THE MacBETH REPORT: F Jesse Schultz (Tri-City, Prince Albert, Kelowna, 1999-2003) signed a six-month artist’s contract with Björklöven Umeå (Swedish Allsvenskan). He had 21 goals and 31 assists in 75 games with the Houston Aeros (AHL) last season. . . . D Perry Johnson (Regina, Spokane, 1993-1998) signed a one-year contract with Mörrum (Sweden Division 1). He had three goals and eight assists in 43 games for Rødovre (Denmark AL-Bank Liga) last season. . . . D Doug Lynch (Red Deer, Spokane, 1998-2003) signed a one-year 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.
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The Regina Pats acquired F Killian Hutt, 18, from the Portland Winterhawks for a fourth-round pick in the 2010 bantam draft and an undisclosed conditional pick in the 2011 bantam draft. Kutt had 35 points in 57 games for the Winterhawks last season. According to a Winterhawks’ release: “Prior to the start of this season he was assigned to the St. Albert Steel of the Alberta Junior Hockey League for conditioning following offseason surgery to remove a cyst from his lower body.” . . . The Pats also assigned D Dominic Perrault, 18, to the SJHL’s Battlefords North Stars and sent F Lucas Froese, 17, to the MJHL’s Winnipeg Saints. . . . All of this leaves the Pats with 24 players on their roster, including 14 forwards and eight defencemen.
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The Lethbridge Hurricanes, having acquired G Linden Rowat, 20, from the Regina Pats on Sunday, have sent home G Michael Tadjdeh, 18, to await a move. Rowat’s acquisition left the Hurricanes with four goaltenders on their roster. Also on the roster are Ville Kolppanen, a 17-year-old from Finland, and Brandon Anderson, another 17-year-old who is injured.
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The Prince Albert Raiders will add three names to their Wall of Honour on Nov. 14. They will honour former players Eric Ponath and Rich Pilon, as well as former treasurer Don Wickens. . . . Ponath put up 343 points with the junior A Raiders from 1975-79. In 1978-79, the season in which the Raiders won their second Centennial Cup (it’s now the Royal Bank Cup), Ponath had 134 points, including 63 goals, with 29 of them coming on the PP, and 144 penalty minutes. Yes, this guy had game. . . . Pilon played with the Raiders from 1985-88, totaling 72 points and 369 penalty minutes. Of the nine Raiders selected in the 1986 NHL draft, he had the longest NHL career, including 509 games with the New York Islanders. . . . Wickens was the Raiders’ treasurer from their first season, 1971-72, through 1980. According to a Raiders’ released, Wickens “initially backed five individuals with a personal guarantee in the amount of $5,000 to secure a franchise in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League.”
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The Saskatoon Blades had a busy Monday. First, as posted here earlier, they acquired F Jeremy Boyer, 19, from the Seattle Thunderbirds for F Stefan Burzan, 15, and a 2010 third-round bantam pick. . . . Then, the Blades dealt F Tyler Matheson, 19, to the Kelowna Rockets for a 2010 seventh-round bantam draft pick. Matheson was Rockets’ property once before but they let him go when he chose to play last season for the BCHL’s Victoria Grizzlies. He is from Victoria. . . . The Blades also assigned D Woody Klassen, 18, to the SJHL’s Battlefords North Stars. He is the younger brother of Blades D Sam Klassen, 20, who was returned to the team last week by the New York Rangers.
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From the department of discipline: F Matej Bene of the Kamloops Blazers drew a one-game suspension for a charging major and game misconduct in Kelowna on Saturday night. . . . Spokane F T.C. Cratsenberg will sit for a game after incurring a match penalty against visiting Tri-City on Saturday. . . . F Greg Fraser of the Prince George Cougars also was suspended one game after he took a kneeing major in Chilliwack on Saturday. . . . The Cougars also were fined $250 for becoming involved in a line brawl Friday in Vancouver.
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I don’t know when the WHL was last mentioned at deadspin.com, but it’s there today. You can catch it right here.
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Two WHL cities – Kennewick, Wash., and Spokane – will have franchises in Arena Football 1, as the league is to be known, when it kicks off in the spring of 2010. According to officials, the league will begin play in late March or early April and continue into the summer. There also are expected to be teams in Milwaukee; Salt Lake City; Chicago; Phoenix; Orlando, Fla.; Little Rock, Ark.; Fresno, Calif.; Des Moines, Iowa; Jacksonville, Fla.; Shreveport, La.; Lexington, Ky.; Oklahoma City; Huntsville, Ala.; and Tulsa, Okla.
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There were a lot of NHL teams making moves Monday and that included former Calgary Hitmen D Karl Alzner getting the shaft once again. The National Post has a look at it all right here.