The Arizona Coyotes have told F Dylan Guenther that he’ll be staying in the NHL. Guenther, 19, had two goals and four assists in nine games when he was 
given the news on Saturday. . . . He played his 10th game last night — he was pointless in a 3-2 victory over the host Washington Capitals — meaning the first year of his three-year contract has kicked in. . . . From Edmonton, he was the ninth overall selection in the NHL’s 2021 draft. . . . Last season, he put up 45 goals and 46 assists in 59 games with the WHL’s Edmonton Oil Kings, then added 13 goals and eight assists in 16 games as the team won the Ed Chynoweth Cup. . . . In 137 regular-season WHL games, all with the Oil Kings, he totalled 86 goals and 92 assists. . . . The Coyotes could change their minds later and return him to the Oil Kings, of course, but the first year of his contract will have been used up. Because he is 19 and was drafted out of major junior, he has to play in major junior or the NHL; he can’t be assigned to the AHL. . . . With the Oil Kings early in a rebuilding cycle, chances are that he would have been moved for future assets had he been returned.
SATURDAY IN THE WHL:
The Red Deer Rebels are 15-0-0 after going into Moose Jaw and beating the 
Warriors, 4-2. . . . Moose Jaw led 2-1 after the second period. It was the first time this season that the Rebels trailed going into a third period; the Warriors had been 6-0-0 when leading after two. . . . The 1967-68 Estevan Bruins hold the WHL record for most consecutive wins (22) to open a season. . . . This victory allowed the Rebels to set a franchise record for longest winning streak. The 2001-02 team had a mid-season 14-game streak . . . F Kai Uchacz scored twice for Red Deer. He leads the WHL with 15 goals and has scored at least once in five straight games. . . . The Rebels are 3-0-0 on a nine-game road trip. . . . F Jace Isley also scored twice for the winners. His shorthanded goal at 10:28 of the third period tied the score, 2-2, and his ninth goal of the season, at 13:30, stood up as the winner. . . .
F Jordan Keller scored twice as the Saskatoon Blades counted the game’s last 
three goals and beat the Wheat Kings, 4-1, in Brandon. . . . The Wheat Kings have lost six in a row (0-5-1). . . . Keller scored one goal in eight games last season. This season, he has four goals and three assists in 14 games. . . . The Blades were 2-for-4 on the PP, while penalty killers were 4-for-4 and now have killed off 18 straight penalties over three games. . . .
In Medicine Hat, F Tyson Zimmer scored his second goal of the season and added an assist to help the Lethbridge Hurricanes to a 3-2 victory over the Tigers. . . . The Hurricanes have points in four straight (3-0-1); the Tigers have lost five in a row (0-3-2). . . .
D Olen Zellweger and F Caden Zaplitny each scored twice as the Everett 
Silvertips doubled the Raiders, 4-2, in Prince Albert. . . . Zellweger scored once and Zaplitny twice before the first period was seven minutes old. . . . The Silvertips went 4-2-0 on their East Division trip, finishing up with three straight victories. . . . Zaplitny has three goals and three assists in 16 games. Last season, he finished with three and three in 38 games. . . .
The visiting Swift Current Broncos scored the game’s first three goals and went on to beat the Regina Pats,5-2. . . . F Josh Filmon scored twice for the Broncos, giving him 10. He has 15 points in 10 games. . . . F Connor Bedard drew two PP assists for Regina as he ran his point streak to 15 games. . . . G Gage Alexander stopped 40 shots for the Broncos. . . .
The Portland Winterhawks erased a 1-0 deficit with four straight goals en route 
to a 5-2 victory over the Seattle Thunderbirds in Kent, Wash. . . . One night earlier, the Winterhawks had beaten the Thunderbirds, 5-1 in Portland. . . . The Winterhawks have points in five straight (3-0-2). . . . Portland was 4-for-5 on the PP and also scored a shorthanded goal. . . . Seattle was 0-for-11 with the man advantage. . . . F Gabe Klassen scored twice for Portland — one of them shorthanded — and now has 11 goals. . . . F Luca Cagnoni had two goals for the winners. . . . Seattle was again without F Jared Davidson, its leading scorer, with an undisclosed injury. . . . The Thunderbirds are 1-3-0 since opening the season with nine straight victories. . . .
F Connor Dale scored his first two WHL goals to help the host Winnipeg Ice to a 
5-4 victory over the Tri-City Americans. . . . The Ice has won 10 straight. . . . The Americans went 2-4-0 on their East Division trip. . . . Dale, a 17-year-old from St. Albert, Alta., has six points in 12 games. He was a ninth-round pick in the WHL’s 2020 draft. . . . The Americans got a goal and two assists from F Ethan Ernst. He’s got 22 points, 10 of them goals, in 15 games. . . . Tri-City D Lukas Dragicevic ran his point streak to 10 games with two assists. . . .
G Talyn Boyko stopped 44 shots and F Andrew Cristall scored twice to lead the 
host Kelowna Rockets to a 3-1 victory over the Kamloops Blazers. . . . Cristall broke a 1-1 tie with his 10th goal at 1:28 of the second period and added insurance at 10:32 of the third. . . . F Logan Stankoven scored his 10th goal for Kamloops. He has at least one point in each of the nine games he has played since returning from the camp of the NHL’s Dallas Stars. . . . Kelowna had F Colton Dach, its captain, back in the lineup after he sat out five games with a concussion. . . .
The Prince George Cougars completed a doubleheader sweep in Spokane, 
beating the Chiefs, 5-3. . . . The Cougars had won 7-2 on Friday. . . . Prince George now has won three in a row; the Chiefs have lost seven straight. . . . F Chase Wheatcroft of the Cougars scored twice in each game, giving him 10. . . . F Riley Heidt gave the Cougars a 3-1 lead with a shorthanded penalty shot goal at 19:04 of the second period. . . . Prince George got 40 stops from G Ty Young. . . . The Chiefs are to entertain the Portland Winterhawks this evening with each team playing its third game in fewer than 48 hours. . . . The Cougars (9-7-0) find themselves atop the B.C. Division. although the second-place Kamloops Blazers (7-4-2) have three games in hand. . . .
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JUNIOR JOTTINGS:
The Victoria Royals announced on Saturday that their Nov. 26 game against the visiting Regina Pats and F Connor Bedard is sold out. “This is the most-anticipated regular-season game in Royals franchise history since opening night in 2011,” the Royals tweeted. . . .
The Penticton Vees ran their BCHL season-opening record to 16-0-0 on Saturday night with a 5-1 victory over the visiting Wenatchee Wild. Next on the schedule for the Vees is a visit from the Vernon Vipers on Thursday. . . .
The BCHL’s Cowichan Capitals have added F Anton Yatsyshin, 18, to their roster. He has played in 45 WHL regular-season games — 40 with the Calgary Hitmen last season and five this season with the Prince Albert Raiders. From Kyiv, Ukraine, he had nine points, four of them goals, with Calgary and one goal with the Raiders before being release.
THINKING OUT LOUD — Really, just what was the Boston Bruins’ braintrust thinking? What were the conversations about as they reached a decision to sign that guy? I just hope they aren’t surprised at the backlash. . . . I have had to quit watching intermission shows. The gambling blorf has driven me elsewhere. It all is just so shameful, especially when we see the likes of Wayne Gretzky and Connor McDavid and even Kevin Weekes flogging this stuff. . . . Would you agree that the Houston Astros have MLB’s best pitching staff? . . . It was a tough day for Canada’s national men’s soccer team with Alphonso Davies (hamstring) and keeper Maxime Crépeau (leg) going down with injuries. Canada plays its first game at the World Cup on Nov. 23. Ouch! . . . Sorry, Canucks fans, but I fear your favourites are in for another one of those seasons. I mean, sheesh, leading the stumbling Nashville Predators 3-0 early on home ice and losing 4-3 in a shootout. Bo Horvat’s overskating the puck on Vancouver’s final shootout sums up the season to this point, doesn’t it?
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