Sunday . . .

THE MacBETH REPORT: F James Knight (Moose Jaw, 2002-04) has signed for the rest of this season with the Peterborough Phantoms (England Premier). Knight, released last week by the Slough Jets (England Premier), had four goals and six assists in 12 games this season with the Jets. Last season, he had 20 goals and 43 assists with Telford Tigers (England Premier).
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While putting together Monday’s Daily News sports pages, I noted three postponments in the AJHL, each of them caused by what The Canadian Press reported as “scheduling.” . . . Thankfully, someone posted a note to this blog explaining it:
“Three AJHL games, originally scheduled for Sunday, November 1st have been postponed, and will be rescheduled at a later date. All games have been canceled due to a scheduling error.
“No officials were assigned to any of the three games.”
Mystery solved. . . .
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F Moises Gutierrez (Kamloops, Everett, 2002-06) played for his hometown team, the ECHL’s Anchorage Aces, for the first time on Friday night. His debut, against the visiting Idaho Steelheads, lasted nine minutes 50 seconds. He was tossed with an interference major and later drew a two-game suspension. So he sat out the final two games of the three-game set.
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SUNDAY:
In Edmonton, F Kellan Tochkin scored in regulation time and then added the shootout winner as the Everett Silvertips edged the Oil Kings, 2-1. . . . G Kent Simpson stopped 37 shots for Everett (9-4-0-0) and then added three more saves in the shootout. . . . G Cam Lanigan made 38 saves for Edmonton (7-9-0-3). . . . Attendance was 3,889.
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In Vancouver, the Giants scored five times in the third period and beat the Chilliwack Bruins, 8-2. . . . Vancouver (11-4-1-2) got two goals from F Lane Scheidl — he opened and closed the scoring with his first WHL scores. . . . F Brendan Gallagher and F Craig Cunningham each had a goal and two assists for Vancouver. . . . Giants D Nolan Toigo didn’t pick up a point but was plus-5. . . . Chilliwack G Mark Friesen went the distance, stopping 28 shots. . . . This was the Bruins third game of the weekend. G Lucas Gore (arm) left midway through a 7-1 victory over the host Kamloops Blazers on Friday, with Friesen coming on to finish up and then going the distance in a 4-2 victory over the visiting Calgary Hitmen on Saturday afternoon. . . . Vancouver F Lance Bouma was unsuccessful on a second-period penalty shot attempt. . . . Attendance was 5,482. . . . Vancouver was 1-for-9 on the PP; Chilliwack (7-7-1-3) was 0-for-6.
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In Swift Current, G Steven Stanford stopped 25 shots to help the Saskatoon Blades to a 3-1 victory over the Broncos. . . . The Blades (13-3-0-2) moved atop the Eastern Conference standings, two points ahead of the idle Calgary Hitmen (13-5-0-0). . . . D Jyri Niemi scored at 2:47 of the first period and the Blades nursed that lead into the third period when F Travis Toomey upped the lead to two at 5:00. . . . The Broncos (9-8-0-1) closed to within one on a Michael Stickland goal at 9:34, but Saskatoon put it away when F Gaelan Patterson scored at 15:48. . . . Attendance was 2,033. . . . The Broncos, who have lost three in a row, visit Saskatoon on Wednesday.
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In Cranbrook, F Jesse Ismond scored his second goal of the season at 3:54 of overtime as the Kootenay Ice got past the Seattle Thunderbirds, 1-0. . . . Ice G Todd Mathews stopped 24 shots for his first shutout of the season and the third of his career. . . . Seattle G Calvin Pickard stopped 33 shots. . . . Attendance was 2,695. . . . The Thunderbirds (4-11-1-2), who had seven players out with the flu Saturday when they lost 11-2 to the Tigers in Medicine Hat, scratched three players this time. . . . The Ice is 7-11-0-0. . . . Ice D Brayden McNabb left early in the second period with an apparent left knee injury and will be out at least a week. Jeff Bromley of the Kootenay News Advertiser also reports that Ice D Luke Paulsen (ankle) was on crutches at game’s end. “If you're keeping count Kootenay now has McNabb, Paulsen and Cason Machacek – all d-men – as well as forwards Matt Fraser (knee 1-2 weeks), Drew Czwerwonka (leg) and Christian Magnus (finger) on the injury list,” writes Bromley. . . . Seattle finished its Central Division road swing with a 1-3-1-1 record.
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In Portland, G James Reid turned aside 34 shots to lead the Spokane Chiefs to a 3-0 victory over the Winterhawks. . . . On Saturday night in Spokane, the Winterhawks (13-6-0-0) had posted a 2-0 victory. . . . The shutout was Reid’s first this season and the fifth of his career. . . . Attendance was 1,895. . . . D Stefan Ulmer opened the scoring with a PP goal at 4:48 of the first period. . . . Portland G Kurtis Mucha, who had the shutout on Saturday, stopped 32 shots in this one. . . . The Winterhawks had won five in a row. . . . F Kyle Beach, with his 11th, and F Tyler Johnson also scored for the Chiefs (7-6-1-0).
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A CLOSING NOTE:
The Los Angeles Kings lost two recent shootouts, both by 2-1 scores, to the San Jose Sharks and Vancouver Canucks.
Here’s Kings head coach Terry Murray: “I hate shootouts. It’s a useless part of the game. I hate it but the fans love it. It’s good for the game but boy I hate it.”
Amen!