Daily Dose of the Dub: Warriors acquire Bilous from Raiders and more

Warriors acquire Bilous 

The Moose Jaw Warriors acquired 18-year-old goaltender Boston Bilous from the Prince Albert Raiders in exchange for a fifth-round pick in this year’s bantam draft and a seventh-round pick in the 2021 bantam draft. He has played 32 games this year in Prince Albert, posting a 2.58 GAA, a 0.889 save percentage with a 15-9-4-1 record. 

Wheat Kings return Hyland to midget 

 

Brett Hyland is headed back to the AAA Midget CAC Canadians of the AMHL after a three-game stint with the Brandon Wheat Kings. 

Geekie to be held out of Youth Olympics

 

Winnipeg ICE prospect Conor Geekie has been diagnosed with mononucleosis which will force him to miss the Youth Olympics in Switzerland. Matthew Savoie is also awaiting medical clearance after being injured on a hit during an ICE game. 

Kolle gets new jersey number

 

Newly-acquired Ty Kolle will wear #90 with the Everett Silvertips which was last worn by his ex-Regina Pats teammate Robbie Holmes. 

Chiefs reveal first look at military appreciation jerseys

 

The Spokane Chiefs gave a tease of their military appreciation jerseys which will be worn on January 18th when the Regina Pats come to town.  

CHL announces team of the Week

Winnipeg’s Connor McClennon, Calgary’s Jett Woo and Brandon’s Jiri Patera have been named to the CHL’s Team of the Week. McClennon also took home the WHL Player of the Week while Patera is the Goaltender of the Week.

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Milestones

  • Medicine Hat’s James Hamblin played in his 300th WHL game and recorded his 150 assist on Tuesday night

TSN, RDS announce new broadcast agreement with Hockey Canada

TSN and RDS have announced a new broadcast agreement with Hockey Canada which will run through 2033-34 and will see all of Hockey Canada’s events broadcast on the networks. For junior hockey fans, the most significant portion of this news is that TSN and RDS will remain the home of the World Junior Hockey Championships. 

Martinook records 100th career point

Jordan Martinook (144 GP, 51 G, 41 A with the Vancouver Giants from 2010-12) scored his 100th NHL point on Tuesday night. Martinook has played 357 games with the Arizona Coyotes and Carolina Hurricanes after the Coyotes drafted him in the second round of the 2012 NHL Entry Draft. 

Jarry named to NHL All-Star Game

Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry (159 GP, 2.37 GAA, .913 save percentage with the Edmonton Oil Kings from 2011-15) has been named to the NHL All-Star Game as an injury replacement. 

Walker signs in Denmark for rest of the season

Jack Walker (318 GP, 101 G, 147 A with the Victoria Royals from 2012-17) has signed with the Odense Bulldogs in Denmark for the rest of this season. He started the year with the ECHL’s Kansas City Mavericks scoring five goals and 11 assists in 25 games.

Helenius released from try-out

Riku Helenius (41 GP, 2.42 GAA, .915 Save Percentage with a 22-12-5 record in the 2007-08 seasons with the Seattle Thunderbirds) has been released by Pelicans Lahti after two games in which he posted a 7.91 GAA and .750 save percentage.

Troubling Moment

Brandon’s Dom Schmiemann was given a five minute major and game misconduct for this hit in the corner on Medicine Hat’s Elijah Brown. Brown had to be helped off and did not return.

Marco Creta was given a one-game suspension for his actions that earned him a game misconduct at the end of Saturday’s game in Prince George.

Three Stars

First Star: Red Deer’s Arshdeep Bains scored two goals and added an assist

Second Star: Portland’s Jaydon Dureau also scored twice and an assist

Third Star: Brandon’s Ridly Greig scored two goals

Honourable Mentions

Red Deer’s Ben King had four assists while Portland’s Seth Jarvis scored once and added three assists.

Weekly Report report:

Brandon Wheat Kings:

Lynden McCallum was added to the injury list with an illness but played on Tuesday night.

Edmonton Oil Kings:

-Defenseman Jacson Alexander, who has been out since November 9th, is now listed as out for just one week with his upper-body injury. Forward Tyler Horstmann is now considered as out week-to-week with his upper body ailment.

Everett Silvertips:

-16-year-old forward Carter Halamandaris has been sent back to the Winnipeg Wild of the MMHL. Tyson Phare, who has been listed as out day-to-day for much of the time since he last played on 11/2/19, is now listed as out week-to-week.

Kamloops Blazers:

-Overage forward Ryan Hughes is out day-to-day with his lower-body injury. 15-year-old d-man Mats Lindgren has been sent back to the BWC Academy Prep of the CSSHL.

Kelowna Rockets:

Sean Comrie (1-3 weeks) and Kyle Topping (2 weeks) inch closer to returning, but Mark Liwiski was added as out day-to-day with an upper-body ailment.

Moose Jaw Warriors:

-Defensemen Lucas Brenton, Denton Mateychuk and forward Josh Hoekstra were all released from the active roster and went back to their previous teams.

Portland Winterhawks:

-16-year-old forward Jack O’Brien is listed as out day-to-day with an illness. He did not play on Tuesday. Both forward Simon Knak and goalie Joel Hofer were given the game off after finishing up playing for their countries at the IIHF U20 World Juniors Championships.

Prince George Cougars:

-Forward Mitch Kohner is out day-to-day with a lower-body injury.

Regina Pats:

-Recalled top pick from the 2019 bantam draft Layton Feist. Defenseman Makai Mitchell is down to being out day-to-day.

Saskatoon Blades:

-Goalie Nolan Maier is listed as out two weeks with a lower-body injury. If he does not return, the Blades will have to recall either Ethan Chadwick or Austin Elliott (both 15 in hockey age) to support Koen MacInnes or go with an emergency backup Wednesday night when they host Red Deer.

Swift Current Broncos:

-Froward Braeden Lewis was recalled from the Southwest Cougars of the MMHL and overager D-Jay Jerome was claimed off waivers from the Lethbridge Hurricanes. Jerome is now one of five 1999-born players on the Bronco roster. Jerome joins forwards Hayden Ostir and Jaxan Kaluski, defenseman Jake Kustra and goalie Reece Klassen. Kustra is still listed as out week-to-week. They will have to get that overage number down to three soon. Also, forward Jordan Borysiuk who has played just one game with the Broncos since he was acquired from Red Deer on 11/7/19, went from day-to-day to out indefinitely. Forward Raphael Pelletier and defenseman Matthew Benson were listed as out day-to-day with upper boy injuries.

Victoria Royals:

-2000-born forwards Phillip Schultz and Carson Miller are out day-day with upper-body ailments and defenseman Nolan Jones is also day-to-day now with his lower-body injury. Jacob Herauf returned to the lineup.

Winnipeg ICE:

-Forward Michael Milne went from week-to-week to day-to-day with his upper-body injury.