G Kevin Nastiuk (Medicine Hat, 2001-05) has signed a contract for the rest of this season with the Melbourne Mustangs (Australia, AIHL). Last season, with the Stony Plain Eagles (Allen Cup West), he was 6.00 and .860 in one game. . . .
F Zach Pochiro (Prince George, 2012-15) has signed a one-year contract with the Esbjerg Energy (Denmark, Metal Ligaen). Last season, with the Allen Americans (ECHL), he had 34 goals and 24 assists in 63 games. He led the team in goals and was second in points. He was third in the league in goals. . . .
D Spencer Humphries (Tri-City, Calgary, 2008-13) has signed a one-year contract with the Kassel Huskies (Germany, DEL2). Last season, as an alternate captain with the Aalborg Pirates (Denmark, Metal Ligaen), he had nine goals and 11 assists in 36 games. . . .
F Jesse Gabrielle (Brandon, Regina, Prince George, Regina, 2012-18) has signed a one-year contract with Nitra (Slovakia, Extraliga). Last season, he had five goals and 10 assists in 25 games with the Atlanta Gladiators (ECHL), and four goals and two assists in 11 games with the Wichita Thunder (ECHL). . . . Gabrielle is currently playing for CBR Brave Canberra (Australia, AIHL). In six games, he has a league-leading 16 goals and eight assists. . . .
F Petr Stoklasa (Tri-City, 2007-09) has signed a one-year contract extension with Courchevel-Méribel-Pralognan (France, Division 1). Last season, in Division 2, he had six goals and seven assists in nine games. He tied for the league lead in playoff goals and was second in points, with nine goals and six assists in eight games.
The Vancouver Giants are poised to announce the signing of F Cole Shepard, a source 
familiar with the situation has told Taking Note. . . . Shepard, 17, was a second-round pick by Vancouver in the WHL’s 2017 bantam draft. . . . Last season, he had seven goals and 17 assists in 53 games with the BCHL’s Penticton Vees. . . . Prior to that, he played at the Delta Hockey Academy. . . . Shepard made a verbal commitment to Harvard U on April 17, 2018, to start with the 2021-22 season. . . . Signing with the Giants will give him the opportunity to play with his brother Jackson, 19, who was acquired from the Lethbridge Hurricanes on May 25.
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Dave Chyzowski is leaving the Kamloops Blazers — he had been the director of sales and 
marketing — to join the staff at the Delta Hockey Academy in Delta, B.C. . . . Chyzowski will be the head coach of Delta’s female prep team and also will work as the director of sales. . . . Chyzowski had been with the Blazers since December 2006. He joined the Blazers after his 18-year professional playing career came to an end. . . . A former Kamloops player, two of his sons played in the WHL, Nick with the Blazers and Ryan with the Medicine Hat Tigers.
Meanwhile, the Blazers signed two 2019 bantam draft picks — G Dylan Ernst and F Tye Spencer — to WHL contracts. . . . Ernst, from Weyburn, Sask., was a second-round selection; at 28th overall, he was the first goaltender to be drafted. Last season, he was 2.99, .918 with the bantam AA Weyburn Red Wings. He is likely to spend 2019-20 with the midget AAA Moose Jaw Warriors. . . . Spencer, from Saskatoon, was selected in the third round. He had 92 points, including 59 goals, in 31 games with the bantam AA Saskatoon Maniacs.
The Regina Pats have signed G Matthew Kieper to a WHL contract. From Winnipeg, Kieper was picked in the third round. Last season, he was 2.06, .931 in 17 games with the bantam AAA Winnipeg Sharks.
It seems there have been some interesting developments in the junior B Kootenay International Junior Hockey League. Check out the link on the tweet for more details.
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