REGINA -- Cole Cheveldave made 27 saves to earn his second shutout of the season and lead the Prince Albert Raiders to a 4-0 win over the Regina Pats in Western Hockey League action on Monday. Its the Raiders (20-16-2) third win in a row. Its the second time in three games the Pats (19-16-4) have been shutout. Collin Valcourt scored what proved to be the winner with a power-play goal 17 seconds into the second period. Reid Gardner made it 2-0 with a short-handed goal in the third period. It was the first of his two goals, he also had a power-play goal in the final minute. Carson Perreaux also scored for Prince Albert. Dawson MacAuley made 19 saves for Regina. Prince Albert was 2 for 3 on the power play, while the Pats were 0 for 3. --- WHEAT KINGS 4 REBELS 3 RED DEER, Alta. -- Brandon jumped out to a 3-0 lead before holding off the Rebels. Tyler Coulter scored 30 seconds into the game, Ryan Pulock added to the Wheat Kings (20-15-3) lead at 3:05, and Tim McGauley made it 3-0 at 7:14 of the first period. Red Deer (19-17-2) trimmed the margin in the second period with goals from Conner Bleackley and Wyatt Johnson, before Richard Nejezchleb gave Brandon a 4-2 lead. Matt Bellerive closed out the scoring for the Rebels at 18:16 of the second period. Jordan Papirny made 18 saves for the Wheat Kings, while a busy Patrik Bartosak turned back 31 shots for Red Deer. --- HITMEN 4 ICE 1 CALGARY -- Greg Chase broke a 1-1 tie early in the third period to lead the Hitmen to their win over Kootenay. Brady Brassart scored in the first period, and Pavel Padakin and Cal Babych connected in the third period for Central Division-leading Calgary (24-8-5), which won for the sixth time in seven games. Jaedon Descheneau tied the game in the second period for the Ice (10-18-3). Mack Shields made 27 saves for the Hitmen, while Mackenzie Skapski handled for shots for Kootenay. --- GIANTS 5 COUGARS 2 VANCOUVER -- The Giants took command with two goals in a 12 second span of the second in their win over Prince George. Thomas Foster broke a 1-1 tie at 10:59 of the second period, and Carter Popoff quickly made it 3-1 Vancouver (19-14-7). The teams traded goals in the first period, with Joel Hamilton scoring for the Giants, and Tyler Mrkonjic tying it for the Cougars. Tim Traber made it 4-1 in the second period, before Zach Pochiro got one back for Prince George (14-21-5). Jackson Houck closed the scoring with an empty netter in the final seconds. Jared Rathjen made 27 saves for Vancouver, while Ty Edmonds stopped 28 shots for the Cougars. Shea Theodore Jersey . 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According to the response, a copy of which was obtained by The Associated Press, Sterling says V. Stiviano recorded him without his knowledge and thus the recording was illegal under California law. He also said he could not have "wilfully" damaged the league because he did not know it would be made public. "A jealous rant to a lover never intended to be published cannot offend the NBA rules," Sterling said in the document, which was first reported by USA Today. Meanwhile, the attorney for Shelly Sterling confirmed that Donald Sterling has given her written permission to sell the team. According to a person who is in contact with a potential bidder, who spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the process publicly, the Clippers are seeking binding bids before next Tuesday -- the day NBA owners are scheduled to meet in New York and vote on whether to strip Sterling of the team. The league said in a statement Tuesday that if three-quarters of the 30 owners voted to sustain the charge, "the Sterlings interests in the Clippers will be terminated and the team will be sold." The NBA charged Donald Sterling with damaging the league and its merchandising partners, and the leagues constitution gave him until the end of Tuesday to respond. According to a basketball official familiar with the proceedings, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss Sterling, the NBA has scheduled a call of its executive committee for 3 p.m. EDT on Wednesday. Shelly Sterling submitted her own separate response to the NBAs charges Tuesday that included a "vigorous defence of the attempt by the NBA to blame her for doing nothing wrong," according to a person with knowledge of the proceedings. The individual wasnt authorized to speak publicly about the response. In his response, Donald Sterling saays that next weeks hearing cannot be fair because the owners have already made up their minds, quoting 10 teams who commented on Twitter or elsewhere that they supported the seizure of the team.dddddddddddd An AP survey on the day Commissioner Adam Silver announced Sterlings lifetime ban found that half of the teams supported it and no owner was against it. "These procedings will be a spectacle meant to mollify the popular opinion, not a fair and impartial hearing: the outcome of these procedings became a foregone conclusion weeks ago," the response states. The response also notes the disparity between his lifetime ban and $2.5 million fine and previous NBA punishments, including the $100,000 fine levied on Kobe Bryant when he was caught referring to a referee by a homosexual slur, and the 72-game suspension of Ron Artest for punching a fan. The NBA said Sterling is in violation because his racist comments were harmful to the league and its business partners, including the players. Sterlings response argues that because his comments came in the privacy of his girlfriends living room he cannot be considered "taking a position" that damaged the NBA, as required under the league constitution. "Mr. Sterling was not conducting the sport of professional basketball when he was arguing with Ms. Stiviano in her living room," the response says. "Not even the Commissioner alleges that Mr. Sterling intended to harm the NBA with his comment. Nor could he. This was an argument between a jealous man and the woman he loved that should never have left the privacy of his living room." Sterling also noted his history of supporting racial diversity, including five black head coaches and a black general manager, Elgin Baylor, who held the job for 22 years. Baylor eventually unsuccessfully sued Sterling, accusing him of racist behaviour. It also notes that he was due to receive his second lifetime achievement award from the NAACP before the recording of his comments was leaked. The response claims that it would cost Sterling $300 million to $500 million in capital gains taxes if he is forced to sell now rather than pass the team to his heirs. ' ' '