Wednesday . . .

THE MacBETH REPORT: D Doug Lynch (Red Deer/Spokane) signed a try-out contract with Salzburg (Austria Erste Bank Liga). He had 13 goals and 16 assists in 52 games for Vienna Capitals (Austria Erste Bank Liga) last season. According to Salzburg's head coach Pierre Page, the contract is only a try-out deal in case Lynch gets an NHL offer. "He will either play in the NHL or return to Salzburg," Page said.
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Former WHL G Dustin Slade, who hasn’t played since 2006-07, has signed with the Central league’s Laredo Bucks. Slade played for seven different teams during a junior career that included stops in the WHL, BCHL and the Maritimes. In the WHL, he played for Kamloops, Regina, Brandon and Vancouver over four seasons. . . . Former WHL player and coach Terry Ruskowski is the president, GM and head coach of the Bucks.
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It was mentioned here yesterday that G Travis Yonkman, who played as a 20-year-old last season with the Swift Current Broncos, has committed to play for the U of Alberta Golden Bears. . . . It turns out that Alberta head coach Eric Thurston, a former WHL defenceman, has added five former WHLers to his roster. . . . Also headed to the Edmonton school are D Colin Joe (Kelowna, Saskatoon), D Ian Barteaux (Kootenay), F Sean Ringrose (Medicine Hat) and F Michael MacAngus (Saskatoon, Regina, Prince Albert). . . . The Golden Bears need a goaltender as former WHLer Aaron Sorochan has graduated. He played four seasons there. Yonkman and Real Cyr, another former WHLer, will scrap for the starting job. . . .
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Former Kamloops D Bryce Lampman, 26, has signed with the St. Louis Blues. Lampman played nine games last season with Amur Khabarovsk of the Continental league. Originally, he signed with the New York Rangers, leaving the Blazers in the middle of his only WHL season (2002-03) to turn pro. He has played in 10 NHL games and 327 in the AHL, most of them with the Hartford Wolf Pack. . . .
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F Keegan Dansereau, who played out his eligibility with the Swift Current Broncos last season, has signed as an undrafted free agent with the NHL’s Ottawa Senators. Dansereau had 81 points, including 37 goals, last season.