Northwest Notes June 30, 2011

| June 30, 2011 9:00 PM

Chiefs trade import pick to Lethbridge

The Spokane Chiefs selected right wing Juraj Bezuch of Slovakia with the 56th pick in the Canadian Hockey League Import Draft on Wednesday, then traded him to Lethbridge in exchange for an eighth round pick in the 2012 Western Hockey League Bantam Draft.

The Chiefs later passed on a second round pick, 115th overall.

Dominik Uher and Marek Kalus, both from the Czech Republic, will return to Spokane next season. CHL rules a maximum of two import players on each roster.

Uher was selected by Pittsburgh in the fifth round of last week's NHL Entry Draft and will return for his third season in Spokane. In 65 games last season, Uher scored 21 goals and 60 points and was Spokane's first round pick in the import draft in 2009.

Kalus, the Chiefs' first round selection last year, will enter his second season in Spokane. As a rooke, Kalus appeared in 22 games and had four goals and eight points. He had three points, including two goals in five playoff games.