In the KHL, Alexander Kadeikin finished at -1 in 11:47 played as Lokomotiv Yaroslavl won 3-2 in overtime over Torpedo Nizhny Novogorod. Lokomotiv leads the best-of-7 series 3 games to 0.
In the Finnish Liiga, Julius Vahatalo won 11% of his faceoffs in 9:29 played as Jukurit won 2-1 in overtime over Lukko;
In the SHL, Christoffer Ehn had an assist and finished at +1 with 2 shots, winning 28% of his faceoffs in 15:49 played during the Frolunda Indians won 2-1 over the Vaxjo Lakers;
In the OHL, Givani Smith scored a goal on 7 shots and got into trouble for shoving a linesman during a fight as his Kitchener Rangers won 5-2 over Sarnia;
In the WHL, Lane Zablocki did not play in the Victoria Royals’ 7-3 win over Spokane;
Michael Rasmussen scored a goal but finished at -1 with 8 shots, 8 minutes in penalties (4 for slew-footing, 2 for embellishment and 2 for unsportsmanlike conduct) and an 8-for-13 faceoff record in the Tri-City Americans’ 4-3 loss to Seattle;
And Dennis Cholowski had 2 assists and finished at +1 on 4 shots in the Portland Winterhawks’ 4-3 win over Prince George. Cholowski, who was the Cougars’ captain before he was traded to Portland, was named the game’s first star.
Remember when people were worried about how lanky Cholly was? Now he’s the largest (height/weight ratio) of the top 10 WHL scoring Dmen.