A LITTLE OF THIS . . .
Will free beer draw fans to a hockey game?
The Vancouver Giants may find out tonight (Wednesday) when they play host to the Spokane 
Chiefs at the Langley Events Centre.
If you are of legal drinking age, you need to get a wristband prior to entering the facility. In order to get that wristband, you will have to show two pieces of ID.
That will allow you to get one free Trading Post Lager. If you aren’t yet 19 years of age, you will be able to get a free can of pop.
Rob Williams of dailyhive.com has the beer story and more on the Giants right here.
Two more messages on Tuesday means two more sets of twins in the WHL, although they didn’t play together.
Of course, a trade could change that for 18-year-olds Beck and Will Warm. Beck, a goaltender, is in his second season with the Tri-City Americans, while Will, a defenceman, is completing his second season with the Edmonton Oil Kings. They are from Whistler, B.C.
I also have been reminded of the Russell brothers. Now 30, the twins are from Red Deer. Kris played four seasons (2003-07) with the Medicine Hat Tigers and now is in his 11th NHL season. Ryan played with the Kootenay Ice for four seasons (2003-07). He last played in 2015-16 with the Cardiff Devils of the British Elite league and now is an amateur scout with the NHL’s San Jose Sharks.
So put the Becks and the Russells on a list with Connor and Curtis Honey as twins who played in the WHL but not on the same team.
Bob and Ted McAneeley, Rich and Ron Sutter, Darren and Trevor Kruger, and Trevor and Troy Pohl are twins who were teammates in the WHL. Of course, the Kaphorn twins, Kaeden and Keenan, now are with the Kootenay Ice.
And we can’t forget Chad and Cody Huseby, twin brothers who work as WHL linesmen based in Red Deer.
The WHL has yet to grant exceptional status to a 15-year-old player, a move that would allow him to play an entire season. Matthew Savoie may become No. 1 on the WHL’s list.
A rule prohibits WHL teams from using 15-year-olds for more than five games, although 
exceptions are made for players selected in the bantam draft under emergency conditions. Savoie, though, won’t turn 15 until Jan. 1, 2019, so isn’t eligible for the WHL bantam draft until 2019.
From St. Albert, Alta., he has 61 points, including 20 goals, in 19 games with the Northern Alberta X-Treme bantam prep team.
Were his family to apply for and be granted exceptional status, Savoie would become eligible for the 2019 bantam draft and could play a full-time role in 2019-20.
His family also is looking at the NCAA route. In fact, Matthew’s brother Carter, who turned 16 on Tuesday, already has made a verbal commitment to the U of Denver. Carter has 40 points, 13 of them goals, in 24 games with the X-Treme prep team in the CSSHL. He was a ninth-round selection by the Regina Pats in the WHL’s 2017 bantam draft.
Dhiren Mahiban of The Canadian Press has more right here.
A few roster notes (all injuries undisclosed unless otherwise noted): The Edmonton Oil Kings list G Boston Bilous as being out week-to-week with an illness. Here’s hoping the mumps haven’t made a return. . . . The Kelowna Rockets have two goaltenders out — James Porter is week-to-week and Roman Basran is indefinite. That may mean a lengthy stay on the roster for G Cole Tisdale, 15, of the minor midget AAA Lethbridge Hurricanes. . . . The Moose Jaw Warriors are listing D Jett Woo as week-to-week. . . . F Regan Nagy of the Prince Albert Raiders is out indefinitely. He appeared to injure his right knee during Saturday’s 3-2 OT victory in Medicine Hat. . . . The Seattle Thunderbirds show F Tyler Carpendale as having a season-ending injury. A freshman from Powell River, B.C., he had three goals and two assists in 19 games. Carpendale, who will turn 18 on Friday, was a sixth-round pick in the 2015 bantam draft. . . . The Tri-City Americans continue to list four top-end players on their injury list — D Roman Kalinichenko, four weeks; D Juuso Valimaki, one week; F Michael Rasmussen, one week; F Kyle Olson, four-to-six weeks. . . . The Victoria Royals show D Chaz Reddekopp as being out four-to-six weeks.
F Sean Richards of the Everett Silvertips has drawn a two-game suspension for match penalty he was given at 14:59 of the third period of Sunday’s 4-1 victory over the visiting Swift Current Broncos. . . . Richards, who has 18 goals and 21 assists in 46 games, served a one-game suspension for a headshot major earlier in the season. . . . He will miss a home-and-home weekend series with the Seattle Thunderbirds, then be eligible to return for Sunday’s game against visiting Spokane.
TUESDAY:
At Cranbrook, B.C., the Kootenay Ice scored four times in a span of 2:39 in the second period en route to a 7-3 victory over the Lethbridge Hurricanes. . . . The Ice (21-23-3) is 
third in the Central Division, three points behind the Hurricanes (22-21-4). . . . Kootenay is 1-1-0 on a seven- game homestand. . . . The Hurricanes went 2-2-1 on a trip into B.C. They hurried home from Cranbrook because they’re home to the Kelowna Rockets tonight. . . . F Jordy Bellerive (30) gave the visitors a 1-0 lead at 11:14 of the first period. . . . The Ice responded with five straight goals. . . . F Brad Ginnell (7) got it started at 18:05. . . . F Peyton Krebs (10) started the second-period explosion, on a PP, at 0:56. . . . F Kaeden Taphorn (4) made it 3-1 at 1:37. His twin brother, Keenan, upped it to 4-1 with his sixth goal, at 2:28. . . . The home team went up 5-1 when F Brett Davis scored at 3:35. . . . The Hurricanes got the next two goals, from F Keltie Jeri-Leon (4), at 12:44, and F Brad Morrison (17), at 17:35. . . . The Ice put it away with third-period goal from F Colton Veloso (16), on a PP, at 0:26, and Davis (16), shorthanded, at 17:38. . . . Kootenay got three assists from F Colton Kroeker, two from D Martin Bodak, and one each from Veloso, Krebs and Ginnell. . . . Jeri-Leon added two helpers for Lethbridge, with Morrison and Bellerive each getting one. . . . Kootenay was 2-4 on the PP; Lethbridge was 0-2. . . . The Ice got 24 saves from G Duncan McGovern. . . . Lethbridge stared Logan Flodell gave up five goals on 21 shots in 23:35. Reece Klassen finished up, stopping nine of 10 shots in 35:14. . . . The Ice had F Gillian Kohler back in the lineup after he received medical clearance following the second concussion of his season. The Swiss freshman hadn’t played since Jan. 1. . . . D Calen Addison was among Lethbridge’s scratches. He is at the Top Prospects Game in Guelph Ont. . . . The Hurricanes remain without F Dylan Cozens (week-to-week) and F Taylor Ross (day-to-day), both of whom are out with undisclosed injuries. . . . The Ice scratched D Dallas Hines, who is listed as day-to-day on the WHL’s weekly roster report. They also scratched D Loeden Schaufler and D Bobby Russell, who weren’t on the report. . . . Before the game, the Ice announced it has brought back D Nolan Orzeck, 16, and he was in the lineup last night. From Calgary, Orzeck has three goals and 10 assists in 24 games with the midget AAA Calgary Northstars. He was a fourth-round pick in the 2016 WHL bantam draft. Orzeck played one game with the Ice earlier in the season. . . . Announced attendance: 2,054.
At Red Deer, F Mason McCarty scored twice to help the Rebels end a 13-game losing skid 
with a 4-1 victory over the Medicine Hat Tigers. . . . Red Deer (11-25-11) had been 0-7-6 in its previous 13 outings. . . . Medicine Hat (24-19-5) has lost four in a row (0-2-2). It leads the Central Division by five points over Lethbridge. . . . The visitors took a 1-0 lead when F Jaeger White (7) scored at 4:42 of the first period. . . . McCarty, who has 24 goals, got the next two goals, at 13:53 of the first period and 16:23 of the third. . . . F Grayson Pawlenchuk (16) gave the Rebels a 3-1 lead at 17:52, and F Kristian Reichel (16) added the empty-netter at 18:28. . . . Pawlenchuk also had an assist. . . . Each team was 0-1 on the PP. . . . G Ethan Anders stopped 36 shots for Red Deer, eight more than Medicine Hat’s Michael Bullion. . . . The Rebels were without D Alex Alexeyev, who has returned to Russia following the sudden death of his mother on Monday morning. . . . Announced attendance: 3,392.
At Kent, Wash., the Seattle Thunderbirds erased a three-goal deficit and then scored three times in the shootout to beat the Brandon Wheat Kings, 6-5. . . . Seattle (25-16-6) has 
won five in a row. It is third in the U.S. Division, four points behind Portland. . . . Brandon (28-15-5) has lost six in a row (0-3-3). It is third in the East Division, nine points behind Swift Current and eight ahead of Regina. . . . The Wheat Kings went 0-3-2 in the U.S. Division. . . . Brandon’s road trip continues with games in Cranbrook, B.C., against the Kootenay Ice on Friday and Saturday. . . . The Wheat Kings got the game’s first two goals, from F Connor Gutenberg (15), at 6:55 of the first period, and F Ty Lewis, at 10:16. . . . F Donovan Neuls (18) got Seattle on the scoreboard at 15:25. . . . Brandon went ahead 4-1 on second-period goals from F Stelio Mattheos (32), shorthanded, at 3:15, and F Linden McCorrister (14), on a PP, at 8:56. . . . The Thunderbirds closed to within a goal as D Jake Lee (3) scored at 14:48 and F Noah Philp got his 11th at 17:22. . . . Lewis (28) restored Brandon’s two-goal lead at 4:53 of the third period. . . . Seattle tied it on goals from F Dillon Hamaliuk (12), at 12:29, and F Zack Andrusiak (22), at 18:46. . . . Andrusiak also had two assists, giving him two goals and five helpers over his past two games. In a seven-game point streak, he has four goals and nine assists. . . . Philp, F Blake Bargar and Neuls scored for Seattle in the shootout, with only Lewis counting for Brandon. . . . Philp and Lee each had an assist for Seattle. . . . F Evan Weinger and Lewis each picked up two assists for Brandon, with McCorrister and Mattheos adding one apiece. . . . Brandon was 1-4 on the PP; Seattle was 0-4. . . . The Thunderbirds got 24 saves from G Dorrin Luding, while Brandon’s Logan Thompson stopped 35 shots. . . . The Thunderbirds had G Liam Hughes back from injury and backing up Luding, so G Cole Schwebius has been returned to the major midget Okanagan Rockets. . . . The Wheat Kings were without F Luka Burza, who is taking part in the Top Prospects extravaganza in Guelph, Ont. . . . Announced attendance: 4,362.
At Spokane, D Filip Kral, with his mother in the stands, had two goals to lead the Chiefs to a 4-2 victory over the Swift Currrent Broncos. . . . Spokane (25-19-3) has won three in a 
row and will play its next seven games on the road. Spokane and Tri-City are tied for the Western Conference’s two wild-card spots. They also are three points behind third-place Seattle in the U.S. Division. . . . The Chiefs went 6-0-0 against the East Division this season. . . . The Broncos (33-12-4) have lost three straight (0-2-1). They went 2-2-1 in the U.S. Division, and remain second in the overall standings, nine points behind Moose Jaw. . . . F Kailer Yamamoto (6) gave the Chiefs the lead 31 seconds into the game. . . . F Giorgio Estephan (23) tied it, on a PP, at 16:39 of the first period. . . . Kral, who is from Czech Republic, gave Spokane a 2-1 lead at 17:26. . . . The Broncos tied it on D Artyom Minulin’s ninth goal at 4:31 of the second period. . . . F Ethan McIndoe snapped the tie with his 14th goal, at 16:15 of the second period. . . . Kral (5) added insurance at 13:10 of the third. . . . Spokane got two assists from each of F Jaret Anderson-Dolan and D Jeff Faith, with McIndoe and Yamamoto each getting one. . . . Broncos F Aleksi Heponiemi had his 28-game point streak snapped. He put up 19 goals and 50 assists during the streak. . . . Swift Current was 1-5 on the PP; Spokane was 0-2. . . . The Chiefs got 28 saves from G Dawson Weatherill, who hadn’t played since Jan. 6 due to injury. . . . G Stuart Skinner stopped 21 shots for the Broncos. . . . D Ty Smith of the Chiefs was scratched. He’s at the Top Prospects Game in Guelph, Ont. . . . Announced attendance: 3,410.
WEDNESDAY (all times local):
Saskatoon at Regina, 7 p.m.
Medicine Hat at Edmonton, 7 p.m.
Kelowna at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.
Spokane vs. Vancouver, at Langley, B.C., 7 p.m.
TAKING NOTE 