THE MacBETH REPORT: D A.J. Thelan (Prince Albert/Vancouver) signed a tryout contract with Salzburg (Austria Erste Bank Liga). He was with Texas (ECHL) last season. The tryout runs through mid-September. . . . D Bryce Lampman (Kamloops) signed with Khabarovsk (Continental Hockey League). He was with Norfolk (AHL) and Iowa (AHL) last season. . . . F Shaun Sutter (Lethbridge/Medicine Hat/Calgary) signed with Lausitzer Fusche Weisswasser (Germany 2. Bundesliga). He had 31 goals and 19 assists in 51 games with Belfast (UK Elite Hockey League) last season. . . . D Steve McCarthy (Edmonton/Kootenay) signed with Salavat Yulaev Ufa (Continental Hockey League). He was with the NHL’s Atlanta Thrashers last season.
F Owen Fussey (Calgary/Moose Jaw) signed with Fassa (Italy Serie A). He was with Columbia (ECHL) and also got into four games with Hershey (AHL) last season. . . . F Josh Olson (Portland) signed with Bolzano (Italy Serie A). He had 27 goals and 30 assists in 38 games with Ritten/Renoin (Italy Serie A) last season. . . . D Mike Siklenka (Seattle) signed with Salzburg (Austria Erste Bank Liga). He had nine goals and 14 assists in 43 games with Lukko Rauma (Finland SM-Liiga) last season. . . . D Wade Davis (Calgary/Kamloops) signed with HYS The Hague (Netherlands). He played at University of Calgary the past four seasons.
F Matt Hubbauer (Regina) signed a tryout contract with EHC Freiburg (Germany 2. Bundesliga) through the end of September. He had 21 goals and 21 assists in 41 games with Moskitos Essen (Germany 2. Bundesliga) last season. . . . F Tim Krauss (Vancouver/Regina) signed with EV Fussen (Germany Oberliga) after finishing his WHL career with Regina last season. . . . D Patrik Magnusson (Prince George) signed a one-year contract with Almtuna (Sweden Allsvenskan).
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JUNIOR JOTTINGS: Joey Kenward, the radio voice of the Vancouver Giants for the last five seasons, is going to The Show. Kenward, 30, will be one of three radio voices of the Vancouver Canucks on the Team 1040 next season. John Shorthouse, who has been the sole play-by-play voice of the Canucks, will be calling their games on Rogers Sportsnet but will do games on radio that aren’t on TV. Rick Ball, who calls B.C. Lions games on radio, will handle Canucks’ home games on radio, with Kenward handling the road games. . . . Got that? . . . Here's a recap. . . . Games not on TV, listeners get Shorthouse. Home games that are on TV, it’s Ball. Road games on TV, it’s Kenward on the radio. . . . So that's three voices to do what one voice once did. Only in radio, kiddies, only in radio . . .