Monday . . .

THE MacBETH REPORT: F Colton Yellow Horn (Lethbridge/Tri-City) was successful in his tryout with Red Bulls Salzburg (Austria Erste Bank Liga) and has been signed to a contract for the season. Salzburg is coached by former NHL head coach Pierre Page. . . . F Roman Vopat (Moose Jaw) signed a one-year contract with Aalborg (Denmark Elitserien) after his release by Leksand (Sweden Allsvenskan) earlier in the day. He had six goals and 15 assists in 36 games with Leksand last season, along with a league-leading 171 penalty minutes.
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The Chilliwack Bruins have added former NHLer Dave Archibald to their coaching staff. Archibald, a Chilliwack native, played in the WHL with the Portland Winter Hawks and was selected sixth overall by the Minnesota North Stars in the NHL’s 1987 draft. Bruins head coach Jim Hiller now has associate coach Dan Price, Archibald, assistant coach Bob Rouse and goaltending coach Brad Robinson on his staff. . . . The Spokane Chiefs are expected to add an assistant coach to their staff this week. That will fill the void created when Hardy Sauter was promoted to head coach, replacing Bill Peters, who left for the AHL's Rockford IceHogs.
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The Tri-City Americans have signed F Nils Moser, 15, to a WHL contract. He was the 44th pick in the WHL’s 2008 bantam draft. Moser, 6-foot-1 and 170 pounds, spent last season with the bantam AAA team in Airdrie, Alta., totaling 74 points and 156 penalty minutes in 43 games. He will play this season with the midget AAA Notre Dame Hounds at the Athol Murray College of Notre Dame in Wilcox, Sask. The Americans signed Moser after a strong showing in rookie camp.
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Three players didn’t show up for the Portland Winter Hawks’ training camp – F Tyler Swystun, 20; F Tayler Jordan, 18; and, D Bo Montgomery, 18. According to Jason Vondersmith of the Portland Tribune, Swystun is thinking about going to school, Montgomery will attend the U of Regina and Jordan “sent a Winter Hawks coach a text message saying he wasn't planning to rejoin the team; he had sounded excited about returning to the team, (head coach Rich) Kromm said last week.”
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The Chilliwack Bruins could be without F Scott McDonald for up to six weeks after he suffered a broken hand. McDonald, who the Bruins were hoping would be a top-six forward, had 48 points in 48 games with the junior B Nelson Leafs last season. No, McDonald wasn’t injured in a fight; he got hurt while being checked into the boards.
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The Regina Pats have signed D Myles Bell, their first pick in the 2008 bantam draft and plan to use him in a tournament in Edmonton this weekend. Bell, 15, was the 17th pick in the draft. The 6-foot-0, 185-pounder had 32 points in 31 games with a Calgary bantam team last season.