Thursday . . .

THE MacBETH REPORT: F Mike Wirll (Brandon, Prince Albert, Prince George, Lethbridge, 1997-2003) signed a contract for the rest of this season with Gislaved (Sweden Division 1). He had 24 goals and 38 assists in 57 games with Mississippi (ECHL) and Bakersfield (ECHL) last season.
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The Tri-City Americans have reacquired D Eric Mestery, 19, from the Lethbridge Hurricanes for a 2010 second-round bantam draft pick. Mestery had seven points and 21 penalty minutes in 21 games with Lethbridge this season. He went to the Hurricanes last season, along with F Drew Hoff, 20, for F Mitch Fadden, 20, D Brock Sutherland and D Cam Stevens. The Americans selected Mestery with the seventh pick of the 2005 bantam draft. . . . Tri-City, which is at home to the Everett Silvertips on Friday, now is carrying 25 players, including 15 forwards and eight defencemen.
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Steve Ewen of the Vancouver Province is reporting that the Vancouver Giants have sent G Brendan Jensen, 16, to the NAHL’s Wenatchee Wild, while bringing in G Mark Segal, 18, from the BCHL’s Nanaimo Clippers. Details are on Ewen’s blog, The Dub Hub, over there on the left.