Monday . . .

G David Reekie just can’t seem to find the right place at the right time. A bantam draft pick of the Kamloops Blazers, Reekie has played with the WHL’s Regina Pats and Everett Silvertips. And he’s put up some good numbers, like last season when he put up a 1.77 GAA in 27 games with the Silvertips. But Reekie, 20, got caught up in the numbers’ game, cleared WHL waivers and joined the OHL’s Windsor Spitfires. The day he headed east, the Spitfires made a deal and acquired a third goaltender. So now, without even getting into a game with Windsor, Reekie is on the move again. Now he has joined the USHL’s Lincoln Stars. Also on the stars is D Lyon Messier, the son of Hockey Hall of Famer Mark Messier. Lyon, 20, was in camp with the Edmonton Oil Kings and also had a stint with the Kelowna Rockets. Messier also had a brief stay with the OHL’s Erie Otters before moving on to Lincoln. . . .

Garth MacBeth, our man with his eyes on the European scene, reports a coaching change and a couple of signings. . . . Ingolstadt (German DEL) fired head coach Ron Kennedy on Friday and replaced him with former Edmonton Oilers forward Mike Krushelnyski. Ingolstadt was in 10^th place (out of 15 teams) and on a five-game losing streak. Kennedy, who is from Estevan, Sask., is a former Medicine Hat Tigers coach. . . . F Brad Mehalko (Lethbridge/Prince George/Calgary) moved from Thuringen (Germany Oberliga) to Titaanit Kotka (Finnish Mestis, the second level). He has signed for the rest of the season. Titaanit is in its first season in Mestis and Mehalko has made a favourable first impression with two goals and five assists in his first three games (two wins and a shootout loss – three games in four nights). . . . F Johannes Salmonsson (Spokane) has been loaned to Rögle Ängelholm (Sweden Allsvenskan, the second level) by Brynäs Gävle (Sweden Elitserien) for the rest of the season. Both clubs have the option to end the loan agreement at the end of January. Also with Rögle are former Toronto/NY Islanders D Kenny Jönsson and former Boston/Florida/Columbus F Brett Harkins. . . .

No one is hotter than Spokane Chiefs LW Drayson Bowman, and he is, not surprisingly, the Boston Pizza WHL player of the week for a second straight week. He had eight points, including five goals, and was plus-8 in two games. The Chiefs have won six straight and Bowman has 17 points, 12 of them goals, in that stretch. From Littleton, Colo, the 18-year-old was a third-round pick by the Carolina Hurricanes in the NHL’s 2007 draft.