Friday . . .

THE MacBETH REPORT: F Jesse Schultz (Tri-City, Prince Albert, Kelowna, 1999-2003) has signed with Nuremburg (Germany DEL) for the rest of this season after his release by Björklöven Umeå (Sweden Allsvenskan) earlier this week. This was arranged in co-operation with Björklöven prior to the release but the Swedish club wanted Nuremburg to make the announcement. Schultz had seven goals and nine assists in 21 games for the Björklöven this season. . . .
D Tomas Fojtik (Portland, 2003-04) has signed with HK Jestrabi Prostejov (Czech Republic 2.Liga) after his release by HK Spisska Nova Ves (Slovakia Extraliga). He had two assists in eight games for Spisska Nova Ves this season. . . .
F Josh Olson (Portland, 2000-02) has signed for the rest of this season with Bolzano (Italy Serie A). He had seven goals and 10 assists in 21 games for Hannover Indians (Germany 2.Bundesliga) prior to his release by the Indians in mid-December. Olson played for Bolzano last season, getting 27 goals and 31 assists in 47 games.
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The Prince Albert Raiders have re-assigned G Dalyn Flette, 19, to the AJHL’s Camrose Kodiaks. Flette appeared in seven games with the Raiders, going 2-3-0-1 with a GAA of 4.21. Flette became expendable with the acquisition earlier in the week of G Jamie Tucker, 18, from the Vancouver Giants. . . . Last season, Flette was with the Edmonton Oil Kings when he needed surgery on an ankle. He then finished up the season with Camrose.
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The NAHL has added another franchise. A team will begin play in Aberdeen, S.D., next season and play out of the Odde Ice Center. According to a press release from the league: “The membership is conditioned upon on the prospective ownership presenting league-required documents to the NAHL office in order to complete the expansion application process. The club may begin operations once all necessary documents are received in an acceptable form.” . . . More from that press release: “The team's owner, Greg Odde, is also the proprietor of L&O Acres, a farming, trucking and machinery sales business. A hockey enthusiast, Odde has been a member of the Aberdeen Youth Hockey Association in various capacities, including president, for a number of years.” . . . This is of interest to the WHL because South Dakota is one of the WHL’s draftable territories. . . . The NAHL has 19 teams split between four divisions this season.
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FRIDAY:
In Kent, Wash., G Thomas Heemskerk stopped 21 shots to help the Everett Silvertips to a 3-0 victory over the host Seattle Thunderbirds. . . . The shutout was the second of this season for Heemskerk and the fifth of his career. . . . The Silvertips (24-16-2-1) have won five in a row, their longest victory skein of the season. . . . The Thunderbirds (13-23-2-4) have lost six straight. They have been blanked four times this season. . . . F Josh Winquist’s second goal of the season, at 6:42 of the second, stood up as the winner. . . . F Shane Harper added his 26th and D Alex Theriau got his first. . . . Attendance was 3,720. . . . Everett was without F Byron Froese (personal). . . . D Ryan Aasman, acquired Wednesday from Prince Albert, was in Seattle’s lineup, as was F Brenden Silvester, who hadn’t played since Oct. 17 because of a lower-back problem. He missed 29 games.
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In Edmonton, D Kevin Connauton scored his 20th goal of the season and added an assist as the Vancouver Giants got past the Oil Kings, 5-3. . . . Connauton leads WHL defencemen in goals and points (50). . . . The Oil Kings (10-23-4-6) lost their sixth straight; they are 0-6 versus the Giants in their history. . . . Edmonton took a 2-0 lead on first-period goals by F Tomas Vincour, his 17th, and F Dylan Wruck, his fourth. . . . The Giants scored three times before the second period was 12 minutes old. . . . Vancouver was 2-for-4 on the PP; the home side was 1-for-4. . . . F Klarc Wilson, acquired last week from the Brandon Wheat Kings, scored his first goal for Edmonton to tie the score at 17:50 of the second. . . . However, F Craig Cunningham gave the Giants the lead at 19:35 on the PP. . . . The Giants (27-14-1-2) won their third straight. . . . F Brett Breitkreuz had three helpers for Edmonton. . . . G Derek Tendler stopped 20 shots in his Vancouver debut. He joined the club from the SJHL’s Estevan Bruins this week after being acquired last month from the Regina Pats. . . . Edmonton G Cam Lanigan stopped 30 shots. . . . Attendance was 4,315. . . . The Oil Kings lost Vincour and D Mark Pysyk in the first period as both left with undisclosed injuries.
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In Brandon, the Medicine Hat Tigers got two shootout goals and beat the Wheat Kings, 3-2. . . . The Tigers (25-13-3-4) had lost three of four going into this one. The victory vaulted Medicine Hat into first place in the Central Division, one point up on the idle Calgary Hitmen. Calgary has four games in hand. . . . The Wheat Kings (28-13-0-3) had won their last three games. They are three points behind the Eastern Conference-leading Sasaktoon Blades. . . . The Tigers took a 2-0 first-period lead on goals by F Joey Frazer (4:26) and Wacey Hamilton (8:16). . . . The Wheat Kings, who were 2-for-9 on the PP, got a first-period score from F Mark Stone (11:30) and third-period tally from F Matt Calvert, his 28th, at 13:02. . . . Medicine Hat G Deven Dubyk stopped 42 shots through OT and denied Calvert and F Toni Rajala in the circus, while being beaten by F Scott Glennie. . . . Dubyk was an 11th-round bantam draft pick of the Wheat Kings in 2006 but never played a regular-season game for them. . . . Brandon G Andrew Hayes stopped 24 shots. . . . Medicine Hat was 0-for-5 on the PP. . . . Attendance was 4,595.
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In Kamloops, the line of C.J. Stretch between Brendan Ranford and Jimmy Bubnick had 11 points as the Blazers dumped the Kelowna Rockets, 6-4. . . . Stretch set up three first-period goals, while Ranford and Bubnick each had two goals and two assists. . . . The Blazers (17-21-2-3) moved into seventh in the Western Conference, one point ahead of the Rockets (19-23-2-0) who lost their third in a row and eighth in nine outings. . . . F Lucas Bloodoff, who sat out the previous 15 games with a knee injury, had two second-period goals for Kelowna. . . . Kamloops D Linden Saip had two goals and an assist to run his point streak to six games. . . . Attendance was 4,409.
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In Prince Albert, F Dustin Cameron scored the only shootout goal as the Raiders ended a five-game losing streak with a 3-2 victory over the Lethbridge Hurricanes. . . . The Raiders (21-20-1-2) scored the game’s first two goals, at 6:15 and 10:12 of the third period, from F Colin Reddin and F Igor Revenko, his 20th. . . . Lethbridge tied it on two goals from F Graham Hood, giving him 11, at 12:17 and 19:31. . . . Lethbridge was blanked in the shootout. . . . Lethbridge G Linden Rowat stopped 39 shots; Prince Albert’s Garrett Zemlak turned aside 32. . . . G Jamie Tucker, acquired this week from the Vancouver Giants, backed up Zemlak. . . . F Jonathan Parker, acquired from the Seattle Thunderbirds, drew an assist on the Raiders’ first goal. . . . The Hurricanes slipped to 13-23-3-2. . . . Attendance was 2,108.
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In Red Deer, the Swift Current Broncos scored two shootout goals and beat the Rebels, 3-2. . . . The Rebels (22-16-0-4) led this one 2-0 on goals by F Landon Ferraro, at 3:33 of the first, and F Andrej Kudrna, at 12:25 of the second. . . . The Broncos (22-18-0-2) tied it with third-period goals 73 seconds apart by F Cody Eakin, his 29th, on the PP at 2:18, and D Derek Claffey. . . . Swift Current G Mark Friesen stopped 25 shots. Ferraro started the shootout by scoring, but Friesen then foiled F Willie Coetzee, F John Persson and F Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. . . . G Darcy Kuemper stopped 33 shots for the Rebels. . . . Eakin and F Stepan Novotny were blanked to open the Broncos’ side of the shootout, and F Brad Hoban and F Justin Dowling scored. . . . The Broncos were 1-for-1 on the PP; the Rebels were 0-for-1. Seriously. . . . Attendance was 4,833.
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In Regina, the Moose Jaw Warriors got off to a 4-0 lead and went on to a 5-2 victory over the Pats. . . . The Warriors (22-15-1-2) have won five straight. The also have beaten Regina five straight times. . . . The Pats, having lost 10 of 11, slipped to 17-24-3-0 and now are nine points out of a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. . . . It was Jordan Eberle and Colten Teubert Day in Regina, and attendance was 6,051. . . . “It’s absolutely frustrating,” Regina head coach Curtis Hunt told Greg Harder of the Regina Leader-Post. “I thought we started the game tentative, standing around, waiting for Jordan Eberle to work his magic. You’re chasing the game from the beginning because you’re not mentally ready. We made these mistakes in Edmonton (at a preseason tournament) in September. Get your head out of your arse!" . . . F Brandon Rowinski scored his 25th goal of the season for the Warriors. He has five goals in his last three games. . . . Eberle, back with the Pats after starring with Team Canada, was pointless and minus-3. . . . Moose Jaw G Jeff Bosch, a former Pat, stopped 35 shots. . . . Regina G Brett Martyniuk turned aside 20 shots. . . . Attendance was 6,051. . . . Moose Jaw remains without D Travis Hamonic (shoulder) and D Ryan Stanton (mononucleosis).
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In Spokane, G Lucas Gore stopped 28 shots for his third shutout of the season as the Chilliwack Bruins blanked the Chiefs, 3-0. . . . F Dylen McKinlay scored the game’s first goal, his 15th, on the PP at 13:33 of the second. . . . F Kevin Sundher added his 17th and F Ryan Howse got his league-leading 34th in the third. . . . The Bruins (20-18-1-5) have won seven of nine. . . . The Chiefs (23-15-0-3) have been shut out twice this season and now have lost six in a row at home. . . . Gore has three shutouts in his career, all this season. . . . Spokane lost despite allowing a season-low 17 shots. . . . Attendance was 5,112.
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In Kennewick, Wash., F Kruise Reddick broke a 2-2 tie in the third period to give the host Tri-City Americans a 3-2 victory over the Prince George Cougars. . . . The Cougars (9-31-1-1) have lost three in a row. . . . The visitors took a 2-0 lead on goals by F Taylor Makin, his seventh, at 9:42 of the first and F Nick Buonassisi, his eighth, 14 seconds into the second on the PP. . . . The Americans pulled even with second-period PP goals from F Just Feser, his 19th, and F Adam Hughesman, his 15th. . . . The Americans (30-10-0-1) had lost their last two games. They closed to within a point of the idle Saskatoon Blades, who are atop the overall standings. . . . F James Dobrowolski had two assists for P.G., while F Johnny Lazo had two for the Ams. . . . The Cougars were 1-for-1 on the PP; the Americans were 3-for-3. Seriously. . . . G Alex Wright stopped 23 shots for Prince George. . . . Tri-City G Alexander Pechurskiy turned aside 24 shots, including a first-period penalty shot attempt by former Americans F Spencer Asuchak. . . . The Americans took the season series with the Cougars 4-0 for a second straight season. . . . Attendance was 3,777.