Friday . . .

THE MacBETH REPORT, Part 1: F Dustin Johner (Seattle, 1999-2004) has signed a contract for the rest of this season with Heilbronner Falken (Germany 2.Bundesliga). He had an unsuccessful tryout with Ilves Tampere (Finland SM-Liiga) in September, where he had no points and was plus-2 in two games.
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THE MacBETH REPORT, Part 2: This is the time for the autumn national team tournaments. Here are the ex-WHL players who are participating in them.
KARJALA CUP (Czech Republic, Finland, Russia, Sweden) — Helsinki,
Finland. . . . Czech Republic: Marek Schwarz, Josef Melichar, Tomas Mojzis, Jakub Cutta, Pavel Brendl. . . . Russia: Oleg Tverdovsky, Oleg Saprykin.
DEUTSCHLAND CUP (Germany, Slovakia, Switzerland, USA) — Munich, Germany. . . . Germany: Jason Holland, Chris Schmidt, T.J. Mulock, Yannic Seidenberg. . . . Slovakia: Ivan Baranka, Milan Bartovic, Tomas Slovak, Marcel Hossa. . . . Switzerland: Hnat Domenichelli.
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Bob Green, the Edmonton Oil Kings’ general manager, was parked outside his club’s dressing room in Kamloops on Friday night, proud to show off his New York Yankees’ tie.
“He’s just pulling my chain,” offered Oil Kings head coach Steve Pleau, “because I’m a Red Sox fan.”
Green didn’t say a word. He didn't have to. His smile said it all.
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By the way, Pleau’s mother, Wendy, is back on her feet after battling two different types of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Her husband, Larry, is the general manager of the NHL’s St. Louis Blues.
Wendy’s cancer is in remission and she is strong enough to be in arenas.
Steve is excited because his mother, who has never seen the Oil Kings play, has a week-long trip to Edmonton planned for later this season.
There’s a story right here on his mother’s battle.
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Ernie (Punch) McLean and some of his former New Westminster Bruins players will be in Chilliwack to watch the Bruins play the Edmonton Oil Kings on Saturday. That story is right here.
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Scott Fisher of the Calgary Sun takes a look at the Tri-City Americans, who have won at least 47 games each of the last three seasons and appear headed that way again. That story is right here.
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Cory Wolfe of the Saskatoon StarPhoenix chats with Regina Pats sniper Jordan Eberle and discovers, among other things, that he cheats at golf. That piece is right here.
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The AHL’s San Antonio Rampage has recalled D Nick Ross (Lethbridge, Kamloops, Vancouver, 2004-09) from the ECHL’s Las Vegas Wranglers. Ross, 20, had one assist in seven games with Las Vegas. The Phoenix Coyotes selected Ross with the 30th selection of the NHL’s 2007 draft. . . . The Coyotes have recalled D Shaun Heshka (Everett, 2003-05) from San Antonio. He had four points in 13 games with the Rampage.
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FRIDAY:
In Brandon, G Garrett Zemlak stopped 42 shots to help the Prince Albert Raiders to a 4-0 victory over the Wheat Kings. . . . F Dustin Cameron scored the game’s first two goals, at 12:27 of the first period and 4:48 of the second, and Zemlak took it from there. . . . Brandon held a 17-7 edge in shots in the third period. . . . Brandon (10-8-0-2) was 0-for-8 on the PP. . . . Zemlak, the reigning CHL goaltender of the week, is 10-5-0-1. It was his second shutout this season and the third of his career. . . . The Raiders (10-8-0-1) were 2-for-5 on the PP. . . . Prince Albert has picked up 11 points out of its last six games. . . . Attendance was 4,333. . . . Brandon G Jacob De Serres stopped 18 shots. . . . Brandon C Jay Fehr had his 13-game point streak and a nine-game assist streak snapped. . . . This was Brandon’s first home game since it went 4-2-0-1 on a western road swing. . . . It was the first time Brandon has been shut out since Jan. 1, 2007, when G Linden Rowat stopped 34 shots as the Pats won 3-0 in Regina. Brandon played 194 games between shutouts.
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In Moose Jaw, the Medicine Hat Tigers erased a 2-0 first-period lead and edged the Warriors, 3-2. . . . F Linden Vey broke a 2-2 tie at 12:30 of the third period. . . . F Emerson Etem scored his 16th goal for the Tigers (10-8-2-2), while F Jason Bast got his 17th for the Warriors (12-8-0-0). . . . Medicine Hat G Deven Dubyk, who was acquired from Moose Jaw earlier in the season, stopped 28 shots for his first victory over the season. . . . The Tigers had lost five of their previous six games. . . . Attendance was 2,143. . . . With G Jeff Bosch out of action with an injury, Moose Jaw had G Warren Shymko, 17, backing up Dubyk. He had been with the junior B Saskatoon Royals. Earlier, he was dealt by the Tri-City Americans to the Kelowna Rockets and then assigned to the SJHL’s Yorkton Terriers. . . . Matthew Gourlie of the Moose Jaw Times-Herald reports that three Warriors — F Dylan Hood, F Riley Reinbolt and D Chad Suer — sat out with the flu, and so did the Warriors’ mascot, Mortimer J. Moose. G Brandon Glover, F Spencer Edwards, F Joey Kornelsen and F Cody Smuk played despite being under the weather.
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In Calgary, F Joel Broda’s PP goal 57 seconds into overtime gave the Hitmen a 3-2 victory over the Everett Silvertips. . . . Everett F Tyler Maxwell forced OT with his ninth goal at 19:12 of the second period. . . . Broda has nine goals this season. . . . Attendance was 6,836. . . . Calgary F Brandon Kozun, whose pass set up Broda for the winner, had two assists to run his point streak to 13 games — he has 25 points in that stretch — and his assist streak to nine games (13 helpers). . . . Calgary (15-5-0-0) was 2-for-5 on the PP; Everett (10-6-0-0) was 0-for-4.
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In Regina, F Jordan Eberle scored the only goal of a shootout as the Pats edged the Saskatoon Blades, 4-3. . . . F Jason Gardiner scored his first two goals this season for the Pats. . . . Attendance was 5,110. . . . Saskatoon () had won seven in a row. . . . Saskatoon took a 3-1 lead into the third period only to Gardiner tie it with goals 1:13 apart, at 14:31 and 15:44. . . . Regina has won four in a row at home. . . . Eberle was the shootout’s first shooter. . . . Regina lost F Matt Strueby 31 seconds into the game when he was given a boarding major for a hit on Saskatoon D Sam Klassen. . . . Saskatoon G Adam Morrison stopped 34 shots. . . . Eberle didn’t get a point in regulation or OT so his eight-game assist streak ended.
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In Kent, Wash., the Spokane Chiefs scored the game’s last three goals and beat the host Seattle Thunderbirds, 3-1. . . . F Blake Gal broke a 1-1 tie at 11:24 of the third period. . . . F Sena Acolatse gave Seattle a 1-0 lead at 17:13 of the second period on the PP. . . . Spokane F Kyle Beach, with goal No. 14, tied it at 18:06. . . . Spokane C Mitch Wahl, who set up Gal’s goal, added an empty-netter. . . . The Chiefs improved to 9-6-1-0, while Seattle slipped to 4-12-1-2. . . . Attendance was 4,025.
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In Red Deer, the Kootenay Ice jumped out to a 4-0 lead as they beat the Rebels, 4-1. . . . G Todd Mathews stopped 34 shots for the Ice (8-11-0-1. . . . The Rebels are 8-10-0-0. . . . Ice D Petr Senkeric scored his third goal and set up two others. . . . Attendance was 4,673. . . . The Rebels and Ice meet Saturday night in Cranbrook. . . . That is the first of five in a row on the road for the Rebels, who also will play in Kamloops, Kelowna, Vancouver and Chilliwack.
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In Kelowna, G Adam Brown stopped 23 saves to help the Kelowna Rockets to a 3-0 victory over the Chilliwack Bruins. . . . It was Brown’s second shutout this season and the fourth of his career. . . . The Rockets (10-7-1-0) got goals from F Brandon McMillan, F Kyle St. Denis, his 10th, and F Mitchell (Dirty Harry) Callahan. . . . Kelowna scored once in each period, with the first two goals coming via the PP. . . . Callahan scored an empty-netter. . . . Chilliwack (7-9-1-3) has lost three in a row. . . . Bruins G Mark Friesen stopped 31 shots. . . . Attendance was 6,119.
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In Kamloops, the Blazers erased a 4-1 second-period deficit and beat the Edmonton Oil Kings 6-5 in overtime. . . . The Blazers (9-9-2-0) had lost their previous seven games. . . . RW Jimmy Bubnick, scoreless in nine games, got the winner at 2:05 of OT. . . . The Blazers had been 0-2-0-0 since head coach Barry Smith was fired on Oct. 26 so this was victory No. 1 for interim head coach Scott Ferguson. . . . The Oil Kings (7-10-1-3) forced OT on F Brent Raedeke’s goal with 36.1 seconds left in the third period. . . . Garry Davidson, the Portland Winterhawks’ director of player personnel, took in his second straight game in Kamloops. He watched the Tri-City Americans beat the Blazers 8-3 on Tuesday, as well. This time, he said he was in Kamloops to watch the Randy Lindros Memorial bantam tournament, so took advantage of the situation to watch the WHLgame. . . . Attendance was 4,295.
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In Swift Current, F Cody Eakin became the WHL’s first 20-goal scorer this season as the Broncos beat the Prince George Cougars, 4-1. . . . The Broncos had lost four in a row. . . . F Taylor Makin gave the visitors a 1-0 lead at 10:49 of the first period but Eakin got No. 19 at 12:55 and No. 20 at 14:55, on the PP, and the Broncos (10-9-0-1) never looked back as they improved to 10-2-0-0 at home. . . . F Justin Dowling also scored twice for the home side. He has eight this season. . . . The game was the first of six in the East Division for the Cougars (3-13-0-1). . . . Attendance was 2,337.
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In Kennewick, Wash., F Brendan Shinnimin scored two goals and set up two others as the Tri-City Americans whipped the Vancouver Giants, 8-2. . . . Shinnimin, with 34 points, is two points behind WHL leader Brandon Kozun of the Calgary Hitmen. Last season, Shinnimin finished with 25 points in 64 games. . . . F Adam Hughesman added a goal and two assists for the Americans. . . . Tri-City D Brock Sutherland had two helpers and was plus-4. . . . Tri-City G Drew Owsley stopped 37 shots. . . . Attendance was 4,805. . . . Vancouver G Jamie Tucker was replaced by Brendan Jensen at 5:05 of the first period after giving up two goals on five shots. . . . The Americans led 5-0 early in the second period before Vancouver D Zach Hodder scored his first WHL goal. . . . The Americans are 15-3-0-0 and hold a three-point lead over the Giants (12-5-1-2) atop the Western Conference.