, but it didn’t look good and didn’t sound good. We’re anticipating it’ll be a lengthy recovery for him. Hopefully it’ll be a quick and speedy one . . .” . . . Sylvester is having a wonderful season. He leads the Ice in goals (21), points (41) and plus-minus (plus-16).
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The Chilliwack Bruins, who had lost 11 of 12 going into the Christmas break, sent into Everett and beat the Silvertips 5-2 on Saturday. The game was 30 minutes late starting because the Bruins were delayed by an accident on the Trans-Canada Highway. . . . Chilliwack F Ryan Howse scored three times, the third one coming while shorthanded. . . . Chilliwack G Lucas Gore stopped 23 shots, including a first-period penalty shot by Everett F Jesse Burt. . . . The Silvertips were without F Daniel Bartek (infected knee), who is their leading sniper. . . . D Trevor Bauer (shoulder) made his Everett debut. He had been added to the roster in November but was out with an injury.
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Kamloops G Justin Leclerc stopped 39 shots but it wasn’t enough as the Blazers lost 4-3 in a shootout to the Rockets in Kelowna on Saturday. The Rockets got two goals from C Colin Long. . . . Five of the six shooters in the circus scored goals, with Kelowna F Cody Almond getting the winner, but not until Rockets G Kris Lazaruk stopped Kamloops F Jimmy Bubnick to preserve the victory. . . . The Rockets, now 4-0 against Kamloops, outshot the visitors 20-3 in the second period.
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Jon Keen, the radio voice of the Swift Current Broncos, is reporting on his blog that D Jesse Dudas, 20, has chosen not to report. Dudas, who suffered a knee injury in camp with the NHL's Edmonton Oilers, has yet to play this season. It had been expected that he would join the Broncos after Christmas. Now, according to Keen, Duedas is sitting at home in Edmonton "awaiting a trade/release." . . . Over the previous four seasons, the oft-injured Dudas has played 44, 24, 32 and 52 games. Hard to see how not reporting to the Broncos will help his cause, especially with the trade deadline arriving on Jan. 10. Had he reported to the Broncos, he would have been their fourth 20-year-old, meaning GM/head coach Dean Chynoweth would have been forced to make a move. . . . As well, F Matt Ius, who was acquired from the Everett Silvertips earlier in the season, didn't return to the Broncos after Christmas. Chynoweth told Keen: "Matt has left the team for some personal reasons and family matters. I'll stay in contact with him and see how it develops." The Broncos gave up a 2009 fifth-round bantam pick for Ius, 18, but he was a disappointment with only one assist in 11 games.