Wednesday's stuff . . .

It doesn’t sound as though Tom Hicks is in a big hurry to sell the NHL’s Dallas Stars to Portland Winterhawks owner Bill Gallacher or anyone else. That story is right here, and you might want to pay particular attention to Gallacher’s non-denial denial.
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The Portland Winterhawks have assigned F Taylor Peters, 17, to the BCHL’s Penticton Vees. Peters, a fourth-round selection in the 2007 WHL bantam draft, got into three games with Portland this season. He has 10 points in 78 WHL games over three seasons.
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F Moises Gutierrez (Kamloops, Everett, 2002-07) has signed to play with the ECHL’s Anchorage Aces. Gutierrez is from Anchorage. He was a sixth-round pick of the Pittsburgh Penguins in the NHL’s 2004 draft. Gutierrez, 23, will make his debut with the Aces on Friday when they open a three-game set with the visiting Idaho Steelheads. . . . Last season, he had 23 points in 37 games with the ECHL’s Elmira Jackals and was pointless in two games with the AHL’s Binghamton Senators.
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F Keegan Dansereau, who led the Swift Current Broncos in goals, assists and points last season, has been reassigned from the AHL’s Binghamton Senators to the ECHL’s Elmira Jackals. He had 81 points, including 37 goals, for the Broncos last season. . . . With Dansereau on his way to Elmira, the Jackals dealt F Colton Yellow Horn (Lethbridge, Tri-City, 2003-08) to the Stockton Thunder for D Neil Petruic. . . . Yellow Horn, 22, is expected to debut with the Thunder on Friday in Victoria against the Salmon Kings.
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The NHL’s Anaheim Ducks have signed free-agent F Kyle Calder (Regina, Kamloops, 1995-99) to a one-year contract. He will report to the ECHL’s Bakersfield Condors. He attended the Ducks’ training camp on a tryout deal but was released on Sept. 26. Calder, 30, played last season with the Los Angeles Kings.
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The Regina Pats will take part in a Thursday news conference at which the book Junior Hockey’s Royal Franchise: The Regina Pats will be released. The book was written by long-time fan and hockey historian Ron (Scoreboard) Johnston and former Regina Leader-Post sports writer Darrell Davis. . . . The book now is available in Regina at The Neutral Zone, Costco, Wal-Mart and major book stores.
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It appears that the Luca Sbisa saga is over, at least for now. The 19-year-old defenceman was reassigned to the Lethbridge Hurricanes by the NHL’s Anaheim Ducks last weekend, but there was speculation as to whether he would ever show up there. Now he is expected to arrive in Lethbridge on Thursday night and should play Friday against the visiting Seattle Thunderbirds. . . . Sbisa, who was born in Italy but has played for Switzerland on the international stage, returns with 47 NHL games under his belt, eight of them this season with the Ducks, the rest last season with the Philadelphia Flyers. He moved from the Flyers to the Ducks, along with F Joffrey Lupul, for D Chris Pronger in a deal made in the offseason. The Flyers had selected him 19th overall in the NHL‘s 2008 draft. . . . Sbisa has played 80 regular-season with the Hurricanes and has 48 points. In 30 playoff games, he has 18 points.
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Former WHL D Jesse Dudas (Lethbridge, Prince George, Swift Current, 2003-09) has signed with the IHL’s Bloomington Prairie Thunder. Dudas, 21, was a sixth-round selection by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the NHL’s 2006 draft.
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The Subway Super Series is coming to Victoria and Kelowna, and the WHL this morning (Thursday) is scheduled to announce the names of the players who will represent it. The announcement is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Pacific. Team WHL will play a touring Russian side in Victoria on Nov. 25, and in Kelowna on Nov. 26.
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The Central league’s Colorado Eagles have signed F Jason Deleurme (Tacoma- Kelowna, 1993-98). Deleurme is into his 12th season as a pro, with most of that having been played in Europe.
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With Roberto Luongo (ribs) injured, the Vancouver Canucks recalled G Cory Schneider from the AHL’s Manitoba Moose. The Moose then signed G Rejean Beauchemin (Prince Albert, 2002-05) to a tryout deal. He had been with the ECHL’s Idaho Steelheads.
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WEDNESDAY:
In Prince Albert, G Garrett Zemlak stopped 39 shots to lead the Raiders to a 6-0 victory over the Medicine Hat Tigers. . . . It was Zemlak’s first shutout of the season, his first with the Raiders and the second of his career. His first career shutout came on Jan. 9, 2008, when, while with the Saskatoon Blades, he blanked the Rebels 2-0 in Red Deer. He made 21 saves that night. . . . F Jordan Hickmott, who played two seasons with the Tigers, had two goals for the Raiders (8-8-0-0), giving him nine. He was the Tigers’ first-round pick in the 2005 bantam draft. . . . F Brandon Herrod had a goal and two assists for Prince Albert, his second straight three-point game. . . . Attendance was 1,821. . . . The Raiders have won five in a row on home ice. . . . And how did the Raiders celebrate the victory? They got their seasonal flu shots. . . . The Tigers (8-5-2-2), having lost 7-2 in Saskatoon on Tuesday, have been outscored 13-2 in their last two games.
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In Edmonton, D Mark Pysyk had a goal and two assists and was plus-4 as the Oil Kings dropped the Seattle Thunderbirds, 7-1. . . . Pysyk was playing in his second game since missing seven with a concussion. . . . F Clayton Cumiskey also had a goal and two helpers for Edmonton (7-8-0-2), with F Brett Breitkreuz scoring twice and F Brett Raedeke getting three assists. . . . Cumiskey had missed the previous 15 games with a concussion. . . . Edmonton G Torrie Jung stopped 24 shots. He lost his shutout at 8:20 of the first period when F Brendan Rouse scored his first WHL goal. . . . Seattle fell to 3-10-0-2. . . . Attendance was 3,274.
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In Cranbrook, the Everett Silvertips broke open a scoreless game with three second-period goals and went on to a 4-1 victory over the Kootenay Ice. . . . F Shane Harper scored twice for Everett (7-4-0-0), getting the first goal at 11:05 of the second period and adding an empty-netter, his seventh goal this season, at 18:54 of the third. . . . Everett got late second-period PP goals from D Rasmus Rissanen at 19:12 and F Chris Langkow, at 19:59. . . . The Ice slipped to 5-11-0-0. . . . Everett was 2-for-5 on the PP; Kootenay was 0-for-4. . . . Attendance was 2,402. . . . With G Nathan Lieuwen (concussion) out indefinitely, Ice G Todd Mathews stopped 20 shots, six fewer than Everett’s Thomas Heemskerk. Heemskerk began last season with the Ice, but asked for a trade and ended up in Everett.
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In Chilliwack, G Lucas Gore stopped 44 Shots as the Bruins dropped the Tri-City Americans, 5-2. . . . The Bruins (5-6-1-3) broke a 2-2 tie with third-period goals by F Roman Horak (1:25) and F Dylen McKinley (3:36). . . . F Jordan Messier had both Tri-City goals. . . . The game marked the return of Tri-City head coach Jim Hiller to Chilliwack. He was the Bruins’ head coach for their first three seasons, before being fired in the spring. . . . The Americans (11-3-0-0) went into the game having won nine in a row, one shy of the franchise’s single-season record. . . . Tri-City had been 12-1 against the Bruins over the previous three sesaons. . . . Attendance was 2,954.
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In Kelowna, F Stepan Novotny scored two first-period PP goals to spark the Rockets to a 4-1 victory over the Hitmen. . . . The game, which was intense, emotional and chippy, was a rematch of last season’s WHL championship final, which the Rockets won in six games. . . . Calgary had won its last five games. . . . Novotny, who also had an assist, has 12 goals this season. . . . D Tyson Barrie assisted on both Novotny goals. . . . Kelowna G Adam Brown stopped Calgary sniper Joel Broda on a penalty shot at 5:15 of the first period. Novotny opened the scoring just 36 seconds later. . . . Brown finished up with 35 saves, while Calgary’s Martin Jones, who now is 6-1-0-0, stopped 32 shots. . . . The Rockets are 8-6-1-0, while the Hitmen are 12-4-0-0. . . . Attendance was 6,084. . . . Broda scored for Calgary at 9:09 of the third period, but by that time Kelowna held a 3-0 edge. . . . Kelowna was 2-for-8 on the PP; Calgary was 0-for-5. . . . Prior to the game, the Rockets named F Lucas Bloodoff as their captain. Which must mean they aren’t expecting to get D Tyler Myers back from the NHL’s Buffalo Sabres. Maybe they’ll get D Luke Schenn back from the Toronto Maple Leafs. The sophomore played 12:55 last night in Dallas; the other 11 defencemen dressed for this one all played more than did Schenn did.
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In Spokane, the Brandon Wheat Kings erased a 3-1 first-period deficit with three straight goals and beat the Chiefs, 5-4. . . . After F Scott Glennie scored just 25 seconds into the game, the Chiefs (5-5-1-0) struck for three goals, two of them from F Kyle Beach, before the end of the first period. . . . But Brandon (9-6-0-2) scored twice in the second to tie it. . . . F Brayden Schenn gave Brandon its first lead at 13:01 of the third period. . . . Beach completed his hat trick at 14:20 of the third. He has eight goals this season. . . . Schenn then got the winner, his seventh goal this season, just 22 seconds later. . . . F Jay Fehr scored his 10th goal for Brandon in the second period. . . . Brandon went into the game with an 0-9-1 record in Memorial Arena. However, Brandon won two games in Spokane in the 1996 WHL final, a series it won in five games. . . . Attendance was 3,509. . . . Spokane C Mitch Wahl had two assists, the first one his 200th point with the Chiefs. He is the 21st Spokane player to reach that plateau. . . . F Paul Van de Velde, acquired Tuesday by Brandon from the Everett Silvertips, was in the Wheat Kings’ lineup. . . . The Wheat Kings, on a seven-game trip, went 3-1-0-1 in the U.S. Division. Brandon plays in Cranbrook on Friday and Lethbridge on Saturday before heading for home.