Transplant Manitoba – TAKING NOTE

Lambert, Guenther spark Seattle victory . . . Series heads for Washington state . . . QMJHL, OHL finals all even, too

Every year on this date, Joanne Boogaard publishes an obituary for Derek in the Regina paper. It’s really a letter to her son, updated with news and personal touches. 💔 pic.twitter.com/zuMTNluYAr

— John Branch (@JohnBranchNYT) May 13, 2023

Thinking of Joanne Boogaard and other mothers in her situation on days like this. Be safe!

WHL PLAYOFF NOTES:

Darren Steinke, the travellin’ blogger from Saskatoon, made the trek to Winnipeg for the first two games of the WHL’s championship final between the Seattle Thunderbirds and Winnipeg Ice. Here’s his Game 1 report. . . .

Blog repost: #Ice hold off #Seattle #Thunderbirds in Game 1 of #WHL final – Latimer ultimately gets winner for #Winnipeg. #WHLChampionship. #WHLPlayoffs. #CHL. https://t.co/9OWjA2h19w pic.twitter.com/l3aTaaaV11

— Darren Steinke (@StanksSports) May 13, 2023

On Saturday night, the three visiting teams each won and now all three CHL championship finals are even at 1-1. . . . In Winnipeg, the Seattle Thunderbirds beat the Ice, 4-2. The series will resume in Kent, Wash., on Tuesday night. . . . In the QMJHL, the Halifax Mooseheads beat the host Quebec Remparts, 6-3 in front of a second straight sellout crowd. They will get back at it in Halifax on Tuesday night. . . . In the OHL, the Peterborough Petes beat the Knights, 5-3, in London. That series is all even as they head for Peterborough and a Monday night game. . . .

Remember that TSN has said it will televise Games 3-7 in each of the championship series, so check your TV listings.

SATURDAY IN THE WHL PLAYOFFS:

CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL

Dylan Guenther, who was injured in Game 3 of last year's Final, records three assists to match most in a T-Birds outfit.

Reid Schaefer pulls back to a point per game pace in this year's playoffs after a goal and an assist. Scores 8 seconds after Brad Lambert initially ties. https://t.co/34ubRNY9LX

— Geoffrey Brandow (@GeoffreyBrandow) May 14, 2023

Seattle (2) at Winnipeg (1) — F Brad Lambert, who began this season with the Seattle AHL’s Manitoba Moose, scored twice to lead the Seattle Thunderbirds to a 4-2 victory over the Winnipeg Ice in Game 2. . . . The series is tied, 1-1, with the teams heading to Kent, Wash., for games on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. . . . The Ice won the opener, 3-2, on Friday night. . . . Lambert, a 19-year-old native of Lahti, Finland, was a first-round selection by the Winnipeg Jets in the NHL’s 2022 draft. He began this season with the Moose, then left to play for Finland at the 2023 World Junior Championship. After the tournament, the Jets assigned him to Seattle, which had acquired his rights from the Saskatoon Blades. . . . Lambert put up 17 goals and 21 assists in 26 regular-season games with Seattle. In the playoffs, he has 23 points, including 18 assists, in 14 games. . . . F Zach Benson, who turned 18 on Friday, gave the Ice a 1-0 lead at 4:11 of the first period. . . . D Jeremy Hanzel (3) got Seattle even at 1:24 of the second period. . . . The remainder of the scoring occurred in the third period. . . . Lambert (4) gave Seattle the lead at 5:02 and F Reid Schaefer (8) made it 3-1 just eight seconds later. Schaefer has goals in five straight games. . . . Benson (6) got his guys back to within a goal at 8:27, but Lambert (5) added insurance at 17:14. . . . Seattle got three assists from F Dylan Guenther, who now has 25 points, including 11 assists, in 16 playoff games. . . . Seattle was 0-for-3 on the PP; Winnipeg was 0-for-5. . . . Seattle held a 39-31 edge in shots, although Winnipeg led 14-8 in the third period when the Thunderbirds scored three times. . . . G Thomas Milic stopped 29 shots for Seattle, six fewer than Winnipeg’s Daniel Hauser. . . . Seattle remains without F Jordan Gustafson, while Winnipeg is without D Wyatt Wilson. . . . The announced attendance in the Canada Life Centre, home of the Jets, was 5,691. . . . Kelly Moore of Winnipeg radio station CJOB has a game story with some quotes right here.

The player of the game for Game 2 of the #WHLChampionship Series is #Seattle #Thunderbirds star RW Dylan Guenther. Guenther had three assists and was a plus-three in the plus-minus department in the Thunderbirds 4-2 victory over the #Winnipeg #Ice. #WHLPlayoffs. #WHL. #CHL. pic.twitter.com/PLQPrPOSXb

— Darren Steinke (@StanksSports) May 14, 2023

We went shopping yesterday! So the wife said bring a mask just in case! Sooooo I did! 😀 pic.twitter.com/yGbJkbQCr7

— sebastien chabauty (@01HockeyMan01) May 13, 2023

JUNIOR JOTTINGS:

Zachary L'Heureux and Josh Lawrence both lock up a goal and 2 assists in the victory. L'Heureux, in last game as a 19-year-old, earns 3rd bout of 1G, 2A this postseason. Lawrence takes over playoff scoring lead (28) with first multipoint performance in almost a month. https://t.co/ZdWolR2wp9

— Geoffrey Brandow (@GeoffreyBrandow) May 14, 2023

F Alexandre Doucet scored twice and added two assists to lead the visiting Halifax Mooseheads to a 6-3 victory over the Quebec Remparts before 18,259 fans on Saturday night. . . . The QMJHL’s championship final is tied, 1-1, with the next two games in Halifax on Tuesday and Wednesday nights. Game 5 is to be played in Quebec City on Friday. . . . The Remparts led 2-0 late in the first period, but Doucet scored at 19:49 and Halifax added four straight second-period goals to take control. . . . Doucet’s second goal, his 12th, was into an empty net. . . .

Most Saves in #OHLChampionship Series in Reg. Finish (Internet Era):
51 – Michael Simpson, Peterborough (5/13/23)
48 – Gene Chiarello, London (5/11/99)
47 – Mike Murphy, Belleville (5/12/08)
45 – Mathias Niederberger, Barrie (5/13/13)
45 – Parker Van Buskirk, Belleville (5/4/08) https://t.co/bix0oPNxba

— Geoffrey Brandow (@GeoffreyBrandow) May 14, 2023

In the OHL, the visiting Peterborough Petes beat the London Knights, 5-3, to even the championship series, 1-1. . . . The Knights took a 3-2 lead into the third period, but gave up the game’s last three goals. . . . F Tucker Robertson had two goals and two assists for the Petes, who got 51 stops from G Michael Simpson, who just happens to be from London. . . . The Knights had won their previous nine home playoff games. . . . Announced attendance was 9,046. . . . London had won, 3-0, on Friday night. . . . They’ll play the next two games in Peterborough, on Monday and Wednesday nights, before returning to London for Game 5 on Friday. . . .

In the BCHL, the host Penticton Vees erased a 2-1 second-period deficit en route to beating the Alberni Valley Bulldogs, 4-3, in Game 2 of the championship series. . . . The Vees hold a 2-0 lead in the series as it heads to Alberni Valley and games on Tuesday and Wednesday nights. . . . F Josh Nadeau had a goal and two assists for Penticton. . . . The announced attendance was 3,148.

Woody

Prior to the release of the NFL’s regular-season schedule, Bob Molinaro of the Hampton Roads Virginian-Pilot hit the nail on the head with this:

“Up next: In its ongoing quest to eclipse all other sports news and conversation, the NFL will grab headlines again . . . with the release of its regular-season schedule. As always, media will treat it like the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls.”

Thanks to an old friend and former NHL scout for pushing Dorothy past the $4,000 mark as she fund-raises for the Kidney Foundation. . . . The 2023 Kamloops Kidney Walk is scheduled for June 4, and Dorothy is taking part once again. She will celebrate 10 years as a kidney-transplant recipient in September, so the annual Kidney Walk is a big deal for her. In fact, she is participating for a 10th straight year and is closing in on a personal-best. . . . If you are interested in helping, you are able to do so on her home page, which is right here.

During his kidney donation journey, Doug got to know our nurses. “The real heroes in my book are those people who have dedicated their lives to helping not just me & my son, but every person in need of a transplant of any kind.” #NationalNursingWeek #IKnowANurse pic.twitter.com/m67HiHsDUv

— Transplant Manitoba (@TransplantMB) May 12, 2023

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If you are interested in being a living kidney donor, more information is available here:

Living Kidney Donor Program

St. Paul’s Hospital

6A Providence Building

1081 Burrard Street

Vancouver, BC V6Z 1Y6

Tel: 604-806-9027

Toll free: 1-877-922-9822

Fax: 604-806-9873

Email: donornurse@providencehealth.bc.ca

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Vancouver General Hospital Living Donor Program – Kidney

Gordon and Leslie Diamond Health Care Centre

Level 5, 2775 Laurel Street

Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9

604-875-5182 or 1-855-875-5182

kidneydonornurse@vch.ca

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Or, for more information, visit right here.

Tanning

Kamloops kidney community mourns loss of Bailly, Calibaba to COVID-19 . . .

The kidney community in Kamloops has lost two prominent members, both of whom had transplants in their past, to COVID-19.

Stan Bailly, a long-time musician and much-loved radio personality and DJ, died on Saturday after a four-month battle.

Dale Calibaba, who once biked across Canada wanting to raise awareness of kidney disease and organ donation, died on Nov. 26. He was 53.

Bailly, who was from Kamloops, retired in October 2018, ending a radio career

that began in Williams Lake, B.C., in 1968. He had been back in his hometown at CIFM since 1987.

Bailly also owned Stan Bailly DJ Services in Kamloops and had played a whole lot of weddings in the area.

He had undergone two kidney transplants, both involving live donors. The first one failed, but he underwent a second about a year later and this kidney, from a sister-in-law, worked just fine.

“I am so blessed!,” he wrote on Facebook in April 2020, 19 years after the second transplant. “It gave me an appreciation for family and life. “Sometimes the hardest things can become the best things!”

Earl Seitz, the long-time sports director at CFJC-TV in Kamloops, worked with Bailly for years. Seitz posted on Facebook:

“Stan Bailly was a cherished friend, broadcast colleague for close to 48 years, and most of all just a great person. He will be missed immensely by (his wife) Debbie, family and his many, many friends. Being a small part of the CIFM mornings with Stan and Henry (Small) for many years are among my most cherished memories.”

Seitz is retiring at the end of this month.

Tara Holmes, another long-time radio friend, posted:

“He hated Trump

“He respected Covid

“He loved his wife, kids, and family

“He was grateful for his kidney donation

“He had a hoot DJ’ing weddings and events

“He enjoyed socializing

“He always had a shit-eating grin on his face!

“He loved his co-host Henry Small

“When I saw the disrespectful protest outside of Royal Inland Hospital while this man was fighting for his life I was disgusted. When I hear people say ‘Oh well, if they are compromised they will die anyway’ it infuriates me. Stan had a lot of life left to live.”

On Saturday afternoon, Danielle Bailly, Stan’s daughter, began a Facebook post with . . .

“He’s gone.

“It is with the most profound sadness and intense grief I just need to let you know my dad Stan Bailly passed away peacefully today.

“He was the kindest man and fought so hard. I am so very proud to be his daughter and to have had all this time with him. God, this is so hard. I didn’t know my heart could shatter this much.”

Meanwhile, according to an obituary, Calibaba died on Nov. 26 “in the ICU at Royal Inland Hospital . . . after his month-long fight with COVID-19.”

Calibaba was born with Alport Syndrome, a genetic disorder that necessitated a kidney transplant at the age of 19, a couple of years after his kidneys began to fail.

That first transplant was good for 18 years, but the ‘new’ kidney started having issues in 2005 and it wasn’t long before he was back doing dialysis.

In 2015, despite being in need of another kidney, Calibaba decided that he wanted to bike across Canada — east to west — because he had a desire to shine a spotlight on what people with kidney disease went through.

He started on June 1, 2015, in St. John’s, Nfld., and hoped to finish in Victoria on Sept. 4.

All the while he was doing peritoneal dialysis, meaning that he hooked up to a cycler every night and allowed those treatments to remove the toxins from his system, a job normally handled by healthy kidneys.

However, he developed a catheter-related infection and had to pause the ride in order to allow it to heal. At that point, he had been riding for 85 days and had covered about 6,600 km.

While he was at home in Kamloops, he got THE phone call.

“It was almost surreal because I was on hold on the (transplant) wait list,” Calibaba told Adam Donnelly of CFJC-TV in June 2017 while preparing to resume his cross-country ride. “When I received a phone call to come down to Vancouver, that they had a kidney for me, I wasn’t believing it at first, because I thought when you’re on hold, you won’t get a call.”

He underwent that second transplant, got healthy enough to resume his ride, and away he went, completing the ride in Victoria later that summer.

A complete obituary is right here.

The pandemic delayed a Calgarian's kidney transplant, now her family worries it may be too late https://t.co/5W8Vu8bJrP

— Dennis Kendel (@DennisKendel) December 10, 2021

The story of Calgary’s Jenna Ursu is one that hits awfully close to home and absolutely breaks my heart. Why? Because this could have been my wife, Dorothy. . . . Jenna’s health has gone downhill since she was diagnosed with Stage 5 kidney disease a year ago. She’s 30 now, a married mother of two young children, and needs a kidney. But these days the wait list in Alberta isn’t moving at all quickly for her, even though her sister, Whitney, has been deemed a potential living donor and has gone through all the tests. . . . Jenna’s husband, Kyle, told Jordan Kanygin of CTV News in Calgary: ”My wife’s health has basically gotten to the point where she won’t survive a kidney transplant because of the delay due to COVID. It’s very hard. I feel like the health care system has let my family down and I just have zero faith in it. I feel like we were put to the back burner over and over and over again.” . . . The complete story is right here.

DID YOU KNOW? LODERP is our Living Organ Donor Expense Reimbursement Program where living donors may be reimbursed for expenses related to their donation of a kidney (or portion of liver) including airfare, hotel, meals, parking and loss of income.
Info: https://t.co/0tmJVsiTOI pic.twitter.com/g0SpoZlM4G

— kidneybcy (@KidneyBCY) November 29, 2021

IN THE NEWS! 📰📣 Lethbridge coach posthumously honoured with Logan Boulet Award. What’s been dubbed the “Logan Boulet effect” is a phenomenon that has been felt across the country. But what about the man who inspired Boulet to become an organ donor? https://t.co/j82l1jRvI0

— kidneybcy (@KidneyBCY) December 6, 2021

“How old is too old to be an organ & tissue donor?” is one of the most common questions the https://t.co/1unwfBdvwT team hears. It is the health of the donor, not the age, that is the determining factor. pic.twitter.com/6jWPoAZipY

— Transplant Manitoba (@TransplantMB) December 8, 2021