Thursday notes . . .

THE MacBETH REPORT: F Richard Zednik (Portland) signed a two-year contract with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (Russia KHL). He had 17 goals and 16 assists with Florida (NHL) this season. . . .
Canada has added D Braydon Coburn (Portland) to its roster at the World championship. Earlier, I failed to note the following coaches who have WHL connections and are at the World championship:
BELARUS - Head coach Glen Hanlon (Brandon); Assistant coach Dave Lewis (Saskatoon).
CANADA - Head coach Lindy Ruff (Lethbridge Broncos); Assistant Coach
Barry Trotz (Regina).
Earlier, I missed G Chris Mason (Victoria/Prince George) and D Joel Kwiatkowski (Tacoma/Kelowna/Prince George), who had been added to Canada’s roster. This means there are 32 former WHL players involved in the World championship, 28 as players and four as coaches.
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The Kamloops Blazers dropped Slovakian D Michal Siska, 19, on Thursday. General manager Craig Bonner said that with a number of returning defenceman, he didn’t see Siska playing in the team’s top four so the decision was made to release him. Siska had 12 points in 51 games as a rookie this season. . . . Later in the day, the Blazers acquired D Matt Cumming, who is from Kamloops, from the Prince George Cougars for a conditional 2010 bantam draft pick.