Tuesday . . .

THE MacBETH REPORT: D Anton (Toni) Bader (Swift Current/Tri-City/Calgary/Seattle) and F Shawn McNeil (Kamloops/Red Deer) signed one-year contracts with Duisburg (Germany 2.Bundesliga). . . . Bader had five goals and three assists in 36 games with Duisburg (in the DEL) and six goals and 11 assists in 19 games with Herne (Germany Oberliga) this season. . . . McNeil had five goals and 19 assists in 38 games with Kassel (Germany DEL) and seven goals and 13 assists in 15 games with Herne. . . . Duisburg voluntarily dropped one level from the DEL to 2.Bundesliga at the end of this season for financial reasons.
F Zdenek Bahensky (Saskatoon) signed a one-year contract with Mlada Boleslav (Czech Extraliga). He had five goals and three assists in 50 games with Litvinov (Czech Extraliga) this season. He also played one game with Most (Czech 1.Liga) and had one assist. . . . D Tommi Kivistö (Red Deer) signed a two-year contract with Jokerit Helsinki (Finland SM-Liiga). He had one goal and 21 assists in 65 games with the Rebels this season.
F Martin Cibák (Medicine Hat) signed a two-year contract with Spartak Moscow (KHL). He had 10 goals and 13 assists in 49 games with Södertälje (Sweden Elitserien) this season.
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The Pittsburgh Penguins have signed F Casey Pierro-Zabotel to a three-year contract. Pierro-Zabotel, who joined the Vancouver Giants from the BCHL’s Merritt Centennials in the middle of the 2007-08 season, won the WHL scoring championship this season. A third-round selection by the Penguins in the 2008 NHL draft, he led the WHL in assists (70) and points (115). . . . The Penguins have assigned him to the AHL’s Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, who are embroiled in a playoff series against the Hershey Bears.
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The Memorial Cup runs May 15-25 in Rimouski, Que. If you’re interested in buying a ticket package, call the Rimouski Oceanic box office at 1-800-463-4450.
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An editorial in the Victoria Times Colonist pretty much buries the Chilliwack Bruins, which must be news to Darryl Porter, the franchise’s governor and acting general manager. That editorial is right here. . . . What is perhaps most interesting in that editorial is how eager the newspaper seems to be to have RG Properties dump the ECHL team, the Salmon Kings, and bring in an AHL or WHL franchise. What’s with that?
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JUST NOTES: The Calgary Hitmen led the WHL’s 22 teams with 330 regular-season goals. They have scored three through the first three games of the WHL’s championship final. Four Hitmen who totaled 379 regular-season points -- Brandon Kozun, Brett Sonne, Joel Broda and Kyle Bortis – have combined for, uhh, zero points in the series. . . . Kelowna LW Jamie Benn, who missed Game 3 after taking a hard hit from Calgary D Keith Seabrook in Game 2, is listed as day-to-day.
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WHL CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL (all times local):
Friday: Kelowna 3 at Calgary 1
Saturday: Kelowna 5 at Calgary 2
Monday: Calgary 0 at Kelowna 2
Wednesday: Calgary at Kelowna, 7 p.m.
Thursday: Kelowna at Calgary, 7 p.m.
x-Saturday: Calgary at Kelowna, 7 p.m.
x-Monday: Kelowna at Calgary, 7 p.m.

x -- if necessary.
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THE PICKS:
John Down (13-1), Calgary Herald: Calgary, in 6.
Jeff Bromley (12-2), Kootenay NewsAdvertiser: Calgary, in 6.
Alan Caldwell (12-2), Small Thoughts At Large: Calgary, in 6.
Scott Fisher (12-2), Calgary Sun: Calgary, in 6.
Dan Russell (11-3), CKNW Radio, Vancouver, and Shaw Cable: Calgary, in 5.
Gregg Drinnan (11-3), Kamloops Daily News: Kelowna, in 6.
Rob Vanstone (11-3), Regina Leader-Post: Calgary, in 4.
Cory Wolfe (11-3), Saskatoon StarPhoenix: Kelowna, in 6.
Kevin Mitchell (10-4), Saskatoon StarPhoenix: Calgary, in 7.