Wednesday . . .

THE MacBETH REPORT: F Quinn Hancock (Tacoma/Kelowna/Calgary/Prince George) signed with Jokerit Helsinki (Finland SM-Liiga) for the rest of the season. He had 13 goals and 16 assists in 46 games for Södertälje (Sweden Elitserien) last season. Jokerit is coached by Glen Hanlon.
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C Devon Kalinski, who left the Kamloops Blazers left week, practised with the AJHL’s Bonnyville Pontiacs on Tuesday.
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WEDNESDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS:
In Edmonton, G Tyson Sexsmith stopped 10 shots to help the Vancouver Giants to a 6-0 victory over the Oil Kings. . . . Sexsmith now has 21 career shutouts, tying the WHL record. He now shares it with Bryan Bridges (Kootenay Ice/Seattle Thunderbirds, 2001-06) and Leland Irving (Everett Silvertips, 2003-08). . . . Sexsmith got there in just 134 games. Bridges played 213 and Irving 215. . . . The Giants (8-0-0-3) are the only WHL team not to have lost in regulation time. . . . The Oil Kings (5-9-1-0) had just one shot in the first period. . . . Edmonton has lost four in a row and has allowed at least five goals in each of its last eight games. . . . It was Vancouver’s first visit to Edmonton, which entered the WHL last season. . . . Edmonton G Cam Lanigan faced 31 shots. Newly acquired G Torrie Jung, a 19-year-old in his third season, was on the bench. . . . Vancouver forwards C Evander Kane and Casey Pierro-Zabotel picked up one point each and have hit the scoreboard in each of Vancouver’s first 11 games. . . . Freshman C Mikhail Fisenko scored twice — giving him three — and was plus-3.
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In Calgary, the Hitmen, down 2-0 early, came back for a 4-3 victory over the Red Deer Rebels. . . . The Hitmen (11-3-0-0) have won four in a row, are 9-1 at home and are in first place overall. . . . The Rebels are 4-6-0-5. . . . F Brandon Kozun got his WHL-leading 11th goal of the season for Calgary. . . . Calgary G Michael Snider made 26 saves. Snider, who is 2-0 in his first season, gave up goals on the first two shots he faced. . . . Red Deer G Morgan Clark stopped 36 shots.
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In Chilliwack, LW Jamie Benn had two goals and two assists as the Kelowna Rockets beat the Bruins, 5-0. . . . The Rockets (8-6-0-0) have won four of five. . . . The Bruins (5-6-1-1) have lost four in a row. This was their first home game after they went 0-3 on a Central Division swing. . . . Freshman G Adam Brown stopped 15 shots for his first shutout. . . . C Colin Long had a goal and two helpers for Kelowna. . . . Benn and Long each have 10 goals.
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In Kamloops, the Blazers scored three third-period goals and beat the Seattle Thunderbirds, 5-2. . . . The Blazers (5-8-0-2) snapped a five-game losing streak. . . . The Thunderbirds (2-9-0-1) have lost four in a row. . . . RW Jimmy Bubnick, who had nine goals in 64 games as a rookie last season, scored his 10th of this season for Kamloops. . . . Attendance was announced at 3,791, the 11th smallest regular-season crowd in the history of Riverside Coliseum/Sport Mart Place/Interior Saving Centre, which opened for the 1992-93 season. The 10 smallest crowds all are from 1992-93.
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In Medicine Hat, F Tyler Ennis had a goal and three assists to spark the Tigers to a 7-3 victory over the Prince George Cougars. . . . The Tigers (7-3-2-2) have won three straight. . . . The Cougars (7-7-0-0) are 1-6 on a nine-game road swing. . . . Medicine Hat was 4-for-8 on the PP. . . . The Tigers got a goal and two assists from RW Linden Vey and three assists from C Tristan King, who returned after sitting nine games with a groin injury. . . . LW Dana Tyrell scored his 10th goal of the season for the Cougars. . . . Prince George D Cameron Cepek may be looking at a suspension after taking a major and game misconduct for checking from behind at 11:07 of the third period. . . . The Tigers were leading 4-3 when Cepek was penalized by referee Graham Skilliter. Medicine Hat scored once on the ensuing PP. . . . “A questionable major with eight minutes left made a big difference in this hockey game,” Prince George head coach Drew Schoneck told the Prince George Citizen. “It was 4-3 for them, but we had the momentum and were all over them. They scored with about a minute-and-a-half left in that and it deflated us, then they got two more. That game could’ve gone either way.”
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In Prince Albert, the Raiders got two goals from each of F Matt Robertson and F Dustin Cameron as they dumped the Moose Jaw Warriors, 5-2. . . . The Raiders (8-7-0-0) have won two in a row. . . . The Warriors slid to 5-6-0-1. . . . P.A. G Garrett Zemlak stopped 22 shots, 16 fewer than Moose Jaw’s Devin Dubyk.
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In Saskatoon, G Keith Hamilton turned aside 30 shots in his first WHL start and F Troy Rutkowski scored the OT winner as the Portland Winter Hawks dumped the Blades, 5-4. . . . The Winter Hawks (2-10-0-0) had lost nine in a row and were 0-6 on the road, having been outscored 31-8 in those six games. . . . The Blades (9-5-0-0) had won eight in a row. . . . Saskatoon led 2-0 in the second period and 3-2 early in the third. . . . Portland F Brad Ross forced OT with his fourth goal of the season at 4:26. . . . Hamilton, a 16-year-old from Kelowna, was making his first WHL appearance. . . . Rutkowski’s goal, at 1:25 of OT, was his first of the season. . . . F Killian Hutt had three assists for Portland, which now trails ninth-place by a point in the Western Conference. . . . Saskatoon G Adam Morrison stopped 24 shots. . . . RW Brody Sutter, 17, made his WHL debut with the Blades after recovering from a shoulder injury. He is the son of former NHLer Duane Sutter.