RT: Regina Exhibition Association: Please make reasonable lease agmt with @WHLPats so #YQR hosts #MemorialCup! HUGE for #Regina! #ReginaPats https://t.co/ks3pmANR8e— Sen. Denise Batters (@denisebatters) October 24, 2016
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F Colton Yellow Horn (Lethbridge, Tri-City, 2003-08) has signed a one-year contract with Orli Znojmo (Czech Republic, Erste Bank Liga). He was released by Plzeň (Czech Republic, Extraliga) on Saturday at his request. He had four goals in 11 games with Plzeň. . . .
F Roberts Lipsbergs (Seattle, 2012-15) has signed a one-year contract with Dinamo Riga (Latvia, KHL). Last season, he was pointless in two games with the Adirondack Thunder (ECHL), had nine goals and seven assists in 37 games with the Utah Grizzlies (ECHL), and put up two goals and four assists in nine games with the Tulsa Oilers (ECHL). . . .
F Brad Cole (Seattle, Kootenay, Saskatoon, 2003-07) has signed a contract through Nov. 20 with Ritten/Renon (Italy, Serie A). Last season, he had six goals and 22 assists in 39 games with Ritten/Renon. The new contract is just for the third round of the IIHF Continental Cup that is scheduled for Nov. 18-20 in Ritten.
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Nice little lunch for the #BWK boys in Edmonton today. Ran into the Great One! 🐐 pic.twitter.com/1WnO6HvbjD— Brandon Wheat Kings (@bdnwheatkings) October 24, 2016
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It is looking more and more as though F Mathew Barzal will be returning to the Seattle Thunderbirds from the NHL’s New York Islanders. The 16th overall selection in the NHL’s 2015 draft, Barzal, 19, has played in only one of the Islanders’ first five games. The Islanders seem convinced that Barzal is unable to play on either wing, while F Anthony Beauvillier, 19, who was the 28th pick in that 2015 draft, has moved from centre to left wing and has a goal and four assists in five games. . . . Beauvillier, from the QMJHL’s Shawinigan Cataractes, has played in the Islanders’ past four games, while Barzal has watched from on high. . . . On Monday, Arthur Staple of Newsday wrote: “Shane Prince is due to come off injured reserve soon, so that may prompt a decision on Barzal. But it seems that Beauvillier is here to stay and play, so long as he continues to do the work.”
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F Tyler Coulter of the Brandon Wheat Kings has been suspended for two games for a hit from behind on F Giorgio Estephan of the visiting Lethbridge Hurricanes on Friday night. Coulter sat out Saturday’s game against the Spokane Chiefs and won’t play tonight (Tuesday) in Edmonton against the Oil Kings. . . . D Joe Gatenby of the Kamloops Blazers will miss tonight’s game against the visiting Victoria Royals as he serves a one-game suspension for a high hit on D Juuso Valimaki of the Tri-City Americans on Saturday night.
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JUST NOTES:
Chris Schlenker, a former WHL player and referee, made his NHL debut on Monday night as he worked the game in Montreal between the Canadiens and Philadelphia Flyers. . . . Schlenker, 32, was the WHL’s official of the year for last season. The Medicine Hat native played four seasons (2001-05) in the WHL, splitting time with the Regina Pats (187 games) and Prince Albert Raiders (97). . . .
F Rodrigo Abols, a 20-year-old Latvian who was waived through the WHL, will join the QMJHL’s Acadie-Bathurst Titan. He had 49 points, including 20 goals, in 62 games with the Winterhawks last season, but lost is roster spot this season when the team chose to go with two younger import players. . . .
F Cal Babych, who was released earlier this month by the Vancouver Giants, has joined the BCHL’s Coquitlam Express. Babych, 19, was pointless in three games with the Giants. He put up two goals and an assist in his first three games with Chilliwack.
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Shawn Martin has been fired as the general manager and head coach of the SJHL’s La Ronge Ice Wolves. He had been there since June 4, 2013. . . . The Ice Wolves are 2-12-1 and in last place in the four-team Sherwood Division, seven points behind the Melfort Mustangs. . . . Assistant coaches Eric Bell and Rob Wilson will handle the team while a search for a replacement is conducted. . . . Martin, 39, is from Wainwright, Alta. . . . Before joining the Ice Wolves, Martin had worked with three AJHL teams — the Grande Prairie Storm, St. Albert Steel and Sherwood Park Crusaders. . . . After Martin was relieved of his duties, Mat Hehr, the assistant general manager and associate coach, announced his resignation. Hehr was in his second season with La Ronge.
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Thank you to everybody that came out yesterday to help with Pink at the Rink painting. Cant wait for the weekend. #wildfamily #BCHL pic.twitter.com/3nXq0oa0vs— Bliss Littler (@BlissLittler) October 24, 2016
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MONDAY’S GAMES:
No Games Scheduled.
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TUESDAY’S GAMES (all times local):
Brandon at Edmonton, 7 p.m.
Victoria at Kamloops, 7 p.m.
Spokane at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.
Tri-City at Portland, 7 p.m.
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In Regina, D Colby Williams had a goal and three assists to lead the Pats to a 5-2 victory over the Saskatoon Blades. . . . The Pats erased 1-0 and 2-1 deficits as they scored the game’s last four goals. . . . Pats F Patrick D’Amico tied it 2-2 with his 16th goal, shorthanded, at 2:32 of the third. . . . Williams broke the tie with his sixth at 8:32. . . . Regina F Jake Leschyshyn, brought in for the game from the midget AAA Saskatoon Blazers, scored his first goal at 17:41 of the third, on the PP. He was a first-round selection by Red Deer in the WHL’s 2014 bantam draft, but was dealt to Regina at the trade deadline last month. . . . F Sam Steel had two assists for the Pats. . . . D Brycen Martin had two assists for the Blades. . . . Saskatoon G Nik Amundrud stopped 49 shots, 18 more than Regina’s Daniel Wapple. . . . The Pats have beaten the Blades the last 12 times they have met. . . . Regina (29-17-6), which is likely to finish second in the East Division, has points in four straight (3-0-1). . . . The Blades slipped to 15-32-3. . . . The Pats are at home to Spokane tonight, while the Blades are in Swift Current. . . . 
In Moose Jaw, the Spokane Chiefs opened a six-game East Divison swing with a 3-2 victory over the Warriors. . . . Prior to the game, the Warriors honoured F Ryan Smyth by retiring his number (28). . . . Chiefs F Riley Whittingham broke a 1-1 tie with his ninth goal at 12:11 of the second period. . . . Spokane F Markson Bechtold made it 3-1 at 17:09 with his sixth goal. . . . Moose Jaw F Axel Blomqvist scored his 20th goal of the season. . . . The Warriors were 0-for-4 on the PP; the Chiefs’ PP didn’t get off the bench. . . . Spokane G Tyson Verhelst stopped 32 shots, six more than Moose Jaw’s Zach Sawchenko. . . . Warriors F Jesse Shynkaruk served the second of a three-game suspension. . . . The Chiefs (25-22-4) are fourth in the U.S. Division, two points behind Seattle. Spokane holds down the Western Conference’s first wild-card spot. Spokane visits Regina tonight. . . . The Warriors (21-28-4), who will play their next seven games on the road, are fourth in the East Divison, seven points out of a playoff spot. . . . Matthew Gourlie of the Moose Jaw Times-Herald has a story 
In Cranbrook, the Brandon Wheat Kings erased a 3-1 deficit with four third-period goals to beat the Kootenay Ice, 5-3. . . . The Ice took a 3-1 lead into the second and third periods. . . . Brandon F Quintin Lisoway cut that to 3-2 with his eighth goal, at 4:15 of the third, and D Eric Roy tied it, with his fourth, at 7:33. With seven defencemen dressed, Roy actually moved up to the forward ranks for the third period and also drew an assist on Lisoway’s goal. . . . Brandon F Tim McGauley scored his club’s last two goals, at 7:48 and 19:57, the latter into an empty net. . . . McGauley, who also had an assist, has 33 goals. . . . Wheat Kings D Colton Waltz had two assists, as did D Kale Clague. He was playing his first game since Oct. 28 after suffering a wrist injury in early November at the U-17 World Hockey Challenge. This was only his 16th game of the season. . . . Ice F Jaedon Descheneau earned his 250th career regular-season assist when he was in on F Luke Philp’s 23rd goal at 11:46 of the first period. . . . F Tim Bozon scored his 21st goal for the Ice and F Levi Cable got his 23rd. . . . Ice D Tanner Lischynsky had two assits. . . . Brandon was 0-for-5 on the PP as the Ice took the game’s last five minors. . . . The Ice PP was 0-for-1. . . . The Wheat Kings (39-9-5), who lead the Eastern Conference by 10 points over Medicine Hat, have points in their last 11 games (10-0-1). . . . The Ice (27-25-1) has lost two in a row. It holds down the Eastern Conference’s first wild-card spot, a point ahead of Edmonton. . . . The same teams meet again tonight in Cranbrook. . . . Taylor Rocca of the Cranbrook Daily Townsman has a game story from Friday 
In Prince George, F Jari Erricson scored twice to lead the Cougars to a 4-2 victory over the Edmonton Oil Kings. . . . Erricson, who had missed four games with a concussion, has 17 goals. . . . Cougars F Kody McDonald broke a 1-1 tie with his fourth goal, at 14:19 of the first period. . . . Erricson stretched the lead with second-period goals at 4:54 and 10:40. . . . Edmonton D Dysin Mayo scored his 11th goal and added and assist, while F Edgars Kulda had two assists. . . . Prince George F Aaron Macklin scoed his fourth goal, to open the game’s scoring, but he left later with an undisclosed injury and didn’t return. . . . Cougars G Ty Edmonds stopped 34 shots. . . . Edmonton G Tristan Jarry tied Laurent Brossoit’s franchise career record for most regular-season appearances (147). However, Jarry left at 10:40 of the second period after surrounding four goals on 16 shots. . . . Edmonton F Cole Benson played in his 200th regular-season game. . . . The Cougars (21-31-2) snapped a 12-game losing skid (0-10-2). They are fifth in the B.C. Division, but now just two points behind third-place Kamloops. . . . The Oil Kings (24-24-6), who hold down the Eastern Conference’s second wild-card spot, have lost three straight. . . . They’ll play again tonight in Prince George. . . . 
In Kelowna, F Rourke Chartier scored once and added two assists to lead the Rockets to a 5-3 victory over the Kamloops Blazers. . . . Chartier leads the WHL with 42 goals. . . . His goal, 12 minutes into the second period, broke a 1-1 tie. . . . Rockets F Tyson Baillie scored his 21st goal just 18 seconds later for a 3-1 lead. . . . Kelowna F Nick Merkley had two assists, while Baillie and F Cole Linaker each had a goal and an assist. . . . Linaker has nine goals. . . . F Deven Sideroff scored his 16th goal and added an assist for Kamloops. . . . Kamloops had import defencemen Michael Fora (undisclosed injury) and Patrik Maier (suspected concussion) back in the lineup. . . . The Rockets are 6-0-0 in the season series; the Blazers are 0-5-1. . . . The Rockets (40-8-4) have points in seven straight (6-0-1) and are the first WHL team to 40 victories. They lead the overall standings by one point over Brandon. . . . The Blazers (20-28-6) have lost two in a row. They are third in the B.C. Division, a point ahead of Vancouver. . . . The Rockets and Blazers are to meet again tonight, this time in Kamloops. . . . 
In Vancouver, F Ty Ronning’s first goal, at 19:02 of the third period, broke a 4-4 tie and gave the Giants a 5-4 victory over the Red Deer Rebels. . . . Rebels D Colton Bobyk had given his side a 4-3 lead with his third goal at 11:14 of the third. . . . Vancouver F Alex Baer tied it with his 11th at 11:59. . . . Red Deer D Austin Strand took a kneeing major and game misconduct for a hit on Ronning at 17:01 of the third. Ronning scored the winner on the ensuing PP. . . . Giants D Josh Thrower and D Brennan Menell each had two assists. F Zane Jones scored his 25th goal — his seventh since being acquired from Lethbridge at the trade deadline — and had an assist, while Baer added an assist to his goal. . . . Red Deer F Wyatt Johnson scored No. 21 and added an assist. . . . Red Deer F Conner Bleackley scored his 27th goal, at 15:20 of the first period, for a 2-0 lead. But the Rebels captain later took a hit from D Clayton Kirichenko, left the game and didn’t return. . . . The Giants (21-28-3) had lost four in a row (0-3-1). The victory got them to within a point of third-place Kamloops in the B.C. Division. Vancouver travels to Kent, Wash., to play Seattle tonight. . . . The Rebels (28-16-8), who are in Victoria tonight, are 1-1-1 in their last three. They are second in the Central Division, a point ahead of idle Calgary. . . . 
In Everett, F Kohl Bauml scored the game’s first goal with 0.1 second left in the first period and the Silvertips went on to a 4-1 victory over the Tri-City Americans. . . . Everett has a 4-1-1 edge in the season series. . . . F Carson Stadnyk and F Nikita Scherbak each had two assists for Everett, which built a 4-0 lead. . . . F Jordan Topping scored his sixth goal for the Americans, at 17:32 of the third period. . . . Bauml has 25 goals. . . . F Dawson Leedahl scored his eighth goal and added an assist for the winners. . . . Everett G Austin Lotz stopped 19 shots, six fewer than Tri-City’s Austin Lotz. . . . Everett (33-15-4) has won two in a row and has a five-point leader over Portland atop the U.S. Division. . . . The Americans (24-25-3) are 0-2-1 in their last four. They hold down the Western Conference’s second wild-card spot. . . . The same two teams will play again tonight, this time in Kennewick, Wash. . . . 
In Kent, Wash., F Roberts Lipsbergs scored twice and added two assists as his Seattle Thunderbirds dumped the Portland Winterhawks, 5-3. . . . Portland had an eight-game winning streak snapped. . . . Seattle scored the game’s first three goals, only to have Portland roar back and tie it on F Dominic Turgeon’s 16th goal at 5:56 of the third. . . . F Ryan Gropp gave the Thunderbirds a 4-3 lead with a deflection at 7:52. He’s got 21 goals. . . . Lipsbergs added insurance at 14:14. . . . Portland F Oliver Bjorkstrand scored his 36th goal. . . . Seattle D Shea Theodore had two assists and now holds the Breakers/Thunderbirds franchise record for career regular-season points by a defenceman. It had been held by Craig Channell. . . . Thunderbirds D Evan Wardley scored his fifth goal and added an assist, while D Turner Ottenbreit had two assists. . . . Seattle was 1-for-5 on the PP; Portland was 0-for-1. . . . The Winterhawks are without F Alex Schoenborn (undisclosed injury). Paul Danzer of the Vancouver Columbian reports that Schoenborn is week-to-week. . . . Seattle (26-19-6) has won three straight and sits third in the U.S. Division, nine points behind Portland. Seattle is at home to Vancouver tonight. . . . The Winterhawks are 31-20-3 and now trail U.S. Division-leading Everett by five points. They’ll play Sunday in Portland.
exchange for D Connor Hobbs, who turned 18 on Sunday, and two bantam draft picks -- a second-rounder in 2016 and a third-rounder in 2015.
and an assist in 12 games -- when he left them on Oct. 29 and asked to be traded. Shortly after, he joined the SJHL’s Nipawin Hawks for four games. He then played for Canada West at the World Junior A Challenge in Kindersley, Sask., but hasn’t been in a game since it ended on Dec. 20.
The Rebels will be the host team for the 2016 Memorial Cup.
Also on Monday, the Saskatoon Blades dealt G Trevor Martin, 18, to Red Deer for D Kolton Dixon, 19.
F Erik Christensen (Kamloops, Brandon, 1999-2004) has signed a two-year extension with HV71 Jönköping (Sweden, SHL). This season, Christensen had two points, one of them a goal, in 12 games with Lev Prague (Czech Republic, KHL). He was released on Oct. 17 and signed with HV71 on Oct. 22. There, he had 27 points, including 13 goals, in 38 games.
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