Tuesday's stuff . . .

A note from tmz.com:
Hockey Fun Fact: You can punch the hell out of an opposing player on the
ice, but when you refer to his girlfriend as your “sloppy seconds” — that's where the NHL draws the line.
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Hey, when is the last time the NHL got a mention from the gang at tmz.com?
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JUST NOTES: LW Jordan Trach, 18, has had his WHL season come to an end. The Prince Albert Raiders have moved him to the injured reserve list due to post-concussion syndrome. Trach was the eighth overall pick in the 2005 bantam draft. Injuries have limited him to 41 and 46 seasons in his two previous seasons. Trach is working in Prince Albert and rehabbing with Raiders‚ athletic therapist Duane Bartley. . . . F Dustin Sylverster of the Kootenay Ice is the Husky WHL player of the month for November. Sylvester, 19, had 20 points and was plus-12 for the month. . . . Torrie Jung of the Edmonton Oil Kings is the ADT CHL goaltender of the week, after going 2-0-0-0 with a shutout, a 1.50 GAA and a .929 save percentage. . . . USA Hockey is scheduled to announce its national junior team roster this morning around 9 o’clock on the NHL Network. Hockey Canada will reveal the roster for its selection camp on TSN at 9:15 a.m.
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The Portland Winter Hawks never did get around to making an official announcement but Garry Davidson, as expected, is the franchise’s director of player personnel. This really is an interesting move because Davidson, who has been tight with Portland GM/head coach Mike Johnston for some time, has been involved in hockey at the junior A level, in particular with the B.C. Hockey League, for 17 of the last 18 winters. If you aren’t aware, you should know that the BCHL and the WHL are the Hatfields and McCoys of the junior hockey wars. And, yes, there are junior A people, and those from NCAA schools for that matter, who definitely believe that Davidson has gone over to the dark side. You can bet, too, that there are some — OK, a lot of — WHL people who will look upon Davidson, at least for a while, with more than a hint of distrust. . . . For more on Davidson, check out Kent Gilchrist's column in the Vancouver Province. It's right here.
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F Matt Tassone, 19, will be the Swift Current Broncos’ captain for December. Merry Christmas! The Broncos also have five alternate captains — D Derek Claffey, F Jan Dalecky and D Eric Doyle when they wear white or grey, F Keegan Dansereau, Claffey and F Cody Eakin when they wear black. . . . Claffey, as you see, is a full-time alternate. He must have bought the doughnuts one day. . . . The Vancouver Giants had a familiar face at practice on Tuesday. It seems head coach Don Hay is concerned about his club’s faceoff abilities so he invited former NHLer Trevor Linden to drop by. Linden, a product of the WHL’s Medicine Hat Tigers, was more than pleased to help out. . . . Which, of course, begs the question: Why don’t more WHL teams work on faceoffs with people like Linden, who have been there and done that? . . . D Stefan Ulmer of the Spokane Chiefs will play for Austria at the 2009 Division I Group B IIHF Under-20 championship that runs Dec. 15-21. The tournament will be played in Aalborg, Denmark. Ulmer, who leaves the Chiefs on Dec. 11, is expected to miss three WHL games. Also in the tournament are Denmark, Hungary, Italy, Norway and Ukraine.
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The Saskatoon Blades ran their road record to 11-1-0-0 with a 4-3 overtime victory over the Blazers in Kamloops. LW Derek Hulak scored Saskatoon’s last two goals, including the PP winner at 2:15 of overtime. . . . Saskatoon is 2-0-0-0 on its five-game B.C. swing. It plays Wednesday in Kelowna against the Rockets. . . . Saskatoon is riding the third-longest road winning streak in WHL history. The record (18) belongs to the 1999-2000 Calgary Hitmen. . . . In Medicine Hat, the Tigers stopped Edmonton’s four-game win streak, beating the Oil Kings, 7-2. It was the 13th straight game in which Medicine Hat has beaten Edmonton. LW Travis Dunstall scored twice for the Tigers. . . . The teams combined to hit six posts in the first period. The Tigers scored the period’s only two goals. . . . D Victor Bartley, who is from the Lower Mainland of B.C., scored twice in Chilliwack to lead the Regina Pats to a 4-3 victory over the Bruins. Bartley’s parents weren’t able to attend the Pats’ game in Kamloops on Friday — the Blazers won, 8-5 — but were to have attended the game in Chilliwack and another Wednesday night against the Giants in Vancouver. . . . . In Portland, G Kurtis Mucha stopped 36 shots to lead the Winter Hawks to a 4-1 victory over the Kootenay Ice.
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DYNAMITER UPDATE: In the Kootenay International Junior League, the Kimberley Dynamiters scored a 7-1 victory over the Golden Rockets. The victory pushed the Dynamiters over .500, to 12-11-1. The Rockets (18-6-5) lead the Eddie Mountain Division; the Dynamiters are fifth, 15 points off the pace. The Dynamiters got three goals from Mac Wilkins and two goals and two helpers from Corey Lester. . . . All of which reminds me that Golden used to have one of hockey’s best nicknames — at least for one season. Until a couple of seasons ago, the Golden team was know as the Jets.