Wednesday . . .

THE MacBETH REPORT: F Justin Mapletoft (Red Deer, 1996-2001) signed a two-month contract with Straubing (Germany DEL). The club has an option to extend the contract for the entire season. He had 20 goals and 38 assists in 52 games for Villach (Austria Erste Bank Liga) last season and led the league in plus/minus with a +21 rating.
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F Ashton Rome (Moose Jaw, Red Deer, Kamloops, 2002-06) has signed with the ECHL’s Idaho Steelheads. Ashton, 23, had 44 points in 52 games with the Phoenix Roadrunners last season. He also played nine AHL games.
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Dean Clark, the head coach of the Prince George Cougars, will be behind a WHL team’s bench for the 700th time when his bunch meets the Bruins in Chilliwack on Saturday. He was head coach of the Calgary Hitmen, Brandon Wheat Kings and Kamloops Blazers before signing a five-year contract with the Cougars prior to this season.
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The Kootenay Ice and Red Deer Rebels were fined $250 apiece for the line brawl they staged Saturday night in Red Deer. That was the first discipline handed down by the WHL office in this regular season.
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The Kootenay Ice has assigned G Dylan Tait, 17, to the AJHL’s Bonnyville Pontiacs. Tait, who played with the junior B Kimberley Dynamiters last season, was acquired from the Kelowna Rockets during the offseason. . . . Tait’s departure leaves the Ice with sophomore Nathan Lieuwen, 18, and Todd Matthews, 19.
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The Lethbridge Hurricanes have signed F Mitch Maxwell, who turns 19 on Dec. 3. Maxwell, a nephew to former WHL GM and head coach Bryan Maxwell, spent last season with the AJHL’s Olds Grizzlies, totaling 44 points and being named to the South Division all-star team. . . . Lethbridge also designated D Brandyn Hulit, 16, and D Drew Graham, 16, for assignment.
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WEDNESDAY’S GAMES:
In Prince Albert, F Igor Revenko had two goals and an assist to lead the Raiders to a 3-1 victory over the Swift Current Broncos. . . . Attendance was 1,741. . . . Revenko is a sophomore from Belarussia.
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In Regina, G Dawson Guhle won his first WHL start as the Pats beat the Saskatoon Blades 4-3 in a shootout. . . . With Damien Ketlo (groin) out of action, the Pats turned to Guhle, who stopped 29 shots through OT and made two more saves in the circus. . . . Attendance was 3,740. . . . The Blades were 0-for-10 on the power play; the Pats were 0-for-2. . . . F Matt Strueby scored twice for the Pats through OT and added another in the shootout. . . . The Blades came back from a 3-1 deficit to force OT on goals by F Derek Hulak and F Burke Gallimore, the latter scoring with 19.5 seconds left in regulation time. . . . Gallimore scored twice and drew an assist on Hulak’s goal. . . . Regina F Garrett Mitchell suffered an injury to his left thumb when he blocked a shot in the first period. He will be re-evaluated Thursday. . . . The Blades were without F Milan Kytnar, 20, whose IIHF paperwork didn’t arrive in time. . . . Saskatoon F Charles Inglis (mononucleosis) is out indefinitely.
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In Cranbrook, F Jesse Ismond had the only goal of the shootout as the Kootenay Ice beat the Edmonton Oil Kings, 3-2. . . . The Oil Kings led this one 2-0 at 3:20 of the first period but didn’t score again. . . . F Steele Boomer had a goal and an assist for the Ice. . . . Ice F Brock Montgomery, younger brother of former WHL D Bo Montgomery, forced the OT with his first goal at 9:52 of the third period. . . . Ice G Nathan Lieuwen stopped 27 shots through OT and added three more saves in the circus. . . . Edmonton’s Torrie Jung stopped 36 shots. . . . Attendance was 2,439. . . . The Ice was without F Christian Magnus, 17, who will be out for up to six weeks with a broken finger suffered in practice this week. . . . Jeff Bromley reports that Ice F Drew Czerwonka left in the first period with a laceration to one leg and was being “evaluated” at East Kootenay Regional Hospital. Ice head coach Mark Holick told Bromley that it could be a “long-term” injury.THE MacBETH REPORT: F Justin Mapletoft (Red Deer, 1996-2001) signed a two-month contract with Straubing (Germany DEL). The club has an option to extend the contract for the entire season. He had 20 goals and 38 assists in 52 games for Villach (Austria Erste Bank Liga) last season and led the league in plus/minus with a +21 rating.
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F Ashton Rome (Moose Jaw, Red Deer, Kamloops, 2002-06) has signed with the ECHL’s Idaho Steelheads. Ashton, 23, had 44 points in 52 games with the Phoenix Roadrunners last season. He also played nine AHL games.
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Dean Clark, the head coach of the Prince George Cougars, will be behind a WHL team’s bench for the 700th time when his bunch meets the Bruins in Chilliwack on Saturday. He was head coach of the Calgary Hitmen, Brandon Wheat Kings and Kamloops Blazers before signing a five-year contract with the Cougars prior to this season.
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The Kootenay Ice and Red Deer Rebels were fined $250 apiece for the line brawl they staged Saturday night in Red Deer. That was the first discipline handed down by the WHL office in this regular season.
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The Kootenay Ice has assigned G Dylan Tait, 17, to the AJHL’s Bonnyville Pontiacs. Tait, who played with the junior B Kimberley Dynamiters last season, was acquired from the Kelowna Rockets during the offseason. . . . Tait’s departure leaves the Ice with sophomore Nathan Lieuwen, 18, and Todd Matthews, 19.
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The Lethbridge Hurricanes have signed F Mitch Maxwell, who turns 19 on Dec. 3. Maxwell, a nephew to former WHL GM and head coach Bryan Maxwell, spent last season with the AJHL’s Olds Grizzlies, totaling 44 points and being named to the South Division all-star team. . . . Lethbridge also designated D Brandyn Hulit, 16, and D Drew Graham, 16, for assignment.
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F Erik Christensen, who won the WHL scoring title for 2002-03, was back on the ice and taking part in contact drills on Tuesday with the Anaheim Ducks. There is more right here.
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WEDNESDAY’S GAMES:
In Prince Albert, F Igor Revenko had two goals and an assist to lead the Raiders to a 3-1 victory over the Swift Current Broncos. . . . Attendance was 1,741. . . . Revenko is a sophomore from Belarussia.
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In Regina, G Dawson Guhle won his first WHL start as the Pats beat the Saskatoon Blades 4-3 in a shootout. . . . With Damien Ketlo (groin) out of action, the Pats turned to Guhle, who stopped 29 shots through OT and made two more saves in the circus. . . . Attendance was 3,740. . . . The Blades were 0-for-10 on the power play; the Pats were 0-for-2. . . . F Matt Strueby scored twice for the Pats through OT and added another in the shootout. . . . The Blades came back from a 3-1 deficit to force OT on goals by F Derek Hulak and F Burke Gallimore, the latter scoring with 19.5 seconds left in regulation time. . . . Gallimore scored twice and drew an assist on Hulak’s goal. . . . Regina F Garrett Mitchell suffered an injury to his left thumb when he blocked a shot in the first period. He will be re-evaluated Thursday. . . . The Blades were without F Milan Kytnar, 20, whose IIHF paperwork didn’t arrive in time. . . . Saskatoon F Charles Inglis (mononucleosis) is out indefinitely.
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In Cranbrook, F Jesse Ismond had the only goal of the shootout as the Kootenay Ice beat the Edmonton Oil Kings, 3-2. . . . The Oil Kings led this one 2-0 at 3:20 of the first period but didn’t score again. . . . F Steele Boomer had a goal and an assist for the Ice. . . . Ice F Brock Montgomery, younger brother of former WHL D Bo Montgomery, forced the OT with his first goal at 9:52 of the third period. . . . Ice G Nathan Lieuwen stopped 27 shots through OT and added three more saves in the circus. . . . Edmonton’s Torrie Jung stopped 36 shots. . . . Attendance was 2,439. . . . The Ice was without F Christian Magnus, 17, who will be out for up to six weeks with a broken finger suffered in practice this week. . . . Jeff Bromley reports that Ice F Drew Czerwonka left in the first period with a laceration to one leg and was being “evaluated” at East Kootenay Regional Hospital. Ice head coach Mark Holick told Bromley that it could be a “long-term” injury.