Tuesday . . .

THE MacBETH REPORT: G Jody Lehman (Moose Jaw/Brandon) signed a one-year contract with Aalborg (Danish Elitserien) after spending the past four seasons with the Sheffield Steelers (UK Elite Ice Hockey League). Lehman had a 2.11 GAA and a .930 save percentage in 57 games with the Steelers this season. . . . Aalborg also announced that it won’t re-sign F Roman Vopat (Moose Jaw). Vopat had eight goals and nine assists in 23 games with the club this season.
F Rick Girard (Swift Current) signed with Ingolstadt (Germany DEL). He had four goals and 11 assists in 39 games with Mannheim (Germany DEL) this season. . . . F Scott King (Kelowna) and D Jame Pollock (Seattle) signed one-year contracts with Mannheim (Germany DEL). King had 17 goals and 38 assists in 50 games with Nürnberg (Germany DEL) while Pollock had 10 goals and 14 assists in 44 games with HC MVD Balashikha (Russia KHL) this season.
The "really long-term" contract has come to Europe. Tappara Tampere (Finland SM-Liiga) has signed D Tuukka Mäntylä to a 10-year contract. Mäntylä, who turns 28 in May, was a fifth-round pick by the Los Angeles Kings in the NHL’s 2001 draft but has never come over to North America. He has played his career with Tappara (including his minor hockey) except for the past two seasons with the Swedish Elitserien club Frölunda in Gothenburg.
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If there isn’t a Memorial Coliseum in Portland, what happens to the Winter Hawks? Well, the Memorial Coliseum is closer than ever to coming to an inglorious end, but there is no mention of the Winter Hawks in a Portland Tribune story that is right here.
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A tip of the hat to the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame induction committee for its decision to add the late Dan (Heavy) Evason.
Heavy, a longtime scout, coach and manager who gave so much of himself to the Special Olympics movement, will join his brother, former WHL player and sniper Dean, who was inducted four years ago. Heavy was 41 when he died in 2004; at the time, he was a scout for the Kamloops Blazers. The induction will take play in Winnipeg on Oct. 3. . . . Other former WHLers being inducted are Ken Wregget, Ed Belfour, Ray Neufeld and Pat Ginnell.
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JUST NOTES: F Shane McColgan, the 13th overall pick in the 2008 bantam draft, has joined the Kelowna Rockets. McColgan arrived in Kelowna on Sunday, the day after his Los Angeles Jr. Kings were eliminated from the U.S. national U-18 championship in Pittsburgh. . . . Harley Campbell, who once served as trainer for the Brandon Wheat Kings, has died. He was 52 when he was found dead last week in Brandon. Campbell was easily recognized by his frizzy red hair – a 'do that resulted in his being nicknamed Q-Tip.
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TUESDAY’S PLAYOFF GAMES: The Kelowna Rockets and Spokane Chiefs used home ice to good advantage and climbed back into their series with the Tri-City Americans and Vancouver Giants, respectively, but the Lethbridge Hurricanes are one loss away from having the Calgary Hitmen end their season. . . . The fourth series, between the Medicine Hat Tigers and Brandon Wheat Kings, resumes Wednesday night. Brandon, playing at home, has a 2-0 lead.
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In Kelowna, LW Jamie Benn had a goal and three assists to help the Rockets dump the Tri-City Americans, 7-2. . . . The Americans hold a 2-1 series lead with Game 4 in Kelowna on Wednesday night and Game 5 in Kennewick, Wash., on Friday. . . . The Rockets scored twice in the first period and added four more in the second. . . . F Mikael Backlund got his first playoff goal to open the scoring at 11:07 of the first. . . . Benn drew assists on three straight Kelowna PP goals to open the second period. . . . The Rockets were 4-for-9 on the PP, scoring their second through fifth goals with the man advantage. . . . Tri-City was 1-for-7 on the PP. . . . Tri-City got a goal from D Zach Yuen, a 15-year-old who was the 22nd pick in the 2008 bantam draft. . . . Kelowna outshot the visitors, 35-16. . . . Attendance was 5,268. . . . The Americans were without injured F Jason Reese, F Taylor Procyshen, F Spencer Asuchak and D Brett Plouffe. . . . Procyshen scored the winning goal in each of the first two games, but wasn’t available to the media after Game 2 because he was receiving medical treatment. Whatever it was – and the Americans aren’t saying – kept him out of Game 3.
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In Lethbridge, the Calgary Hitmen scored three second period goals as they doubled the Hurricanes, 4-2. . . . The Hitmen get their first chance to complete their second straight sweep on Wednesday night in Lethbridge. In the first round, Calgary took out the Edmonton Oil Kings in four games. . . . Calgary F Kris Foucault opened the scoring at 12:03 of the first period with his sixth goal in seven playoff games. . . . Calgary got goals from D Keith Seabrook, F Tomas Karpov and D Michael Stone to lead 4-0 after two periods. Seabrook and Stone both scored their first goals of these playoffs. . . . D Mitch Versteeg and F Colton Sceviour scored for the home side in the third. . . . Calgary held a 33-18 in shots. . . . Calgary was 1-for-8 on the PP; Lethbridge was 1-for-3. . . . Attendance was 3,019.
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In Spokane, the Chiefs scored three third-period goals and dumped the Vancouver Giants 5-2. . . . The Giants hold a 2-1 lead in the series with Game 4 in Spokane on Wednesday night. Game 5 will be played Friday in Vancouver. . . . Attendance was 4,343. . . . Vancouver led this one 2-1 with 25 minutes left in regulation time. . . . Spokane LW Drayson Bowman broke a 2-2 tie at 6:29 of the third period. . . . Spokane C Justin McCrae upped that to 4-2 with about four minutes to play and D Mike Reddington added an empty-netter. . . . Bowman also had two assists. . . . Spokane outshot the visitors 28-18. Vancouver had just two shots on goal in the third period. . . . It was Spokane’s first victory over Vancouver this season. In the previous four games, Vancouver had outscored the Chiefs, 16-4.