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More allegations of abuse in junior hockey . . . Lawyer busy adding players to lawsuit . . . Former NHLer likely to join
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A former WHL player has filed a complaint with the league alleging he was a victim of sexual and physical abuse during his time with two teams in the league. More from @rwesthead: https://t.co/k3i6Quh6iq
Warning: This story contains details that may be disturbing to some readers pic.twitter.com/yLd1b6Qhnd
— TSN Hockey (@TSNHockey) June 25, 2020
A spokesperson with the WHL has told TSN that it would open an investigation after a former player alleged "he was a victim of sexual and physical abuse" during stints with two teams.
According to TSN's Rick Westhead, the player sent an email of his complaints to the WHL and copied the email to TSN.
In the email, the player wrote:
"The abuse transformed me from a driven, happy, engaged young man and a solid NHL hockey prospect into a black mass of anger, untrust of people, self-isolation and alcohol abuse. The recent CHL allegations of abuse triggered anger in me and brought forward flashbacks and anguish."
The player went into the brutish details of the complaints in the email, all of which is in Westhead's story that is right here.
At one point, Westhead writes: "The complainant confirmed the identities of the alleged assailants to TSN. Several have prominent roles in the hockey industry."
The WHL has had at least one opportunity in years gone by to deal with a player who has said he was humiliated and "physically assaulted" during his WHL career.
In the book Sudden Death: The Incredible Saga of the 1986 Swift Current Broncos, which was published in 2012, Peter Soberlak described some of what happened to him during his first WHL season with his hometown Kamloops Blazers.
"It was really horrible," Soberlak, who was 16 at the time, said. "In a lot of cases, I feared going on the bus, feared going on road trips . . . just because of the humiliation and constant verbal abuse. . . .
"What I went through in Kamloops destroyed my confidence. I can deal with that now, but it was just horrific for me. It sucked the life out of me. . . . I was physically assaulted.
"You think I have not suffered — have not had repercussions from what I went through there — serious, absolutely long-term, continuous major repercussions of what happened to me in that situation. I guarantee you I have."
Seen by some observers as the best player in his age group in Canada at one time, Soberlak was out of the game at 23.
"That's the only thing I am bitter about in my hockey career," he said. "My first year in Kamloops . . . it was the worst year of my life."
Soberlak, now 51, has a Bachelor of Arts in psychology, with a minor in sociology, from the University of British Columbia and a Master's Degree in sport and exercise psychology from Queen's University in Kingston, Ont. He is a lecturer and works with the athletic department and its teams at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops.
No one from the WHL has ever contacted him about his allegations in the book of which I was a co-author.
James Sayce, the lawyer working with Daniel Carcillo and Garrett Taylor on their class-action lawsuit against the CHL, has told Ken Campbell of The Hockey News "a lot" of players have joined the lawsuit since it first was filed. . . . Campbell writes: "If the people who run junior hockey in Canada were taken aback by this lawsuit, shame on them. They should have seen this coming because it's not as though the warning signs were not there. In fact, in filing a lawsuit against the CHL, both Carcillo and Taylor were simply putting on the legal record things they've been saying for years now. Carcillo went public with the humiliation he suffered during his rookie season with the Sarnia Sting in 2002-03 two years ago." . . . Campbell's latest column is right here.
Dan Fritsche, a former NHLer, says he likely will be joining the class-action lawsuit filed by Daniel Carcillo and Garrett Taylor against the CHL and the three major junior leagues that operate under its umbrella. The lawsuit alleges "hazing, bullying, physical and verbal harassment, physical assault, sexual harassment, and sexual assault." . . . Fritsche was a rookie on the 2002-03 Sarnia Sting of the OHL, as was Carcillo. . . . "There's nothing I've read that isn't true," Fritsche told Aaron Portzline of The Athletic. "I was in that toxic atmosphere. I had to go through all of that rookie shit, all the disgusting things they would make us do. It was so awful, and people knew about it who absolutely could have stopped it. They'd put us in the (charter bus) bathroom, butt-ass naked, six to eight of us (rookies) for 45 minutes as we're coming home from a road trip. They'd throw a coin in there to make us fight over it, naked, and whoever came up with it got to get out first. Stuff like that, just over and over." . . . If you are an Athletic subscriber, Portzline's complete story is right here.
Incredible past week announcing 11 new @CHLHockey Player Ambassadors to the program; all volunteering their time to help save or improve the lives of Canadians. @CanadasLifeline @TheWHL @OHLHockey @QMJHL pic.twitter.com/hoGIs2HQeQ
— Hockey Gives Blood (@hkygivesblood) June 25, 2020
New podcast serves as 'creative outlet' for longtime junior-hockey broadcaster and coach https://t.co/RzGL6EH4cM
— Steve Ewen (@SteveEwen) June 25, 2020
An undisclosed number of Minnesota Twins players have tested positive, although none were at the team's home park, Target Field, or its spring training facility in Fort Myers, Fla. . . . Derek Falvey, the president of baseball operations, told Fox 9 Sports: "We have players in many different locations. I don't think this is necessarily a surprise that we may have some positive cases." . . .
ESPN reported that the NFL has cancelled its Hall of Fame game that was to have featured the Dallas Cowboys and Pittsburgh Steelers in Canton, Ohio, on Aug. 6. . . . It also is believed that the NFL will delay its induction ceremonies that were to have been held on Aug. 8. . . .
The NBA's Sacramento Kings have at least three players on their roster who have tested positive — F Jabari Parker, C Alex Len and G Buddy Hield. . . . Sara Hodge of CBS Sacramento has reported that a fourth unidentified player also has tested positive. . . .
Orenburg, a team in Russia's top soccer league, reported Thursday that it has six players and two staff members who have tested positive. . . . The Russian Premier League returned to play last week. . . . Apparently, Orenburg's entire team tested negative as recently as Sunday. . . .
The seven-team Canadian Elite Basketball League, which was to have started its season early in May, is planning on opening a month-long tournament without fans in St. Catharines, Ont., on July 15. A single-elimination playoff will end with a championship game on Aug. 9. . . . Devin Heroux of CBC reports: "All seven teams will stay in a bubble-like setting in St. Catharines, playing games at the Meridian Centre and practising at a nearby facility. League officials said players, coaches and personnel will be separated from the general public and strict screening and COVID-19 protocols will be adhered to under the supervision of medical officials."
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Eric Ditto is returning for his seventh season on the coaching staff of the junior B Delisle Chiefs of the Prairie Junior Hockey League. Ditto is preparing for his sixth full season as head coach and his second as general manager. . . . Anthony Radke will be back for a second season as an assistant coach. . . . Ryan Pilon is the other assistant coach. He joined the Chiefs during last season after serving as an assistant coach with the Beardy's Blackhawks U18 AAA team.
The RINK Hockey Corp., owner of the Rink Hockey Academy, has bought the Pursuit of Excellence Hockey Academy (POE) and Edge of Excellence (EOE) in a deal that is to close on July 1. The sale is subject to the approval of BC Hockey and the Canadian Sport School Hockey League. . . . There is more right here.
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Author greggdrinnanPosted on June 25, 2020 Tags Aaron Portzline, Anthony Radke, Dan Fritsche, Dan O'Connor, Daniel Carcillo, Delisle Chiefs, Devin Heroux, Eric Ditto, Garrett Taylor, Hockey Gives Blood, James Sayce, Ken Campbell, Mark Holick, Peter Soberlak, Rick Westhead, Ryan Pilon, Super 70s SportsLeave a comment on More allegations of abuse in junior hockey . . . Lawyer busy adding players to lawsuit . . . Former NHLer likely to join
Holt everything! Giants strike first. . . . Two late second-period goals key to Game 1 victory. . . . Might so many commits work against NCAA schools?
F Matt Fraser (Red Deer, Kootenay, 2006-11) has signed a one-year contract extension with the Augsburger Panther (Germany, DEL). This season, he had 18 goals and 16 assists in 52 games. The was second on the team in goals and third in points. . . .
D Troy Rutkowski (Portland, 2008-13) has signed a one-year contract extension with the Linz Black Wings (Austria, Erste bank Liga). This season, he had nine goals and 18 assists in 52 games. . . .
D David Němeček (Saskatoon, 2013-14) has signed a one-year plus option contract with Lukko Rauma (Finland, Liiga). This season, with Mladá Boleslav (Czech Republic, Extraliga), he had three goals and three assists in 46 games. . . .
D Lassi Thomson (Kelowna, 2018-19) has signed a two-year plus option contract with Ilves Tampere (Finland, Liiga). This season, with Kelowna (WHL), he had 17 goals and 24 assists in 63 games. . . .
G Alexander Pechursky (Tri-City, 2009-11) has signed a one-year contract with Metallurg Novokuznetsk (Russia, Vysshaya Liga). This season, with Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk (Kazakhstan, Vysshaya Liga), he was 13-16-2, 2.36, .917, with one assist, in 32 games.
You could make an argument that the most surprising part of Thursday's WHL bantam draft was the decision by the Kamloops Blazers to use both of their first-round selections on players who have made verbal commitments to the U of Michigan Wolverines.
Kamloops used the seventh-overall selection on D Mats Lindgren of the Burnaby Winter Club, then took F Connor Levis of St. George's Academy in Vancouver with the 20th pick.
Both players have made verbal commitments to the Wolverines for the 2022-23 season.
So . . . you're wondering why the Blazers, a team that had a mediocre season while in what was the WHL's weakest division in 2018-19, would take two NCAA commits in the first round?
Well, Jess Myers of therinklive.com has written an excellent piece that details the changes to NCAA hockey and its recruiting process, all of which came into effect on May 1.
In that story, Myers writes:
"The new system may also reduce the high numbers of committed players that many colleges have now. The list of college commitments that is maintained by College Hockey, Inc., shows that in the Big Ten, Michigan has 37 players who have given verbal commitments to play for the Wolverines in the future, and presumably have been given a scholarship offer of some amount. The (Minnesota) Gophers and Wisconsin (Badgers) each has 31 commitments listed."
I wasn't able to find the list of 37 potential future Wolverines, but, then, I'm hardly a computer genius. I did find a list of 24 commits, but it doesn't include any players committed for 2022-23. Another list, this one at collegehockeynews.com, shows Michigan with 33 commitments but it doesn't include 2022-23, either.
However, I would suggest that somewhere there is a list that shows 37 commits for Michigan.
Still, the point is that Michigan and many other schools have a whole host of commits potentially on the way.
That being the case, it's got to give Kamloops general manager Matt Bardsley a terrific starting point when he begins his serious recruiting pitch with Lindgren, Levis and their families.
Myers' story is right here.
CORRECTION: D Sean Comrie, whose rights moved from the Brandon Wheat Kings to the Kelowna Rockets on Thursday, just finished his first season with the U of Denver Pioneers. The Edmonton native had one assists in 18 games, after spending two seasons with the AJHL's Spruce Grove Saints. Brandon selected him in the second round of the 2015 bantam draft.
MORE DRAFT BLOODLINES: The Calgary Hitmen selected F Jadon Kwiatkowski of Sammamish, Wash., in the 11th round. A reader tells me that he is from Lake Stevens, Wash., and that he played for the U-14 Everett Jr. Silvertips. His father, Jason, played three seasons (1990-93) in the WHL, with the Prince Albert Raiders and Tacoma Rockets, while an uncle, Joel, split four WHL seasons (1994-98) between Tacoma, the Kelowna Rockets and Prince George Cougars. . . .
In the sixth round, the Hitmen selected D Matthew Sutter, who had seven goals and 13 assists in 31 games with the bantam AAA Spruce Grove PAC Saints. He isn't related to the Sutters of Viking, Alta.
Here's a look, in alphabetical order, at teams that had four or more players selected in the bantam draft:
Anchorage North Stars (4)
BWC H.A. Bntm Prep (8)
Calgary CBHA Bisons BAAA (6)
Colorado Thunderbirds 14U (6)
Dallas Stars Elite 14U (5)
Delta H.A. Bntm Prep Green (12)
Eastman Selects B1AAA (4)
Edge School Bntm Prep (11)
Fort Sask. Rangers BAAA (5)
Lloydminster Bobcats BAAA (4)
Martensville Marauders BAA (4)
North Zone Kings BAA (4)
Northern Alberta Xtreme Bntm Prep (6)
OHA Edmonton Bntm Prep (7)
Okanagan H.A. Bntm Prep (7)
Okotoks Oilers BAAA (4)
Red Deer Rebels BAAA (8)
Rink H.A. Nationals Bntm Prep (9)
Sherwood Park Flyers BAAA (4)
St. George's School Bntm Prep (4)
Warman Wildcats BAA (4)
Yale H.A. Bntm Prep (11)
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Ryan Marushak is remaining with the junior B Delisle Chiefs of the Prairie Junior Hockey League. The former general manager will be the team's director of player personnel in what will be his eighth season with the organization. . . . Eric Ditto was named the team's general manager and head coach on Thursday. . . . If you weren't aware, Delisle was home to the late Max Bentley, an NHL star who had one of the great nicknames in sports history — the Dipsy Doodle Dandy from Delisle.
Tyler Drader is the new head coach of the Calgary-based SAIT Trojans, who play in the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference. He spent the previous two seasons as general manager and head coach of the AJHL's Calgary Mustangs. . . . Drader takes over from Brent Devost, who resigned after one season with the Trojans. . . . There is a news release right here.
#WHLChampionship #PAvsVAN: This series marks the first time since 2015 (Kelowna defeated Brandon) where the two #1 seeds heading into the postseason clash for the Ed Chynoweth Cup.
— Geoffrey Brandow (@GeoffreyBrandow) May 3, 2019
NOTES: First, please allow me to point out that this is the WHL final. It isn't the WHL finals or the WHL Finals or the WHL FINALS. There is only one series, only one final, thus it is the WHL final. Thank you . . .
With that out of the way, the WHL final for the Ed Chynoweth Cup got started on Friday night in Prince Albert with the Vancouver Giants beating the Raiders, 5-4. They'll play Game 2 in the Art Hauser Centre tonight, then head for Langley, B.C., and games on Tuesday, Wednesday and, if necessary, Friday in the Langley Events Centre. . . .
While there isn't a player on either team who has played in a WHL final, there are coaches who have been there. . . . Jamie Heward, in his first season as the Giants' associate coach, is in his second straight final. Last season, he helped guide the Swift Current Broncos to a championship. . . . Jeff Battah, an assistant coach with the Giants, was an assistant with the Lethbridge Hurricanes in 2008 when they got to the final under then-head coach Michael Dyck. Dyck, of course, now is the Giants' head coach. . . . Raiders assistant coach Jeff Truitt was an assistant under Marc Habscheid, now the head coach in Prince Albert, when the Kelowna Rockets won the 2003 title. Truitt was the head coach two seasons later when the Rockets won the Ed Chynoweth Cup. . . .
Winners of Game 1 of the Championship Final:#OHL – 31/44 (since 1975), 70.5%; includes 5 straight; 15 of last 24#QMJHL / #LHJMQ – 43/49 (since 1970), 87.8%; 3 of last 5 have not#WHL – 25/39 (since 1980), 64.1%; including 7 of last 12.
Steve Ewen of Postmedia pointed out before Game 1 that Vancouver D Bowen Byram's father, Shawn, played 116 games from 1986-88 with the Prince Albert Raiders, putting up 39 goals, 85 points and 300 PIMs. . . . Shawn began his WHL career by playing 62 games with the Regina Pats (1984-87). . . .
FRIDAY HIGHLIGHTS:
Game 1 Lineups pic.twitter.com/jLt1ugpbz6
— Lucas Punkari (@lpunkari) May 3, 2019
The Vancouver Giants broke a 3-3 tie with two goals in the final minute of the second period and then hung on for a 5-4 victory over the host Prince Albert Raiders in Game 1 of the WHL's championship series. . . . They'll play Game 2 in Prince Albert tonight. . . . Vancouver D Dylan Plouffe (5) opened the scoring from the right faceoff dot at 4:20 of the first period, one-timing a pass from D Bowen Byram while enjoying a two-man PP advantage. . . . F Dawson Holt (6) upped the lead to 2-0 at 6:06 as he pounced on a rebound off the end boards and rifled it home just 10 seconds after Vancouver's second PP expired. . . . The Raiders cut the deficit in half when F Brett Leason (6) scored on a PP at 3:20 of the second period, beating G David Tendeck through the legs. . . . F Jared Dmytriw (8), the Giants' captain, restored the two-goal lead at 5:13 as his shot from the top of the circles got past G Ian Scott. . . . The Raiders quickly got that one back as F Noah Gregor (8) made it 3-2 at 6:17 as he split the defencemen at the top of the Giants' zone, took a pass and scored from 12 feet out. . . . The home team pulled into a tie when F Dante Hannoun (10), a sniper who didn't score in the six-game semifinal victory over the Edmonton Oil Kings, found the range off a rebound at 16:45 of the second period. . . . Vancouver went back out front with 30.9 seconds left in the period as F Yannik Valenti (2) whipped home a one-timer from high in the slot on a PP. . . . Holt (7), who is from Saskatoon, made it 5-3 with his second goal of the game, this one from a bad angle, with 16.5 seconds left in the period. . . . D Jeremy Massella (1) pulled the Raiders back to within a goal at 2:50 of the third period when he drove to the net from the right side and stuffed the puck past Tendeck. . . . Holt had six goals in 53 regular-season games; he's got seven in 16 playoff games. . . . F Owen Hardy, Dmytriw, who is from Craven, Sask., and Byram each had two assists for the Giants. Byram leads all playoff scorers with 20 points. . . . F Parker Kelly had two assists for the Raiders, with Hannoun adding one to his goal. . . . Vancouver was 2-4 on the PP; Prince Albert was 1-3. . . . Tendeck finished with 25 stops, four more than Scott. . . . F Aidan Barfoot was among the Giants' scratches. He hasn't played since suffering a suspected concussion in Game 4 of a first-round series with the Seattle Thunderbirds. . . . The referees were Jeff Ingram and Brett Iverson, with Sean Dufour and Tarrington Wyonzek on the lines.
(NOTE: Scoring changes after the game gave Byram two more assists, while taking one away from Hardy. That left Byram with a WHL-leading 22 points.)
Lucas Punkari of the Prince Albert Daily Herald has a game story right here.
Steve Ewen of Postmedia has a gamer right here.
#WHLChampionship #PAvsVAN: This is the 5th consecutive year that the East Division is represented in the WHL Championship Final with four different teams reaching the final level. Brandon started with visits in 2015 & 2016, Regina in 2017 and Swift Current last year.
RIP Red Kelly (HHOF 1969). He was the epitome of a gentleman. Seen here with Johnny #Bower (HHOF 1976) at a HHOF exhibit opening on Nov. 10, 2014. Two Legends reunite. @MapleLeafs pic.twitter.com/BcWAQ7NNoo
— Kelly Masse (@KellyHockeyHall) May 3, 2019
Author greggdrinnanPosted on May 3, 2019 May 3, 2019 Tags Alexander Pechursky, Bowen Byram, Calgary Hitmen, Connor Levis, Dante Hannoun, David Němeček, David Tendeck, Dawson Holt, Delisle Chiefs, Geoffrey Brandow, Jadon Kwiatkowski, Jamie Heward, Jared Dmytriw, Jeff Battah, Jeff Truitt, Kamloops Blazers, Lassi Thomson, Lucas Punkari, Marc Habscheid, Mats Lindgren, Matt Bardsley, Matt Fraser, Matthew Sutter, Michael Dyck, Owen Hardy, Prince Albert Raiders, Ryan Marushak, SAIT Trojans, Sean Comrie, Shawn Byram, Steve Ewen, Troy Rutkowski, Tyler Drader, Vancouver GiantsLeave a comment on Holt everything! Giants strike first. . . . Two late second-period goals key to Game 1 victory. . . . Might so many commits work against NCAA schools?
Royals get goalie from Portland. . . . More bantam draft odds and ends. . . . McCrimmon an NHL GM and a Hall of Famer
Off to Prince Albert #WHLChampionship #vancouvergiants pic.twitter.com/wjZ3BDJWzW
— JBatts (@JBatts_80) May 2, 2019
Part II: More trades and odds and ends from the WHL's bantam draft. . . .
The Portland Winterhawks appeared to clear up a logjam at the goaltender position, while the Victoria Royals have begun life after Griffen Outhouse. . . . The Winterhawks dealt G Shane Farkas, who is to turn 20 on Dec. 1, and a 2019 fifth-round bantam draft pick to the Royals for a fourth-round pick in 2019 and a conditional selection that could end up being in the fourth round in 2020. . . . The 2019 fourth-rounder that the Winterhawks acquired actually originated with them; it went to Victoria in a deal for D Jared Freadrich last summer. . . . The deal leaves Portland with five 20-year-olds on its roster, with F Lane Gilliss, F Jake Gricius, F Josh Paterson and D Matthew Quigley the others. . . .
Farkas, from Penticton, B.C., appeared in 84 games over three seasons with Portland. This season, he finished 30-12-6, 2.71, .906 in 50 regular-season appearances. . . . His departure leaves the Winterhawks' depth chart with Joel Hofer, who will be 19 on July 30, and Dante Giannuzzi, who is to turn 17 on Sept. 3, at the top of the goaltending section. . . .
Outhouse, who was so outstanding in goal for the Royals, has completed his junior eligibility. Farkas and sophomore Brock Gould, 18, are one-two on the Royals' depth chart, at least for now. . . . The Royals now have six 20-year-olds on their roster — Farkas, F D-Jay Jerome, Belarusian F Igor Martynov, F Tanner Sidaway, D Jameson Murray and D Jake Kustra.
The Swift Current Broncos have acquired D Wyatt Wilson from the Lethbridge Hurricanes for F Alex Thacker. . . . Wilson, from Swift Current, will turn 16 on Oct. 11. He was a sixth-round pick by Lethbridge in the 2018 bantam draft. This season, he had six goals and 17 assists in 36 games with the elite 15s at the Yale Hockey Academy in Abbotsford, B.C. . . . Thacker, 17, is from Fort Saskatchewan, Alta. This season, he had 10 goals and 27 assists in 34 games as he captained the midget AAA Fort Saskatchewan Rangers. He also had one assist in four games with the AJHL's Whitecourt Wolverines, and was pointless in two games with Swift Current. The Broncos had selected him in the sixth round of the 2017 bantam draft.
Lethbridge also made a deal with the Prince George Cougars, landing D Tyson Phare in exchange for F Fischer O'Brien. . . . Phare, 17, was the 18th-overall selection in the 2017 bantam draft. From Maple Ridge, B.C., he was pointless in 14 games with the Cougars this season. He also had a goal and nine assists in eight games with the prep team at the Delta Hockey Academy, and was pointless in two games with the junior B Ridge Meadow Flames. . . . O'Brien, 16, is from Prince George. Lethbridge picked him in the fifth round of the 2018 bantam draft. Fischer had two goals and five assists in 40 games with the Cariboo Cougars, who won the B.C. Major Midget Hockey League title. His brother, Brogan, played three seasons (2015-18) with the WHL's Cougars and now is at Carleton U in Ottawa.
JUST NOTES: The Portland Winterhawks selected F Marek Hejduk in the ninth round. He played this season with the bantam AAA Colorado Thunderbirds, scoring seven goals and adding nine assists in 13 games. . . . Six picks later, the Everett Silvertips grabbed D David Hejduk, Marek's twin brother. David had one goal and one assists in 13 games with the Thunderbirds. . . . They are the sons of former NHL F Milan Hejduk. . . .
In the 10th round, the Edmonton Oil Kings landed F Cade Littler of East Wenatchee, Wash. He played this season with the bantam AAA San Jose Jr. Sharks. His father, Bliss, is a long-time junior coach. He has been with the BCHL's Wenatchee Wild for seven seasons, the last six as general manager and head coach. . . .
In the fourth round, the Seattle Thunderbirds took F Connor Gourley of Calgary. He had 36 goals and 39 assists in 33 games with the bantam AAA Calgary Bisons. His brother Jarrod, who will turn 20 on June 29, was a third-round pick by the Brandon Wheat Kings in the 2014 bantam draft. A defenceman, he chose to go to Arizona State U where he just completed his first season with the Sun Devils. . . .
The Medicine Hat Tigers, picking 12th overall, took F Oasis Wiesblatt of Calgary. He had 19 goals and 36 assists in 28 games with the bantam AAA Calgary Bisons. . . . His brother Orca, who will turn 19 on June 2, got into 12 games with the Calgary Hitmen this season, after playing 49 with them last season. He now is with the MJHL-champion Portage Terriers. . . . Another brother, 20-year-old Ocean, also is with the Terriers, while Ozzy, 17, is in his first season with the WHL's Prince Albert Raiders. . . . Google is your friend, so search out a story on the boys and their mother, who is deaf and a really wonderful story. . . .
The Hitmen selected F Mason Finley of Kelowna in the fifth round. His brother, Jack, just finished his freshman season with the Spokane Chiefs. Their father, Jeff, played three seasons (1984-87) with the Portland Winterhawks and now is in his 10th season as a scout with the NHL's Detroit Red Wings, the last six as the team's chief amateur scout. . . .
The Victoria Royals landed twin brothers who just happen to be from, yes, Victoria. . . . They took D Jason Spizawka with the 19th-overall selection then added his twin, Ryan, in the seventh round. . . . Both boys played at the Yale Hockey Academy in Abbotsford, B.C., this season. . . .
The Regina Pats picked D Layton Feist with the draft's 17th-overall selection. From Dawson Creek, B.C., he is the younger brother of Pats D Tyson Feist. . . .
In the second round, the Prince Albert Raiders took D Graydon Gotaas, who is from Camrose, Alta., and played this season with the bantam AAA Sherwood Park, Alta., Flyers. . . . His uncle, Steve Gotaas, played four seasons (1983-87) with the Raiders. . . .
If you know of any other hockey bloodlines from the draft or have any tidbits you would like to share, email Taking Note at greggdrinnan@gmail.com.
Kelly McCrimmon, who owns the WHL's Brandon Wheat Kings, will take over as general manager of the NHL's Vegas Golden Knights on Sept. 1. That means that McCrimmon, who has been the Golden Knights' assistant GM, won't be going to Edmonton, where the Oilers had an interest in him, or to the expansion franchise in Seattle, which also is believed to have bene interested in his services.
Meanwhile, McCrimmon also found out on Thursday that he will be part of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame's class of 2019. . . . McCrimmon has served the Wheat Kings as a player, coach, general manager, owner and governor. . . . Going into the hall this year as players will be Bob Fitchner, Trevor Kidd, Marty Murray and Terry Yake, all of whom played for the Wheat Kings, along with Larry Bolonchuk and Susanna Yuen. . . . Builders to be inducted are McCrimmon and Barry Shenkarow. . . . Rob Haithwaite will go into the officials section, while the media wing will welcome Bob Holliday. . . . The 1957-58 St. Boniface Canadians, 1965-66 Flin Flon Warriors and 1972-73 St. Boniface Mohawks will be inducted in the team category. . . . Going into the veterans' category will be Johnny Sheppard as a player and the 1929 Elmwood Millionaires. . . . The inductions will take place at Canad Inns Polo Park in Winnipeg on Oct. 5. . . . Bios of the inductees are available right here.
The BCHL's Merritt Centennials made it official Thursday — they have signed Barry Wolff as their new general manager and head coach. Wolff, who spent this season as GM/head coach with the MJHL's Swan Valley Stampeders, will replace Joe Martin, who now is the GM/head coach of the BCHL's Alberni Valley Bulldogs. . . . With Wolff behind the bench, the Stampeders lost the MJHL final to the Portage Terriers, dropping Game 7 in OT.
Eric Ditto has been the head coach of the junior B Delisle Chiefs of the Prairie Junior Hockey League for four seasons. Now he also is the general manager. The Chiefs won 38 games this season as they set a PJHL single-season record with 77 points in a 40-game schedule. Ditto takes over as GM from Ryan Marushak, who had been in that position for four seasons.
Find it funny that #Rogers who owns @Sportsnet is the sponsor of @TheWHL finals.But won't carry the finals on their channels. I know ppl will say but the NHL is on.But seriously they are carrying the same game on all channels plus CBC is carrying the same game 7channels for 1 GM
— Robin Wildey (@RWild_15) May 2, 2019
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Ammonia leak repaired in Ice's home arena. . . . Elmer runs goal streak to 10 games in win. . . . Chiefs lock up playoff spot
Western Financial Place, the home of the WHL's Kootenay Ice, is expected to open its doors this morning after it was closed Wednesday morning when ammonia was detected in the room that houses its ice plant.
Cranbrook Fire and Emergency Services arrived on scene after an automatic alarm went off at 9 a.m.
Scott Driver, the acting director of CFES told Summit 107, a Cranbrook radio station: "The ammonia plant in the building is where the detection alarm went off. So we all responded according to our City's Ammonia Alarm Plan and everything seems to be going as planned . . . we're hopeful that the building will be up and running soon."
The building was evacuated and there weren't any reports of injuries.
Refrigeration technicians, who are based in Alberta, were called and arrived on Wednesday afternoon. According to the City, they "were able to safely resolve the ammonia leak early Wednesday evening."
You can bet there is a heightened awareness about this type of thing after three men were killed when an ammonia leak in Memorial Arena in Fernie, B.C., killed three men on Oct, 17. 2017.
The Ice, which will relocate to Winnipeg once its regular season ends on March 17, is scheduled to play at home on Friday and Saturday nights, against the Swift Current Broncos and Calgary Hitmen, respectively.
On Saturday night, the Ice is scheduled to honour former captain Jarret Stoll by making him the first inductee into its Hall of Fame. If you're new here, yes, the organization is opening a hall of fame on its way out of Cranbrook.
Connor Dewar and Dawson Butt are cleared for this weekend against Tri-Ciru according to @WHLsilvertips general manager Garry Davidson.
Big return for the Tips' forward group. #WHL
— Josh Horton (@JoshHortonEDH) February 28, 2019
The Spokane Chiefs have signed F Reed Jacobson to a WHL contract. Jacobson, 16, was a sixth-round selection in the WHL's 2017 bantam draft. From Swift Current, the 5-foot-9, 160-pounder plays for the Swift Current Legionnaires of the Saskatchewan Midget AAA Hockey League. This season, he put 26 goals and 29 assists in 44 regular-season games. . . . In 2017-18, he had 14 goals and 14 assists in 41 games as a freshman with the Legionnaires.
The junior B Delisle Chiefs of the Prairie Junior Hockey League are having a pretty good season. They finished the regular season at 38-1-1, tying the league record for most victories in a 40-game season. The 2015-16 Saskatoon Quakers finished 38-2-0. . . . The Chiefs' 77 points also broke the PJHL record for points in a season (76) that had been set by the 2015-16 Quakers.
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— Calgary Hitmen (@WHLHitmen) February 27, 2019
F Carson Focht scored four times and F Kaden Elder added three goals of his own as the host Calgary Hitmen dumped the Swift Current Broncos, 9-3. . . . Calgary (32-22-6) has points in three straight (2-0-1). It is third in the Central Division, six points behind the Lethbridge Hurricanes and three in front of the Medicine Hat Tigers and Red Deer Rebels. . . . Swift Currrent (10-44-5) has lost 12 in a row (0-10-2). . . . This game started at noon as it was Calgary's third annual Telus Be Brave Anti-Bullying game. . . . The Broncos had taken part in the Edmonton's Hockey Game on Tuesday, with the Oil Kings winning, 11-1. . . . On Wednesday, Focht made it 1-0 at 4:06 of the first period, and Broncos F Carter Chorney (13) tied it at 5:05. . . . The Hitmen then went ahead 3-1 on goals from Elder, at 6:59, and Focht, at 14:11. . . . D Connor Horning (7) got the Broncos back to within a goal at 17:50. . . . Calgary broke it open with four straight second-period goals, in a span of 6:57. . . . Focht scored 29 seconds into the period, with Elder counting at 2:46, F Luke Coleman (20) scoring at 3:47, and F James Malm (27), at 7:26. . . . Elder (27) and Focht (20) rounded out Calgary's scoring with third-period PP goals. . . . F Matthew Culling (9) had the Broncos' other goal. . . . Focht enjoyed the first four-goal game of his WHL career. He has 52 points, including 32 assists, in 60 games this season. . . . Elder, who was acquired from the Broncos on Sept. 27, for a third-round pick in the 2019 bantam draft, recorded his first hat trick. He has 56 points, 29 of them assists, in 61 games. . . . Calgary F Josh Prokop recorded four assists, giving him his first WHL four-point outing. He has 24 points, 18 of them assists, in 57 games. . . . The Hitmen also got three assists from D Vladislav Yeryomenko, while Malm added two assists to his goal. . . . Chorney had three points for the Broncos, as he also had two assists. . . . Calgary enjoyed a 32-14 edge in shots on goal. . . . The announced attendance was 15,084. . . . Calgary F Mark Kastelic completed his two-game suspension by sitting out this one. . . . The Hitmen list F Hunter Campbell and F Jake Kryski as being out indefinitely, with F Cael Zimmerman out week-to-week.
#WHL LET/PA: @WHLHurricanes Jake Elmer becomes first player since A. Heponiemi and T. Ronning had concurrent 11-game goal streaks in Oct. / Nov. 2017 to hit double-digits of consecutive games with a goal. Equals game and wins it in overtime :20 in. Fastest since 11/20/16, Wong
— Geoffrey Brandow (@GeoffreyBrandow) February 28, 2019
F Jake Elmer ran his goal-scoring streak to 10 games as he scored the last two goals to give the Lethbridge Hurricanes a 5-4 OT victory over the Raiders in Prince Albert. . . . Lethbridge (33-18-10) is second in the Central Division, two points behind the Edmonton Oil Kings. . . . Prince Albert (49-8-4) has points in four straight (3-0-1). It leads the overall standings by 14 points over the Everett Silvertips, who have eight games remaining. . . . Elmer, who also had an assist, tied the game 4-4 at 17:43 of the third period, then he won it 20 seconds into OT with his 34th goal of the season. . . . His 10-game goal streak is the longest in the WHL this season. The record? F Cliff Ronning of the New Westminster scored 27 goals in an 18-game run from Nov. 6 through Dec. 15, 1984. . . .Lethbridge opened a 2-0 lead on first-period goals from F Dylan Cozens, at 11:09, and F Logan Barlage (15), at 11:22. . . . The Raiders tied it on PP goals from F Cole Fonstad (28), at 15:03 of the first, and F Justin Nachbaur (16), at 3:37 of the second. . . . Cozens (30) put the visitors back in front at 4:48. . . . F Spencer Moe (8) got the Raiders even at 11:56, and D Kaiden Guhle (3) gave the home boys the lead at 10:45 of the third. . . . All that did was set the stage for Elmer's heroics. . . . . The Raiders were 2-5 on the PP; the Hurricanes were 0-5. . . . Cozens added an assist to his two goals. . . . Fonstad also had three points as he added a pair of assists to his goal. . . . G Carl Tetachuk stopped 25 shots for the Hurricanes, two more than Ian Scott of the Raiders. . . . F Parker Kelly of the Raiders began serving a three-game suspension by missing this one. . . . F Evan Herman, who signed with the Raiders on Tuesday, made his WHL debut.
#WHL RD/REG: A pair of goals for @Rebelshockey Ethan Sakowich who doubles goal total on the season paces the team to the "W". 3 goals in the last 3 games after registering 4 in first 194 career games. Team improves back to ,500 (3-3) in games that he scores.
The Red Deer Rebels broke open a 1-1 game with three straight goals en route to a 5-2 victory over the Pats in Regina. . . . Red Deer (31-24-5) has won two straight after ending a five-game skid. It is tied with the Medicine Hat Tigers for the Eastern Conference's two wild-card spots, two points ahead of the Brandon Wheat Kings. . . . Regina (18-40-3) has lost two in a row. It has lost 40 times in regulation time for the first time since 2004-05. . . . D Alex Alexeyev (10) gave the Rebels a 1-0 lead at 10:28 of the first period. . . . Regina tied it at 14:46 on a goal by F Cole Dubinsky (4). . . . Red Deer D Ethan Sakowich scored his third and fourth goals, at 19:18 of the first period and 0:55 of the second for a 3-1 lead, and F Brett Davis upped it to 4-1 at 6:03. . . . D Brady Pouteau (5) scored a PP goal for Regina at 16:45 of the third period. . . . Rebels F Brandon Hagel (37) got the empty-netter at 17:50. . . . G Ethan Anders stopped 32 shots to earn the victory over Max Paddock, who made 22 saves.
#WHL TC/KAM: @blazerhockey Orrin Centazzo racks up both markers in squeaking out in the 1-goal win and matches career total goals coming into the season with 15. Fifth time registering 2 goals this campaign and 2nd against Tri-City. All 6 goals in 2019 have been on home ice.
F Orrin Centazzo scored twice to help the Kamloops Blazers beat the visiting Tri-City Americans, 2-1. . . . Kamloops (23-29-6) had lost its previous two games (0-1-1). It is three points behind the Seattle Thunderbirds, who hold down the Western Conference's second wild-card spot. The Thunderbirds are scheduled to play in Kamloops on Friday. . . . The Blazers also are fourth in the B.C. Division, five points behind the Kelowna Rockets. . . . Tri-City (33-23-3) has lost two in a row. It holds down the Western Conference's first wild-card spot and is fourth in the U.S. Division, four points behind the Spokane Chiefs. . . . Centazzo, who has 15 goals, scored on a PP at 5:44 of the first period, then made it 2-0 at 2:55 of the second. . . . The Americans cut into the lead when F Sasha Mutala (17) scored, on a PP, at 15:48. . . . The Blazers got 25 saves from G Dylan Ferguson, who continued his fine play. He had to be good in this one, though, because Tri-City G Beck Warm, who has started 53 of his club's 58 games, played as fine a game as these old eyes have seen in some time. A left toe save on Kamloops F Jermaine Loewen late in the second period was the kind that can provide a shooter with a month's worth of nightmares. . . . Warm finished with 43 stops. . . . Warm leads WHL goaltenders in games played (55), minutes played (3,251) and saves (1,716). He is 31-21-2, 2.86, .917. . . . F Blake Stevenson, who turned 18 on Jan. 12, was back in Tri-City's lineup after not playing since Jan. 8. A freshman from Calgary, he has eight goals and six assists in 32 games.
Announced attendance: 3,407. 2,000 may be generous for the actual crowd tonight. #Kamloops #WHL
— Kamloops This Week (@KTWonBLAZERS) February 28, 2019
It's go time!
2019 #WHLPlayoffs ticket packages go on sale Thursday morning.
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— Spokane Chiefs (@spokanechiefs) February 28, 2019
F Jaret Anderson-Dolan scored twice and added three assists to lead the visiting Spokane Chiefs to a 7-1 victory over the Prince George Cougars. . . . Spokane (33-19-7) has points in four straight (3-0-1). The Chiefs clinched a playoff spot with the victory. They are third in the U.S. Division, four points ahead of the Tri-City Americans. . . . Prince George (17-37-8) has lost three in a row (0-2-1). This loss eliminated the Cougars from the playoff chase — they have six games remaining and are 13 points in arrears of the Seattle Thunderbirds, who hold the Western Conference's second wild-card spot. . . . The Cougars also have lost a club record 12 straight home games. . . . The Chiefs had beaten the host Cougars, 4-3 in OT, on Tuesday night with Anderson-Dolan scoring the winner at 3:58 of extra time. . . . The Cougars are 1-7-2 since general manager Mark Lamb went behind the bench in place of fired head coach Richard Matvichuk. . . . Spokane took control of this one with four first-period goals, from F Luke Toporowski (18), at 0:18; D Bobby Russell (5), at 9:04; F Connor Gabruch (3), at 16:59; and D Nolan Reid (14), shorthanded, at 19:28. . . . F Josh Maser (26) scored, on a PP, for the Cougars just 24 seconds into the second period. . . . Spokane answered that with two PP goals from Anderson-Dolan, who has 12 goals this season, and one from F Luc Smith (27). . . . Anderson-Dolan, who missed a chunk of the early season with a broken wrist, has 31 points in 24 games. . . . Spokane was 2-6 on the PP; Prince George was 1-8. . . . Anderson-Dolan had his second career five-point game; this was the sixth time he has had at least four points in a game. . . . Smith added two assists to his goal, with D Ty Smith helping out with three assists. . . . G Bailey Brkin earned the victory with 27 saves. . . . The Cougars were able to dress only 16 skaters. F Ethan Browne and D Cole Moberg, both of whom are injured, were scratched, as was D Ryan Schoettler (flu).
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The @AttackOHL head coach Alan Letang has a big zipper (stitches) above his right eye. Apparently got a puck/stick to the face during practice this week in a coaches v. players scrimmage.
"The coaches went undefeated, so that's all that matters," he said.
— Greg Cowan (@GregCowanST) February 28, 2019
Author greggdrinnanPosted on February 27, 2019 Tags Beck Warm, Calgary Hitmen, Carson Focht, Delisle Chiefs, Ethan Anders, Jake Elmer, Jaret Anderson-Dolan, Josh Prokop, Kaden Elder, Kamloops Blazers, Kootenay Ice, Lethbridge Hurricanes, Luc Smith, Orrin Centazzo, Red Deer Rebels, Reed Jacobson, Spokane Chiefs, Ty SmithLeave a comment on Ammonia leak repaired in Ice's home arena. . . . Elmer runs goal streak to 10 games in win. . . . Chiefs lock up playoff spot
Changing face of WHL coverage . . . Denver commit to be in Kelowna . . . Broncos reveal full scouting staff
Atta guy Brandon! As players you guys can make an enormous impact. Great leadership and look forward to connecting with you again. Best of luck with training camp! @MJWARRIORS https://t.co/JQEMdVRA34
F Sami Sandell (Brandon, 2004-06) signed a one-year contract with Davos (Switzerland, NL A) after a successful tryout. Last season with Ilves Tampere (Finland, Liiga), he had 16 goals and 32 assists in 53 games. He was an alternate captain, and led the team in assists and points.
Former OHL players have a court date. Ontario Court of Appeal will hear arguments Jan. 29-30 over whether to reinstate claims of negligence, conspiracy & breach of contract vs the OHL.
Lower court judge dismissed those claims when he permitted min. wage class action to proceed.
— Rick Westhead (@rwesthead) August 17, 2018
With WHL teams preparing to open training camps, these are interesting times, especially from the outside looking in on the media that covers the league and its teams.
It's no secret that the times, they are a changin' . . .
A sports reporter who isn't a stranger to covering a WHL team phoned a veteran player the other day for an interview.
Things were fine until shortly after the chat ended. That's when the reporter received an email from a team informing him that "they want me going through them before talking to anyone in the future."
The reporter points out that "I had the kid's number from when he was 14 years old and had nothing to do with the (team in question)."
As well, the reporter was told that "they say it's a league policy."
Except that . . .
Another reporter who covers a different team noted that "I haven't had any trouble with getting through to the players," adding that he hasn't had any problems getting cell numbers.
"On the few occasions I have to get those phone numbers through other channels," he added, he hasn't heard any repercussions.
As he pointed out, it could be that this particular team sees the logic in not putting clamps on media."
And yet another reporter informs that he has the cell number "of every kid" on the team he now covers "in my phone, and if something comes up after hours or during the summer, I contact them directly.
"I know they would prefer I go through the team in those circumstances, but they don't grumble too much because (my paper) covers the team more than anyone else in the market. Since it's also up to me to find my guys after practice, it would be a bit rich to get too angry in other circumstances.
"My major frustration remains head coaches from visiting teams who consider it below themselves to speak to local media."
One other veteran of the WHL beat interjected that times are changing in the media world, and not just when it comes to print.
The team that he has covered had a good season in 2017-18, he noted, but "there were nights when there was no media in the press box. TV came far less often than usual, plus no local daily and very sporadic coverage from the weekly. Coverage is stretched incredibly thin and seems to only be trending downward league-wide. If they want to put up barriers to coverage that's their prerogative, but it's beyond asinine in my book."
Mine, too. But it seems that the WHL is turning more and more to its own social media team for coverage, perhaps because it then is able to control the message.
Trevor Wong, the @Kelowna_Rockets first pick, 18th overall in the 2018 WHL bantam draft will attend rookie and main camp. The left handed shooter is one of a handful of talented young forwards that could be a heck of a core in the not so distant future. #Bowen #Ernst
— Regan Bartel (@Reganrant) August 18, 2018
The Kelowna Rockets will get things going on Monday when they open rookie camp. F Trevor Wong, their first-round selection in the WHL's 2018 bantam draft, is expected to be there, and is expected to stay for the opening of main camp.
Wong, from Vancouver, had 43 goals and 70 assists in 113 games with Burnaby Winter Club's bantam A1-T1 club two seasons ago. Last season, he put up 64 goals and 77 assists in 30 games with the bantam varsity team at St. George's School in Vancouver.
However, Wong has made a verbal commitment to attend the U of Denver and play for the Pioneers, starting in 2021-22. Wong made that commitment at the age of 14. He turned 15 on May 4, so isn't eligible for the NHL draft until 2021.
Meanwhile, the Regina Pats have veteran G Kyle Dumba, 20, on their training camp roster. He is one of three goaltenders and one of six 20-year-olds on the Pats' main camp roster. . . . G Max Paddock, 18, is atop the depth chart, with Dumba, who has had stints with the Calgary Hitmen, Kamloops Blazers and Everett Silvertips, on there, along with Matthew Pesenti, 17, of Saskatoon. Pesenti played the past two seasons with the midget AAA Saskatoon Blazers. . . . Last season, Dumba made stops in Kamloops and Everett, got into 30 games with the BCHL's Salmon Arm Silverbacks, then was with Regina at season's end. . . . G Jacob Wassermann, 18, was in the Pats' plans, but the Humboldt native won't play after being injured in the Broncos' bus crash. . . .
The other 20s on the Pats' main camp roster are D Cale Fleury, D Aaron Hyman, F Bryce Platt, D Brady Pouteau and D Liam Schioler.
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— Fraser Rodgers (@Fraser_PG) August 17, 2018
Dennis Ulmer is the lone returnee to the scouting staff of the Swift Current Broncos, the team announced on Friday. . . . The remainder of the scouting staff left the organization following the hiring of Dean Brockman as director of hockey operations and head coach on June 27 and the subsequent departure of Jamie Porter, who had been director of hockey operations. . . . For the past 33 years, Ulmer, from Wilcox, Sask., has been a student, teacher, principal, administrator and coach at the Athol Murray College of Notre Dame in Wilcox. . . . Those joining the Broncos' scouting staff for the first time are Dean Moisan of Lloydminster, Alta., who is the director of player personnel for the AJHL's Bonnyville Pontiacs; Craig Anderson of Brandon, who scouted for the Edmonton Oil Kings for the past nine seasons, and is the head scout and assistant GM with the MJHL's Winkler Flyers; Chad Leslie of Virden, Man., who had been scouting with the Saskatoon Blades (2015-18) and also scouts for Winkler; Kerry Gladson of Surrey, B.C., who spent the past four seasons with the Blades; Blaine Shackleton of Medicine Hat, who spent the past four seasons scouting for the junior B Chase Heat of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League and 14 seasons with the AJHL's Canmore Eagles; Chris Olson of Saskatoon, who has coached in that city's minor hockey system for 16 years; Steve March of St. Albert, Alta., the head coach of the Northern Alberta Xtreme Elite 15s for the past three seasons; Matt Green of Edmonton, who had been an intern with the International Scouting Services; Tyler Oswald of Calgary, a former player with Saskatoon and the Red Deer Rebels, who is an assistant coach with the midget AAA Calgary Northstars while taking sport management at Mount Royal U; and Dan Ruggiero of Kelowna, who has scouted for the BCHL's Langley Hornets and Nanaimo Clippers. . . . Check out scbroncos.com for the complete news release.
F Gage Ramsay has chosen to retire from the Saskatoon Blades and go to school, rather than return for his 20-year-old season. Ramsay was acquired by the Blades from the Vancouver Giants on Oct. 19, 2016, in exchange for F Josh Bruce, another 1998-born player. . . . Ramsay, who is from Saskatoon, was a third-round pick by Vancouver in the WHL's 2013 bantam draft. He had 15 goals and 18 assists in 123 games with the Blades. In 166 career WHL games, he put up 18 goals and 18 assists. . . . From a Blades' news release: "Ramsay plans to use his WHL scholarship as he begins his pursuit of a career in business, starting with classes at Saskatchewan Polytechnic in September and the University of Saskatchewan in the new year."
Ramsay is the second Saskatoon forward to retire this summer. Caleb Fantillo announced on July 19 that he was retiring ahead of what would have been his 20-year-old season.
The Blades now have three 20-year-olds on their roster — D Dawson Davidson, F Max Gerlach and F Bradly Goethals.
Danny Flynn's time as a WHL assistant coach is over after one season. The veteran major junior coach is leaving the Portland Winterhawks to work as an eastern amateur scout for the NHL's Columbus Blue Jackets. . . . Flynn is from Dartmouth, N.S., and joined long-time friend Mike Johnson, the Winterhawks' vice-president, general manager and head coach, prior to the 2017-18 season. . . . Flynn had spent the previous two seasons as head coach of the QMJHL's Saint John Sea Dogs, guiding them to the league championship in 2016-17. . . . In major hockey alone, Flynn also has coached with the London Knights, Belleville Bulls, Soo Greyhounds and Moncton Wildcats. He also has coached in the NHL with the Buffalo Sabres and New York Islanders. . . . The Winterhawks are expected to name a replacement within days.
F Jared Legien isn't returning to the WHL for his 20-year-old season. Instead, he is returning to the SJHL's Yorkton Terriers, where he put up 30 goals and 26 assists in 51 games in 2014-15. . . . From Pilot Butte, Sask., he was a first-round selection by the Kootenay Ice in the WHL's 2013 bantam draft. In 2012-13, he put up 40 goals and 26 assists in 26 games with the bantam AA Prairie Storm. . . . He went on to play 145 regular-season WHL games, split among the Ice, Victoria Royals and Regina Pats. Last season, he had 13 goals and 20 assists in 36 games with the Royals, then added 10 goals and seven assists in 25 games with the Pats. His career totals show 27 goals and 32 assists.
Jody Hull has signed on as the associate coach with the OHL's Niagara IceDogs. He will work alongside head coach Billy Burke. . . . Hull, 49, is a veteran of 831 regular-season NHL games over 16 seasons. He spent the past 12 seasons with the OHL's Peterborough Petes, the last six-plus as head coach. He was fired by the Petes on Jan. 5, 2018.
The SJHL's Humboldt Broncos have hired former NHLer Scott Barney as their new assistant coach, while adding Tyrol (Skip) Deeg as athletic therapist and equipment manager. . . . The Broncos open training camp on Thursday, Aug. 24. . . . Barney, 39, is from Ennismore, Ont. His pro playing career included 24 games with the NHL's Los Angeles Kings and three with the Atlanta Thrashers. He retired as a player after spending the past two seasons in the Asia League. . . . Deeg, 37, is from Wynyard, Sask. He joins the Broncos from the BCHL's Vernon Vipers. . . . Mark Cross, the assistant coach last season, and therapist Dayna Brons died in the April 6 crash involving the Broncos' bus. . . . The Broncos also have added Rhett Blackmur, a former player with them, as a volunteer assistant coach. He is the service manager at Discover Ford in Humboldt, and has experience in minor hockey in the community.
Former WHL F Dustin Cameron has joined the junior B Delisle Chiefs of the Prairie Junior Hockey League as an assistant coach. Cameron, a 29-year-old from Saskatoon, was a third-round pick by the Saskatoon Blades in the 2004 WHL bantam draft. He went on to play 87 regular-season games with the Blades before being dealt to the Prince Albert Raiders. He spent three seasons in Prince Albert and was team captain for the last two. In 284 WHL games, he totalled 86 goals and 84 assists. He retired from playing after spending one season in Great Britain and three in Germany. . . . In Delisle, he'll work with head coach Eric Ditto and assistant coach David Richard. Ditto, from Saskatoon, returns for a fourth full season, while Richard, also from Saskatoon, is back for a second season. Richard played four seasons (2005-09) with the WHL's Seattle Thunderbirds, putting up 42 goals and 60 assists in 256 regular-season games.
These custom logo Pro V1 golf balls are on their way to the @BroncosMemGolf taking place this Saturday, August 18. @HumboldtBroncos #HumboldtStrong pic.twitter.com/mu4qMxRsaM
— TitleistCA (@TitleistCA) August 16, 2018
Author greggdrinnanPosted on August 17, 2018 Tags Danny Flynn, David Richard, Delisle Chiefs, Dennis Ulmer, Dustin Cameron, Gage Ramsay, Humboldt Broncos, Jared Legien, Jody Hull, Kelowna Rockets, Kyle Dumba, Niagara IceDogs, Portland Winterhawks, Regina Pats, Sami Sandell, Saskatoon Blades, Scott Barney, Skip Deeg, Swift Current Broncos, Trevor Wong, Yorkton TerriersLeave a comment on Changing face of WHL coverage . . . Denver commit to be in Kelowna . . . Broncos reveal full scouting staff


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Corpus Christi Gas Plant Fire Injures 4 Workers
Workers Suffer Burns in Plant Fire
On March 11, 2014, four contract workers suffered burns in a flash fire at an Enterprise Products Partners LP natural gas processing plant in Corpus Christi, Texas. Rick Rainey, the company's spokesman, reported that the accident occurred Tuesday afternoon at the Enterprise Products Shoup plant when workers were changing a component designed to filter the gas stream. As the component was being transferred, a flash fire broke out.
Rainey stated Wednesday that the cause of the fire remains unknown and is still under investigation, though he suspects it was related to chemicals in the filters. The fire did not disrupt plant operations. Emergency officials informed reporters that two workers were taken to a Corpus Christi hospital, while the other two workers were flown to San Antonio Military Medical Center. Details on the extent of the victims' injuries still remain unknown.
While accidents like this are not impossible, they are not of the norm at Enterprise Products Partners LP, according to Rainey. In 2011, a series of explosions destroyed a majority of a Mont Belvieu facility that was owned and operated by Enterprise Products. In this incident, the fire was controlled after two hours, and one contractor was unaccounted for. Strike, the energy services company that employed the injured workers at the Corpus Christi plant, has yet to return any messages.
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For a long time the market perception of Dell has been that of a device/hardware centric company playing in commodities with low margins. EMC on the other hand and for the longest time, focused on its storage capabilities. Only recently has it been able to bring some key acquisitions around Documentum to provide the market with a compelling enterprise digital transformation platform instead of just using it as an upsell for its storage solutions. The marriage of the two will help Dell rebrand itself as a technology company that empowers digital transformation for the enterprise encompassing not just storage and end-points but also now through comprehensive enterprise information management - a critical piece to help organizations overcome the Big Data challenge.
Dell could have bought many point solutions at a much lower cost and tried to integrate them into a single platform or it could have built a digital transformation platform from scratch. However, with EMC what it gets instead is instant recognition in the market for enterprise grade solutions and it does not have to recreate the wheel. All this is contingent on Dell focusing the combined entity on software based digital transformation platforms rather than a continued focus on commodity hardware storage. There has also been a lot of buzz about Infrastructure-as-a-service and what Dell and EMC could together provide to the market. IaaS too is getting crowded and to move away from IaaS commoditization, Dell-EMC would arguably be better off providing a message around deployment flexibility (on-premises, cloud, hybrid) for enterprise platforms rather than being pigeonholed as an infrastructure provider.


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Q: Re-platforming existing website to WordPress I'm about to re-platform existing website to WordPress. It is a big site with e-commerce (this section is on Magento). To get the working files of existing website, I used HTTrack as I did not have an access to FTP. This means that the files are static even thought already existing website has custom built CMS.
Do you think it is the right thing to use files I got off HTTrack and convert them into WordPress? I'm thinking about developing the WordPress website locally as I do not have an access to FTP details yet and then once it's developed, move it to the actual server. Do you also think that I will have to use 301 redirect to connect URLs with old website? I will have the same URL structure on new WordPress website as it is on old one.

A: There are several migration/integration options for Megento and WordPress.  It seems, by your question, you may be more interested in a migration to Woocommerce using a plugin like FG Magento to WooCommerce.
It offers the following free features, as well as premium features.

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Wednesday, Sep 24 2014
HCA Faces Class-Action Lawsuit For Allegedly Concealing Revenue Declines
A Nashville district court judge allowed the shareholders' case to move forward by rejecting the hospital chain's arguments that the plaintiffs had missed 'multiple opportunities' to learn more about the company before buying shares.
Reuters: U.S. Hospital Chain HCA Must Face Class Action Over 2011 IPO
HCA Holdings Inc., one of the largest U.S. hospital chains, must face a shareholder class-action lawsuit accusing it of concealing revenue declines and its routine performance of unnecessary cardiac procedures prior to its $4.35 billion initial public offering in March 2011. U.S. District Judge Kevin Sharp in Nashville, Tennessee, rejected HCA's claim that the plaintiffs had missed "multiple opportunities" to learn more about the company before buying their shares, including from media reports, conference calls, and disclosures during the IPO road show. Shareholders alleged that HCA, its directors, its former private equity owners and its investment banks concealed how the company was seeing adverse trends in Medicare revenue including cardiology, and Medicaid revenue per admission and accounted improperly for a 2006 reorganization and a 2010 restructuring (Stempel, 9/23).
Meanwhile, the CEO of a growing medical lab steps down amid a federal probe -
The Wall Street Journal: Health Diagnostic Laboratory CEO Resigns
The chief executive officer of a fast-growing medical laboratory that has collected hundreds of millions of dollars from Medicare resigned amid a federal investigation into its payments of blood-sample fees to doctors. Health Diagnostic Laboratory Inc. CEO Tonya Mallory ceded the reins of the Richmond, Va., company to Joe McConnell, a former Mayo Clinic scientist who co-founded HDL with her five years ago. Ms. Mallory will remain on HDL's board and serve as an adviser to Dr. McConnell, she said in a note to employees (Carreyrou, 9/23).


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Q: Partial derivatives and normal derivative combined in the chain rule I have come across the following in some lecture notes and do not understand the interchange of partial derivatives and normal derivatives, by which I mean $\partial$ and $d$, respectively. I am not sure if the notes are incorrect, or I am merely missing something. Note I am an experimental physicist by trade and so might be missing something obvious, but my reading around in other related posts has just confused me further! Any help would be greatly appreciated.
The notes are as follows -

The function in question is:
$g\left(\frac{x}{w(z)}\right)$,
and we need the derivative of this with respect to $x$.
Defining:
$ X = \frac{x}{w(z)} $
then we can write:
$\frac{\partial g}{\partial x} = \frac{d g}{d X} \frac{\partial X}{\partial x} = \frac{1}{w}\frac{dg}{dX}$.

My question is - Is it $\textit{allowed}$ to have partial and normal derivatives used together like this in the chain rule? It feels slightly wrong to do so! If so, why? If not, what would be the mathematically $\textit{correct}$ way to write this. Thanks!


Media has been queued for conversion?
I uploaded a 5MB MP4 to a module in my course. When I click on the corresponding link, I'm told "Media has been queued for conversion, please try again in a little bit." This has been queued for 10+ minutes now.
I've searched, but I can't find any information on how long I should expect a conversion to take, and what my MP4 is being converted into. Anyone care to help me out?
I'm noticing that if I embed a video using the Rich Content Editor (this method: How do I upload a video using the Rich Content Editor? ) my video will play, but if I insert it from Files (this method: How do I insert course files into the Rich Content Editor using the Content Selector? ) I see the same "Media has been queued for conversion, please try again in a little bit." message you are. I used an .mp4 and a .wmv file so it doesn't appear to just be an mp4 problem.
I called Canvas Support about the behavior and they reported that this is a bug they're working out right now. Fortunately the workaround is reasonable - inserting the video using the RCE instead - so you might try that out in the meantime.
I guess that solves the mystery!
I'll use the RCE in the meantime. Thanks for the assist.
Happy to help! Just a heads-up: I've been notified that this has been fixed. You should be able to insert videos from Files again as usual.
Yes, I was notified yesterday midday and tested it out. Media plays again.
Adding audio files from the files menu still causes the same problem (media waiting for conversion).
Re: What is media conversion on Canvas and why does it take so long?


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Orex Appoints New Director
Vancouver, B.C. - Orex Minerals Inc. - (REX: TSX-V) ("Orex" or the "Corporation") - would like to announce that Dr. Petri Peltonen has resigned from the board of directors and has been replaced by Jukka Jokela, who will serve as Northland Resources S.A.'s ("Northland") appointee to the Orex Board of Directors.
Mr. Jokela is the VP Exploration & Finnish Operations and has been with Northland for the last 4 years serving as the Managing Director of Northland Mines OY. Mr. Jokela has over 25 years of international experience in mineral exploration, geological research, and project and company management in different mining and exploration companies, including Outokumpu Mining Oy, Polar Mining Oy, Store Norske Gull As, and the Geological Survey of Finland. Mr. Jokela holds an M.Sc. in Geology and Mineralogy from the University of Turku, Finland.
Mr. Jokela replaces Dr. Petri Peltonen who resigned as a director of Orex today. Dr. Peltonen served as Northland Resources S.A.'s previous appointee to the Orex Board of Directors. We thank Dr. Peltonen for his contributions to Orex and wish him well in his future endeavours.
Orex Minerals Inc. (TSX-V: REX) is a Canadian-based junior exploration company comprised of highly qualified mining professionals. The Company has two current projects: its flagship property, the Barsele Gold Project located in Sweden, and the Coneto Silver-Gold Project situated in Durango, Mexico, currently under option to Fresnillo PLC.
FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION
This news release may contain forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements address future events and conditions and therefore involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those currently anticipated in such statements and Orex undertakes no obligation to update such statements, except as required by law.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
Jada Jennings
Sr. Communications/Investor Relations
info@orexminerals.com
www.orexminerals.com
You can view the Next News item: Mon Oct 29, 2012, Orex Ends Investor Relations Agreement
You can view the Previous News item: Mon Oct 15, 2012, Orex and Astral Announce Merger by Way of Plan of Arrangement


Cut (2) of the scroll designs from the Delicate Lace Edgelits die set from Pineapple Punch card stock.
Next I placed Washi Tape on the die and then lined the long straight edge of the die up with the long straight edge of the card stock and pressed the Washi tape down to hold it in place. I then ran it through the Big Shot with the following recipe.
Use the grid paper to align the first of the die cuts so the center of the die cut centers on the card stock side to side and 1.75" from the top at the center point of the die.
To adhere I used Zig Two Way Glue Pen as it is much easier to put a spot of glue on the delicate portions of the die.
The circulare sentiment came from A Good Day stamp set. I colored the stamp with markers so the clouds are Smokey Slate, the raindrops and words Blueberry Bushel and the Sun Pineapple Punch.
Stamp it onto regular Whisper White card stock and punch out with the 1.25 circle punch.
Attach to card front with Stampin' Dimensionals.


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For all this effort, hope the thing works. I'll probably stick it to my windshield with a temporary cello tape, and see if its works. Dont like the idea that I can't use it a different car ... if I change my car.
So which process should I follow so I get one too.
Can you please help me in the process so that I too can get one.
Rohit Please reachout to 8007786120 Mithilesh. ICICI Bank Suma House 8701-1 Bhandarkar Road. Opposite Raviraj Hotel.
Courier the form ..and request him to send the TAG back to you via courier or pick it up in person. If you need it urgently, I would recommend you pick it up in person. For me it took 2-3 weeks since I wasn't able to go inperson.
That's pretty much what I did. Of course, the other option is to goto Khalapur exit..and pick up from ther. Understand Kher Shivpur has a FASTAG office as well..that's on the Bangalore highway on route to Satara.
I did call on the number you gave and he said to fill the form which he shall be emailing me along with a checque of 500 Rs and some documents.
Apart from that he said if I need instant Fasttag, then I have to visit the toll plaza. Furthermore, this bank process will take upto a week is what he quoted.
Here is my video recorded while passing through the toll plazas between Chennai and Bengaluru on 28/29 April 2017 night.
Fastag users need your input on these items.
Cashback issue, wrote 3 mails to axis fastag, in reply they were courteous enough to say, why are you in a hurry, the NPCI has given the cashback on 28th March and we will credit it in to your wallet at our mercy.
today is 5th of april and still the credit is not coming, so wrote another mail to the ever responding axis fastag, asking them still how many days it takes for me to get the cashback, as usual their reply was, don't you have patience, wait we are working on it.
I am wondering in all this digital era, do they have two persons, one to read out the walet number and another types in the data in a computer or ledger and afterwards they credit.
Any way if before the end of the era if they do complete the cashback ritual i will be too glad to celebrate.
Why i am posting it here, please do understand that is the way it works in axis fastag do not think digital india everything happens in a flash.


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LOPEZ MAKES FINAL PUSH TO CONVINCE CA SHE'S BEST PERSON FOR DENR JOB
"If nothing is done now to preserve the country's environment and natural resources, it will not be done ever."
These were the words of Secretary Gina Lopez as she made her final push to convince members of the powerful Commission on Appointments (CA) that she deserves to be confirmed as head of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).
On Tuesday, the CA finally decided to terminate the public hearings on Lopez's appointment after conducting a total of three (3) hearings. The bicameral body is set to deliberate and decide her fate on Wednesday.
During her final confirmation hearing, Lopez defended anew her decisions against erring mining companies, as well as the ongoing reorganization at the DENR.
"I'm taking the opportunity to do the right thing because that opportunity may not come again," Lopez told CA members.
Lopez had earlier ordered the closure of 22 mines and suspension of 4 others due to serious environmental violations. She also announced her plan to scrap 75 mineral production sharing agreements or MPSAs with mining companies operating within or near watershed areas.
The environment chief likewise came out with an administrative order requiring suspended mining companies to set aside P2 million per hectare of "disturbed land" for farmers before they are allowed to transport their stockpiles.
Just recently, Lopez imposed a ban on open-pit mining. The ban covers "open-pit method of mining for copper, gold, silver and complex ores."
Lopez assured CA members that whatever she does at the DENR are "within the law and government processes."
She maintained it was part of her duty and obligation as DENR secretary to make sure that the "people are not adversely affected by mining."
As for the ongoing reorganization at the DENR, Lopez said she was merely "reformulating" the agency "so things happen on the ground."
Faced with mammoth task at the DENR, Lopez said it is important for her to gather "developmental people" who will help her fulfill the mandate of protecting the environment and ensuring the availability of natural resources to future generations.
"We have so much money in the DENR, but it is not well used," Lopez pointed out.
She added: "We don't have developmental people to keep things happen on the ground. The key is implementation through partnership with well-meaning people." #