Monday . . .

THE MacBETH REPORT: F Tyler Mosienko (Kelowna) signed with Nuremberg (Germany DEL). He had 18 goals and 30 assists in 50 games for Las Vegas (ECHL), one goal and three assists in nine games with Manchester (AHL), and three goals and four assists in 12 games with Rockford (AHL) this season.
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A further note from Garth MacBeth, this one pointing out how the road to the Memorial Cup seems to travel through Vancouver . . . Since the Vancouver Giants made the playoffs for the first time in Year 2 of their existence (2003), the WHL champions in six of the seven years have been either the Giants or the team that has eliminated the Giants from the playoffs. In the other year (2004), the team that bounced the Giants out, Everett, made it to the league final, where it lost to Medicine Hat, 4-0.
2003: Kelowna sweeps Vancouver 4-0 in the first round. Kelowna wins WHL championship over Red Deer, 4-2.
2004: Everett beats Vancouver 4-2 in a conference semifinal. Everett loses to Medicine Hat 4-0 in WHL championship final.
2005: Kelowna beats Vancouver 4-2 in the first round. Kelowna wins WHL championship over Brandon, 4-1.
2006: Vancouver wins WHL championship.
2007: Medicine Hat wins WHL championship over Vancouver, 4-3.
2008: Spokane beats Vancouver 4-2 in conference semifinal. Spokane
wins WHL championship over Lethbridge, 4-0.
2009: Kelowna beats Vancouver in conference final 4-2. Kelowna wins WHL championship over Calgary, 4-2.
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THE COACHING GAME: As expected, the Regina Pats went back to the future Monday, signing former head coach Curtis Hunt to a three-year deal as their new head coach. Hunt had left the Pats a year ago for a position as an assistant coach with the NHL’s Ottawa Senators. When the NHL club went through a midseason coaching change, Hunt ended up coaching its AHL affiliate, the Binghamton Senators. Hunt, 42, spent four seasons as the Pats’ head coach before leaving for the NHL. He had two years left on his contract with Ottawa, but turned down an offer to return, choosing instead to go back to the WHL. . . . The Pats hired former star Dale Derkatch to replace Hunt, but fired him May 5 after the club went 27-39-1-5 and missed the playoffs. . . . Hunt and general manager Brent Parker now will hire an assistant coach to replace Terry Perkins, whose contract wasn’t renewed.
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THE COACHING GAME, Part 2: The Chilliwack Progress is reporting that assistant coach Dan Price is leaving the Chilliwack Bruins to become general manager and head coach of the AJHL’s Drumheller Dragons. Price survived the firing of Bruins general manager Darrell Porter in January and head coach Jim Hiller at season’s end. The Bruins now are searching for a head coach — acting GM Darryl Porter said last week that his short list is down to three — but Price was never interviewed.
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IN THE AHL: It’ll be the Manitoba Moose and the Hershey Bears playing for the Calder Cup, the championship trophy awarded by the AHL. . . . The Moose got past the visiting Houston Aeros 3-1 on Monday evening to win that series, 4-2. The Moose won the first three games, with the Aeros, under head coach Kevin Constantine, winning the next two. . . . F Michael Grabner broke a 1-1 tie with a third-period PP goal, and D Mark Fistric later added an insurance goal for the Moose. . . . Earlier in the day, the Bears beat the Bruins 5-2 in Providence to win that series in five games. . . . The AHL final opens Saturday in Winnipeg.