Tuesday . . .

THE MacBETH REPORT: F Jaroslav Kristek (Tri-City, 1998-2000) has been traded by Karlovy Vary (Czech Republic Extraliga) to Zlin (Czech Republic Extraliga) for D David Nosek. Kristek had eight goals and 10 assists in 44 games for Karlovy Vary this season. . . .
F Darren Reid (Medicine Hat, 2001-04) has signed with Heilbronn (Germany 2.Bundesliga) for the rest of this season. He had six goals and two assists in 21 games with Hershey (AHL), two assists in one game with Reading (ECHL), and one goal in two appearances with South Carolina (ECHL) this season. . . .
D Ryan Jorde (Tri-City, Lethbridge, Moose Jaw, 1997-2002) has signed a contract for the rest of this season with the Newcastle Vipers (UK Elite). He went pointless in four appearances with the Hull Stingrays (UK Elite) earlier this season. . . .
F Brad Cruickshank (Calgary, Edmonton Ice, Lethbridge, 1996-98) has signed a contract for the rest of this season with the Coventry Blaze (UK Elite) after his release from Sheffield Steelers (UK Elite) on Monday afternoon. He had 16 goals and eight assists in 38 games with the Steelers. . . .
F Adrian Foster (Saskatoon, Brandon, 1999-2002) has signed a contract for the rest of this season with Frankfurt Lions (Germany DEL). He had two goals and two assists in 10 games with Dinamo Riga (Latvia, KHL) earlier this season.
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Bob Green, the general manager of the Edmonton Oil Kings, sounds like he will stand beside head coach Steve Pleau, at least until the end of this season. That story is right here.
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The stretch run officially has begun. How do we know? We check the WHL discipline file and note the number of coaches who have been fined of late. . . . Portland’s Mike Johnston and Seattle’s Rob Sumner each was touched for $500 after getting the old heave-ho in Seattle on Jan. 23. . . . Of course, Brandon’s Kellky McCrimmon contributed $500 after getting into it with some fans in Prince Albert on Jan. 20, while Chilliwack’s Marc Habscheid anted up $500 after getting tossed in Everett on Jan. 16. . . . And let’s not forget that the Prince George Cougars donated $500 for their second line brawl of the season on Jan. 16 against visiting Vancouver. That was the third such incident of the season for the Giants, who wrote a cheque for $1,000. . . .
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D Luca Sbisa arrived in Portland from Switzerland on Monday. But he wasn’t able to practice Tuesday. Why not? If you can believe it, his luggage, including his hockey gear, went missing. The Oregonian story is right here.
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D Dillon Simpson of the AJHL’s Spruce Grove Saints has committed to attend the U of North Dakota and play for the Fighting Sioux. Simpson, 16, has 34 points in 47 games this season. The son of former NHLer Craig Simpson, Dillon was selected by the Kelowna Rockets in the eighth round of the 2008 WHL bantam draft.
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TUESDAY:
In Cranbrook, F Scott Glennie’s goal at 3:29 of overtime gave the Brandon Wheat Kings a 6-5 victory over the host Kootenay Ice. . . . The Wheat Kings trailed 5-3 midway through the game. . . . Brandon F Aaron Lewadniuk scored his 25th goal, on the PP, at 18:23 of the second period and F Brayden Schenn tied it, with his 19th, at 12:42 of the third. . . . Glennie also had two assists in this third straight three-point game. . . . Brandon got two assists from F Jay Fehr, who returned after missing six games with a badly cut leg. He set up Glennie’s winner. . . . Schenn finished with two goals. . . . The Ice had won its last eight home games. . . . F Steele Boomer scored his 20th goal of the season for Kootenay. . . . Ice F Dustin Sylvester had one assist. He has 17 points in 10 January games. . . . Ice G Todd Mathews, who made 29 stops, had won a franchise-record 11 straight games. . . . Brandon goaltenders Andrew Hayes and Jacob De Serres combined for 17 saves. . . . Each team was 2-for-4 on the PP. . . . The Wheat Kings (33-16-0-3) have won five of six. . . . The Ice is 30-16-2-2. . . . Attendance was 4,410.
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In Moose Jaw, F Taylor Vause scored 2:30 into overtime to give the Swift Current Broncos a 3-2 victory over the Warriors. . . . Vause tipped in D Travis Bobbee’s point shot to win it. . . . Broncos F Cody Eakin tied the score 2-2 with his 35th goal, on the PP, just 36 seconds into the second period. . . . Eakin, F Jordan Eberle of the Regina Pats and F Ryan Howse of the Chilliwack Bruins lead the WHL in goals. . . . Moose Jaw G Jeff Bosch stopped 41 shots. . . . Swift Current G Mark Friesen turned aside 25 shots, including a first-period penalty shot by F Antonin Honejsek. . . . The winner was Vause’s second goal of the game. He has 10 on the season. . . . Moose Jaw got a goal, his 21st, and an assist from F Quinton Howden. . . . The Broncos (25-23-0-3) closed to within a point of the eighth-place Red Deer Rebels in the Eastern Conference. . . . The Warriors (25-17-3-3) are 17-6-2-2 at home. . . . Attendance was 2,065.
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In Prince George, F Linden Vey scored three goals and set up two others as the Medicine Hat Tigers dumped the Cougars, 9-3. . . . The Tigers, who have won four in a row, improved to 30-15-3-5 and moved two points ahead of the idle Calgary Hitmen atop the Central Division. . . . F Wacey Hamilton scored twice for the Tigers, who got four assists out of F Tristan King. . . . Medicine Hat F Bretton Cameron ended a 13-game drought with his 29th goal on his 21st birthday. . . . F Alex Rodgers had two goals for the Cougars (9-38-1-2), who have lost 10 in a row. . . . Medicine Hat G Devan Dubyk stopped 34 shots. . . . The Tigers were 3-for-12 on the PP; the Cougars were 0-for-6. . . . Attendance was 1,663.
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In Kamloops, the Blazers scored on their first two shots and went on to drop the Spokane Chiefs, 8-1. . . . C C.J. Stretch had a goal and four assists, while linemate Brendan Ranford added three goals and an assist. . . . Spokane head coach Hardy Sauter used both his goaltenders — Michael Tadjdeh and James Reid, on two occasions each. . . . Kamloops scored its eight goals on 24 shots. In fact, the Blazers were outshot, 27-24. . . . The Blazers (24-23-2-3) had lost three of their previous four games after a five-game winning streak. . . . The Chiefs (27-18-3-1) are 15-8-2-1 on the road. . . . The last time the Chiefs were touched for eight goals in game? They lost 9-7 to the visiting Seattle Thunderbirds on Feb. 11, 2008. . . . Attendance was 4,030.