The Western Canada Professional Hockey Scouts Foundation will be inducting 45 past and present-day scouts into its Wall of Honour at its inaugural dinner at the Centennial Arena in Okotoks, Alta., on July 30. Meet three three of the inductees . . .
LORNE DAVIS
(July 20, 1930 — Dec. 20, 2007)
From Regina, he is mostly recognized for 29 seasons on the Edmonton Oilers’ scouting staff. Started with 10 seasons with the St. Louis Blues, beginning in 1966. Also worked with the WHA’s Houston Aeros and the NHL’s New York Rangers. . . . Joined the Oilers for 1979-80 and stayed until his death. Was on their staff for five Stanley Cup titles — 1984-85-87-88-90. . . . Had 15-season pro career as a player, winning a Stanley Cup with the 1952-53 Montreal Canadiens. Also played with the Chicago Black Hawks, Detroit Red Wings and Boston Bruins. . . . Won bronze medal playing with Canada at the 1966 World championship and was one of Canada’s co-coaches at the 1980 Olympic Winter Games. . . . Inducted into Regina Sports Hall of Fame in 2003.
CHARLIE HODGE
(July 28, 1933 — April 16, 2016)
A native of Lachine, Que., he was an NHL goaltender for 17 seasons, split between the Montreal Canadiens, Vancouver Canucks and Oakland Seals. . . . Won the Stanley Cup eight times — six with Montreal and two as a scout with the Pittsburgh Penguins. . . . Went into real estate once playing career concluded. That ended after 10 years when Winnipeg general manager John Ferguson hired him to scout Western Canada for the Jets, a stint that lasted six seasons. . . . Later spent 16 years with the Penguins and five with the Tampa Bay Lightning. . . . A seat in Pacific Coliseum, former home of the Canucks and the WHL’s Vancouver Giants, carries this plaque: “Reserved for Charlie Hodge, Canucks Alumni and NHL scout.” . . . In his younger days, he was a world-class canoe racer.
BARRY TRAPP
(Aug. 14, 1941 —)
Born in Balcarres, Sask., he is known throughout the hockey community as Trapper. . . . After spending 10 seasons with NHL Central Scouting, five as chief scout, he left in 1996 to take over as Hockey Canada’s director of scouting. That relationship lasted six seasons. Won one gold medal, two silver and two bronze with Canada’s national junior team and six straight titles with Canada’s U18 summer team. . . . Left Hockey Canada to take over as director of amateur scouting with the Toronto Maple Leafs and spent four seasons there. . . . Also was with the Phoenix Coyotes for one season. . . . Finished up scouting for the WHL’s Regina Pats, a team with which he had a long association. . . . Retired in 2023 after more than 60 years in hockey.
goal deficits en route to a 4-3 OT victory over the Kamloops Blazers. . . . D Jeremy Hanzel (2) won it at 6:21 of the extra period when his point shot got through Kamloops G Dylan Ernst. . . . The Thunderbirds had opened the conference final with a 5-1 victory on Saturday. . . . They are scheduled to play Games 3 and 4 in Kamloops on Tuesday and Thursday nights. . . . The Blazers opened a 2-0 lead with goals 1:39 apart. F Caedan Bankier (7) got them started with 39.2 seconds left in the first period. . . . D Olen Zellweger (9) made it 2-0, on a PP, at 0:59 of the second period. . . . F Lucas Ciona (5) got Seattle’s first goal, on a PP, at 7:33, but F Matthew Seminoff (5) got that one back, on another PP, at 12:53. . . . F Colton Dach (3) got the Thunderbirds back to within a goal at 15:55. . . . F Brad Lambert (3) pulled Seattle even at 2:04 of the third period. . . . On the winning goal, Lambert won a 2-on-2 battle in the corner to the right of Ernst, and fed the puck to D Sawyer Mynio, who sent it across to Hanzel at the other point. His shot beat Ernst for the winner. . . . Kamloops was 2-for-6 on the PP, but came up dry on an opportunity late in the third period. . . . Seattle was 1-for-5. . . . G Thomas Milic stopped 39 shots for Seattle, four more than Ernst. . . . F Logan Stankoven was in on all three Kamloops goals, his three assists giving him a total of 25 points in these playoffs. He leads the points derby with two more than Zellweger. . . . Since being acquired from the Everett Silvertips at the trade deadline, Zellweger has put up 76 points, including 31 goals, in 42 games with Kamloops. . . . Lambert, with 16 assists, is tied for the WHL lead with D Ben Zloty of the Winnipeg Ice. . . . The Blazers scratched D Logan Bairos, who suffered an undisclosed injury on Saturday night, and brought in D Ryan Michael, who last played on March 22.
a Zoom call for invited media members. Interestingly, the English-speaking Montreal Gazette was among those outlets not invited to participate.
least it did in the KHL where Admiral Vladivostok scored a 4-3 shootout victory over Dinamo Minsk in an exhibition game. . . . It was return to the KHL for the winners, who sat out last season after, as Andy Potts wrote at en.khl,ru, “local authorities diverted funds away from the sport to help fight the pandemic.” . . . D Sergei Sapego, who played two seasons in the WHL, made his debut with Dinamo Minsk. Sapego started his WHL stint with three games with the Tri-City Americans to start the 2017-18 season. He finished that season by playing 41 games with the Prince Albert Raiders, whom he helped to a WHL title in the spring of 2019.
contract. The Royals selected his rights in the CHL’s 2021 import draft. . . . Wraneschitz, 19, played for the Vienna Capitals in the ICE Hockey League in 2020-21. In the pro league, he was 5-7-0, 3.18, .886 in 12 games. He also played for Austria at the IIHF World Junior Championship in Edmonton, going 0-3-0, 7.45, .892 in three appearances. . . . The Royals had one import — Swiss F Keanu Derungs — on the roster that finished the 2021 development season. . . . They also have one goaltender who is eligible to return remaining on that roster — Connor Martin, who will turn 19 on Dec. 17.
TAKING NOTE 