Sunday . . .

Yes, it has started already. . . . The Favre Watch. . . . Will he stay, or will he go?
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THE MacBETH REPORT: G Riku Helenius (Seattle, 2007-08) has been reassigned by the Tampa Bay Lightning from Norfolk (AHL) to Södertälje (Sweden Elitserien) for the rest of the season. In 12 games with Norfolk, Helenius had a 5-7-0 record, a 2.75 GAA and a .896 save percentage. He has not played in a game since Dec. 19. The Lightning selected Helenius with the 15th overall pick in the NHL’s 2006 draft.
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The Lightning also reassigned G Dustin Tokarski (Spokane, 2006-09) to Norfolk. He was recalled on Jan. 14 and got into two NHL games, both in relief. He stopped 13 of 16 shots in the two appearances. When recalled from Norfolk, he was 12-13-0, 2.68, .911 in his first pro season. He was a fifth-round pick by the Lightning in the NHL’s 2008 draft. . . . On Sunday, Tokarski stopped 24 shots as the Admirals beat the host Lowell Devils, 1-0.
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SUNDAY:
In Edmonton, the Medicine Hat Tigers completed a weekend sweep of the Oil Kings by beating them 2-1. . . . The Tigers (29-15-3-5) won 9-2 in Medicine Hat on Saturday. . . . The Oil Kings (10-30-4-7) have lost 14 in a row. They last won on Dec. 18 when they beat the Red Deer Rebels, 3-1. That is Edmonton’s only victory in its last 18 games. . . . Attendance was announced at 4,250 but the Edmonton Journal’s Mario Annicchiarico reported that there were “no more than 800 fans at Rexall Place.” . . . Edmonton G Cam Lanigan stopped 38 shots, giving up first-period goals to F Wacey Hamilton, at 2:57, and F Tristan King less than three minutes later. . . . Edmonton got its goal, also in the first period, from D Adrian Van de Mosselaer. He was seventh-round draft pick by the Tigers in 2005.
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In Portland, G Ian Curtis stopped 51 shots to lead the Winterhawks to a 3-1 victory over the Vancouver Giants. . . . The Giants had won the previous 13 meetings between the teams, including two this season. . . . F Riley Boychuk set up two goals for Portland (30-19-1-1) . . . The Giants are 29-19-1-2. . . . Attendance at Memorial Coliseum was 2,289. . . . The Winterhawks were playing their third game in as many nights, while the Giants didn’t play Saturday. . . . The Giants held a 14-0 edge in shots in the game’s first 12 minutes but weren’t able to score. . . . Portland got its first two goals from F Oliver Gabriel, his sixth, at 12:54 of the second period, and F Tayler Jordan, his second of the season, at 13:39 of the third. . . . Curtis lost his shutout when F Craig Cunningham scored his 30th at 17:39 of the third. . . . Portland F Luke Walker got No. 20 into an empty net. . . . Vancouver G Mark Segal stopped 36 shots. . . . The Giants had two potential goals disallowed. . . . Portland was without D Eric Doyle (ankle). He was injured Saturday but may return Friday in Everett. With Doyle out, Portland used F Stefan Schneider on the back end.
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In Everett, the Silvertips scored three first-period goals and went on to a 3-2 victory over the Spokane Chiefs. . . . The Silvertips (31-16-2-1) have won 12 in a row, one shy of the franchise record set in 2006-07. The Silvertips entertain the Portland Winterhawks on Friday. . . . The Chiefs (27-18-3-1) had won three of four. . . . Everett G Kent Simpson stopped 34 shots. . . . Spokane starter James Reid left after Everett’s third goal, at 17:41 of the first period. He made nine saves, with Michael Tadjdeh coming on to make 18 stops. . . . F Kellan Tochkin scored twice, giving him 18, and F Shane Harper got his 31st as the home team took a 3-0 lead. . . . Harper has goals in eight of the 12 games the club has won since we left 2009. . . . Attendance was 5,812. . . . The Chiefs were without F Blake Gal, who drew a one-game suspension for a checking-from-behind major in a 3-2 victory over the host Tri-City Americans on Saturday. Gal will be eligible to return Tuesday when the Chiefs meet the Blazers in Kamloops.
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In Calgary, F Misha Fisenko scored three times to lead the Hitmen to a 6-2 victory over the Lethbridge Hurricanes. . . . Calgary D Michael Stone and F Brandon Kozun each had three assists. . . . Kozun now has 74 points, one behind WHL scoring leader Craig Cunningham of the Vancouver Giants. . . . The Hitmen (32-15-1-1) have won three in a row. . . . The Hurricanes are 16-27-3-2. . . . The Hurricanes led this one 2-0 before giving up six straight goals. . . . The Hitmen were 5-for-7 on the PP; Lethbridge was 0-for-7. . . . Calgary G Martin Jones stopped 17 shots as he made his ninth straight start. He also won his 20th game of the season. . . . Attendance was 10,132. . . . The Hitmen also got a goal and an assist from F Joel Broda. In Prince Albert, Broda’s father, Gord, who is the vice-president of the Raiders’ board and runs the Broda Construction Group, contributed $25,000 on Saturday to the Haitian relief effort. “It’s hard not to catch the magnitude of the devastation and destruction over there, watching it on the TV,” Gord Broda told John MacNeil of the Prince Albert Daily Herald. “It’s truly heartbreaking to see what’s going on over there. They need a lot of help, certainly just basic food and water and medical supplies and stuff. (We’re) just doing our little part to try to help out.” That donation helped the Raiders raise $27,159 during their Saturday victory over the Kootenay Ice.
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In Regina, the Pats were to have played the Kootenay Ice but the game was postponed due to horrid weather conditions. The game has yet to be rescheduled. . . . The Ice, which had played Saturday in Prince Albert, weren’t able to go south to Regina from Saskatoon. They eventually headed for Cranbrook via Kindersley and were hoping to get home early Monday morning. . . . The Pats over-nighted in Swift Current after beating the Broncos on Saturday and were able to get home Sunday morning before parts of the Trans-Canada Highway were closed.