Tuesday . . .

The Moose Jaw Warriors have chosen not to renew the contract of assistant coach Kevin Higo. "We feel the need to go another direction moving forward," Jeff Truitt, the director of hockey operations, said in a statement. . . . Truitt said the Warriors will soon begin looking for a replacement to work with head coach Dave Hunchak.
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Mike Johnston, the GM and head coach of the Portland Winterhawks, has added another title to his portfolio — assistant coach with the Swiss national team. Johnston will help head coach Sean Simpson run Switzerland’s entry in the world championship that runs May 7-23 in Germany. . . . F Nino Niederreiter of the Winterhawks has been invited to the Swiss tryout camp. Niederreiter also made his senior international debut with Switzerland on Saturday. Simpson used him in an international exhibition game against Germany in Fussen. The Swiss won 1-0 on a third-period goal by Damien Brunner of EV Zug. Niederreiter went into the lineup in place of F Roman Wick, who sat out with bruised ribs. (Thanks to the gang at World Hockey for the Niederreiter info.)
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Ed Harding is the new director of hockey and varsity boys head coach at North Yarmouth Academy. Harding is a veteran of the coaching wars, having coached in the USHL and the QMJHL. Most recently, he was GM and head coach of the QMJHL’s Lewiston Maineiacs. . . . NYA is located in Yarmouth, Maine.