Saturday . . .

THE MacBETH REPORT: F Petr Sachl (Tri-City, 1996-97) has signed a one-year contract with Kosice (Slovakia Extraliga). He had nine goals and 14 assists in 45 games with Liberec (Czech Extraliga) last season. . . . D Ryan Jorde (Tri-City, Lethbridge, Moose Jaw, 1997-2002) has been released by the Hull Stingrays (UK Elite). He had no points in six games for the Stingrays this season. There is more on Jorde’s release right here.
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The San Jose Mercury News reports that the Prince George Cougars have signed Mattia Bortolotto, 16, to a contract. Bortolotto plays for the San Jose Junior Sharks U18 team.
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For the second time this season, the Kelowna Rockets have acquired a goaltender in a trade. The Rockets have picked up G Chad Ketting, 18, from the Swift Current Broncos for a conditional 2011 seventh-round bantam draft pick. . . . The Rockets now have four goaltenders on their roster, although Mark Guggenberger, 20, who has yet to play this season, is to have surgery for a sports hernia and will be out at least another six weeks. . . . With Guggenberger unable to play, the Rockets have been going with sophomore Adam Brown as their starter. Earlier, they acquired G Warren Shymko, 17, from the Tri-City Americans for a 2010 ninth-round bantam draft pick. The Kelowna Daily Courier reports that he is likely to be sent to the SJHL’s Yorkton Terriers on Sunday. . . . Ketting played last season with the KIJHL’s Sicamous Eagles and was with the Broncos before being sent home a week ago to await a deal.
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F Jason Bast of the Moose Jaw Warriors has 12 goals this season after scoring three times in a 6-3 victory over the visiting Calgary Hitmen on Saturday. The Hitmen are 7-2-0-0 this season, with both losses at the hands of the Warriors. . . . Saskatoon F Derek Hulak scored with 47 seconds left in the third period to force OT and D Jyri Niemi scored in extra time as the Blades beat the host Lethbridge Hurricanes, 3-2. . . . In Kelowna, the Rockets won their sixth straight game, beating the Prince George Cougars, 7-1. The Cougars have lost five in a row. . . . Goaltender Justin Leclerc came off the bench to stop 20 shots through overtime and three more in a shootout as the Kamloops Blazers scored a 5-4 victory over the visiting Chilliwack Bruins. Leclerc relieved Jon Groenheyde to start the second period with the Blazers trailing 3-1. Kamloops C C.J. Stretch scored the only goal of the circus. . . . The Blazers (7-1-2-0) maintained their hold on first place in the Western Conference. . . . D Joe Morrow had four assists as the host Portland Winterhawks dumped the Prince Albert Raiders, 8-3. Morrow had seven points in 41 games last season; he already has eight points this season. Portland had F Riley Boychuk back in its lineup after he missed a week with a concussion. He had two goals and an assist. The Raiders, who next play Tuesday in Seattle, will attend Sunday’s NFL game between the Seahawks and Jacksonville Jaguars.
In Vancouver, D Kevin Connauton’s goal with 43 seconds left in the third period gave the Giants a 5-4 victory over Medicine Hat after the Tigers had come back from a 4-1 third-period deficit. . . . F Kyle Beach scored his fourth goal in five games to help the host Spokane Chiefs to a 4-1 victory over the Seattle Thunderbirds. . . . The Edmonton Oil Kings scored the game’s last four goals, two of them by F Tomas Vincour, and beat the Broncos 5-2 in Swift Current. Edmonton’s last two goals were of the empty net variety.