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Monday, January 9, 2017

Anholt busy as deadline approaches . . . Ice deals top two scorers . . . Royals, Raiders swap d-men

WHL trades since Dec. 27:

Trades: 24.

Players: 42.

Bantam draft picks: 32.

Conditional bantam draft picks: 6.

(WHL trade deadline is Jan. 10).

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Peter Anholt, the general manager of the Lethbridge Hurricanes, was a busy man on Monday.

Let us count the ways . . .

1. He acquired two veteran forwards — Matt Alfaro and Zak Zborosky, both 20 — and a sixth-round pick

PETER ANHOLT

in the 2018 WHL bantam draft from the Kootenay Ice for F Brett Davis, 17, F Colton Kroeker, who turns 20 on Jan. 21, a second-round selection in the 2018 bantam draft and a fourth-round pick in that same draft.

2. Left with five 20-year-olds, two over the maximum, Anholt dealt F Ryley Lindgren, 20, and a sixth-round pick in the 2018 bantam draft to the Swift Current Broncos for F Carson Dyck, 15, and a third-round pick in 2018.

3. Anholt got down to three 20-year-olds be trading D Shaun Dosanjh to the Portland Winterhawks for a ninth-round pick in the 2017 bantam draft.

4. The Hurricanes dropped D Ethan King, 17, from their roster. He now will play for the junior B Kamloops Storm of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League.

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Zborosky and Alfaro were Kootenay’s leading scorers. They were scratched from Sunday’s 3-2 victory over the Vancouver Giants in Cranbrook, B.C., signalling that something was in the works.

ZAK ZBOROSKY

MATT ALFARO

Zborosky, a Reginan who was a fifth-round pick by the Ice in the 2011 bantam draft, is one of the WHL’s top scorers. This season, the 6-foot-0, 180-pounder has 28 goals and 16 assists in 44 games. His 28 goals are tied for fifth in the WHL. In 237 career games, all with the Ice, he has 173 points, including 86 goals.

Alfaro, a list player, has 50 goals and 83 assists in 243 games with Kootenay. This season, the 6-foot-2, 195-pound native of Calgary has 39 points, including 13 goals, in 41 games.

Alfaro and Zborosky will debut with the Hurricanes on Wednesday against the host Edmonton Oil Kings.

Davis, from Oakbank, Man., was a fourth-round pick in the 2014 bantam draft by the Hurricanes. This season, the 6-foot-1, 180-pounder has seven goals and four assists in 29 games. In 85 career games, he has 12 goals and nine assists.

The 6-foot-2, 190-pound Kroeker, from Surrey, B.C., was selected by the Regina Pats in the seventh round of the 2012 bantam draft. This season, he has six goals and 21 assists in 41 games. His 27 points are more than any other player on the Ice roster. Kroeker has 22 goals and 37 assists in 155 career games.

The trade left the Ice with one 20-year-old — G Payton Lee, who is from Cranbrook — on its roster.

The Ice next plays Wednesday in Swift Current.

When all was said and done, the Hurricanes were left with Alfaro, Zborosky and F Tyler Wong, who is the team captain, as their 20-year-olds.

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RYLEY LINDGREN

The 5-foot-11, 185-pound Lindgren, from East St. Paul, Man., had 14 goals and 28 assists in 42 games with the Hurricanes this season.

Lindgren was a fifth-round pick by the Brandon Wheat Kings in the fifth round of the 2011 bantam draft. In 229 career games, he has 136 points, including 56 goals.

He joins F Ryan Graham and F Calvin Spencer as the Broncos’ 20-year-olds.

The Broncos expect to have Lindgren in their lineup when they play host to the Ice on Wednesday night.

Dyck was a second-round pick by the Broncos in the 2016 bantam draft. He is the son of Michael Dyck, a former WHL defenceman who is a former Hurricanes head coach, and a nephew to former WHL D Joel Dyck. Carson has 41 points, including 10 goals, in 18 games with the minor midget Lethbridge Hurricanes this season.

Carsen Dyck, just acquired by @WHLHurricanes has committed to @PennStateHockey; Canes must see chance to change his mind #WHL @CTVLethbridge
— Darrell Romuld (CTV) (@CTVDarrell) January 9, 2017

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Dosanjh moves on to his fourth team this season, having started with the Prince George Cougars and then made stops with the Kamloops Blazers and the Hurricanes.

In 12 games with the Hurricanes, Dosanjh, who is from Richmond, B.C., had three assists. In 154 career games, the 6-foot-1, 200-pounder has three goals and 10 assists. He was a third-round selection by the Vancouver Giants in the 2011 bantam draft.

The Winterhawks now have two 20-year-olds, the other being F Keegan Iverson.

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King, from Vernon, B.C., was pointless in 14 games with Lethbridge this season. He was a second-round pick by Lethbridge in the 2014 bantam draft.

Moving the 6-foot-6, 225-pound King leaves the Hurricanes with 21 players on their roster, including 12 forwards and seven defencemen. Obviously, then, Anholt isn’t finished.

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The Victoria Royals have acquired D Loch Morrison, 19, and a fourth-round selection in the 2017 bantam draft from the Prince Albert Raiders for D Brayden Pachal, 17, and a sixth-round pick in 2017.

The 6-foot-1, 190-pound Morrison, who is from Prince Albert, has two goals and 11 assists in 37 games this season. The Raiders acquired him from the Calgary Hitmen a year ago. In 165 career games, he has 10 goals and 30 assists. Morrison, a seventh-round pick by Calgary in the 2012 bantam draft, was a member of the midget AAA Prince Albert Mintos, who won the 2014 Canadian championship.

Pachal, who is from Estevan, Sask., had three assists in 34 games with the Royals this season. In 74 career games, the 6-foot-0, 195-pounder has one goal and eight assists. The Royals selected him in the second round of the 2014 bantam draft.
The Royals are at home to the Kelowna Rockets on Wednesday night, while the Raiders entertain the Hitmen.

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Saturday, November 26, 2016

Blazers waive d-man ... Rebels acquire forward from Blades ... Tigers' win streak at eight

The Kamloops Blazers have placed D Shaun Dosanjh on 20-year-old waivers. The Blazers had to make a move because D Dallas Valentine, 20, returned Friday after missing 19 games with an elbow injury. . . . Dosanjh started the season with the Prince George Cougars, but lost out in the 20-year-old game there, too. . . . In 18 games with the Blazers, he had a goal and three assists. . . . “I thought Shaun was really good for us,” Kamloops head coach Don Hay said. “He’s a real good person. He worked hard here and he really helped our young guys. . . . We’ve had a couple of teams call about him.” . . . The Blazers’ other 20-year-olds are F Collin Shirley and F Matt Revel.

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The Red Deer Rebels have acquired F Cameron Hausinger, 17, from the Saskatoon Blades for two bantam draft picks — a seventh-rounder in 2017 and a fifth-rounder in 2018. . . . Hausinger, from Anchorage, has three assists in 20 games with the Blades this season. In 78 career games, he has six goals and eight assists. . . . Hausinger was a seventh-round selection by the Blades in the 2014 bantam draft. . . . He made his Rebels’ debut last night by scoring two goals against the visiting Kootenay Ice.

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The Prince George Cougars have dropped two defencemen from their roster. Jonas Harkins, who will turn 16 on Dec. 26, will play for the Prince George-based Cariboo Cougars of the B.C. Major Midget Hockey League, while Cole Moberg, 16, will join that league’s Vancouver Northwest Giants. . . . Harkins was a second-round pick in the 2015 bantam draft. He was pointless in one game with Prince George. He already has played 10 games with the major midget team, also going pointless. Harkins is the son of Prince George general manager Todd Harkins and a younger brother of Cougars F Jansen Harkins. . . . Moberg had one goal in three games with Prince George. Earlier in the season, he had five goals and two assists in eight games with the Giants. . . . The Cougars now are carrying 24 players, including 15 forwards and seven defencemen.

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Tretiak showing Castro how to hold a goalie stick pic.twitter.com/u0XKJXpZRo
— RM (@daftpuck) November 26, 2016

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FRIDAY’S GAMES:

At Calgary, the Moose Jaw Warriors built up a 4-1 second-period lead and hung on to beat the Hitmen, 5-

JAYDEN HALBGEWACHS

4. . . . D Vladislav Yeryomenko scored his first goal, on a PP, to give Calgary a 1-0 lead at 8:22 of the first period. . . . The Warriors took control with four goals in 6:53 in the middle part of the second period. . . . F Brayden Burke (5) scored his first goal with Moose Jaw since being acquired from the Lethbridge Hurricanes at 5:37. F Nikita Popugaev got his 18th goal at 8:39. F Brett Howden, back after a 10-game absence, scored his 10th at 10:06. F Jayden Halbgewachs made it 4-1 at 12:20. . . . Calgary F Carsen Twarynski (7) scored shorthanded, at 17:34 to cut the deficit to 4-2. . . . Halbgewachs, who has 17 goals, counted again at 1:46 of the third. . . . The Hitmen made it a one-goal game when F Jakob Stukel (6), on a PP, at 9:35 and F Andrew Fyten (2), at 12:44, found the range. . . . Moose Jaw got three assists from F Tanner Jeannot, while Howden and F Noah Gregor had two apiece. Popugaev, Burke and Halbgewachs added one each. . . . F Jordy Stallard had two assists for Calgary, with Stukel and Fyten getting one each. . . . G Brody Willms stopped 36 shots for the Warriors, while Calgary’s Cody Porter turned aside 16. . . . The Hitmen were 2-3 on the PP; the Warriors were 0-2. . . . The Warriors now are 14-5-4, while Calgary (8-11-2) has lost two in a row. . . . Announced attendance: 9,945, the largest crowd for the Hitmen this season.

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At Everett, F Matt Fonteyne broke a 2-2 tie with a PP goal at 13:51 of the second period and the

MATT FONTEYNE

Silvertips went on to a 5-2 victory over the Edmonton Oil Kings. . . . F Connor Dewar (2) gave Everett a 1-0 lead with a shorthanded goal at 4:35 of the first period and D Lucas Skrumeda (2) made it 2-0 at 8:46. . . . The Oil Kings pulled even on goals from F Lane Bauer, his 13th, at 6:25 of the second period and F Branden Klatt (3), on a PP, at 11:34. . . . F Davis Koch assisted on both Edmonton goals. . . . Fonteyne’s sixth goal stood up as the winner. . . . Everett got insurance from F Orrin Centazzo (3) at 14:25 of the second and F Bradly Goethals (1), on a PP, at 6:21 of the third period. . . . D Noah Juulsen and F Brian King each had two assists for the winners. . . . G Mario Petit blocked 23 shots for Everett, while G Patrick Dea stopped 22 for Edmonton. . . . Everett was 2-6 on the PP; Edmonton was 1-7. . . . The Silvertips (17-3-4) have won two in a row. . . . The Oil Kings (10-13-2) have lost three in a row. . . . Everett head coach Kevin Constantine was given the ol’ heave-ho at 17:51 of the third period. Ch-ch-ching! . . . Announced attendance: 4,178.

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@gdrinnan longtime buddies. Bragging rights at stake. For fathers Dan and Jeff too. #rangergreats
— Bruce Penton (@Bruceomin) November 26, 2016

At Kamloops, F Adam Brooks had a goal and two assists but it was the goaltenders who stole the show as the Regina Pats beat the Blazers, 3-0. . . . G Tyler Brown earned the shutout with 37 saves. Brown,

TYLER BROWN

who is 10-2-2 this season, has one shutout this season and three in his career. He gave up three goals in the first period of a 5-2 loss to the Cougars in Prince George on Tuesday — the other two goals were empty-netters — so has gone five periods without allowing a score. . . . At the other end, Connor Ingram blocked 32 shots. Fred Brathwaite, Hockey Canada’s goaltending consultant, was in the house watching Ingram again. . . . “Our goaltender was good,” Kamloops head coach Don Hay said. “Their’s was really good.” . . . Regina F Austin Wagner used his speed to get to a loose puck and ended up scoring the first goal, his 11th, at 17:05 of the second period. His shot from the high slot through traffic got through without Ingram seeing it. . . . Wagner was the best skater on the ice and would have had at least three goals if not for Ingram’s catching mitt. . . . Brooks (9) and D Sergey Zborovskiy (3) later scored empty-net goals. . . . Brooks, the WHL’s reigning scoring champion, has at least one point in the 16 games in which he has played this season. He has 36 points, including 27 assists. . . . Regina D Chad Harrison had his 16-game point streak come to an end. . . . FYI: F Jeremy Bracco of the OHL’s Kitchener Rangers is riding a 21-game point streak. . . . Regina was 0-1 on the PP; Kamloops was 0-8. . . . F Sam Steel, the WHL’s leading scorer, was among Regina’s scratches. He suffered a shoulder injury during a 5-2 loss to the Cougars in Prince George on Tuesday night. That means that Steel’s appearance in Kamloops as a 16-year-old two seasons ago is likely to have been his only game there. A first-round selection by the Anaheim Ducks in the NHL’s 2016 draft, you can bet he won’t be back in the WHL for his 20-year-old season (2018-19), which is when the Pats next would visit Kamloops. . . . The Blazers had D Dallas Valentine, 20, back after he missed 19 games with an elbow injury. . . . The Pats (17-2-3) are 2-2-0 in a B.C. Division tour that concludes tonight against the Kelowna Rockets. . . . The Blazers (14-12-1) have lost two in a row. . . . Announced attendance: 3,653.

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At Lethbridge, F Jordy Bellerive broke a 3-3 tie at 18:27 of the third period to give the Hurricanes a 4-3

JORDY BELLERIVE

victory over the Swift Current Broncos. . . . The Hurricanes actually led 3-1 before the game was 13 minutes old. . . . F Colton Kroeker (3) and F Ryley Lindgren (10) scored for the Hurricanes at 2:42 and 5:38 of the first period, with F Tyler Steenbergen getting his 19th for the Broncos at 10:01. . . . F Egor Babenko (6) restored the home team’s two-goal lead at 12:30. . . . Swift Current F Ryan Graham pulled his guys even with goals at 19:30 of the first and 4:21 of the second. . . . He’s got five goals and four assists in three games with Swift Current since being acquired from the Saskatoon Blades. . . . Bellerive won it with his sixth goal. . . . Lethbridge got two assists from Kord Pankewicz, a defenceman by trade who played up front in this one, while Bellerive and Lindgren each had one. . . . Lethbridge G Stuart Skinner made 22 saves. . . . Broncos starter Travis Child was beaten three times on 18 shots in 12:30. Taz Burman came on in relief and stopped 24 of 25. That included stopping Babenko on a second-period penalty shot. . . . The Broncos were 2-4 on the PP; the Hurricanes were 1-7. . . . Lethbridge (10-11-3) has won three in a row. . . . The Broncos (13-8-6) had points in their previous three games (2-0-1). . . . Announced attendance: 3,389.

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Congrats to our captain @iverke on his 150th career @TheWHL point! #Hawks pic.twitter.com/kbBWFnLz2h
— Portland Winterhawks (@pdxwinterhawks) November 26, 2016

At Portland, F Skyler McKenzie scored twice to help the Winterhawks to a 4-2 victory over the Victoria

SKYLER McKENZIE

Royals. . . . McKenzie has 31 points, including 15 goals, in 25 games. In his first two seasons, he totalled 41 points, including 12 goals, in 133 games. . . . McKenzie broke a 1-1 tie with his first goal, at 18:49 of the first period, then added an empty-netter 1t 19:59 of the third. . . . F Matt Phillips scored his 16th goal of the season for the Royals. . . . F Colton Veloso (6) gave Portland a 3-1 edge with a PP goal 59 seconds into the second period. . . . The Royals got to within one when F Regan Nagy (6) got a PP marker at 13:40 of the third. . . . F Keegan Iverson had two assists for Portland. He has 30 points, including 20 assists, in 23 games. Last season, he finished with 29 points, 18 of them assists, in 55 games. . . . F Spencer Gerth, acquired by Victoria from the Everett Silvertips earlier in the week, made his Royals debut and picked up an assist. . . . G Cole Kehler stopped 33 shots to earn the victory. . . . Victoria got 39 saves from Griffen Outhouse. . . . Victoria was 1-6 on the PP; Portland was 1-7. . . . The Winterhawks lost D Keoni Teixeira at 1:47 of the third period with a major for checking to the head and a game misconduct. . . . The Winterhawks (12-12-1) are 4-0-1 in their past five games. . . . The Royals now are 14-10-2. . . . Announced attendance: 5,305.

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Tigers 7-1 winners over P.A tonight. Not since 2010-11 season have they won 8 in a row.
— Bob Ridley (@BobRidley_CHAT) November 26, 2016

At Prince Albert, F Max Gerlach scored once and added two assists to help the Medicine Hat Tigers to a

MAX GERLACH

7-1 victory over the Raiders. . . . The Tigers (19-5-1) have won eight in a row. . . . The Raiders (5-18-1) have dropped seven straight. . . . The Raiders scored the game’s first three goals, taking control as F Mark Rassell (15) made it 2-0 while shorthanded 25 seconds into the second period, and then going ahead 3-0 on a PP goal from F Steve Owre (6) at 4:00. . . . Gerlach has 15 goals. . . . F Matt Bradley added a goal (14) and an assist for the visitors, while D David Quenneville had two assists. . . . G Duncan McGovern turned aside 22 shots for the Tigers, losing his shutout bid to F Cole Fonstad at 4:30 of the second period. . . . G Nic Sanders started for the Raiders and gave up five goals on 17 shots. Ian Scott played the final 24:54, stopping 12 of 14. . . . Medicine Hat was 2-3 on the PP; Prince Albert was 0-4. . . . Announced attendance: 2,289.

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The @Rebelshockey Lasse Petersen shuts the door on a @WHLKootenayICE 2nd period #powerplay pic.twitter.com/VZfEGX17g9
— Rob Wallator (@wallygator88) November 26, 2016

At Red Deer, F Brandon Hagel scored three teams as the Rebels dumped the Kootenay Ice, 9-2. . . . The

BRANDON HAGEL

Ice had beaten the visiting Rebels 6-5 in a shootout on Wednesday night. . . . Hagel has 12 goals. He opened the scoring at 11:49 of the first period, made it 3-0 at 7:49 of the second and completed the hat trick at 9:01 of the third. . . . F Cam Hausinger, acquired earlier in the day by the Rebels from the Saskatoon Blades, scored his first two goals of the season. . . . D Colton Bobyk and F Michael Spacek each had two assists for Red Deer, with D Jared Freadrich and F Jordan Roy each picking up a goal and an assist. Each has two goals this season. . . . G Lasse Petersen stopped 27 shots for the winners. . . . Kootenay starter Payton Lee gave up eight goals on 42 shots. Jakob Walter came on in relief to stop seven of eight. . . . Red Deer was 1-6 on the PP; Kootenay was 0-3. . . . The Rebels (12-10-4) are 2-0-1 in their last three games. . . . The Ice now is 5-14-6. . . . The Rebels were without F Evan Polei, who served a one-game suspension after taking a charging major on Wednesday in Cranbrook. . . . Announced attendance: 4,500.

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The losing streak is over. @BladesHockey win 3-2 over the Brandon Wheat Kings. @braylon7shmyr gets the winner. #WHL. pic.twitter.com/7vxp0byqy4
— Darren Steinke (@StanksSports) November 26, 2016

At Saskatoon, F Braylon Shmyr scored two goals as the Blades skated to a 3-2 victory over his former

BRAYLON SHMYR

club, the Brandon Wheat Kings. . . . Shmyr was dealt to the Blades on Jan. 4, along with D Colton Waltz, for D Mitchell Wheaton, D Schael Higson and a second-round pick in the 2017 bantam draft. . . . Shmyr, who has nine goals, gave Saskatoon a 1-0 lead just 12 seconds into the game. . . . F Jesse Shynkaruk upped the lead to 2-0 with his seventh goal at 7:10 of the second period. . . . The Wheat Kings tied it on second-period goals from F Tyler Coulter (10) at 7:43 and D Schael Higson (2) at 16:49. . . . The game appeared headed to OT when Shmyr won it at 19:18 of the third period. . . . Shynkaruk assisted on the winner. . . . G Logan Flodell earned the victory with a 31-save performance. . . . Brandon G Logan Thompson turned aside 25 shots. . . . Brandon was 0-1 on the PP; Saskatoon was 0-2. . . . The Blades (10-15-1) had lost their previous four games. . . . The Wheat Kings (12-9-3), who beat the visiting Blades twice last weekend, have lost two in a row. . . . The Wheat Kings swept a doubleheader from the visiting Blades last weekend — 8-1 and 6-3. . . . Announced attendance: 3,929.

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At Spokane, F Jaret Anderson-Dolan and F Hudson Elynuik each scored three goals and F Keanu

KEANU YAMAMOTO

Yamamoto drew six assists to help the Chiefs to a 10-1 victory over the Vancouver Giants. . . . The record for most assists in one game *(8) was set by F Brian Sakic of the Tri-City Americans on Oct. 3, 1990, in a 19-3 victory over the host Seattle Thunderbirds. . . . Elynuik also had two assists, while Anderson-Dolan had one. . . . Elynuik, who has nine goals, gave Spokane a 1-0 lead at 5:08 of the first period. . . . Vancouver F Ty Ronning (8) tied the score at 7:42. . . . F Hayden Ostir scored his third goal at 15:45, giving Spokane a 2-1 lead and the Chiefs were off to the races. . . . D Tyson Helgesen and D Dalton Hamaliuk had two assists each for Spokane. . . . The Chiefs remain without injured F Kailer Yamamoto. . . . G Jayden Sittler made 22 saves for Spokane. . . . Vancouver starter David Tendeck allowed four goals on 12 shots in 22:52. Ryan Kubic came on to stop 11 of 17. . . . Spokane was 5-7 on the PP; Vancouver was 0-3. . . . The Chiefs (10-8-5) have won two in a row. . . . The Giants (10-16-0) have lost four straight. . . . Announced attendance: 4,867.

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At Kennewick, Wash., F Mathew Barzal drew three assists as the Seattle Thunderbirds beat the host Tri-

MATHEW BARZAL

City Americans, 5-2. . . . The Thunderbirds took a 2-0 first-period lead on goals from F Nolan Volcan (10) just 43 seconds in and F Sami Moilanen (6) at 19:00. . . . D Dylan Coghlan (10) pulled the Americans to within a goal at 1:14 of the second period, but Seattle got that one back just 1:23 later when D Ethan Bear scored his sixth goal. . . . Tri-City D Juuso Valimaki’s 10th goal, at 10:48, made it a one-goal game again. . . . Seattle put it away with two third-period goals, from F Keegan Kolesar, who got his first goal at 12;32, and F Ryan Gropp, who scored his fourth, on a PP, at 16:57. . . . Seattle got two assists from F Scott Eansor, while Bear and Volcan each had one. . . . Tri-City F Tyler Sandhu had an assist to run his point streak to 11 games. . . . G Matt Berlin got the victory with 23 saves. . . . G Evan Sarthou stopped 26 shots for the Americans. . . . Each team was 1-4 on the PP. . . . Seattle (12-9-2) is third in the U.S. Division, six points behind the Americans with three games in hand. . . . The Americans (15-9-2) had points in their previous two games (1-0-1). . . . Announced attendance: 3,691.

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SATURDAY’S GAMES (all times local):

Lethbridge at Calgary, 2 p.m.

Prince George at Everett, 7:05 p.m.

Regina at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.

Swift Current vs. Kootenay, at Cranbrook, B.C., 7 p.m.

Moose Jaw at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Medicine Hat at Saskatoon, 7:05 p.m.

Victoria vs. Seattle, at Kent, Wash., 7:05 p.m.

Edmonton at Spokane, 7:05 p.m.

Vancouver vs. Tri-City, at Kennewick, Wash., 7:05 p.m.

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Wednesday, October 12, 2016

'Tips, Wheaties make deal . . . Blazers add 20-year-old d-man . . . Pats can't keep up with Jones

I've just decided that Reims will play ALL of the games versus the leafs this year...... #Matthews
— Strombone (@strombone1) October 13, 2016

F Gilbert Brulé (Vancouver, 2002-06) has been traded by Medveščak Zagreb (Croatia, KHL) to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk (Russia, KHL) for “compensation.” This season, with Zagreb, he had six goals and four assists in 16 games. It appears that Brulé may have asked for a trade. According to Zagreb's website, “Brulé, in a mutual agreement with the club, has decided to continue his career in Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk.” Nizhnekamsk reports that Brulé has signed a two-year contract with his new club.

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The Everett Silvertips have acquired F Brad Goethals, 18, from the Brandon Wheat Kings for a conditional seventh-round pick in the 2018 WHL bantam draft. . . . Goethals is expected to join the Silvertips at some point over the weekend. . . . Last season, playing for the midget AAA Eastman Selects, he led the Manitoba Midget Hockey League in goals (41) and points (74) in 43 games. In 83 games in that league, he put up 129 points, including 73 goals. . . . Goethals is from Ile-des-Chenes, Man., the hometown of Everett G Mario Petit. Goethals was teammates on the Selects with Everett D Montana Onyebuchi. . . . There was a time when Goethals appeared head to Bemidji State, but he later changed his mind and was in Brandon’s training camp prior to last season.

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The Kamloops Blazers have claimed D Shaun Dosanjh, 20, off waivers from the Prince George Cougars. . . . The Blazers were looking to fill a roster spot created when they put veteran D Dallas Valentine, 20, on the long-term injury reserve list. He suffered an elbow injury during a 2-1 loss to the host Calgary Hitmen on Oct. 7. . . . From Richmond, B.C., Dosanjh was a third-round selection by the Vancouver Giants in the WHL’s 2011 bantam draft. He has six points, two of them goals, in 128 regular-season games, 85 with the Giants and 43 with the Cougars. . . . He was pointless in four games with Prince George this season. . . . Dosanjh joins F Collin Shirley and F Matt Revel as the Blazers’ 20-year-olds. . . . The Cougars now have three 20s on their roster — F Colby McAuley, D Sam Ruopp and G Ty Edmonds.

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The Prince Albert Raiders trimmed two players from their roster on Wednesday. . . . F Evgeni Astrouski, 17, is expected to play for the AJHL’s Drumheller Dragons. A 10th-round pick in the 2015 bantam draft, he was pointless in one game with the Raiders. Evgeni is from Belarus but isn’t considered an import because he played some minor hockey in Edmonton. . . . D Lane Kirk, 16, is expected to join the MJHL’s Swan Valley Stampeders who play out of his hometown of Swan River. He was a fifth-round selection in the 2015 bantam draft. Kirk had one assist in three games with the Raiders this season.

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@AndyEide Strange Seattle has Osterman listed as a scratch tonight when they dropped him yesterday.
— Larry Osterman (@Larry_Osterman) October 12, 2016

Luke Osterman, 19, was selected by the Seattle Thunderbirds in the eighth round of the 2012 bantam draft. He is from Stillwater, Minn. . . . In 2014-15, as a freshman with the Thunderbirds, he had two goals in 45 games. Last season, he had one assist in 35 games. . . . The above tweet was posted Tuesday night, prior to Seattle’s 3-1 loss to the visiting Spokane Chiefs.

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It's pretty cool walking by the Gordie statue everyday. No matter the occasion or weather, there's always fresh flowers. pic.twitter.com/tN0V3VQnCR
— Tyler Wawryk (@wawryk16) October 12, 2016

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WEDNESDAY’S GAMES:

At Kamloops, the Blazers got five goals from defencemen as they dusted the Spokane Chiefs, 6-1. . . . The Blazers have scored 15 goals in their only two games this season. They beat the Kelowna

Rockets, 9-2, on opening night. . . . D Dawson Davidson and D Ondrej Vala each scored twice for Kamloops, which got the game’s last six goals. . . . F Jaret Anderson-Dolan gave Spokane the lead with a PP goal at 2:20 of the first period. . . . Vala tied it at 13:46 and F Collin Shirley gave Kamloops the lead on a PP at 15:15. . . . Davidson and Vala scored their first two goals of the season, while D Nolan Kneen got his first. . . . G Quinn Benjafield drew three assists and F Nick Chyzowski had two. Kneen added an assist to his goal. . . . Kamloops G Connor Ingram stopped 29 shots with Hockey Canada goaltending coach Fred Brathwaite in the house. . . . Spokane starter Dawson Weatherill was beaten five times on 18 shots, with reliever Jayden Sittler coming in to stop 16 of 17 in 29:58. . . . Kamloops was 2-3 on the PP; Spokane was 1-5. . . . The Blazers (4-5-0) have won two in a row. . . . The Chiefs are 2-4-0. . . . The game featured the WHL’s two winningest active coaches. Don Hay of Kamloops now has 679 regular-season victories, 12 more than Spokane’s Don Nachbaur. . . . F Eli Zummack, 16, made his WHL debut with the Chiefs. From Kelowna, he was a second-round pick by the Red Deer Rebels in the 2015 bantam draft. Zummack was part of a Jan. 1 exchange in which F Adam Helewska went to Red Deer. . . . On a night when F Auston Matthews scored four goals in his first NHL game with the Toronto Maple Leafs, a reader of this blog points out that this game featured players named Sittler, Henderson, Mahovlich and Walton. . . . F Massimo Rizzo, taken 15th overall by the Blazers in the WHL’s 2016 bantam draft, made his BCHL debut with the Penticton Vees on Wednesday night. He was pointless as the host Vees ran their winning streak to eight games with a 3-1 victory over the Langley Rivermen. Rizzo plays for the Burnaby Winter Club team in the Canadian Sport School Hockey League. . . . Announced attendance: 3,623.

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.@WHLHurricanes fans are good people. pic.twitter.com/Jp5bSoYnKf
— Lindsay Folk (@LindsayFolk) October 13, 2016

At Lethbridge, F Giorgio Estephan scored twice and added an assist to help the Hurricanes to a 5-2 victory over the Victoria Royals. . . . Estephan broke a 1-1 tie at 7:52 of the second period and the home boys scored the game’s next three goals. . . . F Brayden Burke added a goal and two assists for Lethbridge, while F Egor Babenko scored twice, giving him five. . . . The wines got 36 saves from G Stuart Skinner. . . . Victoria starter Griffen Outhouse gave up four goals on 23 shots in 44:07. Reliever Dylan Myskiw stopped three of four shots. . . . The Hurricanes (5-2-1) were 1-3 on the PP; the Royals (4-5-0) were 0-3. Victoria had won its previous two games. . . . The game marked the return of F Carter Folk, 20, to Lethbridge. After playing 171 games with the Hurricanes, he was dealt to Victoria on Sept. 12 as Lethbridge got down to three 20s. He was pointless last night. . . . Announced attendance: 2,757.

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At Prince George, D Kevin Davis broke a 2-2 tie at 15:54 of the first period and the Everett Silvertips went on to a 6-3 victory over the Cougars. . . . The Silvertips (6-1-1) swept the two-game series in Prince George. The Cougars (8-2-0) had been unbeaten going into Tuesday’s game. . . . F Patrick Bajkov had a goal and two assists in the first period for Everett. He scored the game’s first goal, at 5:29, then drew an assist on F Riley Sutter’s PP goal at 7:36. . . . F Brogan O’Brien and F Aaron Boyd scored nine seconds apart to pull the Cougars even. . . . Davis then broke the tie, with Bajkov getting the primary assist. . . . F Graham Millar’s sixth goal made it 4-2 at 1:38 of the second period. Sutter’s second goal, at 2:51, upped the lead to 5-2. . . . Davis added an assist to his goal. . . . G Carter Hart blocked 19 shots for Everett. . . . Prince George starter Nick McBride gave up five goals on 13 shots in 22:51. Ty Edmonds came on in relief and stopped 13 of 14. . . . Everett was 3-7 on the PP; Prince George was 1-4. . . . Announced attendance: 2,534.

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— Chad Balcom (@hawkeyblog) October 13, 2016

At Regina, D Caleb Jones scored off a 2-on-1 break with 54.6 seconds left in OT to give the Portland Winterhawks a 5-4 victory over the Pats. . . . The teams were tied 1-1 going into the third period, where they evenly split six goals. . . . Portland took a 3-1 lead on goals by F Evan Weinger and Colton Veloso before the period was five minutes old. . . . The Pats scored the next three goals — F Adam Brooks (5:33), F Sam Steel (7:21, PP) and F Filip Ahl (10:12, PP). . . . Portland D Keoni Teixeira forced OT with a 5-on-3 pP goal at 17:05. . . . Jones and F Lane Gilliss each had a goal and an assist for Portland, with F Ryan Hughes adding two assists. . . . Last season, Hughes had three goals and 10 assists in 71 games. This season, the 17-year-old from Edmonton has three goals and 10 assists in 10 games. . . . Brooks, the reigning WHL scoring champ, scored twice in his first game since returning from the AHL’s Toronto Marlies. . . . Steel added an assist to his sixth goal, while Ahl also had an assist, and D Connor Hobbs had two of them. . . . The game featured 103 shots on goal, 52 by Regina. . . . Portland G Michael Bullion stopped 47 shots, one more than Regina’s Tyler Brown. . . . Regina was 2-6 on the PP; Portland was 1-5. . . . Portland (7-3-0) went 4-2-0 on its East Division trip. . . . Regina (4-0-3) still is the only one of the WHL’s 22 teams not to lose in regulation time. . . . Announced attendance: 3,614.

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THURSDAY’S GAMES (all times local):

No Games Scheduled.

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FRIDAY’S GAMES (all times local):

Prince Albert at Brandon, 7:30 p.m.

Victoria at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Saskatoon at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.

Regina vs. Kootenay, at Cranbrook, B.C., 7 p.m.

Vancouver at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Medicine Hat, 7:30 p.m.

Moose Jaw at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Prince George vs. Seattle, at Kent, Wash., 7:35 p.m.

Everett at Spokane, 7:05 p.m.

Kamloops vs. Tri-City, at Kennewick, Wash., 7:05 p.m.

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Friday, September 2, 2016

Kisio latest to head for Vegas . . . Royals add assistant coach . . . More signings, exhibition games

F J.T. Barnett (Vancouver, Kamloops, Everett, Kelowna, 2008-13) has signed a one-year contract with CSKA Moscow (Russia, KHL). Last season, with the Atlanta Gladiators (ECHL), he had five goals and eight assists in 35 games.

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Another long-time WHL executive is on his way to the NHL.

Kelly Kisio, who had been with the Calgary Hitmen for 18 years and part of the Calgary Flames for 23 years, has joined the NHL’s expansion Las Vegas franchise as a pro scout. Most recently, Kisio has

After 18 years with the Calgary Hitmen, Kelly Kisio is
on his way to the NHL as a pro scout.(Calgary Hitmen photo)

been the Hitmen’s president of hockey operations and alternate governor. For four seasons (2004-08), Kisio was Calgary’s general manager and head coach. He also is a former WHL and NHL player, who played 13 seasons in the NHL.

Kisio follows good friend Kelly McCrimmon, the long-time owner, general manager and head coach of the Brandon Wheat Kings, and Tim Speltz, the veteran GM of the Spokane Chiefs, to the NHL. McCrimmon now is the assistant GM with Las Vegas; Speltz is the Toronto Maple Leafs’ director of western scouting.

“There were a lot of sleepless nights deciding whether I wanted to leave after 23 years,” Kisio told Scott Fisher of the Calgary Sun. “I haven’t had a chance to sit back and reflect on it, but I’ve been thinking about (the move) quite a bit.

“I competed against (McCrimmon) here for a long, long time. And I played with (Las Vegas GM George McPhee), so it looks like it will be a great fit.”

Fisher’s story is right here.

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The Victoria Royals have signed G Brock Gould, who won’t turn 15 until Dec. 11. Gould, who is from Colorado Springs, Colo., was an eighth-round pick by the Royals in the 2016 bantam draft. Gould, 6-foot-3 and 155 pounds, played last season with the Colorado Thunderbirds (T1EH14), going 4-1-0, 1.40, .935 with two shutouts in six games.

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The Portland Winterhawks have signed F Connor Bowie, F Easton Easterson and F Ty Kolle to WHL contracts. All three are on the Winterhawks’ roster as they open their exhibition schedule at a tournament in Everett this weekend. . . . Bowie, from Fort St. John, B.C., was a seventh-round selection in the 2016 bantam draft. Last season, he had 62 points, including 39 goals, in 28 games with the Fort St. John Northern Metallic Flyers of the Edmonton Rural Bantam Hockey League. . . . Kolle, a 16-year-old from Kamloops, was a fourth-round pick in the 2015 bantam draft. Last season, with the Prince George-based Cariboo Cougars of the B.C. Major Midget League, he had 29 points, 11 of them goals, in 40 games. . . . Easterson, 16, is from Canyon Country, Calif. He was an invitee to training camp and has had a good showing. Last season, with the U-16 Los Angeles Junior Kings of the Tier 1 Elite Hockey League, he had 28 points, 20 of them goals, in 49 games.

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The Vancouver Giants have signed G Trent Miner, 15, to a WHL contract. Miner, from Brandon, was a first-round selection in the 2016 bantam draft. Last season, in 27 games with the bantam AAA Wheat Kings, he was 23-3-0, 1.52 with five shutouts. . . . As an aside, Glen Hanlon, the Giants’ first-year general manager, is from Brandon. He played his minor hockey there before going on to play in the WHL with the Wheat Kings.

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The Medicine Hat Tigers have signed D Cameron MacPhee, 17, of Edmonton to a WHL contract. Last season, the 6-foot-1, 180-pounder had one goal and four assists in 22 games with the midget AAA South Side Athletic Club Athletics.

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The Prince Albert Raiders have signed F Nikita Krivokrasov, 16, to a WHL contract. Krivokrasov, who lives in Westminster, Colo., had seven points, including two goals, in 20 games with the U-16 Rocky Mountain Roughriders last season. He will turn 16 on Dec. 23. . . . He is an undrafted list player. . . . Krivokrasov, who is a native of Moscow, Russia, played some minor hockey in North America — he moved over here at the age of 9 — so isn’t classified as an import player. He is the son of F Sergei Krivokrasov, who played in 450 NHL games after being a first-round pick by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 1992 draft.

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The MJHL’s Portage Terriers have acquired the rights to D Jordan Thomson, 20, from the SJHL’s Notre Dame Hounds for the rights to D Caleb Boman, who turns 19 on Nov. 4. . . . Thomson played 205 regular-season WHL games, split between the Kamloops Blazers, who took him fourth overall in the 2011 bantam draft, Saskatoon Blades, Swift Current Broncos and Brandon Wheat Kings. From Wawanesa, Man., Thomson played 46 regular-season and 21 playoff games with Brandon last season as the Wheat Kings won the WHL championship. Last week, before the Wheat Kings opened training camp, Thomson said he wouldn’t return, that he was working and contemplating going to school in Brandon. . . . According to portageonline.com, Thomson “is considering playing for the Terriers.”

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The Victoria Royals have added Doug Bodger as an assistant coach. From Chemainus, B.C., Bodger spent last season as an assistant coach with the Shawinigan Lake bantam prep team in the Canadian Sport School Hockey League. He also has worked as an assistant coach with the BCHL’s Cowichan Valley Capitals. Bodger, 50, played 16 years of pro hockey after playing in the WHL with the Kamloops Junior Oilers (1982-84). . . . In Victoria, he will work alongside head coach Dave Lowry and assistant coach Dan Price.

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The Seattle Thunderbirds have signed D Tyson Terretta, 16, who is from High Riverd, Alta. Last season, he had one goal and 20 assists in 37 games with the midget AAA Rockyview Raiders of the Alberta Minor Midget League. . . . He was a sixth-round pick in the 2015 bantam draft.

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The Everett Silvertips have signed D Carter Brown, F Orrin Centazzo, F Brandson Hein, D Ian Walker and D Kyle Walker to WHL deals. . . . Brown, from Edmonton, was selected by the Saskatoon Blades in the 10th round of the 2013 bantam draft. He will turn 18 on Oct. 17. He was limited to one game with the midget AAA Knights of Columbus Pats last season. In 2014-15, he had one assists in 27 games with the midget AAA Maple Leaf Athletic Club Maple Leafs. . . . Centazzo, from Marwayne, Alta., was a fifth-round pick in the 2015 bantam draft. Last season, the 16-year-old had 53 points, 30 of them goals, in 37 games with the minor midget Lloydminster, Alta., Rage. . . . Hein, from Winnipeg, had 48 points, including 23 goals, in 33 games with the midget AAA Winnipeg Thrashers last season. Hein, who will turn 18 on Sept. 27, is a listed player. . . . Ian Walker, a 16-year-old from Vancouver, was a third-round selection in the 2015 bantam draft. Last season, with the Burnaby Winter Club Elite 15s, he had 17 points, including 15 assists, in 35 games. . . . Kyle Walker, from Leduc, Alta., is a listed player who had 44 points, including four goals, in 37 games with the minor midget AAA Leduc Oil Kings. He led the Alberta Minor Midget League’s defencemen in points.

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The OHL’s Hamilton Bulldogs want in on the bidding to play host to the 2018 Memorial Cup tournament, which will celebrate the trophy’s 100th anniversary. Scott Radley of the Hamilton Spectator reports that the Bulldogs will make it official with an announcement on Thursday. . . . The WHL’s Regina Pats, who also will be celebrating 100 years, have said that they will be putting together a bid, too. . . . In the OHL, the Oshawa Generals and Ottawa 67’s have said they are interested in getting involved. . . . Radley’s story is right here.

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Regan Bartel, the veteran radio voice of the Kelowna Rockets, reports that the team has hired Adam Brown, 24, as its “eye in the sky in the press box at home games.” Brown also will “help out with the goaltenders.” . . . Brown, a goaltender, played four seasons (2008-12) with the Rockets before going on to a brief pro career. He retired after playing last season in Sweden. Born in Houghton, Mich., he is the son of Newell Brown, who is preparing for his 20th season as an NHL assistant coach.

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