Wednesday . . .

THE MacBETH REPORT: F Pat Iannone (Kootenay/Tri-City/Regina) signed with Valpellice (Italy Serie A1). He had 25 goals and 25 assists in 42 games with Brunico (Italy Serie A1) and two goals and three assists in five games with the Italian national team at the World Division 1
Championship last season.
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And then there was one . . .
With the Swift Current Broncos soon to introduce Mark Lamb as GM and head coach, it leaves only the Calgary Hitmen without a head coach.
However, a source indicated Wednesday that the Hitmen are close to signing John Van Boxmeer as their head coach. He would replace Dave Lowry, who got the Hitmen into the WHL’s championship final in his first season and then joined the Calgary Flames as an assistant coach.
Van Boxmeer, 56, was first a head coach in 1984-85 when he stepped in and took over the AHL’s Rochester Americans in midseason. A former pro defenceman, he has coached in the NHL with the Buffalo Sabres and Los Angeles Kings. Most recently, he was the head coach of SC Bern, which plays in Switzerland’s Nationalliga A. He suffered a heart attack last summer, on Aug. 1, but recovered and was behind Bern’s bench for an exhibition game with the New York Rangers on Sept. 30. However, he was dismissed following the playoffs.
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The Swift Current Broncos are poised to introduce Lamb as their general manager and head coach. Born in Swift Current, Lamb’s hometown is Pontiex, which is located just south of Swift Current. He replaces Dean Chynoweth, who now is an assistant coach with the NHL’s New York Islanders. Lamb, 45, has spent the last seven years, including the lockout season, as an assistant coach with the Dallas Stars. He was swept out the door when Joe Nieuwendyk took over as GM and made changes. Lamb played in the WHL with the Billings Bighorns, Nanaimo Islanders and Medicine Hat Tigers (1980-84). . . .
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LW Jon (Nasty) Mirasty has signed with the AHL’s Syracuse Crunch. The 27-year-old Mirasty, who played in the WHL with the Tri-City Americans and Moose Jaw Warriors (2000-02), had 227 penalty minutes in 58 games with the Crunch last season. In 113 games with the Crunch, he has one goal, two assists and 408 penalty minutes.