F Pavel Brendl (Calgary, 1998-2001) has been released by Wings Arlanda (Sweden, Division 1). He had five goals and three assists in 12 games.
A LITTLE OF THIS . . .
The WHL’s department of discipline was busy on Tuesday.
F Sean Richards of the Everett Silvertips was hit with a four-game suspension after he 
took a checking-from-behind major and game misconduct against the host Seattle Thunderbirds on Friday. He already has sat out three games.
Jesse Gabrielle of the Regina Pats and Barrett Sheen of the Moose Jaw Warriors got two games each for their part in a kerfuffle at the end of a game in Regina on Sunday. . . . Both players have one game remaining.
Two other players drew TBD suspensions.
D Liam Schioler of the Pats took a checking-from-behind major and game misconduct in Prince Albert on Monday after a hit on Raiders F Kody McDonald, who returned to the game.
D Jett Woo of the Warriors left Monday’s game in Brandon with a headshot major and game misconduct for a hit on Wheat Kings F Ty Lewis.
D Austin Chorney, 17, of the BCHL’s Salmon Arm Silverbacks has committed to Ohio State and the Buckeyes. Chorney, from Calgary, split last season between the BCHL’s Chilliwack Chiefs and the Silverbacks. This season, he has six goals and three assists in 46 games. . . . He was a second-round pick by the Moose Jaw Warriors in the WHL’s 2015 bantam draft.
G Ty Taylor, 18, of the BCHL’s Vernon Vipers has committed play next season for the U of New Hampshire Wildcats. This season, Taylor, from Richmond, B.C., is 22-5-3, 1.83, .932, with seven shutouts. . . . Taylor’s WHL rights moved from the Prince George Cougars to the Portland Winterhawks at the Jan. 10 trade deadline.
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IF THE PLAYOFFS OPENED TODAY …
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Saskatoon at Moose Jaw
Brandon at Medicine Hat
Regina at Swift Current
Red Deer at Lethbridge
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WESTERN CONFERENCE
Seattle at Everett
Tri-City at Kelowna
Spokane at Portland
Vancouver at Victoria
TUESDAY:
At Medicine Hat, David Quenneville became the first defenceman in franchise history to get to 200 points as the Tigers beat the Kootenay Ice, 3-1. . . . Medicine Hat (30-24-7) has 
won two in a row. It leads the Central Division by three points over Lethbridge, which has two games in hand. . . . Kootenay (25-34-3) has lost three in a row. It is fourth in the Central Division, two points behind Red Deer, which holds two games in hand. . . . The Tigers and Ice will meet again Friday, this time in Cranbrook, B.C. . . . F Brett Davis (23) gave the Ice a 1-0 lead with a shorthanded goal at 9:59 of the first period. . . . The Tigers tied it when F Tyler Preziuso (13) scored at 14:22 of the second period, then took the lead at 14:10 of the third on F Bryan Lockner’s 12th goal. . . . Quenneville got his 24th goal, and the 200th point of his career, into an empty net at 19:42. . . . He’s got 200 points, including 67 goals, in 240 games. . . . This season, Quenneville leads all WHL defencemen in goals and points (66). . . . Each team took one minor penalty, and each team was 0-1 on the PP. . . . G Michael Bullion stopped 19 shots for the Tigers. . . . The Ice got 29 saves from G Matt Berlin. . . . The Tigers remain without G Jorden Hollett, D Joel Craven, D Kristians Rubins, F Hayden Ostir, F Baxter Anderson, F Mason Shaw and D Linus Nassen, all out with injuries. . . . Announced attendance: 2,904.
At Kelowna, the Rockets scored four goals before the first period was 11 minutes old and went on to beat the Prince George Cougars, 6-5. . . . Kelowna (36-18-6) has points in three 
straight (2-0-1). The Rockets lead the B.C. Division by three points over Victoria. . . . The Cougars (20-31-8) are fifth in B.C., nine points behind Kamloops. . . . F Dillon Dube got the Rockets started 49 seconds into the first period. . . . F Carsen Twarynski added goals at 5:04 and 5:35, for a 3-0 lead. He’s got 37 goals. . . . F Jackson Leppard (13) scored for the Cougars, on a PP, at 10:13, but F Liam Kindree (8) got that one back for the Rockets just 46 seconds later. . . . Prince George F Vladislav Mikhalchuk (13) closed out a six-goal first period at 14:45. . . . Dube (29) upped the Rockets’ lead to 5-2 at 12:09 of the second period, and F Erik Gardiner (4) made it 6-2 at 14:30. . . . Prince George made it interesting with three third-period goals, from D Ryan Schoettler (5), at 6:12; D Rhett Rhinehart (1), at 9:00; and F Jared Bethune (20), shorthanded, at 15:54. . . . The Rockets got two assists from each of Lindree and D Cal Foote, and one from Dube. . . . Leppard, Bethune and Mikhalchuk each had an assist for Prince George. . . . The Cougars were 1-2 on the PP; the Rockets were 1-6. . . . G Brodan Salmon stopped 32 shots for Kelowna. . . . G Tavin Grant started for the Cougars and was beaten three times on six shots in 5:35. Taylor Gauthier came on to stop 20 of 23 shots in 35:39, before Grant came back in to stop all eight shots he faced in 17:41. . . . The Rockets remain without D James Hilsendager, F Nolan Foote and F Kole Lind, all with upper-body injuries. . . . Lind was shown on Tuesday’s WHL roster report as having returned from injury, but that obviously has yet to happen. . . . F Tyson Phare made his WHL debut with the Cougars. From Maple Ridge, B.C., he was a first-round selection by the Cougars in the 2017 bantam draft. He has 20 goals and 15 assists in 25 games with the Yale Hockey Academy prep team. . . . Announced attendance: 4,349.
At Spokane, F Garrett Pilon scored a pair of second-period goals to help the Everett Silvertips to a 4-1 victory over the Chiefs. . . . Everett (39-17-5) has points in nine straight 
(7-0-2) and clinched a playoff spot with the victory. Everett is in its 15th WHL season and has been in the playoffs in each one. . . . The Silvertips lead the Western Conference by five points over Kelowna. . . . Spokane (33-21-5) had won three in a row. It is third in the U.S. Division, three points behind Portland. . . . Pilon opened the scoring 31 seconds into the second period. . . . F Riley Sutter (24) made it 2-0, on a PP, at 12:13, and Pilon, who has 30 goals, upped it to 3-0 at 14:17. . . . F Eli Zummack (12) scored for Spokane at 17:11. . . . F Connor Dewar (30) got the game’s last goal at 13:21, off an assist from Pilon. . . . Dewar had an assist on Pilon’s first goal. . . . Everett was 1-1 on the PP; Spokane was 0-2. . . . G Carter Hart blocked 28 shots for the winners, while Spokane’s Dawson Weatherill, who had won each of his previous seven appearances, made 30 saves. . . . Everett D Kevin Davis played in his 336th regular-season game, passing F Shane Harper taking over the franchise record. . . . Davis has 165 points, including 141 assists, in those games. . . . Announced attendance: 4,469.
WEDNESDAY (all times local):
Kamloops at Portland, 7 p.m.
Moose Jaw at Swift Current, 7 p.m.
Red Deer at Calgary, 7 p.m.
Prince Albert at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.
Seattle vs. Tri-City, at Kennewick, Wash., 7:05 p.m.
first- and third-round picks in the 2020 WHL bantam draft, and second-rounders in 2018 and 2019.
signed with the Red Wings. The Cougars selected him in the 10th round of the 2013 bantam draft. . . . The Winterhawks selected Taylor’s brother Trey in the ninth-round of the WHL’s 2017 bantam draft. Neither Taylor has signed a WHL contract. . . . Colina, from Delta, B.C., was an eighth-round pick by Portland in the 2015 bantam draft. . . . Bowie, from Fort St. John, B.C., was a seventh-round pick by Portland in the 2016 bantam draft.
on Dec. 17, first-round selections in the WHL’s 2019 and 2021 bantam drafts, and a second-round pick in 2018.
Canada at the WJC in Buffalo; he won silver with Team Canada at the previous year. The Wheat Kings selected him in the first round, sixth overall, of the 2013 bantam draft. Clague was picked by the Los Angeles Kings in the second round of the NHL’s 2016 draft and he has signed with them. . . . Moose Jaw selected Burzan, who is from Surrey, B.C., with the sixth overall pick of the 2015 bantam draft. In his draft season, he had 80 goals and 51 assists in 62 games with a bantam A1-T1 team at the North Shore Winter Club. . . . Hartje was listed by the Warriors. Last season, he also played in 16 games with Great Plains of a U.S. high school league and had two goals and four assists in nine games with the NAHL’s Bismarck Bobcats.
this season. Last season, he had 19 goals and 26 assists in 49 games with his hometown team. In 191 career games, he has 45 goals and 86 assists. . . . MacDonald has 22 goals and 14 assists in 20 games with the West Valley Hawks of the B.C. Major Midget Hockey League. The 5-foot-8, 160-pounder also has two assists in four games with the BCHL’s Powell River Kings. . . . 
Kamloops Blazers for a seventh-round pick in the WHL’s 2019 bantam draft.
for a seventh-round selection in the 2019 WHL bantam draft.
Warriors for a sixth-round selection in the WHL’s 2019 bantam draft.
for F Owen Williams, 17, and a second-round pick in the WHL’s 2019 bantam draft.
TAKING NOTE 