Wednesday's stuff . . .

THE MacBETH REPORT: F Juraj Grácik (Tri-City) signed a one-year contract with Nitra (Slovakia Extraliga). He had one goal and three assists in 50 games with Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia Extraliga) this season.
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As expected, Willie Desjardins, the GM and head coach of the Medicine Hat Tigers, was named the head coach of Canada’s national junior team by Hockey Canada on Wednesday.
The assistant coaches will be Dave Cameron of the OHL’s Mississauga-St. Michael’s Majors; Steve Spott of the OHL’s Kitchener Rangers and Andre Tourigny of the QMJHL’s Rouyn-Noranda Huskies.
The 2010 world junior championship opens Dec. 26 in Regina and Saskatoon. Canada has won four straight championships.
You can bet that being head coach will mean a lot to Desjardins, considering that he was born in Climax, Sask., which, by the way, also is the hometown of former NHL and WHL defenceman Gord Kluzak.
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It was 20 years ago — May 13, 1989 — when the Swift Current Broncos won the Memorial Cup, beating the Blades in Saskatoon on Tim Tisdale’s overtime goal. It was only fitting, then, that the Broncos would announce Wednesday that the 1989 team will be inducted into the organization’s Hall of Fame on July 17. . . . . Tisdale, by the way, lives and works in Swift Current, where he also served as the analyst on Broncos‚ radio broadcasts this season.
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If you’re wanting to keep tabs on goings-on at the Memorial Cup in Rimouski, Que., you should check out Terry Doyle’s blog, Loose Pucks. There is a link over there on the left. He also has posted his memories of the last nine Memorial Cups and there is some good reading there.
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The Tampa Bay Lightning has signed C Mitch Fadden of the Tri-City Americans to a three-year NHL contract. Fadden, whom the Americans acquired from the Lethbridge Hurricanes early this season, played out his WHL eligibility. Fadden, a fourth-round pick by the Lightning in the NHL’s 2007 draft, had 76 points, including 37 goals, in 63 games this season. He played 341 regular-season WHL games, scoring 136 goals and adding 182 assists. . . . F Carson McMillan of the Calgary Hitmen has joined the Houston Aeros, the AHL affiliate of the NHL’s Minnesota Wild. McMillan, who co-captained the Hitmen, signed with the Wild during the WHL playoffs. McMillan, 20, joined the Aeros in Milwaukee on Tuesday. . . . The Aeros, coached by former Everett Silvertips head coach Kevin Constantine, won a seven-game series with the Admirals in Milwaukee on Wednesday night. The Aeros won Game 7, 5-2, eliminating the Admirals, whose head coach is Lane Lambert, a former head coach of the Prince George Cougars. . . . F Sahir Gill, a player being heavily recruited by the Kamloops Blazers, was selected in the fifth round, 56th overall, by the Chicago Steel in the USHL’s entry draft. Gill played this season with the Royal Bank Cup-champion Vernon Vipers of the BCHL. You can see a draft list right here.