Tuesday . . .

THE MacBETH REPORT: F Masi Marjamäki (Red Deer/Moose Jaw) signed a two-year contract extension with Ilves Tampere (Finland SM-Liiga). Marjamäki has six goals and 11 assists while averaging almost 16 minutes per game in 36 games with Ilves this season.
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Former Prince George head coach Drew Schoneck wasn’t in the broadcast booth Tuesday when the Cougars visited the Tri-City Americans in Kennewick, Wash., on Tuesday night. Schoneck, who lives in the Tri-Cities, worked a game alongside Americans play-by-play man Craig West on Feb. 8 and there was some buzz that Schoneck might be back on the microphone Tuesday. Instead, he now is expected to be there when the Cougars next visit on March 15, which is the last day of the regular season. . . . Medicine Hat Tigers D Bo Montgomery is questionable for a Wednesday game with the visiting Brandon Wheat Kings. He jammed a finger in a 5-3 victory over the visiting Kamloops Blazers on Saturday. . . . The Everett Silvertips have added F Campbell Elynuik, 16, to their roster, at least for a while, now that his midget AAA team, the Calgary Royals, has had its season end. He was a seventh-round pick in the 2007 bantam draft. And, yes, he is the son of former NHLer Pat Elynuik, who was a sniper — oh, could he shoot the puck! — with the Prince Albert Raiders (1982-87). Campbell is expected to play Wednesday against the visiting Portland Winter Hawks.
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Two of the three games Tuesday ended in shutouts. Goaltenders now have put up 81 shutouts this season, the sixth-highest single-season figure in WHL history. Goaltenders are on pace for 98 shutouts this season, which would be fifth on the all-time list and an increase of 10 over last season. The record is 141, from 2004-05. Next on the list is 120, from 2006-07.
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In Kennewick, Wash., G Chet Pickard recorded his 100th regular-season victory as the Tri-City Americans beat the Prince George Cougars, 4-0. . . . Pickard finished with 32 saves as he earned his fifth shutout this season and the 11th of his career. . . . C Taylor Procyshen scored his 34th goal of the season for the Americans while killing a penalty in the last minute of the second period. . . . F Jason Reese, with his 28th, and F Mitch Fadden, with his 27th, also scored. . . . The Americans were 1-for-8 on the PP; the Cougars were 0-for-5. . . . Prince George G Kevin Armstrong stopped 36 shots. . . . The victory was the Americans’ 40th of the season, the third straight season in which they reached that mark. . . . The Cougars have been shut out three times this season. . . . Tri-City F Petr Stoklasa left in the first period with a shoulder injury and didn’t return.
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In Swift Current, the Brandon Wheat Kings reached the 40-victory plateau for a third straight season with a 4-2 victory over the Broncos. . . . F Matt Calvert scored twice for Brandon and now has 21 on the season. . . . Brandon outshot the Broncos 16-8 in the first period and emerged with a 3-0 lead. . . . Brandon’s first two goals came via the PP. The first of those came from F Brayden Schenn, his 27th. . . . Brandon was 2-for-4 on the PP; the Broncos were 0-for-4. . . . Brandon G James Priestner stopped 23 shots. He is 15-6-2-1 on the season. . . . The Wheat Kings, who have won 23 of 28 games since Dec. 12, have six victories over the Broncos this season. . . . Brandon is 21-9-1-0 on the road as it heads into Medicine Hat for a Wednesday night game. . . . F Matt Tassone, who leads the Broncos with 36 goals, sat this one out with a shoulder injury.
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In Red Deer, Saskatoon G Braden Holtby stopped 38 shots to lead the Blades to a 3-0 victory over the Rebels. . . . The shutout was Holtby’s sixth of the season, breaking the franchise’s single-season record of five that had been held by Ed Humphreys (1972-73) and Cam Ondrik (1999-2000). . . . Holtby, who has 35 wins this season, also has set a franchise career record with seven shutouts, one more than Humphreys, who played from 1970-73. . . . Saskatoon D Stefan Elliott got his 15th goal at 2:29 of the second period and F Curtis Hamilton added his 17th less than four minutes later. . . . The Rebels have been blanked seven times this season.