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WHL's Dept. of Discipline busy place. . . . Raiders, Blades complete sweeps. . . . Things get nasty in Blazers' victory
Story: @victoriaroyals drawing inspiration from boy's fight against inoperable brain tumour — https://t.co/w971H9qtih #WHL #Kamloops
— Kamloops This Week (@KTWonBLAZERS) March 27, 2019
Things heated up on the WHL playoff front on Wednesday as the Department of Discipline suspended two players under supplemental discipline.
When the Victoria Royals and host Kamloops Blazers met in Game 4 of their series last night, each team was missing one player after a hit in Game 3. Victoria won the game, 3-2, to take a 2-1 lead in the series.
F Brodi Stuart of the Blazers was suspended for one game after the Royals requested supplemental discipline for his unpenalized hit on D Matt Smith at 14:45 of the second period. Smith, who was back in the lineup after missing 10 games with an undisclosed injury, didn't return and was scratched from Game 4.
Kamloops' Brodi Stuart handed a one-game suspension for this hit on Victoria's Matthew Smith. pic.twitter.com/3BNqMsOZEP
— Brandon Rivers (@BriversWHL) March 27, 2019
At the time of the check, it was evident that the Royals felt the hit involved a high elbow. At the Victoria bench, head coach Dan Price could be seen indicating to referee Sean Raphael that an elbow was involved and that the referee should "watch the replay."
The Blazers, of course, felt otherwise.
#Kamloops Blazers GM Matt Bardsley on the Stuart suspension: "[@TheWHL] just felt there was maybe some contact to the head on the hit. From the video we had, it was hard to really tell where the contact was. We thought it was towards the chest."
— Chad Klassen (@klassen87) March 27, 2019
This was the second time this season that the Royals asked for supplemental discipline. In the first instance, the Blazers also were involved after D Jeff Faith hit Royals D Remy Aquilon during a game in Victoria on Jan. 9. The league reviewed it, found it to be a headshot, and suspended Faith for five games. Aquilon missed 11 games, not returning until Feb. 5.
F Kobe Mohr of the Blazers was suspended for two games after Game 1 of this series for slashing a linesman following a faceoff. Mohr was quoted as saying that the Royals had filed for supplemental discipline in that instance, too, but that turned out not to be true. The league handled that situation on its own.
Cam Hope, who is in his seventh season as the Royals' general manager, told Taking Note on Wednesday afternoon that other than the two requests for supplemental this season, he "can't even recall the last time we made a request. Maybe one other in the last five years?"
As Hope put it: "With big hitters like Tyler Stahl and Ryan Gagnon (in our lineup), most of my calls with the league have been from the other side."
Meanwhile, the WHL's Dept. of Discipline had to deal with another review after the Vancouver Giants requested supplemental discipline following an incident in Game 3 of their series with the Seattle Thunderbirds.
The Giants won that game, 6-4, in Kent, Wash., to take a 2-1 lead in the series.
Seattle D Cade McNelly came out of it with a two-game suspension "under supplemental discipline and repeat offender," according to the WHL.
Observers seemed to be at a loss for what McNelly might have done, although Steve Ewen of Postmedia indicated via Twitter that the Seattle player "did have some sort of exchange with (Vancouver defenceman) Bowen Byram from the penalty box."
This is the fourth time this season that McNelly has been suspended.
McNelly was suspended for four games after taking a headshot major and game misconduct during a game against the Silvertips in Everett on Feb. 22. He also was hit with a three-game suspension for a cross-checking major and game misconduct in a game against the Winterhawks in Portland on Dec. 31. There also was a three-game suspension for a one-man fight in a game at Portland on Sept. 29.
Following Wednesday night's playoff games, the Department of Discipline will have a couple of situations to deal with before Friday evening.
The Seattle Thunderbirds likely will be subjected to more discipline before Friday's Game 5 against the Vancouver Giants after F Sean Richards took a checking-from-behind major and game misconduct at 4:16 of the first period for a hit on F Aidan Barfoot.
Seattle won Game 4, 4-3, in Kent, Wash., to tie the series, 2-2. They'll play Game 5 in Langley, B.C., on Friday.
The Thunderbirds acquired Richards, 20, from the Everett Silvertips in January. He already has been suspended five times in his WHL career, including twice this season, each time for an infraction against Seattle. He got eight games for a boarding major and game misconduct on Dec. 8, and five games for a headshot major and game misconduct on Oct. 5.
Meanwhile, F Kody McDonald of the Victoria Royals almost certainly will be suspended after being hit with a match penalty for attempt to injure
McDonald had been given an unsportsmanlike conduct minor at 5:34 of the third period. As he skated to the penalty box, he was most unhappy and kept showing the officials that he was bleeding from the mouth area.
The Royals killed the penalty but, at 7:58, McDonald, while on the Victoria bench, swung his stick at the head of F Zane Franklin while the Kamloops player was on his bench. McDonald was given the match penalty, while Franklin was handed an unsportsmanlike minor.
The Blazers scored on the ensuing 4-on-4 situation and then added a PP goal to snap a 3-3 tie. They ended up with a 5-3 victory to tie the series, 2-2.
McDonald was last suspended during the 2017-18 season while with the Prince George Cougars. He got three games for being involved in a one-man fight in a game against host Vancouver. The Cougars later traded him to the Prince Albert Raiders. The Royals acquired him in a deal with the Raiders on Jan. 3.
The Seattle Thunderbirds welcomed back D Jake Lee for Game 4 of their series with the Vancouver Giants last night. He served a two-game suspension for a cross-checking major and game misconduct with six seconds left Vancouver's 7-1 victory in Game 1. That was for a hit on Vancouver F Justin Sourdif, who has yet to return to action.
Vancouver head coach Michael Dyck isn't at all please with the two-game suspension or Lee's return.
"I played with Brad Hornung. I've seen it. I've seen it," Dyck told Steve Ewen of Postmedia. "It was the same type of play. The only thing that saved Justin Sourdif was the net. It's a terrible play. He (Lee) is a young guy. But somebody has to teach him. All two games is … I don't know.
Dyck was a defenceman with the Regina Pats on March 1, 1987, when Hornung, a teammate, was hit from behind and left a quadriplegic.
Ewen's complete story is right here.
NOTES: There were seven games again last night, with only two scheduled for tonight. . . . The Everett Silvertips and Tri-City Americans, who played last night after sitting out Tuesday, will play Game 4 in Kennewick, Wash., tonight, while the Lethbridge Hurricanes and the Hitmen will do the same in Calgary. . . . Everett leads its series, 2-1, while Lethbridge also is ahead, 2-1. . . .
The Prince Albert Raiders and Saskatoon Blades both completed season sweeps last night. The Raiders ousted the Red Deer Rebels, while the Blades were taking care of the Moose Jaw Warriors. . . . The second round will feature, yes, Saskatoon against Prince Albert. It will be the first time since 2011 that these teams have met in the playoffs. That spring, the Blades won a first-round series in six games. That was Saskatoon's last series victory prior to ousting Moose Jaw last night. . . . The Raiders and Blades are expected to open in Prince Albert on April 5 and 6, then return to Saskatoon for games on April 9 and 10.
WEDNESDAY HIGHLIGHTS:
F Brett Leason returned from a one-game suspension to score twice and lead the Prince Albert Raiders to a 4-1 victory over the host Red Deer Rebels. . . . The Raiders won the series, 4-0, giving the organization its first series sweep and series victory since the spring of 2005. That year, the Raiders swept the Saskatoon Blades in a first-round series, then beat the Medicine Hat Tigers in six, before losing in seven to the Brandon Wheat Kings in the Eastern Conference final. . . . The Rebels were swept for the first time since losing to the Blades in 2010. . . . Last night, F Jeff de Wit gave the Rebels their first lead of the series when he scored with 9.7 seconds in the first period. . . . F Ozzy Wiesblatt (3) tied it at 9:08 of the second period and Leason (1) gave his guys the lead 58 seconds into the third period. . . . Leason (2) added a PP goal at 11:27, and F Cole Fonstad (1), who also had two assists, got the empty-netter at 16:26. . . . F Brandon Hagel drew an assist on Red Deer's goal, meaning he was in on six of the seven goals the Rebels scored in the four games. . . . Prince Albert was 1-2 on the PP; Red Deer was 0-3. . . . The Raiders got 21 saves from G Ian Scott. . . . G Ethan Anders topped 31 shots for Red Deer.
Tonight's meal: The Mad Greek special.
Beuf's rating: 9.99/10
"This meal is always great but after a sweep it's even better"
Thanks Moose Jaw ✌ pic.twitter.com/FYD5klz1hJ
— Saskatoon Blades (@BladesHockey) March 28, 2019
F Kristian Roykas Marthinsen scored at 4:36 of OT to give the Saskatoon Blades a 4-3 victory over the Warriors in Moose Jaw. . . . Saskatoon won the series, 4-0. . . . This was the first time the Blazers have swept a series since the spring of 2010 when they took out the Red Deer Rebels. . . . F Max Gerlach (5) put the Blades on top at 7:37 of the first period. . . . The Warriors took a 2-1 lead on goals from F Luke Ormsby (1), at 18:03, and D Matthew Benson (1), at 2:06 of the second period. . . . F Tristen Robins (1) tied it at 9:40. . . . The Blades took a 3-2 lead when F Kirby Dach (3) scored, shorthanded, at 15:35 of the third period. . . . Moose Jaw forced OT when F Tristin Langan (1) scored, shorthanded, at 17:43. . . . Roykas Marthinsen won it with his first playoff goal. A freshman from Norway, he had 13 goals and 16 assists in 62 regular-season games. . . . Gerlach has goals in seven straight games. . . . Saskatoon was 0-6 on the PP; Moose Jaw was 0-3. . . . The Blades got 23 stops from G Nolan Maier, while Moose Jaw G Adam Evanoff blocked 44 shots. . . . F Yegor Buyalski was among the Warriors' scratches. According to a tweet from Marc Smith (@MarcSmith18), Buyalski was out "after taking a high hit" in Game 3.
The Edmonton Oil Kings scored the game's last five goals, two of them by F Vince Loschiavo, to beat the host Medicine Hat Tigers, 5-1. . . . The series is tied, 2-2, with Game 5 scheduled to be played in Edmonton on Friday night. Game 6 is in Medicine on Sunday. . . . F Ryan Jevne (1) gave the Tigers a 1-0 lead, on a PP, at 9:34 of the first period. . . . Edmonton F Quinn Benjafield (2) tied it, on a PP, at 15:32, and F Andrew Fyten (1) put the visitors out front at 16:45. . . . Loschiavo (2) upped the lead to 3-1 at 17:28. . . . Loschiavo (3), who also had an assist, added his second goal at 7:31 of the third period, and D Matthew Robertson (1) closed it out at 11:19. . . . Edmonton was 2-5 on the PP; Medicine Hat was 1-5. . . . The Oil Kings held a 36-15 edge in shots, including 14-5 in the first period and 13-5 in the third. . . . Edmonton got 14 saves from G Todd Scott, while Medicine Hat's Mads Søgaard turned aside 31 shots. . . . The Oil Kings had F Dylan Guenther, the first overall pick in the 2018 bantam draft, make his playoff debut. He played eight games with them during the regular season, scoring three times and adding an assist. In 28 games with the Northern Alberta X-Treme prep team, he had 32 goals and 26 assists.
F Parker AuCoin's OT goal gave the Tri-City Americans a 3-2 victory over the Everett Silvertips in Kennewick, Wash. . . . Everett leads the series, 2-1. They'll play Game 4 tonight in Kennewick, with Game 5 in Everett on Saturday. . . . F Martin Fasko-Rudas (3) gave Everett a 1-0 lead, on a PP, at 17:35 of the first period. He has scored in each game of this series and in five straight overall. . . . D Samuel Stewart (1) got Tri-City even, on a PP, at 16:54 of the second period. . . . Everett went back out front at 19:51 as F Bryce Kindopp (1) scored, on a PP. . . . Tri-City F Nolan Yaremko (3) forced OT when he scored at 2:16 of the third period. . . . AuCoin's first goal of the playoffs won it, on a PP, at 7:52 of extra time. . . . Tri-City was 2-3 on the PP; Everett was 2-5. . . . G Beck Warm stopped 39 shots for the Americans, 11 more than Everett's Dustin Wolf. . . . The Silvertips had F Connor Dewar back in their lineup after he missed Game 2. . . . D Marc Lajoie made his debut with the Americans. From Sherwood Park, Alta., he was the 14th-overall selection in the 2018 bantam draft. He also is the son of Kamloops Blazers head coach Serge Lajoie. This season, in 35 games with the Northern Alberta X-Treme prep team, Marc had 11 goals and 24 assists.
The Seattle Thunderbirds, losing 3-0 early in the second period, scored four times and beat the Vancouver Giants, 4-3, in Kent, Wash. . . . The series is tied, 2-2, with Game 5 scheduled for Friday night in Langley, B.C. They'll be back in Kent for Game 6 on Saturday. . . . D Dylan Plouffe (3) got Vancouver into a 1-0 lead at 10:33 of the first period, and F Brayden Watts (2) made it 2-0 at 17:00. . . . The Giants took a 3-0 lead when F Davis Koch (1) scored at 2:19 of the second period. . . . Seattle F Keltie Jeri-Leon (1) started the comeback, on a PP, at 5:18 of the second period. . . . The Thunderbirds won it with third-period goals from F Noah Philp (1), at 7:11; F Andrej Kukuca (3), on a PP, at 11:13; and F Matthew Wedman (2), at 15:46. . . . Seattle was 2-4 on the PP; Vancouver was 0-2. . . . The Thunderbirds got 26 saves from G Roddy Ross. . . . Giants G David Tendeck stopped 30 shots. . . . Seattle F Sean Richards took a checking-from-behind major and game misconduct for a hit on Vancouver F Aidan Barefoot at 4:16 of the first period. . . . Seattle D Jake Lee returned after serving a two-game suspension for a cross-checking major and game misconduct in Game 1. F Justin Sourdif, who absorbed that hit, has yet to return to action.
Wore my new Eddie Van Halen socks at last night's @TheWHL @pdxwinterhawks game, looked good & got us to OT but couldn't finish the deal. Game 4 tonight I'm going back to @GrittyNHL socks, we were 3-0 during the regular season when I wore these. Need a win, call Gritty. #SPOvsPOR pic.twitter.com/C8WmQrzie3
— Rich Franklin (@RichFranklin66) March 27, 2019
F Adam Beckman scored a PP goal in OT to give the Spokane Chiefs a 4-3 victory over the Winterhawks in Portland. . . . The Chiefs hold a 3-1 lead in the series with Game 5 set for Saturday night in Spokane. . . . The Chiefs took a 1-0 lead when D Ty Smith (1) scored 31 seconds into the first period. . . . Portland came back with the next three goals — from D Brendan De Jong (1), at 9:51; F Josh Paterson (3), at 18:30; and Paterson (4), again, at 7:46 of the second period. . . . Spokane got third-period goals from F Luke Toporowski (2), at 3:25, and F Eli Zummack (1), at 19:00. . . . Beckman (3) won it at 4:39 of OT. . . . Spokane was 1-3 on the PP. The Winterhawks didn't get even one PP opportunity. . . . G Bailey Brkin earned the victory with 35 saves, two more than Portland's Joel Hofer. . . . Spokane, which had the No. 1 PP in the regular season, is 5-for-9 with the man advantage in this series. . . . No, F Cody Glass (knee) wasn't in Portland's lineup.
When your son gets sent to the penalty box and a fan yells " Mason Mannek is a decent man!"😂 #Iagree @pdxwinterhawks
— Sharmin Mannek (@mannek_sharmin) March 28, 2019
Here's video of tonight's stick swinging incident at bench. Mcdonald gets Franklin and trainer Toledo Robinson. Broke his glasses. How this didn't result in serious injury is a miracle. Match penalty. pic.twitter.com/Gcwwo5agtZ
— Jon Keen (@JonKeenNLSports) March 28, 2019
The Kamloops Blazers broke a 3-3 tie with three third-period goals to beat the visiting Victoria Royals, 6-3, in a game that was highly emotional with a whole lot of nastiness. . . . The series is tied, 2-2, with Game Game 5 in Victoria on Saturday night. . . . They'll return to Kamloops for Game 6 on Monday night. . . . F Kyrell Sopotyk (3) gave the Blazers a 1-0 lead with a 45-footer at 6:52 of the first period. . . . Two goals from F Dino Kambeitz gave the Royals a 2-1 lead. The first one came shorthanded when two Blazers bumped a bit as they chased a soft dump-in and G Dylan Ferguson fell down as he left the crease to chase the puck. F Tarun Fizer got their first and slid the puck to Kambeitz for the two-foot tap-in at 10:37. . . . At 13:48, the Royals, on the PP, were able to take advantage of a poor Kamloops change to get another Kambeitz goal, his fourth of the series. . . . The Blazers tied it with 20.5 seconds left in the period, as F Connor Zary (2) scored off a rebound from a blocked shot on a 4-on-3 PP. . . . F Zane Franklin (1) gave the Blazers a 3-2 lead at 8:11 of the second period, only to have Victoria tie it on a bad-angle goal by F Igor Martynov (1) at 15:09. . . . The game turned early in the third period as Victoria F Kody McDonald was penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct at 5:34. The Royals killed the penalty, only to have McDonald take a match penalty for attempt to injure at 7:58. Franklin was given an unsportsmanlike minor on the play. . . . At 8:19, with the teams playing 4-on-4, Zary gave the Blazers a 4-3 lead with his third goal in two games. . . . Kamloops D Luke Zazula (1), who also had two assists, added a PP goal at 10:52, and F Martin Lang (1) iced it, with another PP goal, at 15:11. . . . Kamloops was 3-6 on the PP; Victoria was 1-6. . . . The Blazers got 15 stops from G Dylan Ferguson, while G Griffen Outhouse blocked 41 shots for the Royals. . . . Kamloops held a 17-5 edge in shots in the first period and 20-2 in the third. . . . Blazers F Kobe Mohr returned after serving a two-game suspension.
You can keep instant replay. Give me this. pic.twitter.com/ncV3Y68Juo
— Super 70s Sports (@Super70sSports) March 26, 2019
Author greggdrinnanPosted on March 27, 2019 March 28, 2019 Tags Adam Beckman, Brett Leason, Brodi Stuart, Cade McNelly, Connor Zary, Edmonton Oil Kings, Kamloops Blazers, Kody McDonald, Kristian Roykas Marthinsen, Matthew Wedman, Michael Dyck, Parker AuCoin, Prince Albert Raiders, Saskatoon Blades, Sean Richards, Seattle Thunderbirds, Spokane Chiefs, Steve Ewen, Tri-City Americans, Vancouver Giants, Victoria Royals, Vince LoschiavoLeave a comment on WHL's Dept. of Discipline busy place. . . . Raiders, Blades complete sweeps. . . . Things get nasty in Blazers' victory
Kamloops dumps visiting Kelowna in tiebreaker. . . . Two shorthanded goals in 28 seconds seal deal. . . . Blazers go to playoffs; Rockets go home
They even had fireworks! pic.twitter.com/6rwlm3VmYq
— Tereza Verenca (@tverenca) March 20, 2019
The Kamloops Blazers scored two goals in 28 seconds on the same third-period penalty kill en route to a 5-1 victory over the visiting Kelowna Rockets in the seventh tiebreaker game in WHL history on Tuesday night. . . . With the victory, the Blazers move into the playoffs. They will open against the Royals in Victoria on Friday. . . . Last night was only the second time in the seven tiebreakers that the home team has won. . . .
Kamloops had taken a 2-1 lead in the third period when Blazers F Ryley Appelt was penalized for tripping at 8:16. . . . F Connor Zary got an early jump off the Kamloops bench during a change, allowing him to get to the back of the Kelowna net in a hurry. He stripped the puck from G Roman Basran, came out the back side and stuffed it home for a 3-1 lead at 8:44. . . . A short time later, Kamloops F Brodi Stuart avoided an attempt by Basran to get a hip into him behind the net, skated out and scored for a 4-1 lead at 10:12. . . . The Rockets, whose offence pretty much dried up late in the season, weren't able to get back in this one. . . . F Jermaine Loewen got the Blazers' last goal, into an empty net. . . .
The Blazers dominated the first period, especially the first 12 or 13 minutes, and held a 17-7 edge in shots. Only Kelowna G Roman Basran, a post and a crossbar kept the Blazers off the scoreboard. . . . Kamloops D Jackson Caller drilled a post from the point at 9:00; F Connory Zary glanced a bad-angle flip off the crossbar two minutes later. . . . Kamloops G Dylan Garand had his moments later, especially stoning F Alex Swetlikoff from the doorstep. . . .
Kelowna pushed back in the second, but Kamloops got the game's first goal at 4:11, just six seconds after Rockets F Dallon Wilton was penalized for interference for a hit on D Jeff Faith. Zary pulled the face-off win back to F Kyrell Sopotyk on the point. He ripped a wrist shot past Basran's blocker, off a post and in. . . . The officials went to video review at 7:38 after the Blazers crashed the Kelowna net, but whatever had happened was ruled no goal. . . . The Rockets tied it at 7:56 when D Kaedan Korczak got to a shoot-in along the right boards, and slipped a pass to F Mark Liwiski. His quick backhand seemed to surprise Garand and got past him for the equalizer. . . . The Blazers thought they might have scored at 13:14 when the puck bounced off the back boards, over top of the net and into the Kelowna crease area. However, it was ruled that Kamloops F Logan Stankoven had come in contact with the puck with a high stick. . . . Kelowna got its first PP at 15:26 after Faith was hit with an interference penalty for a hit on F Nolan Foote. Other than Foote hitting a post early, the Rockets really didn't threaten. . . . Kelowna outshot Kamloops, 13-7, in that period. . . .
Hey @kobemohr … hows the GWG life treatin' ya?🚨
📸 @ADouglasPhotos pic.twitter.com/xapNaDrOIJ
— Kamloops Blazers (@blazerhockey) March 20, 2019
The Blazers broke the 1-1 tie at 6:10 of the third period when Kelowna D Dalton Gally went down early in an attempt to cut off a pass, only to have Blazers F Kobe Mohr toedrag around him and snap a shot past Basran from the high slot. . . . Then came Zary's shorthanded goal, followed by a Mohr penalty shot on which Basran was able to get his five-hole closed in time to prevent a goal. . . . It was left for Stuart to get his shorthanded goal and for Loewen to add the empty-netter. . . .
Garand, a 16-year-old freshman from Victoria, made his seventh straight start in the absence of the injured Dylan Ferguson. The Blazers are 6-0-1 over that stretch. . . . Garand finished with 27 saves in this one. . . . Ferguson skated with the Blazers on Monday, but wasn't dressed last night. The burning question in Kamloops until Friday night will be this: Does Garand get to start his first playoff game in his hometown if Ferguson is healthy? . . . G Danton Belluk, whose WHL rights belong to the Everett Silvertips, remains with the Blazers on an emergency basis. He backed up Garand last night. . . .
Basran, who kept the Rockets from getting blown out in the first period, self-destructed in the third when he gave up the two shorthanded goals. He was beaten four times on 34 shots in 50:12. James Porter came on to finish up after the Blazers' fourth goal. He stopped all five shots he faced. . . .
As expected, each team added a first-round 2018 bantam draft pick to its lineup. Stankoven, who won the B.C. Major Midget Hockey League scoring title with the Kamloops-based Thompson Blazers, was in the Kamloops lineup. F Trevor Wong, from the major midget Greater Vancouver Canadians, played for the Rockets. . . . Stankoven was the fifth-overall pick in that draft; Wong was taken with the 18th selection. . . .
Attendance was announced at 5,876, and there weren't many empty seats. It was the Blazers' second announced sellout of the season. On Feb. 18, the Blazers beat the visiting Tri-City Americans, 3-1, on Family Day. The announced crowed that day also was 5,876, but there were about 1,000 empty seats. . . .
I know, I know, it's early but…..
If the Kelowna Rockets were to miss out on the WHL playoffs this year , they would be the first CHL team to miss out on the post-season the year before hosting the Memorial Cup.
(Beauport and Hamilton were first year clubs when they hosted)
— Lucas Punkari (@lpunkari) October 11, 2018
While the Blazers head for Victoria, the Rockets' season has ended. This means that the host team for the 2020 Memorial Cup won't appear in this spring's playoffs. . . . The Rockets fired head coach Jason Smith after a 4-10-0 start. They hired Adam Foote to replace him and went 24-22-8, plus last night's loss, with him in control. . . .
The WHL's draft lottery is scheduled to be held today (Wednesday). As one of six non-playoff teams, the Rockets will be participants. The six lottery teams, with regular-season points in parenthesis, are the Swift Current Broncos (28), Winnipeg Ice (36), Regina Pats (42), Prince George Cougars (46), Kelowna Rockets (64) and Brandon Wheat Kings (70). . . . A team is able to move up only two spots in the lottery, so one of those first three teams will own the first pick. However, the Cougars hold Swift Current's selection, and the Saskatoon Blades own Regina's pick. . . . When the draft is held on May 2 in Red Deer, the Blazers will hold the seventh selection.
There have been seven tiebreakers in WHL history . . .
2018-19: Kelowna 1 at Kamloops 5.
2015-16: Edmonton Oil Kings 6 at Medicine Hat Tigers 4.
2013-14: Prince Albert Raiders 5 at Red Deer Rebels 3.
2008-09: Edmonton Oil Kings 2 at Prince Albert Raiders 1 (OT).
1989-90: Brandon Wheat Kings 4 at Swift Current Broncos 5.
1983-84: Calgary Wranglers 8 at Saskatoon Blades 7 (OT).
1980-81: Spokane Flyers 10 at New Westminster Bruins 9 (OT).
Congratulations to the Blazers for advancing. Being 7 points down in last two weeks of season to tie was impressive. Thanks to you the listeners for being at the other end of the radio. Remember, we will be playing into May in 2020! pic.twitter.com/fBZhrrCHvr
— Regan Bartel (@Reganrant) March 20, 2019
You may recall that on Feb. 15 the OHL announced that the Niagara IceDogs had been fined $250,000 and also had two first-round draft picks taken away for recruiting violations. . . . Rick Westhead of TSN reported Tuesday that all of this had to do with a player emailing David Branch, the OHL commissioner, to say that the IceDogs had promised to pay him $10,000 for each season he played with them, and then reneged on the deal. . . . As Westhead reported: "A law firm hired by the Ontario Hockey League concluded that the Niagara IceDogs breached the league's player recruitment rules by entering into a secret 'side deal' with a former player, according to a court decision obtained by TSN." . . . Westhead's story is right here.
The Prince George Cougars have signed D Ethan Samson to a WHL contract. He was a third-round selection in the WHL's 2018 bantam draft. From North Delta, B.C., he played this season with the Delta Hockey Academy's Elite 15 team. In 33 games, he had seven goals and 17 assists.
Capitals winger Brett Connolly said he will not visit the White House on Monday.
"I respectfully decline."
— Chris Kuc (@ChrisKuc) March 20, 2019
The Brandon Wheat Kings have signed D Logen Hammett to a WHL contract. From Regina, Hammett will turn 16 on April 3. This season, with the midget AAA Regina Pat Canadians, he had four goals and 19 assists in 40 games. The Wheat Kings selected him in the fifth round of the WHL's 2018 bantam draft.
F Rieger Lorenz, a likely first-round selection in the WHL's 2019 bantam draft, announced via Twitter on Tuesday that he has committed to the U of Denver Pioneers. Lorenz, who will turn 15 on March 30, is from Calgary. He had 11 goals and 25 assists in 30 games with the Edge School's bantam prep team this season. . . . Lorenz is the fourth high-end bantam draft prospect to announce a commitment to the NCAA route in the last while, following F Matt Savoie (Denver), D Mats Lindgren (Michigan) and F Connor Levis (Michigan).
F Tanner Nagel, who finished up his WHL career with the Swift Current Broncos on Saturday, made his pro debut on Tuesday night with the ECHL's Utah Grizzlies. . . . Nagel was pointless in a 4-3 loss to the visiting Rapid City Rush. . . . With the Broncos, Nagel had 13 goals and 10 assists in 65 games.
How goalies are born… pic.twitter.com/YBlhJbBOZT
— BDC (@Ben_in_yeg) March 19, 2019
Author greggdrinnanPosted on March 19, 2019 March 20, 2019 Tags Brandon Wheat Kings, Brodi Stuart, Connor Zary, Dylan Garand, Ethan Samson, Jermaine Loewen, Kamloops Blazers, Kelowna Rockets, Kobe Mohr, Kyrell Sopotyk, Logen Hammett, Mark Liwiski, Niagara IceDogs, Prince George Cougars, Rick Westhead, Rieger Lorenz, Tanner Nagel1 Comment on Kamloops dumps visiting Kelowna in tiebreaker. . . . Two shorthanded goals in 28 seconds seal deal. . . . Blazers go to playoffs; Rockets go home
Tigers, Thunderbirds grab playoff spots. . . .Wheaties' hopes rather dim. . . . Blazers now one point behind Rockets
As was suggested might happen here earlier in the week, the Everett Silvertips have added F Lucas Cullen, 19, to their roster. . . . Cullen spent the season with the BCHL's West Kelowna Warriors, putting up 50 points, including 26 goals, in 49 regular-season games, then adding seven goals and three assists in seven playoff games. . . . Cullen is from Kelowna. The Calgary Hitmen selected him in the fifth round of the WHL's 2014 bantam draft. He played 48 games with them over three seasons, scoring four times and adding five assists.
D Ty Mueller announced via Twitter that he has made a commitment to the U of Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks starting with the 2021-22 season. Mueller, who turned 16 on Feb. 26, is from Cochrane, Alta. He played this season with the midget AAA Airdrie CFR Bisons, putting up 10 goals and 24 assists in 34 games. . . . He also had one goal in two games with the AJHL's Okotoks Oilers. . . . Mueller was selected by the Prince George Cougars in the third round of the WHL's 2018 bantam draft.
D Tyler Bates of the Calgary-based Edge School midget prep team, has committed to the Colorado College Tigers for the 2021-22 season. . . . Bates, 16, was picked by the Medicine Hat Tigers in the 11th round of the WHL's 2017 bantam draft. . . . This season, he had two goals and 26 assists in 35 games with Edge School. He also had three assists in four games with the AJHL's Brooks Bandits.
The MJHL's Winkler Flyers are looking for a head coach after announcing that they won't be renewing Steve Mullin's contract. Mullin spent six seasons as an assistant coach with the Flyers, then took over as head coach prior to this season when Ken Pearson stepped aside to focus on his general manager's duties. The Flyers and Pearson parted company on Feb. 19, he since has been named GM and head coach of the MJHL's Neepawa Natives. . . . This season, the Flyers finished 23-32-5 and missed the playoffs for the first time since the spring of 1981. . . . Jeff Jeanson has taken over the general manager's duties.
The midget AAA Prince Albert Mintos are looking for a new head coach following the resignation of Ken Morrison. This season, Morrison drew a seven-game suspension following Game 1 of the playoffs. According to Jeff D'Andrea of panow.com, Morrison became involved in an argument with the on-ice officials after the game. "Morrison received two games for the argument itself against the officials," D'Andrea wrote, "four games for being a repeat offender, and another game for the misconduct coming within the last 10 minutes of the game." . . . The Mintos' season ended on Sunday as they lost a best-of-five series in five games to the Saskatoon Blazers. . . . Assistant coach Bryan Swystun ran the Mintos' bench in Morrison's absence. . . . Morrison played four seasons (1982-86) in the WHL — the first three plus 15 games with the Prince Albert Raiders and the last 57 games with the Kamloops Blazers. In his final season, he scored 83 goals in 72 games, including 69 in 57 games with Kamloops. That season, he finished with 150 points.
A GoFundMe page has been launched in an attempt to help Lyle Frank and his mother.
Here's what is on the page:
"Lyle came to the West Kootenays as a 19-year-old junior hockey player. He played his career for the junior B Beaver Valley Nitehawks of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League, and loved the area and people so much that he made the Kootenays his home.
"He has coached minor hockey, plays commercial league hockey and got an apprenticeship at Curlew Refrigeration because of his tremendous work ethic. Just last week, Lyle, who will be 24 on April 8, donated a kidney. He initially hoped he would be a match for his Mom, but when he wasn't he still decided to donate.
"Lyle and his Mom will be off work for the next few months recovering. If you can find it in your heart to help this extraordinary young man, please donate to or give a cash donation at the Smokies games and BV Nitehawks games."
The GoFundMe page is right here.
Lyle played for the KIJHL-champion Nitehawks in 2013-14 and through 2015-16. He gave a kidney through the Kidney Paired Donation (KPD) program, where he donates one, but only if his mother gets one from someone else in the program.
Here's wishing the best to both of them. And, yes, Lyle is a hero!
There's more on the KPD program right here.
Cameron Sterling (@Cam_Sterling01) scored his first WHL goal in a 6-2 win over Brandon and was the Warrior of the Game pic.twitter.com/ZdBqiHEr85
— Moose Jaw Warriors (@MJWARRIORS) March 14, 2019
The Moose Jaw Warriors struck for the game's first three goals en route to a 6-2 victory over the Wheat Kings in Brandon. . . . Moose Jaw (38-20-8) will finish third in the East Division and meet the Saskatoon Blades in a first-round series. . . . Brandon (30-28-8) has lost four in a row. It is four points from a playoff spot with only two games remaining. . . . Moose Jaw won the season series, 5-3-1; Brandon was 4-4-1. . . . Moose Jaw went ahead 3-0 on first-period goals from F Yegor Buyalski (6), at 3:46; F Brayden Tracey (36), at 12:56; and F Tristin Langan (51), on a PP, at 14:30. . . . The Wheat Kings got to within a goal as F Stelio Mattheos (44) scored, at 14:54 of the first period, and F Caiden Daley (9) counted at 1:41 of the third. . . . The Warriors put it away with the game's last three goals, the final two into an empty net. . . . F Daemon Hunt (6), who is from Brandon, added insurance at 5:53. . . . D Dalton Hamaliuk and F Cameron Sterling (1) got the empty-netters. . . . Moose Jaw got 29 saves from G Adam Evanoff. . . . G Jiri Patera stopped 25 shots for Brandon. . . . Tracey was unsuccessful on a first-period penalty shot with his guys ahead, 2-0.
G Isaac Poulter stopped 33 shots to lead the Swift Current Broncos to a 2-0 victory over the Pats in Regina. . . . Swift Current (11-49-6) had lost its previous 18 games (0-15-3). This was the Broncos' fifth regulation-time victory this season. . . . Regina (18-45-3) has lost six in a row. . . . The Pats' loss means the bottom three teams in the final standings will be Regina, the Kootenay Ice and Swift Current. Those are the three teams that will have a shot at the first pick in the 2019 bantam draft, but the Prince George Cougars hold the Broncos' pick and the Saskatoon Blades own Regina's selection. When the draft lottery is held, it will feature the six non-playoff teams, but a team is only allowed to move up two spots. . . . Swift Current and Regina split the season series, 3-3-0. . . . Poulter, a 17-year-old freshman from Winnipeg, posted his first career shutout. He is 3-20-1, 4.25, .891. . . . F Joona Kiviniemi (6) gave the visitors a 1-0 lead at 12:38 of the first period, and F Ethan O'Rourke (11) iced it, on a PP, at 18:27 of the third period. . . . G Max Paddock stopped 31 shots for Regina. . . . Broncos F Tanner Nagel was in the lineup despite having been hit with a charging major and game misconduct during this club's last game, a 6-0 loss to the visiting Prince Albert Raiders on Sunday. It would seem the WHL didn't deem the infraction to have been all that serious. . . . D Alex Moar and F Owen Blocker won't play again this season for the Broncos, who had F Dawson Springer in the lineup for his second WHL game. Springer played this season with the midget AAA Prince Albert Mintos, whose season has ended. . . . Regina, which dressed only 16 skaters, was without F Duncan Pierce and F Logan Nijhoff, neither of whom is likely to play again this season. . . . If you keep track of such things, note that Swift Current head coach Dean Brockman wasn't at this one. He was away on a scouting trip, so assistant coach Brandin Cote, a Swift Current native, recorded his first WHL coaching victory. (A tip of the Taking Note fedora to Shawn Mullin for that last note.)
The puck rings off the post next to Søgaard and it actually breaks. Play is stopped as a chip flies off the puck into the corner
— Ryan McCracken (@MHNMcCracken) March 14, 2019
F Brett Kemp scored three times and added an assist to lead the Medicine Hat Tigers to a 7-4 victory over the visiting Red Deer Rebels. . . . Medicine Hat (34-26-6) has won two in a row and has clinched a wild-card playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. . . . Red Deer (33-27-6) has lost two straight. It holds down the Eastern Conference's second wild-card spot, two points behind Medicine Hat and four ahead of Brandon, which has two games remaining. . . . Medicine Hat won the season series, 6-0-0. . . . F Jeff de Wit (17) gave the visitors a 1-0 lead, on a PP, at 7:48 of the first period, only to have F James Hamblin (33) tie it at 8:04. . . . F Zak Smith (13) put Red Deer back out front 57 seconds into the second period. . . . The Tigers took control with the next three goals, in a span of 3:29, from F Ryan Chyzowski, at 3:19, and two from Kemp, on a PP at 4:20 and at 6:48. . . . F Josh Tarzwell (11) got the Rebels to within a goal at 11:35. . . . Chyzowski (26) restored the two-goal lead, on a PP, at 12:59, and Kemp (31) completed his first career WHL hat trick at 7:26 of the third period. . . . F Brandon Hagel (41), who also had two assists, got Red Deer's fourth goal, at 9:03. . . . F Logan Christenssen (7) finished Medicine Hat's scoring at 13:07. . . . Hamblin and Chyzowski added two assists apiece. . . . Medicine Hat F Elijah Brown, who was injured in a Feb. 28 practice, was back in the lineup. . . . Red Deer F Alex Morozov sat out as he completed a two-game suspension. . . . The Rebels, of course, are without D Alex Alexeyev (knee). . . . Medicine Hat scratched F Bryan Lockner (ill).
F Brodi Stuart scored once and added four assists as the host Kamloops Blazers coasted to an 8-0 victory over the Victoria Royals. . . . Kamloops (27-32-7) has won four in a row. The Blazers are fourth in the B.C. Division, one point behind the Kelowna Rockets, who got a loser point last night. Kamloops will play home-and-home with the fifth-place Prince George Cougars on Friday and Saturday, while the Rockets finish with a home-and-home set with the first-place Vancouver Giants. . . . The third-place finisher will open a first-round series in Victoria on March 22. . . . Victoria (33-29-4) has lost four straight. . . . Victoria won the season series, 5-3-1; Kamloops was 4-5-0. The Blazers won the last three games in the series. . . . Stuart went into the game with 19 goals and 14 assists in 65 games, then enjoyed his first career five-point outing. He now has 20 goals and 18 assists. . . . The Blazers took a 1-0 lead into the second period on Stuart's goal at 12:51 of the first period. Kamloops then put it away with five second-period goals. . . . F Josh Pillar finished with his seventh goals and three assists, while F Zane Franklin had two goals, giving him 28. . . . F Jermaine Loewen (26), who also had two assists, F Connor Zary (28), F Kyrell Sopotyk (12) and F Ryley Appelt (4) also scored. . . . G Dylan Garand, 16, made his fourth straight start for the Blazers, who have won all four of those games. Garand, a freshman from Victoria, is starting because Dylan Ferguson was injured in a 6-0 loss the visiting Vancouver Giants on March 6. . . . On the season, Garand, who stopped 22 shots, is 10-7-2, 2.89, .904 with one shutout. . . . Victoria dressed 15 skaters, three under the maximum, and that included D Kaden Reinders and D Noah Lamb, both of whom are APs. The Royals scratched nine skaters — D Ralph Jarratt, D Jameson Murray, D Scott Walford, D Matt Smith, F Tyus Gent, F Sean Gulka, F Kody McDonald, D Jake Kustra and F Kaid Oliver.
O'Dette also praised the @TCAmericans for how they played tonight, in a game that didn't mean anything to them in regards to playoff positioning. Didn't rest top guys, O'Dette says he respected that they played to win.
— Andy Eide (@AndyEide) March 14, 2019
F Owen Williams scored off a 2-on-1 at 1:32 of OT to give the Seattle Thunderbirds a 6-5 victory over the Tri-City Americans in Kennewick, Wash. . . . Seattle (29-29-8) has clinched the Western Conference's second wild-card berth, meaning all five U.S. Division teams will be in the playoffs for a second straight season. The Thunderbirds will play the conference's top seed, either the Vancouver Giants or Everett Silvertips, in the first round. Seattle will open that series on the road on March 22. . . . Tri-City (34-26-6) has lost two in a row (0-1-1). It will finish in the conference's first wild-card spot. . . . Seattle went 4-2-2 in the season series; Tri-City was 4-3-1. . . . The Thunderbirds held a 4-2 lead eight minutes into the third period, then watched as the Americans scored three times to take the lead. . . . Seattle forced OT at 16:04 when F Nolan Volcan completed a hat trick with his 26th goal. . . . F Nolan Yaremko had given the Americans a 1-0 lead 31 seconds into the second period. . . . Yes, the first period was scoreless. . . . Seattle took a 2-1 lead on goals from Volcan, at 3:53, and F Matthew Wedman, on a PP, at 13:09. . . . Tri-City tied it at 15:02 when F Krystof Hrabik got No. 20. . . . Seattle took the 4-2 lead as Wedman (39) scored, on a PP, at 0:28 of the third period, and Volcan counted at 4:59. . . . Tri-City went ahead 5-4 on goals from F Parker AuCoin (41), on a PP, at 8:18; F Sasha Mutala (20), at 9:15; and Yaremko (27), on a PP, at 15:23. . . . The Thunderbirds got four assists from F Henri Rybinski. He's got seven goals and 24 assists in 31 games since being acquired from the Medicine Hat Tigers. . . . Wedman added one assist to his two goals. . . . The Americans got two assists from each of Hrabik and AuCoin, with Yaremko getting one.
@SeattleTbirds Champions reunited, one last time. Tyszka, Hyman, Volcan and Wedman. pic.twitter.com/an1s7vVg9C
— Thom Beuning (@ThomBeuning) March 14, 2019
OMG Rockets rally in final 10 minutes to tie it up. 5-5 with @spokanechiefs and the #Aussies from #BigWhite go crazy! pic.twitter.com/nBPyUOZJvo
— Doyle Potenteau (@Doyle_Potenteau) March 14, 2019
F Jaret Anderson-Dolan, who has scored in nine straight games, snapped 34 seconds into OT to give the Spokane Chiefs a 6-5 victory over the Rockets in Kelowna. . . . Spokane (38-21-7) is third in the U.S. Division, three points behind the Portland Winterhawks, each with two games remaining. . . . Spokane will finish home-and-home with the Tri-City Americans, while Portland goes home-and-home with the Seattle Thunderbirds. . . . Kelowna (26-32-8) has lost three in a row (0-1-2) and now is only one point ahead of the fourth-place Kamloops Blazers in the B.C. Division, each with two games remaining. . . . The Chiefs went 3-0-1 in the season series; the Rockets finished 1-2-1. . . . Spokane led this one 5-2 with fewer than 10 minutes left in the third period. . . . F Nolan Foote (36) got Kelowna to within two goals at 10:49. . . . The Rockets tied it on goals from D Kaedan Korczak (4), at 17:31, and F Kyle Topping (23), on a PP, at 19:20. . . . The Chiefs got the game's first goal at 0:12 of the first period when F Jack Finley, who is from Kelowna, scored his ninth goal. . . . Foote tied it at 3:54. . . . Anderson-Dolan, who has 20 goals, gave Spokane a 2-1 lead at 8:39, and F Luke Toporowski (20) added to the lead at 17:26. . . . F Ethan McIndoe (15) made it 4-1 at 3:11 of the second period. . . . F Michael Farren (3) scored for Kelowna at 1:58 of the third, only to have D Nolan Reid (16) reply for the Chiefs at 10:03. . . . Anderson-Dolan now shares the club record for longest goal-scoring streak with F Adam Helewka (2014-15), F Marian Cesar (1997-98), F Brent Gilchrist (1986-87) and F Terry Perkins (1985-86). . . . Korczak added three assists to his goal, while Foote had an assist so finished with three points. . . . F Luc Smith and D Filip Kral were among Spokane's scratches. . . . The Rockets are without D Lassi Thomson, who is in concussion protocol. He hasn't played since taking a hit from Kamloops F Jermaine Loewen in the Blazers' 2-1 shootout victory on home ice on Friday night. . . . Kelowna also was without F Mark Liwiski, as he completed a three-game suspension.
#thefarside pic.twitter.com/nVtcbUpBNK
— The Far Side (@TheFarSide_ish) March 12, 2019
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Posted June 4, 2021 by Austin Bumpus8 Comments on Longtime NBA postseason records that could be broken in the 2020s	Basketball
Longtime NBA postseason records that could be broken in the 2020s
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For 35 years, Michael Jordan's record for the most points in a single playoff game has reigned supreme. More than three decades after the fact, however, it seems like his 63-point performance will be making way for a new king in the near future.
Modern-day NBA stars are dropping 50-plus points on what seems like a nightly basis, and that consistency is carrying over from the regular season into the playoffs.
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Since the start of the 2017 NBA Playoffs and as of this writing on June 4, 2021, the league has seen 11 players drop 50 or more points in a playoff game. Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell put up 57 and 51 points in the span of a week in 2020, and Denver Nuggets star Jamal Murray dropped 50 points twice over four days.
The debate raged on in the 2021 NBA Playoffs, as Damian Lillard set the postseason record for 3-pointers in a game when he scored 55 points in a double-OT battle against the Nuggets.
Lillard's performance sparked a conversation about when, not if, Jordan's record would fall, and who would be the one to do it. At the same time, it got us thinking about what other playoff records could fall in the near future.
Records related to assists are going to be tough to break. Magic Johnson and John Stockton each put up 24 assists in a game in the 1980s, and three players have put up 15 assists in a half in NBA postseason history.
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Same goes for rebounds, considering Wilt Chamberlain grabbed 41 boards in a game in 1967, and managed to pull down 26 in a single half 11 days later.
But, there's still plenty of room in the postseason history books for the NBA's modern-day players, and it wouldn't be surprising to see some longtime records fall in the 2020s.
Most points in a playoff game
Michael Jordan's 63-point performance in 1986 was certainly impressive, considering he topped a 61-point game from Elgin Baylor that had previously stood at the top for 24 years.
With players frequently dueling with 50-point games in the 2020s and stars like Damian Lillard willing their team into overtime games, it seems like this one will fall to second place before you know it.
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Most points in a quarter
Similarly, where scoring volume is at an all-time high, Sleepy Floyd's 29-point quarter for the Golden State Warriors in 1987 could take a hit in the 2020s, as well.
We've seen current Warriors star Klay Thompson drop 37 points in a regular-season quarter, and his Splash Brother Stephen Curry put up 25 points, as well. All it takes is a few made threes to get a player's confidence up, and to send them down the right path towards a solid quarter.
Especially in fourth quarters, where superstars trade big bucket after big bucket, this one should fall in the 2020s.
Most field goals in a quarter and in a half
This one is a twofer, because the former could easily help a player in their efforts to achieve the latter.
Currently, Sleepy Floyd's 12 field goals in a quarter and Detroit Pistons star Dave Bing's 16 field goals in a half each stand as records in postseason history. Floyd's has stood since 1987, while Bing's took place all the way back in 1968.
A player with some size and the ability to hit from deep, like Nuggets star Nikola Jokic, could easily grab rebounds for some easy buckets down low and then drain some deep balls to make history.
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Most 3-pointers made in a quarter
Boston Celtics legend Antoine Walker's six 3-pointers in a quarter against the Philadelphia 76ers in 2002 reign supreme at the moment.
But, that record is already on wobbly legs, considering the fact that Denver Nuggets star Michael Porter Jr. and Phoenix Suns star Devin Booker each tied the record on the same night during the 2021 NBA Playoffs.
Factoring in the threat that players like Damian Lillard, Donovan Mitchell and more present at the moment, this one seems like one of the easier ones to take down in the 2020s.
Total points in a seven-game series
This one is a bit more niche than others as it pertains to an entire series, but Elgin Baylor's 284 points in a seven-game series may fall victim to the NBA's latest high-scoring era.
Baylor averaged 40.6 points per game against the Boston Celtics in that series in 1962. In their first-round series in the bubble in 2020, Donovan Mitchell and Jamal Murray rattled off 50-point games like it was nothing.
As the league continues to adapt with so many young stars, and with so much parity in a loaded Western Conference as of 2021, it wouldn't be shocking to see a superstar like Damian Lillard beat that average and take down this record.
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Points in an entire playoff run
Michael Jordan's run in the 1992 NBA Playoffs was insane, as "His Airness" scored a total of 759 points en route to the Chicago Bulls' second title in franchise history.
LeBron James made a run at Jordan's record in 2018, coming up just 11 points short in his final season as a member of the Cleveland Cavaliers. A year later, Kawhi Leonard put up 732 points of his own throughout the Toronto Raptors' run to the 2019 NBA Finals.
Don't be surprised to see someone on a championship team take this record out over the next few years, especially if they find themselves playing in multiple seven-game series throughout their run.
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It's an exciting time. Summer is over and the smell of Fall is in the air. It's the perfect time to announce some exciting changes.
For the past 3.5 years, I've hosted my website on WordPress.com. While there are many benefits to keeping my blog here, I've decided that hosting my own website provides more flexibility with regard to plugins, themes and monetization. After today, all future posts will be on my new website as PR Meets Marketing.
When I first started PR Meets Marketing, my intent was to write about the intersection of PR and marketing. This includes highlighting how PR is an integral way to drive tangible results that address marketing objectives. I've also written extensively about social media and virtual events/meetings.
With the new website, I plan to further explore these topics and understand how each – PR, marketing, social media and virtual events – drives business results that matter.
I'm excited with the next stage of PR Meets Marketing and the opportunities this presents. I look forward to exploring the intersection of PR and marketing for more years to come!
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With the introduction of Facebook Places, geolocation-based services are about to hit the mainstream. Rather than focus on the news or consumer uses, I want to look at the potential of such services for business-to-business customer marketing.
MarketingSherpa recently wrote about an iPhone app developed by Morrison & Foerster LLP (subscription required shortly). This app allows you to browse bios, get directions to a local office, get news and even play a game. I suspect that one of the main objectives for the company's "MoFo2Go" is to increase customer loyalty and referrals.
Now imagine if you take this type of app to the next level, enabling customers and employees to proactively share their geographic locations with one another. You've created a mobile community where customers and prospects can search, find and connect with others located near them.
And if they are able to preview information, such as company title or industry, they can reach out to your subject matter experts to resolve an issue or get feedback on the company and products. Almost anytime, anywhere.
While the potential for geolocation-based services is just being uncovered, I anticipate that early adopters like Morrison & Foerster will demonstrate that the risk is worth it to increase customer retention, loyalty and ultimately engagement.
What other ways can geolocation be used?
At the beginning of last year, my personal brand was just beginning to take off. I had written a couple of posts, such as this one,that generated a lot of attention. I was even asked to be a guest on the Media Bullseye podcast and to write a byline for Dan Schwabel's Personal Branding Magazine.
Just as the momentum was gaining speed, I put on the brakes, pouring my time and energy into my work. My personal brand became more intertwined with the work I did on behalf of my company vs my original intent of providing thoughts on how public relations and marketing come together.
Engage online: My goal is to participate in at least one online conversation each day, excluding weekends. This will drive me to comment on relevant blogs, share my knowledge via LinkedIn answers or meet new people via Twitter.
Write on my blog: The writing on my blog has been quite irregular over the past year and a half. My goal is to write at least one post a day. By sharing my thoughts, I hope to engage with existing readers and further expand my online network of friends.
Balance work with personal: This is a biggie. I have to do a better job of balancing my work "brand" with that of my personal one. While part of my job is to build awareness for any company I'm working with, I have to consciously participate as part of my personal brand too. In turn, this will help any company by building credibility in my personal brand.
In the end, it's easier to build and maintain a personal brand than to rebuild one. In the former, you're delivering a consistent experience and expectation. Once you discontinue that, it's difficult to regain that type of momentum – and in a way – trust with your audience. So, what do you think? Did my personal brand diminish over the past few months or only get better like fine wine? And what tips do you have for building and maintaining your personal brand?


The big reveal is this weekend! I can NOT wait!! I'm thinking BOY!? What do you think?
How exciting for all of you! I have to see her shape first but since I'm guessing boy with Jena, I'll go with boy for Amie!
Excellent choice! 1st we had our girls – maybe now we'll have our boys!


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Archive for the tag "Pre-Ticked Ballots"
Opinion: Museveni apparently see the voters as meaningless…
"This one is a mistake where the voters are also involved. You are given some little personal money and then you vote for the one who gave you that little money. Then you forget that the task of the MP is to "okusakila" (to get services and development for your area); to struggle for the roads, the water, schools, wealth creation (OWC), to bring those government programmes to you" (…) "That is why you elect an MP. And the one who can do it better is the one you should elect. Now if you abandon that and instead vote for the one who gave you Shs500 or Shs1, 000, that means you are like Esau in the Bible who sold his birthright to Jacob" (…) "They place voters where they should not be. They ballot stuff. Sometimes they even alter results after they have been announced. All that is aimed at rendering the voters meaningless because if I can be elected by cheating, then I do not have to "okweguya" the voters. I don't have to go back and provide services to them or go back and make sure what is supposed to be done is done because I will be elected anyway by cheating. So why should "okweguya" [to feel indebted or obliged or fear my electorate]. The cheating interferes with "okweguya" – Yoweri Kaguta Museveni in a statement today (Daily Monitor – 'Leaders elected through cheating don't feel indebted to voters, says Museveni' 19.12.2019).
There are some things you cannot make up. That someone whose been ruling since 1986, who is known for voter tourism, big-spending and rigging elections like President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni was saying these sort things. If there was anyone throwing stones in a glass-house, Museveni would be the first culprit of doing so.
The hypocrisy and the mind of Yoweri is really outrages. This is a bit funny, but also sad. Because, what Museveni says is true. It is true, that he doesn't need the voters and neither are there any values in their ballots. That's because his the chief cheater and the ones who has a full machinery to secure himself. This being the Supreme Court, the Constitutional Court and Parliament are all in order, and finally the Electoral Commission is working for him too.
President Museveni have rigged elections since 1996 and continued to do so. He has used the funds of the State House and of the state to pay the electorate and local leaders. There been gifts of food, soap, t-shirts and direct bribes to participate in rallies. That is common knowledge. That is why its rich of him of lecturing people on the subject. Like people don't know. Do he think people are so blind and foolish, that they believe this man.
However, he reveal one thing, that his actions are giving him incentive to operate with taxation without representation. That is because he do cheat and he do pay the electorate. That is why he doesn't need to deliver service, since the public are selling their birthright to him. I am saying that, because he said it himself.
If he was a man who was clean and who hadn't used these tactics, it would have made sense. However, he has used all the outlets to do this. That's why its really very very special of him to say it.
We can see by his statement, that he thinks the voters are useless, meaningless and pointless. Since he can bribe them and cheat them. He don't need to fear them or respect them. The President pays them a few shillings and then he expects they are giving him the vote. That is what Museveni said and it says it all.
The public should be aware of this thought, as he disregard them and doesn't value them. If he did, he wouldn't cheat and bribe them. Since, he does it on the regular at any election and at every by-election. Peace.
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CCEDU: Suspension of Accreditation for Election Related Activities (09.07.2018)
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Opinion: A Pointless Exercise called the Local Councilor Elections!
Why? Simple reason, the National Resistance Movement (NRM) and their prepared victory of most councils. They are not even given the opposition the chance to field candidates in every village. Not strange as the ruling regime is banning political rallies and without connection to the Election Road Maps, the Police will track them down and arrest them. The level playing-field is non existing. Therefore, I am not looking forward to the 10th July 2018.
It is the first time since 2001, that the Local Councilor Elections are appearing, but it is mere facade of local elections. Where the big-men passing through villages in SUVs and the state will later deliver bicycles. Also, where the NRM are doling out 900 million shillings to the candidates, as they are preparing to rig and pay the villagers for their votes. Some reports that the NRM are spending 11.8 Billion Shillings on this election. While the number of 900m has come up, some more reasonable number is the 100k shillings for each flag-bearer. That is more,mere shillings for the opportunity to have the local cronies on their side. So that there will be no shock, that the NRM are the winner and no one else can topple them. That is because no else has the opportunity or the time to field candidates.
Just to top this off, just as the madness is like this, there are 3,800 villages without elections for some reason. Maybe the Electoral Commission couldn't calculate them. Maybe the NRM couldn't handpick the candidates there. Who knows why, but that says something about the importance of this election. When your nearly losing 4,000 villages. You know it is kind of pointless exercise.
There are reasons for why it isn't hold for 17 years, it has always been economy, even as the NRM has gone broke for any Presidential and Parliamentary Elections since the start of the millennium.
If this was real sincere from the regime, they would have opened it more up and not just suddenly said: "there are elections". It is just last week: "10th July 2018" become a public holiday, so that people can go to vote and not work. However, if they are even interested as there are so many uncontested constituencies.
These Local Councilor Elections are already managed, people doesn't really need to care. Why should they? Not like the NRM really wanted this to happen or have been concerned about this. This is really not important at this stage, when it has taken 17 years to happen. Not like the Movement System matters or even the modernization of that.
That is why I haven't addressed this before, they are pointless and the NRM has proven that themselves. It is a play for facade, a mere mirage in the desert. There are nothing else, the NRM knows that, the people knows that.
When 10th July hits the clock, sleep longer, drink a cup of tea and take it easy. No need to go to vote. There are no need, the NRM are winning anyway. Stay home, even just visit friends and relatives.
This is pointless exercise. Take it easy and forget about it. When the residents around ask you, why your not going to the polling station, just answer: "the NRM doesn't really care about this, why should I? Why should you? The NRM are winning anyway. Let's take another cup of tea and enjoy the day".
Uganda: The Electoral Commission Press Release – "Suspension of Electoral Programme for Administrative Units (LC 1 & II) and Woman Councils and Commitees Elections, 2017" (13.11.2017)
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Uganda: Electoral Commission Statement – "Programme for Conduct of Administrative Unite (Village and Parish Level) and Woman Councils and Committees (Village to National Level) Elections, 2017" (24.08.2017)
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Uganda: Electoral Commission Statement – "Programme for the Conduct of Administrative Units (Village and Parish) Elections 2017" (24.08.2017)
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Uganda: Electoral Commission Statement on Parliamentary and Local Government Councils Elections and By-Elections 2017 (02.08.2017)
Opinion: EU Envoy Schmidt are an speaking like an NRM apologist similar to Ofwono Opondo over Besigye's 2016 Election defiance!
I feel sorry for European Union Envoy Kristian Schmidt who are now sounding like a National Resistance Movement (NRM) apologist, instead of an independent spirit and understanding of the short-falls of the NRM Regime. He seems to been misunderstanding what happen during the General Election 2016. Surely, he wants the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) and Dr. Kizza Besigye, to say it just water under bridge and let it go. Since the Supreme Court followed the orders of the 31 Years and counting President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. First introduce some of the beautiful words of Ofwono Opondo, before the Kristian Schmidt's foolish interview with Daily Monitor, before enlightening fellow European of his ignorance or forgetting the blatant impunity towards Besigye and FDC in and around the General Election 2016. Since he has forgotten while drinking Nile Brew in the Embassy and going on Safaries with his dignitaries. Surely, Schmidt must feel good about himself!
""In this election, Besigye gained 1.5 million votes compared to two million votes he got in 2011 while Museveni's gain was a paltry 500,000. To the NRM strategists, this is the most shocking, indeed worrying trend, and having located the cause as being our messaging, strategy, campaign style, internal laxity, occasioned fraud and widespread bickering. We shall not blame anybody else except ourselves. Actually, to be frank, we were almost swept away by our collective failure to robustly respond to the Opposition demagoguery on issues of youth unemployment, despair among the urban population, poor and yet expensive public service delivery and bad public relations, especially to distribution of soft campaign cash that often got stolen along the way among other issues. This, to the Besigye camp, should give hope that with better strategic organisation, not only falsehoods, they can in the future topple NRM through the ballot instead of being bad losers" (…) ""The claims of rigging, especially at the last minute through alleged intimidation of candidates' agents, ballot stuffing, falsification or alteration of results on tally and declaration sheets and at announcements are perturbing and incredibly unbelievable. These could pass as truth if the peddlers could at least adduce some verifiable evidence from eyewitnesses and documents in their possession that differ from those of the EC, which ought to be available from the multiple sources, including the media that observed these elections" (Opondo, 2016).
So when a NRM spokesperson and Uganda Media Centre director had to come in defense of his master. In the aftermath and with the current illegitimate government. Who has no problems in misusing the government funds and had no problem rigging the election in their favor. As the FDC had massive scores of leaders behind bars, had people with Declarations Forms from Polling Stations at Gun-Point, had their Headquarter barricaded and sealed off, Besigye was under house-arrest and the story goes on. Not an adventure, but a true theft a nation. Still Schmidt says this to the FDC and former Presidential Candidate:
"He added: "That is of course an issue that is dividing but I think it would have been good to come together and discuss. It has not happened and election reforms seem to be not going forward." (…) "The law of Uganda is what it is: the conditions of petitions are what they are, and for a petition to be successful you have to do a lot of homework. Under your Constitution I believe you have little time, 10 days. I know one of the recommendations of the Supreme Court is to extend that time which I believe makes sense." (…) " He said "I think if Dr Besigye was convinced before elections that he would not be happy with the outcomes and the process, he should have been the one to petition. He should have prepared for that but he decided before that he was not going to and under the rule of law." (Musisi, 2017).
EU Envoy to Uganda Kristian Schmidt, I know you visited him while on undetermined house-arrest. Since the Police Force had been stationed in Kasangati, Wakiso for so long days before the election and until May 2016. When he was able to escape and have his own swearing-in ceremony, before air-lifted to Moroto, where the state charged him with Treason charges. Which he still carries today, he is an arch-criminal and seen as an enemy of the state. Than after all of this, you talk about rule of law, justice and courts. Like Dr. Kizza Besigye haven't had his time in court, haven't been detained on more occasions than ordinary thief, even more than average murderers in the Republic.
So, the FDC was unable to counter with a petition, Amama Mbabazi was the only one able to fill in a form or petition. Because FDC has done so after General Election 2011. So it is like the EU Envoy for Uganda Schmidt is not in concern anymore of all the breaches that happen to Besigye. Like the whole House-Arrest period, the whole part of the general assault on the rule of law considering the elections and polls. The self sufficient pre-ticket ballots and Badru Kiggundu's own special math-class. The statistics and the vicious attempt of forging the whole election in favor of President Museveni.
It like he wants the one on Treason Charges since May 2016, since the coup d'etat in February 20th 2016, when the Electoral Commission announced the result. That as the whole NRM and state organization was behind the whole ordeal. Even the European Election Observation Mission and the Commonwealth Election Observation Mission was explaining the massive flaws of the General Election. Still, the EU Envoy want Besigye just to let it go.
Let's take his first reasoning, since it is shows his true passion, the Danish dignitary: "Now if this was in any other democracy, like in some European countries, it would be unacceptable that the Opposition party does not then recognise the winner of the elections" (Musisi, 2017). If this was an election in Europe, all of these ploys of the NRM wouldn't have happen. Not normally, that the army is used to intimidate, that local leaders are paid-off with new cars, that ballot are pre-ticket ballots and all powers to be to silence the FDC. Together with the obvious rigging and mismatch of acts in favor of Museveni. If this would not have happen in a European elections and EU Envoy to Uganda knows this. That why it is remarkable that he says about Besigye.
Besigye knows better and the Ugandan people knows so. They are not fools, even if Schmidt is sounding like Ofwono Opondo and has taken lectures from Andrew Mwenda. He surely has hanged in the same bars in Kampala as these two. To sound so blatant ignorant and so forgetful. Peace.
Opondo, Ofwono – 'The media shouldn't parrot Opposition false claims' (28.03.2016) link: http://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/Commentary/Media-parrot-Opposition-false-claims/-/689364/3135890/-/2m2g7v/-/index.html
Musisi, Fredric – 'Besigye refusal to recognise government not helpful – EU envoy' (09.07.2017) link: http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Besigye-refusal-recognise-government-not-helpful-EU-envoy/688334-4006606-er8gyr/index.html
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NRM Regime sends the message when they cannot afford elections in the new districts: That they are not important!
There are clear reports that the Electoral Commission doesn't have the funds for elections in the new districts, which is: "The districts that came into effect on July 1 are Bunyangabu carved out of Kabarole, Namisindwa carved out of Manafwa, Pakwach from Nebbi, Butebo from Pallisa, Rukiga from Kabale and Kyotera from Rakai" (Mwesigwa, 2017). So from these newly created districts does have new Members of Parliament, but does not have local leadership.
This proves the real value of the newly created districts, as the National Resistance Movement pays it no mind and only create it out of political will. Not creating districts for better governance or service delivery. The NRM and the President have been gerrymandering and paying off his people with making new districts. Why I say the NRM and the government doesn't prioritize real local leadership, since the Electoral Commission had on the 27th June 2017 in a Press Release said this:
"The Electoral Commission has appointed Monday 3rd July 2017, as the date for election of Interim District Chairperson in each of the newly created districts of Bunyangabu, Butebo, Kyotera, Namisindwa, Pakwach and Rukiga" (Electoral Commisson, 27.06.2017). Still, that date has been postponed because of lacking funds. Therefore, the interim leadership in the new districts get to stay in power without polls.
It was apparently very easy to create districts and than find suitable people to run them. And done so without any scrutiny, since it is done times ahead before the General Election in 2016. This was done with several districts and made into new government organization. Something the NRM regime has done through the decades.
It is more evident now that the NRM doesn't consider the chairpersons in the new districts. That the LCV chairmen got elected in in 112 districts. But with the new districts its become 118 districts. Since in the 9th Parliament by August 2015, this was totally 23 new districts, not only the ones active from 1st July 2017. Which now the state cannot afford to have local leadership election. Like the report in August 2015: "Last week, Local Government Minister Adolf Mwesige, presented an amended motion seeking to create 23 new districts spread across four financial years. According to the motion, districts to be created effective July 1, 2016 include Kagadi, Kakumiro, Omoro and Rubanda. Those to come into effect by July 1, 2017 include Namisindwa, Pakwach, Butebo, Rukiga, Kyotera and Bunyangabu. On the other hand Nabilatuk, Bugweri, Kasanda, Kwania, Kapelebyong and Kikuube districts will become effective July 1, 2018 while Obongi, Kazo, Rwampara, Kitagwenda, Madi Okollo, Kalenga and Kalaki come into effect from July 1, 2019" (The Observer, 2015). Because the State has been able to hold elections in the ones that came into affect in July 1st 2016. These we're by-election that has gone in favor of the NRM. These being in Kagadi, Kakumiro, Omoro and Rubanda. So it is now the 6 districts who the state cannot afford to have elections for. Which means that the Republic cannot afford having local government officials.
So the state has carved out new districts, but cannot afford them. It is special that during the next two years there will be 13 more districts. There is already launched 10 districts and only 4 districts has elected leadership through ballots. These are Kagadi, Kakumiro, Omoro and Rubanda. The rest are without leadership. The 13 districts that is coming, you can wonder if the state can afford them as well? Even if it will be another fiscal year, but there still need extended efforts because the state has established and created districts, that needs offices and councils. These all needs provisions and budgetary discipline to make it happen.
Clearly, the service delivery and the need for the new districts isn't there, it is all political motivated to pay off loyal NRM cronies and give them titles. That they can hire Resident District Commanders and others who will work directly for the President and the State House. The Electoral Commission has just to issue an election and get the secret ballots. That is the easy thing, but to build the new district and the government organization. The NRM knows this, but the initial factor is if they cannot hold elections there, can they pay for the structure?
It doesn't seem likely that the districts are made for the best of the community or the government services. More for cronies loyal to the President. Peace.
Mwesigwa, Alon – 'Crisis: No money to run new districts, conduct elections' (07.07.2017) link: http://observer.ug/news/headlines/53724-crisis-no-money-to-run-new-districts-conduct-elections.html
The Observer – 'Uganda: Museveni Directs Parliament to Convene Over New Districts' (25.08.2015) link: http://allafrica.com/stories/201508260319.html
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Opinion: Flabbergasting to know that funds used from Ministry of Works was used to print NRM Manifestos in 2016!
"Ministry of Works officials reveal to PAC that UGX47m budgeted for the roads fund was used to print NRM manifesto last year" (NBS TV Uganda, 01.03.2017).
The Yellow Movement have no nerve; they have Presidential Handshakes, buying jet-planes for the President, but not money for maintenance. They want to buy helicopters to the Speakers of the Parliament this year. But last year they impressed as well!
Hon. Monica Azuba Ntege, the Minister of the Ministry must feel stupid, as she knows perfectly well that the funds should go to transport or to roads, even gone to the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) development, even to build ports like Bukasa Port on the Lake Victoria.
That this proves something that we all have feared all along, is that the National Resistance Movement are eating of the plate of the public funds when they need. This is if the NRM needs money for gasoline or hiring buses during the campaigns they just take the unallocated salaries for teachers to that. If President Museveni needs more funds to pay musicians for campaigning for him, than going to the function where the allocated taxpayers monies we're supposed to go.
This shows the lack of transparency and respect of the government funds when the ruling regime and ruling party uses state funds to inner-party campaigning. That NRM and their party organization used Ministry of Works funds to print NRM Manifestos for the General Election of 2016, show lack of governance and allocation procedures. We can question the oversight of the allocation of state funds that is diverted to party work.
The NRM regime is now openly telling to the world that they are misusing the funds and doing in broad daylight, during the plenary sessions on the audit of funds from former financial year of 2015/2016. The world would not be surprised if the NRM used more funds from other ministries to campaign in the recent campaign. Especially knowing that NRM and President Museveni doesn't seem to have any care with the scrutiny or good-governance. Good governance is apparently a giant issue that will continue be hurt one for regime, because they don't have the ability or wish to change. Since President Museveni are only focused on his own riches and own wealth, as he is not a civil servant, but his own master who controls the Republic. Peace.
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