Mike Sillinger Night

The Regina Pats are honouring tonight one of the best too ever put on a Regina Pats jersey Mike Sillinger's number 16 will go up into the rafters tonight as the Pats take on the Edmonton Oil Kings in WHL action at the Brandt Centre. This will be a emotional night for Mike and the Pats as well as the fans. I grew up idolized him as I was just a kid when he played for the Pats the same way guys like Eberle, Weal, Mitchell are the hero's of today's kids Mike was one of mine. So to say the lest I'm very excited to see tonight game and hopefully the Pats can win another one and close the gap even more the that last playoff spot we all crave.

LeBron James has tweaked Dan Gilbert -- and the Cavaliers owner's miserable NBA team -- with a pointed tweet.

As James' former teammates were absorbing a 55-point loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night, the player fired off a message on his Twitter account that seemed to be directed at Gilbert.
James wrote: "Crazy. Karma is a b****.. Gets you every time. Its not good to wish bad on anybody. God sees everything!"

In July, after James announced he was leaving for Miami, Gilbert wrote a scathing letter to Cleveland fans questioning the two-time MVP's character and predicting he would take Cleveland's curse with him "down south. ... James will unfortunately own this dreaded spell and bad karma."

The 112-57 loss to the Lakers was the Cavs' 11th straight and their most lopsided since joining the league in 1970.

Afterward, Cavs guard Mo Williams tweeted: "embarrassing, I feel like I can't even show my face in Cleve."

James and Gilbert have been at odds since the summer, when the superstar decided to join forces in Miami with fellow superstars Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh. In an interview with The Associated Press in the hours after James' announcement during an hour-long TV special, Gilbert accused James of quitting in the playoffs the past two seasons.
And while both insist they've moved on, James' tweet seems to show he has lingering bitterness toward Gilbert.
His social network message was poorly received in Cleveland, where fans still feel betrayed by him spurning them.

It's bad enough the Cavs are struggling, but James decided to kick them when they're down.
The Akron native was rudely received by Cleveland fans when he returned on Dec. 2. The Heat demolished the Cavs 118-90 that night, and both teams haven't been the same since. Miami has gone 19-1 after their visit to Cleveland, while the Cavs are 1-20.
Little has gone right this season for Cleveland, which got off to a 7-9 start.

But the losses have been mounting along with several key injuries. Last week, hustling centre Anderson Varejao suffered a season-ending injury when he tore an ankle tendon during a non-contact running drill in practice.
But the Cavs, who had the league's best regular-season record the past two seasons with James, were playing poorly before Varejao went down. Now, they can only hope they've reached rock bottom.

In their epic loss to the Lakers, the Cavs played three rookies for long stretches and established a new team record for fewest points. They also sustained their worst loss since getting beat 141-87 in the 11th game of their inaugural 1970 season.
The Lakers nearly doubled Cleveland's point total. It was so bad that the Lakers could have gone scoreless in the second half -- and still forced overtime.
The blowout was especially disturbing to first-year Cleveland coach Byron Scott, a proud member of the Lakers' "Showtime" teams.

"I thought that was embarrassing," Scott said. "I told them at halftime, 'You look scared. You look scared to death.' That was my take on it, as simple as that."

Cavs forward Antawn Jamison was at a loss for words.
"In 13 years, I can honestly say I ain't ever felt that embarrassed to be on the basketball court," he said. "There's nothing else you can really say."

GAME NIGHT

PATS VS SASKATOON

Blades (32-9-0-1) @ Pats (14-21-5-1)

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The Lowdown: This is the 3rd of 6 meetings between the Pats and the Blades this season. These two teams have split the first two games with the Blades winning at home on October 2nd with the Pats taking the last meeting way back on October 26th, 5-2 at the Brandt Centre. The Pats had a 4 game winning streak snapped on Saturday in Edmonton, but have won 5 of their past 7 games and are 4 points back of Prince Albert for the final playoff spot in the Easter Conference

Bridge City Bits: The Blades made the biggest splash on Monday’s WHL’s trade deadline by acquiring World Junior MVP, Brayden Schenn from the Wheat Kings in exchange for 2 prospects, 2 1st round bantam picks, a 2nd round bantam pick and a 1st round Import Draft Pick. He will join fellow Canadian World Junior, Curtis Hamilton on the club. The Blades are, by far, the top team in the WHL and are currently ranked 4th in Canada.

Shoot out specialists: The Pats have gone to a shoot out 7 times this season and have won 6 including a 10 round affair on Friday night in Red Deer. Jordan Weal is 6/7 in shoot outs, while Colin Reddin is 5/7.

Top Prospect:

17 year old Regina Pats defenceman, Myles Bell has will be playing in the CHL Home Hardware Top Prospects game on January 19th at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto. The Pats have been well represented over the past few seasons:2010: Jordan Weal – Team Cherry2008: Colten Teubert, Jordan Eberle – Team McDonald/Vernon

Next Action:The Pats will continue a three game home stand on Friday night as the Pats host the Oil Kings on Mike Sillinger jersey retirement night. Puck drops at 7pm and for ticket information, head to www.reginapats.com.

Saskatoon Blades The Big Winners

The WHL trade deadline came and went without much happening despite all the hype. Besides the two big trades involving Brandon with Saskatoon and Swift Current with Kootney. But here's a list of the trades of the month leading upto the deadline.

Jan. 10— Brandon trades F Brayden Schenn, 19, and third-round pick in 2012 bantam draft to Saskatoon for first- and second-rounders in 2011, first-rounder in 2012 and first-round pick in 2012 CHL import draft along with prospects D Ayrton Nikkel, 15, and F Tim McGauley, 15

.— Prince Albert trades D Ryan Button, 19, to Seattle for F Charles Wells, 19, and first-round pick in 2011 CHL import draft

.— Everett trades F Kellan Tochkin, 19, and D Alex Theriau, 18, to Medicine Hat for F Ryan Harrison, 18, and second-round pick in 2011.

— Tri-City trades F Brooks Macek, 18, D Spencer Humphries, 18, and conditional third-round pick in 2012 to Calgary for D Matt MacKenzie, 19.

— Portland trades D Branden Scheidl, 15, to Lethbridge for F Ryley Bennefield, 16.

— Vancouver trades D Tanner Sohn, 19, to Saskatoon for 10th-round pick in 2013.

— Regina trades D Mitch Spooner, 18, to Seattle for conditional fifth-round pick in 2012.

— Moose Jaw trades F Michal Hlinka, 17, and third- and sixth-round picks in 2011 to Prince Albert for F Sebastian Svendsen, 19.

Jan. 9— Swift Current trades F Cody Eakin, 19, to Kootenay for F Christian Magnus, 18, F Ryan Bloom, 17, F Jarett Zentner, 17, F Colby Cave, 16, G Steven Myland, 16, first- and second-round picks in 2011 and third-rounder in 2012.

Jan. 8— Vancouver trades F Mark Reners, 18, to Edmonton for fifth-round pick in 2012.

Jan. 5— Seattle trades D Scott Ramsey, 19, to Medicine Hat for conditional fourth-round pick in 2011.

— Brandon trades D Darren Bestland, 20, to Vancouver for F Matt MacKay, 20, and fourth-round pick in 2012.

Jan. 4— Moose Jaw trades F Nathan Smith, 17, to Vancouver for F Brett Lyon, 19.

Dec. 30— Swift Current trades D Joel Rogers, 19, to Vancouver for D Dalton Reum, 18.

Dec. 28— Vancouver trades F Craig Cunningham, 20, and sixth-round pick in 2011 to Portland for F Spencer Bennett, 20, F Teal Burns, 18, first-round pick in 2011 and second-rounder in 2012.

Dec. 22— Edmonton trades F Graham Black, 17, to Swift Current for conditional eighth-round pick in 2011.

Dec. 14— Regina trades F Thomas Frazee, 20, to Kamloops for F Shayne Neigum, 20, F Lyndon Martell, 17, and third-round pick in 2012.

Dec. 11— Saskatoon trades D Tyler Kizuik, 18, to Lethbridge for sixth-round pick in 2011.

Dec. 10— Regina trades F Carter Ashton and third-round pick in 2012 to Tri-City for F Tanner Olstad, 18, F Nils Moser, 17, first-round pick in 2011 and second- and fifth-rounders in 2012.

Schenn Is Now A Blade

Saskatoon, SK –

Head Coach and General Manager, Lorne Molleken announced today that The Saskatoon Blades Hockey Club have made a trade with the Brandon Wheat Kings to acquire centre, Brayden Schenn and a 2012 3rd Round Draft Pick. In exchange the Blades have given up four draft picks: 1st Round in 2011, 2nd Round in 2011, 1st Round in 2012 and 1st Round in 2012 Import Draft. The Blades also included in the trade two prospects: Ayrton Nikkel (Pursuit of Excellence M-AAA) and Tim McGauley (Regina M-AAA).

19-year-old Brayden Schenn is a first round draft pick for the Los Angeles Kings, where he spent the first two months of the hockey season. With the NHL’s Kings, Schenn picked up two assists. He also spent time on a two week conditioning assignment in the AHL, for the Manchester Monarchs, where he collected 3 goals, 7 points and 4 PIM in 7 games.Brayden Schenn was sent back to his club team, the Brandon Wheat Kings, on December 2, 2010. He played two games with the Wheat Kings, in which he collected 1 goal and 3 assists.

Schenn recently competed, for his second year in a row, at the IIHF World Junior Championship on Team Canada and was titled Top Forward and MVP of the 2011 tournament. Assistant Captain, Shenn, collected 8 goals, 10 assists and a +10 rating in 7 games of the 2011 IIHF World Junior Championships and his 18th tournament point has tied Dale McCourt for the Canadian record for most points by a Canadian in the tournament.

“The Saskatoon Blades are extremely pleased to be able to acquire a player of Brayden Schenn’s calibre. It has been a long process. When you are making a deal of this magnitude there is a lot of time and deliberation put into it. We feel that Brayden Schenn is a player that can help us achieve our goal which is to become WHL League Champions and ultimately Memorial Cup Champions.”

Head Coach and GM Lorne Molleken continued.“Over the last number of years we’ve been building toward this, ultimately we want to win a championship and we feel we have the team for it this year. Acquiring a Saskatoon-native who is the Top Forward and MVP of the World Juniors, gives us a chance to achieve our goal. What we have given up is a piece of our future, but we want to accomplish something special here in the present. We have an opportunity to bring a young man back home to finish his WHL career, which we are extremely excited about as an organization.”