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Daily Dose of the Dub: Blades and Tigers make trade, Weekly Report and more

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Tigers acquire McNabb from Blades

The Medicine Hat Tigers have acquired forward Cyle McNabb from the Saskatoon Blades for a conditional sixth-round pick in the 2021 WHL Bantam Draft. McNabb is onto his fourth WHL team in his career and has 10 goals and 15 assists in 137 WHL games.

Barlage, Franklin named to CHL Team of the Week

Lethbridge Hurricanes forward Logan Barlage and Kamloops Blazers forward Zane Franklin have been named to the “CHL Team of the Week”. Barlage was named the WHL Player of the Week after posting three goals and six assists in three games while Franklin recorded five goals and two assists in three games.

Chiefs release “OK Boomer” T-Shirts

You may have seen the phrase “OK Boomer” being used more lately by “Millenials” towards the older generation. The Spokane Chiefs are capitalizing on the phrase’s popularity by releasing a t-shirt that features their mascot “Boomer” holding a sign that reads “ok”.

Raiders sending fan bus to Moose Jaw

If you’re a fan of the Prince Albert Raiders looking to head out on a road trip with the team, you’re in luck as the team is organizing a fan bus for December 7th’s match-up against the Moose Jaw Warriors.

MIlestones

  • Red Deer Rebels netminder Chase Coward made his WHL debut.
  • Swift Current Broncos forward Cohner Saleski scored his first WHL goal
  • Swift Current Broncos forward Justin Svenson also scored his first WHL goal.

Former Chiefs head coach being investigated for alleged racist incident 

Former Spokane Chiefs head coach Bill Peters is being investigated for an alleged racist incident that took place while he was the head coach of the AHL’s Rockford IceHogs involving former player Akim Aliu. Two players on that team also corroborated the story. Also, there is an allegation of a physical incident involving Michal Jordan who played for Peters when he coached the Carolina Hurricanes. We should note that none of the players Peters coached with the Chiefs from 1996-2008 have come out with any statements on other potential incidents.

Laxdal coaches 400th game with Texas Stars

Derek Laxdal (238 GP, 131 G, 111 A with the Portland Winterhawks, Brandon Wheat Kings and New Westminster Bruins from 1982-1986) coached in his 400th game with the AHL’s Texas Stars on Tuesday night. Drafted in the eighth round of the NHL Entry Draft by the Toronto Maple Leafs, Laxdal went on to play 13 seasons of professional hockey before retiring in 2001. Laxdal returned to the WHL as head coach of the Edmonton Oil Kings in 2010, a position he held for four seasons before he was scooped up by the Stars.

Bahensky signs in Poland

Zdenek Bahensky (131 GP, 33 G, 53 A with the Saskatoon Blades from 2004-06) has signed with Cracovia Krakow in Poland for the remainder of the season. The former third-round pick of the New York Rangers has already played one game for them and has one assist.

Kristek released by French club

Jaroslav Kristek (115 GP, 64 GP, 73 A with the Tri-City Americans from 1998-2000) has been released by French club Courchevel-Meribel-Pralognan. The former second-round pick of the Buffalo Sabres picked up three goals and five assists in five games.

Three Stars

First Star: Swift Current Broncos’ Brecon Wood scored two goals and potted an assist

Second Star: Swift Current’s Justin Svenson had a goal and an assist

Third Star: Edmonton’s Sebastian Cossa made 21 saves in a shutout

Honourable Mentions

Swift Current’s Isaac Poulter made 54 saves on 58 shots, Red Deer’s Christoffer Sedoff and Dawson Barteaux each had a goal and an assist.

Weekly Report

Calgary Hitmen

  • Carson Focht and Layne Toder have returned from injury

Everett Silvertips

  • Jacob Wright has an upper-body injury and is day-to-day.

Lethbridge Hurricanes

  • Chase Wheatcroft has returned from his illness

Medicine Hat Tigers

  • Trevor Longo is day-to-day with a lower-body injury while Nick McCarry is out 5-10 days with a lower-body injury.

Moose Jaw Warriors

  • Tate Popple is listed as day-to-day with an upper-body injury instead of week-to-week.

Portland Winterhawks

  • Kade Nolan (lower-body), Reece Newkirk (upper-body) and Jaydon Dureau (upper-body) are listed as day-to-day.
  • Robbie Fromm-Delorme has been upgraded to day-to-day from week-to-week with an upper-body injury
  • Seth Jarvis and Simon Knak have returned from injury

Prince George Cougars

  • Joe Kennedy has been removed from the Cougars roster. He was listed on last week’s injury report as day-to-day with a lower-body injury
  • Blake Eastman is out for an undetermined length with an upper-body injury.
  • Ethan Browne has returned from injury.

Red Deer Rebels

  • Ethan Anders is day-to-day with a lower-body injury.

Regina Pats

  • Cole Dubinsky is day-to-day with an upper-body injury.

Seattle Thunderbirds

  • Sam Popowich and Reid Schaefer have returned to the Spruce Grove Saints of the AJHL.
  • Lucas Ciona, Ryan Gottfried and Conner Roulette have returned from injury.

Swift Current Broncos

  • Kasper Puutio is day-to-day with a lower-body injury. Tyler Smithies will be out for 1-2 weeks with an upper-body injury.

Tri-City Americans

  • Nick Bowman (illness), Tom Cadieux (upper-body), and Kyle Olson (lower-body) are all day-to-day.

Victoria Royals

  • Noah Lamb is upgraded to day-to-day with his lower-body injury
  • Carson Miller has returned from injury