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Saturday, January 7, 2017

Priestner: "We're absolutely not selling" . . . Two Portland games postponed . . . Warriors win in Regina

F Igor Valeev (Lethbridge, Saskatoon, Swift Current, 1998-2000) has signed for the rest of this season with Chelmet Chelyabinsk (Russia, Vysshaya Liga). Last season, with Kulager Petropavlovsk (Kazakhstan, Kazakh Vysshaya Liga), he had 10 goals and 17 assists in 45 games.
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It sounds as though Colin Priestner, the general manager of the Saskatoon Blades, is tired of the rumours.
This one has Bruce Urban, the owner of the National Lacrosse League’s Bruce Urban working to
purchase the Blades from owner Mike Priestner and his family.
Colin Priestner told the Saskatoon StarPhoenix that it is “the fakes rumour that’s ever got out there.”
The Priestner’s bought the Blades from Jack Brodsky for $9 million in 2013.
““The rumours are just stupid,” Priestner continued. “I didn’t move my family and (team president Steve) Hogle didn’t move his family and all of us, to sell a hockey team. That makes no sense. We’re invested in the community and this team. We bought houses here. We’re raising our families here. It’s just a fake rumour that got out, that somebody made up one day. I don’t know who made it up. You can make up anything. We’re absolutely not selling now or any time.
“We’re all fully committed in the long term. It’s a team that our family plans on owning for generations, not just years.”
The complete StarPhoenix story is right here.
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On Friday, the Kelowna Rockets acquired F Reid Gardiner, 20, from the Prince Albert Raiders in exchange for a conditional first-round selection in the 2017 or 2018 WHL bantam draft, a fifth-round pick
in 2017 and a conditional fifth-round pick in 2019. . . . Larry Fisher of the Kelowna Daily Courier reports that the conditions on that first-round pick involve the Raiders having “to decide on the year at least 15 days in advance of this May’s draft.” . . .
This also was only the second time that Bruce Hamilton, the Rockets’ president and general manager, has surrendered a first-round bantam draft pick in a trade.
Two years ago, you’ll recall, the Rockets acquired F Leon Draisaitl from the Raiders for a 2015 first-round draft pick, a 2016 fourth-round pick, a conditional fourth-rounder in 2016 or 2017 and two players — F Kris Schmidli and D Dalton Yorke.
With Draisaitl in the lineup, the Rockets went on to win the Ed Chynoweth Cup and reach the Memorial Cup final.
The Raiders used that 2015 first-round draft pick on F Carson Miller, who had 107 points, including 49 goals, in 31 games with the bantam AA Yorkton Terriers. Miller, 16, has five goals and seven assists in 34 games as a freshman with the Raiders.
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The Portland Winterhawks were forced by inclement weather to postpone a pair of weekend home games. . . . The Everett Silvertips already were in Portland for Saturday’s game when the postponement was announced. Obviously, the WHL and the Winterhawks didn’t want to put fans in the position of having to travel to the game in such conditions. . . . Late Saturday night, immediately after Kamloops had dropped a 3-2 shootout decision to the Rockets in Kelowna, the Winterhawks announced that a game scheduled for today (Sunday) with the Blazers also had been postponed. The decision was made before the Blazers had left Kelowna for Portland. . . . The games will be played at a date yet to be decided upon. . . . As you can see from the above tweet, it could be that Winterhawks assistant coach Kyle Gustafson maybe didn’t mind the postponements.
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SATURDAY’S GAMES:


At Brandon, F Reid Duke scored three goals and added two assists to help the Wheat Kings to an 8-4 victory over the Calgary Hitmen. . . . Duke’s second goal was the 100th of his career. . . . It was Duke’s
REID DUKE
second hat trick this season — he scored four times in an 8-1 victory over the visiting Saskatoon Blades on Nov. 18. He has four career three-goal games and three games in which he has scored at least five points. . . . F Ty Lewis added a goal and three helpers for Brandon. . . . D Scheel Higson of the Wheat Kings was pointless but finished plus-6. . . . Duke scored his first two goals 12 seconds apart late in the first period to give the home side a 2-0 lead. . . . Calgary F Beck Malenstyn (17) got his guys on the scoreboard at 1:08 of the second period, with Brandon F Connor Gutenberg (8) getting that one back at 10:56. . . . D Vladislav Yeryomenko (3) got Calgary to within one, on a PP, at 16:27. . . . The Wheat Kings then outscored Calgary 5-2 in the third period. . . . Duke got his 23rd goal at 4:23, with F Stelio Mattheos scoring No. 14, on a PP, at 6:02 for a 5-2 lead. . . . The Hitmen scored the next two — F Matteo Gennaro (16), on a PP, at 8:24, and F Carsen Twarynski (10), shorthanded, at 10:37 — to get back to within one. . . . Brandon put it away with the last three goals, as Lewis got No. 21 at 14:31, F Tanner Kaspick scored his 14th at 15:52 and F Cole Reinhardt (3) finished the scoring at 19:40. . . . Kaspick has 34 points in 34 games; last season, he finished with career highs of 12 goals and 18 assists in 53 games. . . . Mattheos and Gutenberg each added an assist, as did Twarynski and Gennaro. . . . G Jordan Papirny stopped 18 shots for Brandon. . . . Calgary got 32 stops from G Kyle Dumba. . . . The Hitmen lost G Cody Porter to an apparent shoulder injury in the second period of Friday’s 6-2 loss to the Pats in Regina. . . . With Porter out, the Hitmen had G Cody Levesque, a sixth-round selection in the 2015 bantam draft, on the bench. From Carnduff, Sask., he played for the midget AAA Swift Current Legionnaires. . . . The Hitmen were 2-2 on the PP; the Wheat Kings were 1-3. . . . Brandon had D Kale Clague back in the lineup after he played for Canada at the World Junior Championship. . . . Brandon F Zach Russell played after sitting out 13 games with an undisclosed injury. . . . The Wheat Kings (20-16-4) have won two in a row and hold down the Eastern Conference’s first wild-card spot. . . . The Hitmen (14-19-5) have lost four straight (0-2-2). They are seven points out of a playoff spot. . . . Announced attendance: 4,141.
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At Kelowna, F Kole Lind’s goal in the sixth round of a shootout gave the Rockets a 3-2 victory over the
KOLE LIND
Kamloops Blazers. . . . F Collin Shirley scored for Kamloops in the fourth round, but F Tomas Soustal countered with a goal to keep it going. . . . The Rockets forced OT when F Reid Gardiner scored while shorthanded at 12:31 of the third period. Gardiner, 20, was playing his first game with Kelowna after arriving Friday from the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the AHL. The Rockets had acquired his rights from the Prince Albert Raiders. . . . F Nick Merkley gave Kelowna a 1-0 lead with his 10th goal, on a PP, at 2:42 of the first period. . . . The Blazers scored twice in the second period. F Rudolfs Balcers (22) tied the game at 4:09 and F Nick Chyzowski (12) gave Kamloops the lead when he scored on a penalty shot with .1 showing on the clock. . . . Kelowna got 26 saves from G Brodan Salmond. . . . G Dylan Ferguson stopped 34 shots in making his 13th straight start for Kamloops. Connor Ingram, who was with Canada at the World Junior Championship, was on the bench. . . . The Rockets were 1-4 on the PP; the Blazers were 0-3. . . . The Blazers beat the visiting Rockets 3-1 on Friday night. . . . The Rockets (24-15-3) had lost their previous four games (0-3-1). They are third in the B.C. Division, two points behind Kamloops. . . . The Blazers (25-15-3) have points in three straight (2-0-1). They are five points behind the division-leading Prince George Cougars, who hold two games in hand. . . . Kamloops was to have ridden the bus to Portland after the game for a Sunday date with the Winterhawks. However, that game has been postponed due to inclement weather. . . .  Announced attendance: 5,751.
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At Lethbridge, G Stuart Skinner stopped 44 shots and F Tyler Wong scored twice as the Hurricanes beat
STUART SKINNER
the Red Deer Rebels, 3-1. . . . F Jordy Bellerive gave Lethbridge a 1-0 lead with his 17th goal, at 10:34 of the first period. . . . Wong upped the lead to 2-0, on a PP, at 4:56 of the second period. . . . Red Deer D Ethan Sakowich (2) got the Rebels close at 7:18 of the second period. . . . Wong put it away with his 28th goal, an empty-netter, at 19:04 of the third period. . . . D Brennan Menell and F Giorgio Estephan each had two assists for the Rebels. . . . Skinner turned aside 17 shots in the second period and 19 in the third. . . . G Riley Lamb stopped 31 shots for Red Deer. . . . F Brandon Hagel (undisclosed injury) and F Michael Spacek (ill) were among Red Deer’s scratches. . . . Lethbridge was 1-4 on the PP; Red Deer was 0-4. . . . The Hurricanes (22-15-5) have won two in a row. They are second in the Central Division, seven points ahead of the Rebels (18-17-6). . . . Announced attendance: 3,547.
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At Medicine Hat, F Steve Owre scored his third goal of the game on a 2-on-0 shorthanded break late in the third period to give the Tigers a 5-4 victory over the Vancouver Giants. . . . Owre’s 14th goal of the
STEVE OWRE
season came with seven seconds left in regulation time. . . . F James Malm (12) gave the Giants a 1-0 lead at 1:17 of the first period. . . . Medicine Hat F John Dahlstrom (18) tied the score at 18:30. . . . The Giants took a 3-1 lead on second-period goals from F Ty Ronning (16), at 8:33, and F Jack Flaman, at 11:14. . . . Flaman’s 11th goal was the Giants’ first shorthanded score of the season. . . . The Tigers got the next three goals to take a 4-3 lead. Owre scored twice, at 13:05 of the second and 1:07 of the third period. . . . F James Hamblin’s ninth goal, at 6:37, gave the Tigers the lead. . . . Malm’s second goal of the game, on a PP, at 17:55, tied it 4-4. . . . Owre, who recorded his first career hat trick, has 49 points, including 35 assists, in 40 games. That is a single-season career-high in assists. He finished with 52 points in 55 games in 2014-15. . . . Medicine Hat got three assists from F Chad Butcher and two from F Zach Fischer. . . . Malm and Ronning had one each for Vancouver. . . . G Michael Bullion stopped 27 shots for the Tigers. He was making his first start since being acquired from the Portland Winterhawks. . . . The Giants got 35 saves from G Ryan Kubic. . . . Vancouver was 1-6 on the PP; Medicine Hat was 0-1. . . . Vancouver is 2-2-0 on an Alberta swing. . . . The Tigers (28-12-1) had lost their previous two games. They lead the Central Division by eight points over the Lethbridge Hurricanes. . . . The Giants (16-22-3) have lost two in a row, both by one goal. They are eight points out of a playoff spot. . . . Announced attendance: 3,583.
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At Prince George, the Cougars erased a 1-0 deficit with four straight goals en route to a 4-2 victory over
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the Victoria Royals. . . . One night earlier, the Royals had won, 2-1. . . . The Royals took a 1-0 lead when, according to a Victoria tweet, F Jansen Harkins of the Cougars “passes the puck into his own net on a delayed penalty call!” . . . That goal was credited to F Carter Folk (3) at 1:01 of the first period. . . . Harkins tied the score with his 10th goal at 5:42. . . . D Tate Olson (4) gave the Cougars the lead, on a PP, at 10:01 and F Colby McAuley added his 14th goal at 15:30. . . . F Nikita Popugaev (23) added insurance with his first goal since being acquired from the Moose Jaw Warriors on Thursday, at 1:28 of the second peroid. . . . Victoria F Tyler Soy (17) completed the scoring, on a PP, at 10:21 of the third period. . . . F Jared Bethune had two assists for the Cougars, with McAuley adding one. . . . G Ty Edmonds stopped 21 shots for the Cougars, while Victoria’s Griffen Outhouse turned aside 38 shots. . . . Victoria was 1-4 on the PP; Prince George was 1-5. . . . The Cougars improved to 28-11-2. They are second in the overall standings, three points behind the Regina Pats. . . . The Royals (22-16-4) had points in their previous six games (5-0-1). They hold down the Western Conference’s first wild-card spot and are fourth in the B.C. Division, three points out of third. . . . Announced attendance: 4,335.
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At Regina, G Zach Sawchenko stopped 39 shots and F Jayden Halbgewachs scored twice to lead the
JAYDEN HALBGEWACHS
Moose Jaw Warriors to a 4-1 victory over the Pats. . . . That left the Pats’ home record at 15-1-4. . . . Goals from F Tristin Langan (4) and Halbgewachs, at 2:17 and 3:10 of the first period, gave the visitors a 2-0 lead. . . . Regina F Sam Steel’s 31st goal cut the deficit to one at 12:12. . . . The Warriors regained the two-goal lead when F Brett Howden scored No. 20, on a PP, at 14:06 of the second period. . . . Halbgewachs scored his WHL-leading 37th into an empty net at 18:53 of the third period. . . . The Warriors got two assists from F Brayden Burke, while Howden had one. . . . Sawchenko improved his record to 17-4-5. . . . Regina G Tyler Brown blocked 34 shots. . . . Moose Jaw was 1-3 on the PP; Regina was 0-1. . . . This was the fourth of eight meetings between the teams this season — the Pats are 2-2-0; the Warriors are 2-1-1. . . . The Pats had D Sergey Zborovskiy (Russia) and F Filip Ahl (Sweden) in their lineup after both played at the World Junior Championship. . . . The Warriors (25-9-7) are 5-0-2 in their last seven games and have closed to within four points of the East Division-leading Pats. . . . Regina (27-4-7) had points in each of its previous seven games (6-0-1). It leads the overall standings by three points over the Prince George Cougars. . . . Announced attendance: 6,484, a sixth straight sellout.
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At Saskatoon, G Rylan Parenteau stopped 25 shots to lead the Tri-City Americans to a 2-0 victory over
RYLAN PARENTEAU
the Blades. . . . That is the first shutout this season for the Americans and came in Parenteau’s hometown. . . . He has four career shutouts, the first three last season with the Prince Albert Raiders. . . . F Morgan Geekie gave the Americans a 1-0 lead with his 22nd goal, at 17:29 of the first period. . . . F Nolan Yaremko’s fourth goal, on a PP, iced the victory at 19:54 of the third period. . . . The Blades got 33 saves from G Logan Flodell. . . . The Americans were 1-4 on the PP; the Blades were 0-4. . . . The Americans (24-17-3) have won two in a row to open their six-game East Division swing. They are second in the U.S. Division, six points behind the Everett Silvertips. . . . The Blades (15-22-6) have lost two in a row. They were blanked 4-0 by the Warriors in Moose Jaw on Friday. . . . Saskatoon is four points out of a playoff spot. . . . Announced attendance: 3,274.
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At Spokane, F Reed Morison scored the only goal of a nine-round shootout to give the Kootenay Ice a 3-
REED MORISON
2 victory over the Chiefs. . . . Morrison, an 18-year-old freshman from Calgary, has yet to score in 33 games this season. He has one goal in 44 career games, that coming in one of the four games he played last season. . . . F Matt Alfaro (11) scored shorthanded to give the Ice a 1-0 lead at 19:35 of the first period. . . . F Keanu Yamamoto (16) pulled the Chiefs into a 1-1 tie, on a PP, at 18:15 of the second period. . . . The Ice took the lead 1:27 later when F Michael King scored his second goal of the season. . . . The Chiefs tied it again at 7:57 of the third period when F Jaret Anderson-Dolan scored No. 19. . . . Yamamoto and Anderson-Dolan each added an assist. . . . Spokane F Hudson Elynuik picked up one assist, giving him 45 points in 35 games. Last season, he finished with 44 points in 56 games. . . . G Jakob Walter stopped 45 shots through OT for the Ice. . . . Spokane G Jayden Sittler turned aside 21 shots. . . . Spokane was 1-6 on the PP; Kootenay was 0-6. . . . The Ice improved to 9-24-8. . . . The Chiefs (17-16-7) had won their previous two games. They are two points out of a wild-card spot. . . . On Friday night, the Chiefs beat the host Ice, 4-1. . . . Announced attendance: 5,373.
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At Swift Current, the Broncos erased a 1-0 deficit with three straight goals and went on to a 5-2 victory
TYLER STEENBERGEN
over the Prince Albert Raiders. . . . D Kolten Olynek (8) gave the Raiders a 1-0 lead at 11:02 of the first period. . . . The Broncos took control with goals from F Calvin Spencer (10), at 13:54, F Arthur Miller (5), at 19:28, and F Ryan Graham (12), at 1:24 of the third period. . . . F Simon Stransky’s 13th goal, on a PP, pulled the Raiders to within one at 6:20. . . . Broncos F Tyler Steenbergen became the league’s third 30-goal man, at 12:51 of the third period, and F Aleksi Heponiemi wrapped it up with his 12th goal, at 16:56. . . . Steenbergen, Heponiemi and Spencer added an assist each. . . . Swift Current got 24 saves from G Taz Burman, while Ian Scott stopped 33 at the other end. . . . The Raiders were 1-3 on the PP; the Broncos were 0-4. . . . Swift Current (23-12-7) is third in the East Division, four points behind the Moose Jaw Warriors. . . . The Raiders (8-31-3) have lost six in a row (0-5-1). . . . Announced attendance: 1,870.
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SUNDAY’S GAMES (all times local):

Medicine Hat at Edmonton, 4 p.m.
Vancouver vs. Kootenay, at Cranbrook, B.C., 4 p.m.
Kamloops at Portland, postponed, weather.
Seattle at Spokane, 5:05 p.m.

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Sunday, November 6, 2016

Ice mourns death of Memorial Cup winner . . . Ferner to the rescue . . . Americans win fourth in row

F Petr Kalus (Regina, 2005-06) has been released by the Nottingham Panthers (England, UK Elite). He had one assist in four games. Earlier in the season, he was pointless in three games with Orli Znojmo (Czech Republic, Erste Bank Liga). . . .
F Adam Courchaine (Medicine Hat, Vancouver, 2001-05) has been released by Székesfehérvár (Hungary, Erste Bank Liga) by mutual agreement. He had five goals and five assists in 16 games.
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Like a number of other hockey people, Jeff Chynoweth, the president and general manager of the Kootenay Ice, spent Sunday reflecting on the life of Marek Svatos.
Marek Svatos, here with the Colorado Avalanche, died
on the weekend at the age of 34. (Photo: nhl.com)
Svatos, who played for the Memorial Cup-champion Ice in 2001-02, was found dead on Saturday. Svatos died in Lone Tree, Colo., near Denver. He was 34.
According to the Denver Post:
“Lone Tree police responded to Svatos’ home on Bluffmont Street after a family member called shortly after midnight for medical aid, Sgt. Ryan Gallegos said Sunday. He didn’t divulge details of the call.
“A cause of death had not been confirmed as of Sunday afternoon.”
From Kosice, Slovakia, Svatos, who was selected by the Ice in the CHL’s 2000 import draft, played two seasons (2000-02) with the Ice, totalling 118 points, including 61 goals, in 92 games. In his second season, he put up 77 points, 38 of them goals, in 53 games.
He played 32 playoff games with Kootenay, scoring 19 goals and adding eight assists. In four Memorial Cup games, he had a goal and four assists.
“The news of his passing has hit the Ice family hard,” Chynoweth told Taking Note on Sunday morning, adding that he already had heard from a few former teammates. “It’s so sad. He gone way too young.”
Asked about his memories of Svatos, Chynoweth replied: “He always had a smile on his face.”
Svatos came over to Cranbrook after being drafted, but wasn’t able to play immediately for the Ice as his club team in Slovakia, HC Kosice, wouldn’t release him.
“We had to get a court injunction to get him released from his contract back home,” Chynoweth said. “But he made an immediate impact for us when he was cleared to play. He loved to score goals and went to the hard areas of the ice to do that. He was a great talent and teammate.”
En route to the Memorial Cup title, the Ice ran up against the Prince George Cougars in the first round. The Ice, then in the B.C. Division, had finished 38-27-0, two points behind the division-champion Kamloops Blazers and four ahead of the Cougars (34-27-2).
“Marek’s battles with (Prince George defenceman) Dan Hamhuis . . . stick out as another defining moment as they went tooth-and-nail against each other all series,” Chynoweth said. “Marek was tough as nails and played through shoulder and ankle injuries through our run to the Memorial Cup.”
Svatos went on to play 344 NHL games, all but 28 of them with the Colorado Avalanche, and put up 172 points, including 100 goals. His career was short-circuited by shoulder and knee injuries.
Svatos is survived by his wife, Diana, and two children.

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Imagine the surprise on Mark Ferner’s face when the general manager and head coach of the BCHL’s Vernon Vipers discovered a stranger in the team’s dressing room prior to a game in Duncan, B.C., on Friday night.
“I asked who he was and what he was doing there,” Ferner told the Vernon Morning Star.
What happened next?
“He ran and I chased him,” Ferner said.
Ferner’s players were out and about on a pre-game run prior to playing the Cowichan Valley Capitals.
“They jumped on him and got their cash and jewellery back,” Ferner said. “He was 16 and the police know him.”
Later, the Vipers watched a 2-0 lead disappear as they lost, 5-2, to the Capitals.
The Morning Star’s story is right here.
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SUNDAY’S GAME:


At Portland, G Rylan Parenteau blocked 44 shots in leading the Tri-City Americans to a 3-2 victory over the Winterhawks. . . . Tri-City overcame a 2-0 first-period deficit. . . . F Jake Gricius (2) and F Ryan Hughes (6) scored for Portland. . . . Tri-City F Kyle Olson started the comeback with his sixth goal at 8:45 of the second period. . . . The Americans tied it at 5:25 of the third period when F Michael Rasmussen counted his WHL-leading 16th goal on a PP. . . . The game-winner came from F Parker AuCoin, his seventh goal this season, at 11:14 of the third period. . . . Parenteau is 6-2-1, 3.57, .900 since the Americans acquired him from the Prince Albrert Raiders. This was his 50th regular-season victory. . . . G Cole Kehler turned aside 28 shots for Portland. . . . Tri-City was 1-3 on the PP; Portland was 0-4. . . . The Americans (12-6-1) have won four in a row. . . . The Winterhawks (8-11-0) have lost eight straight. . . . Announced attendance: 5,856.
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LEADERS

POINTS: F Sam Steel, Regina, F Mason Shaw, Medicine Hat, each 28; F Kailer Yamamoto, Spokane, 26; F Chad Butcher, Medicine Hat, 25; F Cody Glass, Portland, each 25.
GOALS: F Michael Rasmussen, Tri-City, 16; Steel, F Tyler Steenbergen, Swift Current, each 14; Yamamoto, F Zak Zborosky, Kootenay, each 13.
ASSISTS: Shaw, 23; F Brayden Burke, Lethbridge, Butcher, Glass, each 18; D Chase Harrison, Regina, F Steve Owre, Medicine Hat, F Aleksi Heponiemi, Swift Current, each 16.
VICTORIES: Nick Schneider, Medicine Hat, 11; Ty Edmonds, Prince George, Griffen Outhouse, Victoria, each 10; Carter Hart, Everett, Michael Herringer, Kelowna, each 9.
GAA: Hart, 1.89; Connor Ingram, Kamloops, 2.01; Ty Edmonds, Prince George, 2.29; Logan Flodell, Saskatoon, 2.34; Cody Porter, Calgary, 2.46.
SAVE %: Ingram, .937; Flodell, .932; Hart, .926; Edmonds, .921; Outhouse, Porter, Ian Scott, Prince Albert, each .920.
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MONDAY’S GAMES (all times local):


No Games Scheduled.

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Thursday, October 13, 2016

Americans, Raiders swap goaltenders . . . P.A. veteran gets AHL deal . . . Tri-City waives d-man

The Tri-City Americans, obviously concerned about the long-term health of starting G Evan Sarthou, have acquired G Rylan Parenteau, who is to turn 20 on Nov. 16, from the Prince Albert Raiders.
In return, the Americans gave up G Nic Sanders, 18, and a third-round selection in the 2018 bantam draft.
Sarthou, 19, was the Americans’ starter last season, going 26-28-2, 3.46, .888 in 60 appearances. Over the summer, the native of Black Diamond, Wash., suffered an undisclosed injury while in camp
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with the U.S. national junior team. The Americans show him on the injury list as being out week to week.
With the Americans, Parenteau will be backed up by Beck Warm, 17. This season, Warm is 2-2-0, 3.62, .886.
Parenteau, from Saskatoon, was a third-round pick by the Raiders in the 2011 bantam draft. In 103 regular-season games with the Raiders, he was 44-38-9, 3.04, .906.
In Prince Albert, the Raiders will go with Sanders and Ian Scott, 17, who was a first-round pick in the 2014 bantam draft. They also have Curtis Meger, 18, of Regina on their roster, although he has yet to get into even one game. This season, Scott is 1-6-0, 2.99, .922.
With the Americans this season, Sanders, a Calgarian, was 2-1-0, 2.66, .892. Last season, in 23 appearances, he was 9-6-1, 2.99, .901. Sanders was a sixth-round pick by the Americans in the 2013 bantam draft.
Parenteau’s departure leaves the Raiders with two 20-year-olds — F Austin Glover and F Tim
NIC SANDERS
Vanstone, the team captain — so they have room for one more.
Veteran F Reid Gardiner, 20, who has played four seasons with the Raiders, has signed a one-year deal with the AHL’s Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. Last season, Gardiner had 92 points, including 43 goals, in 71 games with the Raiders.
Meanwhile, the Americans got down to three 20-year-olds by placing D Jeff Rayman on waivers. Rayman, from Fernie, B.C., has played 147 regular-season WHL games, the first 86 with the Spokane Chiefs. He had three goals and two assists in 54 games with the Americans last season. This season, he was pointless in seven games.
The Americans have Parenteau, F Tyler Sandhu, who is the team captain, and D Dalton Yorke as their 20-year-olds.
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G Evan Sarthou is one of seven players on the Tri-City Americans’ injury list, with only one of those — F Brendan O’Reilly — listed as day-to-day.
F Riley Sawchuk is shown as being out for two weeks. Listed as being out week-to-week are D Tyler Jette and D Kurtis Rutledge, along with forwards Austyn Playfair and Jordan Topping.

The Americans are at home tonight (Friday) to the Kamloops Blazers.

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Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Paper questions Tigers' attendance figures . . . Rebels, Chiefs swap goalies . . . Cougars dynamite on road

The Canalta Centre, the second-year home of the Medicine Hat Tigers, lost $440,000 — that’s $80,000 more than expected — in its first year of operation, reports Collin Gallant of the Medicine Hat News. . . . There are a couple of interesting notes in his story. . . . For starters, Jeff Dunham, a comedian and ventriloquist, drew the centre’s only sellout during its first year when a crowd of 6,124 showed up on March 18. . . . Gallant also reported that while figures compiled by the WHL indicate that the Tigers’ average attendance for 36 regular-season home games was 4,247, “a study by the News suggests that number was closer to 3,100 — about half the capacity of the one-year-old $75-million arena and one-quarter less than the number of seats in the Medicine Hat Arena.” . . . According to a report presented to a city committee, the total attendance including major events during the facility’s first 12 months of operation was 165,400. According to the report, 16 non-hockey events drew about 51,300 folks. Do the math and it shows that 114,100 fans attended Tigers’ games, an average of 3,083 per game. The WHL’s figures have the Tigers’ regular-season attendance total at 152,912. . . . Gallant’s complete story is right here.
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The WHL is working towards digitizing statistics from the first 30 years of its existence. At the moment, you can only find on-line information from games played after 1996.
“There has been so much change in technology and just managing the new
website and the social media platforms,” Ron Robison, the WHL commissioner, told Perry Bergson of the Brandon Sun. “There are
reasons why we haven’t got to it, but we will get to it. We have to get
it completed and get it completed soon.”
Bergson dug up some numbers showing that when the QMJHL did it in 2005 “it took 24 people more than 12,000 hours over three years to
snap pictures of 10,000 scoresheets and then input the data.”
According to Bergson, one of the challenges faces by the WHL “is locating all of the scoresheets, which are scattered across Western Canada and the northwestern U.S. after 50 years.”
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The Red Deer Rebels and Spokane Chiefs were involved in an exchange of goaltenders on Wednesday. The Rebels acquired Tyson Verhelst, 19, and a third-round pick in the 2017 bantam draft for G Dawson Weatherill, 17, and a fifth-round pick in the 2018 draft. . . . Verhelst played two seasons with Spokane but the Chiefs revealed prior to training camp that he had chosen to quit hockey. As a result, the Chiefs acquired G Jayden Sittler, 20, from the Lethbridge Hurricanes. . . . It came out last week that Verhelst, who is from Kemnay, Man., was on the Chiefs’ suspended list and that they were trying to trade him. . . . In 81 games with the Chiefs, he was 34-33-5, 3.31, .889. Last season, he was 23-22-5, 3.16, .892. . . . Verhelst was a third-round pick in the 2012 bantam draft. . . . Earlier, the Rebels dealt G Rylan Toth, 20, to the Seattle Thunderbirds, indicating at that point that were prepared to go with Trevor Martin, 20, and Riley Lamb, 18, as their goaltenders. . . . The Rebels play this weekend in Moose Jaw, Brandon and Regina. Verhelst will skate in Red Deer over the weekend and then practise with his new teammates next week before seeing game action. . . . Weatherill, from Red Deer, was a second-round selection in 2014. He was 1-1-0, 3.69, .881 in five appearances with the Rebels last season, but hadn’t seen any action this season. . . . In Spokane, he will join Sittler, who also is from Red Deer, and Matt Berlin, an 18-year-old from Edmonton.
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Among the WHL players returned by NHL teams on Wednesday:
Everett Silvertips — F Eetu Tuulola, Calgary Flames.
Kamloops Blazers — G Connor Ingram, Tampa Bay Lightning; F Deven Sideroff, Anaheim Ducks.
Kelowna Rockets — F Dillon Dube, Calgary Flames; F Calvin Thurkauf, Columbus Blue Jackets.
Moose Jaw Warriors — F Brett Howden, Tampa Bay Lightning.
Prince Albert Raiders — G Rylan Parenteau, Vancouver Canucks.
Prince George Cougars — D Sam Ruopp, Columbus Blue Jackets.
Red Deer Rebels — D Josh Mahura, Anaheim Ducks; F Adam Musil, St. Louis Blues.
Saskatoon Blades — D Libor Hajek, Tampa Bay Lightning.
Swift Current Broncos — Max Lajoie, Ottawa Senators; F Lane Pederson, Arizona Coyotes.
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With G Rylan Parenteau, who is to turn 20 on Nov. 16, on his way back from the camp of the NHL’s Vancouver Canucks, the Prince Albert Raiders’ roster now includes four 20-year-old players. Parenteau joins F Austin Glover, F Tim Vanstone and F Kolten Olynek. That number will swell to five if F Reid Gardiner is returned by the NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins. . . . Parenteau is one of three goaltenders on the roster, joining sophomore Ian Scott, 17, and newcomer Curtis Meger, 18.
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The Prince George Cougars learned Wednesday that D Sam Ruopp, 20, is on his way back from the NHL’s Columbus Blue Jackets. His arrival will leave Prince George with four 20-year-olds, the others being F Colby McAuley, D Shaun Dosanjh and G Ty Edmonds. . . . Edmonds also is one of three goaltenders on the roster, along with Nick McBride, 19, and Tavin Grant, 18.
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The Calgary Hitmen, meanwhile, placed D Scott Allan on waivers earlier in the week. The 6-foot-6, 235-pounder from Denver cleared and now will rejoin the BCHL’s West Kelowna Warriors. Allan has played in the WHL with the Medicine Hat Tigers, Seattle Thunderbirds and Medicine Hat Tigers. In 93 games, he has a goal and three assists. . . . The Hitmen are left with three 20s — F Tyler Mrkonjic, F Taylor Sanheim and D Micheal Zipp.
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The NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning have returned G Connor Ingram, 19, to the Kamloops Blazers. He will join his teammates in Victoria where the Blazers will play the Royals in a Friday-Saturday doubleheader. . . . Ingram was 34-15-9, 2.61, .922 with the Blazers last season and now is in the running to be on the roster of Canada’s national junior team. . . . The Blazers have been going with Dylan Ferguson, who backed up Ingram last season, and Carter Phair, who was acquiredfrom the Edmonton Oil Kings on Sept. 6. Ferguson has been nursing a tender ankle left over from the first period of a 5-1 loss to the host Kelowna Rockets on Saturday.
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JUST NOTES:

F Keegan Kolesar of the Seattle Thunderbirds will be out for at least six weeks. Aaron Portzline, who covers the NHL’s Columbus Blue Jackets for the Columbus Dispatch, tweeted Wednesday that Kolesar has had “surgery for a supraumbilical hernia. . . . That is a hernia in the area of the navel. . . . Columbus GM Jarmo Kekalainen told Aportzline that the hernia didn’t have anything to do with hockey, that it developed on its own. . . . Last season, Kolesar, a 19-year-old Winnipegger, had 30 goals and 31 assists in 64 games with Seattle last season. At 6-foot-2 and 220 pounds, he also brings size to the Thunderbirds’ forward ranks. . . .
G Brandon Kegler, 19, is back with the BCHL’s Salmon Arm Silverbacks. The native of Leduc, Alta., was released earlier by the Lethbridge Hurricanes. Kegler was 3.09, .910 in 22 games with Salmon Arm last season. . . . To make room for Kegler, the Silverbacks dealt G Mike Botiz to the Surrey Eagles for future considerations. . . . 
F Andrew Shaw of the Montreal Canadiens will be on the phone with the NHL’s department of safety today (Thursday) after he drilled D Connor Hobbs of the Washington Capitals into the end boards from behind in a Tuesday exhibition game. Hobbs, who is likely to be returned to the Regina Pats at some point this week, was left face down on the ice. However, he apparently wasn’t injured and returned to the game. . . . 
The Portland Winterhawks are without a director of player personnel with the news that Eric Doyle has left for a scouting position with the NHL’s New York Rangers. Doyle had been Portland’s director of player personnel since 2014. He is a former WHL defenceman, having played five seasons with the Everett Silvertips, Swift Current Broncos and Portland. He moved to Portland as a 20-year-old in 2009-10. . . . 
An interesting note from Jesse Geleynse of the Everett Herald, from the Silvertips’ Tuesday practice: “Everett practised a new drill for the first time. It involved kicking pucks toward the net (from outside the crease). A new WHL rule states that any goal that deflects off a skate from outside the (crease) is a goal — regardless of whether or not there was a ‘kicking motion.’ No surprise that Kevin Constantine’s squad is looking to use any rule change to its advantage.” . . . 
F Owen Hardy of the Vancouver Giants suffered an undisclosed injury during Tuesday’s 7-6 loss to the visiting Prince George Cougars and apparently won’t play in weekend games. Hardy, 17, was a second-round pick in the 2014 bantam draft. He had five goals and four assists in 45 games last season. This season, he is pointless in three games.
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WEDNESDAY'S GAME:




At Kelowna, G Ty Edmonds stopped 32 shots to lead the Prince George Cougars to a 2-1 victory over the Rockets. . . . The Cougars have opened the season with four straight victories, all on the road. . . . The two head coaches — Richard Matvichuk of the Cougars and Jason Smith of the Rockets — are in their first WHL seasons after combining to play in 1,804 regular-season and 191 playoff games in the NHL. . . . F Jared Bethune gave the Cougars a 1-0 lead with his fourth goal of the season just 56 seconds into the game. . . . Kelowna F Tomas Soustal tied it at 13:53 of the second period, while shorthanded. . . . F Yan Khomenko’s first goal broke the tie at 18:14 of the second period. Bethune picked up the lone assist. . . . G Michael Herringer turned aside 24 shots for the Rockets (1-2-0). . . . The Cougars were 0-5 on the PP; the Rockets were 0-3. . . . The teams now head north for a Friday-Saturday doubleheader in Prince George. . . . Announced attendance: 4,341.
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THURSDAY'S GAMES (all times local):

No Games Scheduled.

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Tuesday, February 10, 2015

No WHL in Washington? . . . Remembering Ryan Donaldson . . . Thunderbirds edge Rockets

A WHL without any franchises in the state of Washington?
It could happen.
That was the message delivered by representatives of the WHL’s four Washington-based franchises to a State House Committee on Labor in the state capital of Olympia on Tuesday.
The committee is addressing the nonemployee status of athletes in amateur sports. The bill in front of the committee would exempt athletes playing in amateur leagues from laws mandating they be paid the minimum wage.
According to a report filed by king5.com, Russ Farwell, the president and general manager, of the Seattle Thunderbirds and Gary Gelinas, the president of the Everett Silvertips, told the committee that “if the state does not change the definition, they could be forced to move the franchises out of state because it would not be able to continue to have 16- and 17-year-old players on the roster.”
The Chiefs were represented by Greg Sloan, their chief financial officer, while Bob Tory, the governor and general manager, was there on behalf of the Americans.
King5.com reports that all four representatives “spoke in favour” of the bill.
Farwell told the committee that “our players are 100 percent amateurs.” . . . The king5.com story is right here.
There is a video report right here.
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It is just more than a year since Ryan Donaldson’s death and his sister, Kirsten, is determined that he won’t be forgotten. But it’s more than that. She is starting the Ryan Donaldson Memorial Tournament in his memory. But it’s still more than that. . . . I don’t know if the medical community has determined a direct link between suicide and concussions, but common sense tells you the possibility is there and that it’s strong. Kirsten told 604now.com that she wants “to raise the money so that we can have an account for any athlete that gets a concussion and can’t afford the secondary test, or needs to go to a specialist and can’t afford to go.” . . . The complete story is right here. . . . Ryan, who was 17 when he died, had been a fifth-round selection by the Kelowna Rockets in the WHL’s 2011 bantam draft.
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The Victoria Royals are getting into the Hockey Hooky business. They have designated Tuesday’s game against the visiting Moose Jaw Warriors as their inaugural Hockey Hooky Day. Game time will be 12:05 p.m. . . . It will be Victoria’s first weekday matinee game. . . .
The Moose Jaw Warriors play the first of seven straight road games tonight in Lethbridge. The Warriors are out of their building while the Canadian women’s curling championship is decided. . . . Moose Jaw F Jesse Shynkaruk will complete a three-game suspension tonight. The Warriors are hoping F Jaimen Yakubowski 20, will be back after a three-game injury-related absence. . . .
F Conner Bleackley of the Red Deer Rebels isn’t likely to play in either of the club’s two home games this weekend, Friday against Lethbridge and Saturday against Prince George. . . . Bleackley, the Rebels’ captain, suffered an undisclosed injury in a Saturday game in Vancouver. . . . “I would say he’s questionable, at best, for the weekend,” Brent Sutter, the Rebels’ GM/head coach, told Greg Meachem of the Red Deer Advocate.“He’s still pretty sore and it’s just a matter of taking it day-by-day, but I don’t think he’s be available for the next two games.” . . .
Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet takes a look at the Evander Kane situation right here. It’s all-encompassing and well worth a read.
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“Former NHL star Robert (Butch) Goring and well-known veterans Sergio Momesso, Manny Legace, Brian Savage and Todd Warriner are among a group of 29 retired players who Monday joined concussion litigation against the NHL for failing to protect its players from the effects of traumatic head injuries,” Ada Proteau of The Hockey News reported on Monday. “The new group of 29 players included their names in a U.S District Court lawsuit filed in Minnesota Monday. Although they aren’t represented by lead counsel in the original lawsuit, they are now linking up to accuse the NHL of not doing enough to take appropriate care of their health and cognitive abilities and are seeking unspecified damages as well as a jury trial. The list also includes recognizable names including Todd Elik, Greg Adams and Todd Harvey.” . . . Proteau’s complete report is right here.
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Another concussion-related lawsuit has been filed in the U.S., this one naming Pop Warner football. Edwin Rios of Mother Jones writes: “On Thursday, Debra Pyka, the mother of Joseph Chernach, a 25-year-old Wisconsin man who committed suicide in 2012, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Pop Warner, claiming that cognitive damage from his three years in organized youth football was responsible for his death. The lawsuit claims Chernach suffered from postconcussion syndrome and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative brain disease most often associated with former NFL players, as a result of "numerous" concussions he sustained starting when he was 11.” . . . There’s more right here.
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TUESDAY’S GAMES:

In Swift Current, G Rylan Parenteau stopped 35 shots to lead the Prince Albert Raiders to a 2-1 victory over the Broncos. . . . Parenteau stopped 29 of 30 shots over the last two periods. . . . He lost his shutout bid when F Colby Cave scored his 22nd goal with 0.4 of a second left on the clock. . . . F Sean Montgomery scored his fourth goal of the season at 10:48 of the second period and D Mackenze Stewart got his third at 7:33 of the third. . . . The Raiders (22-31-2) had lost four straight (0-3-1). They are nine points out of a playoff spot with 17 games remaining. . . . The Broncos (25-24-5), who are third in the East Division, had won their previous two games. . . .

In Saskatoon, the Spokane Chiefs scored three times in the first 3:08 of the game and went on to a 6-3 victory over the Chiefs. . . . F Adam Helewka scored his 29th goal just 22 seconds into the game to get the visitors started. He later added an assist. . . . F Jacob Cardiff added his third at 1:07 and F Jackson Playfair got his ninth at 3:08. . . . F Liam Stewart had two goals for Spokane, giving him 19, while F Kailer Yamamoto ended a 10-game goalless drought with his 17th goal and two assists. . . . F Wyatt Sloboshan had two assists for the Blades, while D Brycen Martin got his sixth goal and also had an assist. . . . The Chiefs (26-23-4) are 2-1-0 on a six-game swing through the East Division that continues tonight in Prince Albert. Spokane holds down the Western Conference’s first wild-card spot. . . . The Blades (15-35-3) have lost four in a row. . . . Daniel Nugent-Bowman of the Saskatoon StarPhoenix has a game story right here. . . .

In Medicine Hat, the Tigers scored the only two goals of a shootout and beat the Regina Pats, 5-4. . . . Tigers F Markus Eisenschmid forced OT when he scored his second goal of the game and 17th of the season with 15.6 seconds left in the third period. . . . F Dryden Hunt and F Cole Sanford scored the shootout goals. . . . F Austin Wagner’s 18th goal, at 1:01 of the third period, gave the Pats a 3-1 lead. . . . The Tigers tied it on goals from Eisenschmid, at 6:53, and D Kyle Burroughs, on a PP, at 8:32. Burroughs has six goals. . . . Regina F Braden Christoffer gave his side the lead with his 17th goal at 9:52. . . . Hunt had two assists. . . . F Pavel Padakin scored twice for the Pats, giving him 19. . . . Regina G Daniel Wapple stopped 45 shots through OT, 18 more than Medicine Hat’s Marek Langhamer. . . . The Tigers (36-15-3) had lost four in a row (0-3-1). They now lead the Central Division by eight points over the Calgary Hitmen, who have won eight straight. . . . The Pats (30-17-7), who are a comfortable second in the East Division, have points in six straight (4-0-2). . . .

In Kent, Wash., D Jerret Smith’s PP goal at 16:26 of the third period gave the Seattle Thunderbirds a 2-1 victory over the Kelowna Rockets. . . . Smith has six goals this season. . . . F Nick Merkley gave the Rockets a 1-0 lead with his 17th goal at 9:14 of the second period. . . . F Mathew Barzal pulled Seattle even with his 10th goal at 10:22 of the third. . . . Barzal also drew an assist on the winner. . . . Seattle G Taran Kozun stopped 32 shots, seven more than Kelowna’s Michael Herringer, who suffered his first loss in six decisions. . . . According to the Thunderbirds, there were 42 NHL scouts at the game. . . . The Thunderbirds were 1-for-4 on the PP; the Rockets were 0-for-6. . . . Kelowna played its second game without F Tyson Baillie, who took a shot to the head in Kamloops on Saturday. The Rockets also are missing G Jackson Whistle (appendectomy). . . . Kelowna F Tomas Soustal didn’t play. He drew a ‘tbd’ suspension for a charging major and game misconduct he incurred on Monday against Prince George. . . . Seattle improved to 28-20-6 and closed to within four points of second-place Portland in the U. S. Division. Seattle holds a game in hand. . . . The Rockets (42-9-4) had points in each of their previous nine games (8-0-1).
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WEDNESDAY’S GAMES:

(all times local)
Spokane at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.
Medicine Hat vs. Kootenay, at Cranbrook, 7 p.m.
Moose Jaw at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.
Prince George at Calgary, 7 p.m.
Edmonton at Vancouver, 7 p.m.
Tri-City at Everett, 7:05 p.m.


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