Ice stays alive . . . Everett showing Hart . . . Broncos captain gets NHL deal

F Jamie Lundmark (Moose Jaw, Seattle, 1998-2001) has signed a two-year extension with Klagenfurt (Austria, Erste Bank Liga). In 54 games, Lundmark had 24 goals and 25 assists. He led his team in goals, assists and points, and was eighth in the league’s scoring race.
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FRIDAY’S GAMES:

In Calgary, F Levi Cable was credited with the OT goal that gave the Kootenay Ice a 5-4 victory over the Hitmen. . . . Calgary leads the series 3-2 as they head back to Cranbrook for Game 6 tonight. . . . It was the third time in five games that the teams needed OT to settle things. . . . Calgary F Adam Tambellini scored the winner in both of those games and he came close early in OT last night, only to be thwarted by G Wyatt Hoflin. . . . Moments later, at 6:05, Ice F Luke Philp took a shot that ended up in the Calgary goal to win the game. Cable, who had scored earlier in the game, doesn’t think he touched the puck, so the goal likely will be changed to Philp, who already had a goal and three assists. . . . The teams combined for two first-period goals, six in the second and none in the third. . . . Ice F Sam Reinhart tied the game 4-4 with his fourth goal of the series, on a PP, at 19:51 of the second. . . . The Hitmen had taken a 4-2 lead when F Kenton Helgesen got his fourth goal, via a PP, at 12:51. . . . The Ice cut the deficit to one on Philp’s shorthanded goal at 17:48. . . . Philp and Tambellini, who had two assists, lead the playoff scoring race, each with 11 points. Tambellini has five goals; Philp has three, or maybe four. . . . Reinhart, who took 10 minor penalties in 47 regular-season games, took two minors for the second straight game. He was in the penalty box for Helgesen’s PP goal and for Philp’s shorthanded score. . . . Ice F Tim Bozon had two assists. . . . F Radel Fazleev scored twice for Calgary. . . . Hoflin finished with 24 saves, seven fewer than Calgary’s Brendan Burke. . . . The Ice was 2-for-8 on the PP; the Hitmen were 2-for-3. . . . Attendance was 9,121. . . . A post-game tweet from the Ice: “DID YOU KNOW: tonight marked the 1st playoff OT win for the ICE vs. Calgary since 04/29/00 (KTN 6 @ 5 CGY). Zdenek Blatny had the OT winner. . . . Scott Fisher of the Calgary Sun has a game story right here.

In Spokane, the Everett Silvertips scored the game’s first three goals and went on to a 3-1 victory over the Chiefs. . . . Everett goes home for tonight’s fifth game with a 3-1 lead in the series. . . . F Logan Aasman got Everett on the board at 2:21 of the second period and F Nikita Scherbak made it 2-0 at 11:54. . . . F Brayden Low upped the lead to 3-0 at 6:48 of the third. . . . F Kailer Yamamoto scored for the Chiefs, on a PP, at 10:53 of the third. . . . Everett G Carter Hart stopped 31 shots, 12 more than Garret Hughson of the Chiefs. . . . Everett F Dawson Leedahl skated in the warmup but was scratched. With him out, Everett dressed D Jantzen Leslie, a first-round pick from the 2014 bantam draft. D Jordan Wharrie saw time as a forward. . . . Attendance was 5,130. . . . The Chiefs were 1-for-7 on the PP; the Silvertips were 0-for-5. . . . Nick Patterson of the Everett Herald has a game story right here. . . .
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There weren’t any embellishment penalties handed out in the Everett-Spokane game, despite both coaches having complained about the opposition’s diving tactics. . . . If you missed it, Everett head coach Kevin Constantine filled in Nick Patterson of the Everett Herald on Thursday:
“Their diving and their flopping to me has almost turned into an Olympic sport. It was very evident, it was epidemic in the game (Wednesday) night.
“I think a couple players on our team over the course of the season gave us a false team reputation of going down easy. Our team has never promoted that or done that, even though there's a couple players who have done it a little. It's nothing compared to what Spokane has done in the first three games."
With Spokane’s special teams having been better in the regular season, Constantine told Patterson that the Chiefs “as a team, conspired to turn this into a flopping contest. You could pick out 10 times before what happened with Scherbak in overtime — 10 times — where they just purposely dropped to the ice. I don't debate that Scherbak, in the case of the overtime penalty, might have tried to encourage the ref to make a call the other way and got called for it. But that call that was made on Scherbak should have been called on Spokane 10 times prior to that call being made. I could show you the 10 times (on video) right now.
“To me it's a bit comical and a bit frustrating how much Spokane is just flopping all over the ice. I think it's a travesty to the game, I think it's bad for the game that they're doing that, and I hope the officiating can stay on top of them doing that.”
Patterson’s complete story is right here.
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F Colby Cave of the Swift Current Broncos has signed a three-year, entry-level deal with the NHL’s Boston Bruins. Cave, who just completed his 20-year-old season with the Broncos, was an undrafted unrestricted free agent. . . . From Battleford, Sask., Cave had career highs in goals (35), assists (40) and points (75) this season. He played all 72 regular-season games for a third straight season. . . . In 287 career games, he had 202 points, 95 of the goals.
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The Brandon Wheat Kings and Regina Pats will be well-rested by the time they begin their second-round series on Friday. Both teams completed first-round sweeps on Wednesday. . . . “It’s uncommon to have breaks this long,” Kelly McCrimmon, the Wheat Kings’ owner/GM/head coach, told Rob Henderson of the Brandon Sun. “(The Pats) swept their series so they were done on Wednesday night. We had a real compressed schedule so by playing five games in seven nights were done on Wednesday, and it’s going to give both teams a lot of opportunity to be ready for Round 2.” . . . McCrimmon gave his players a couple of days off, while he was in Winnipeg on Friday scouting the Western Canadian bantam championship.
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The NHL’s Montreal Canadiens have assigned Swift Current Broncos D Brett Lernout to the AHL’s Hamilton Bulldogs. Lernout was selected by Montreal in the third round of the 2014 NHL draft and signed a three-year contract with the Habs on Dec. 19. . . . This sesason, Lernout, 19, had 42 points, including 14 goals, in 72 games with the Broncos, whose season ended this week with a first-round loss to the Regina Pats. . . . The Bulldogs are at home to the Utica Comets tonight.
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F Mads Eller of the Edmonton Oil Kings played hurt as his squad lost to the Brandon Wheat Kings in five games. Chris O’Leary of the Edmonton Journal has more right here on Eller and his broken mastoid process.
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The Everett Silvertips have signed F Spencer Gerth, 16, a list player who was in their training camp prior to this season. Gerth spent the season with the junior B Golden Rockets of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League. Ty Davidson, who was the Rockets’ GM/head coach, is the son of Everett GM Garry Davidson. . . . Gerth had 22 points, including eight goals, in 52 games with Golden.
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KABOOM! . . . The Kimberley Dynamiters opened the Cyclone Taylor Cup — B.C.’s junior B championship tournament — with a 2-1 victory over the host Mission Outlaws on Friday night. . . . F Braden Saretsky, who turns 19 on April 16, scored the Nitros’ first goal, to continue his amazing playoff run. The West Kelowna native now has 19 goals in 23 playoff games; he scored 19 goals in 44 regular-season games. He played the first 19 games of the season with the KIJHL’s Summerland Steam and the last 25 with the Dynamiters. . . . Kimberley faces the Campbell River Storm today at 2 p.m. Pacific.
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Everett beats Spokane 3-1 to go up 3-1. Chiefs 0-6 with 6 goals for in last 6 home playoff games.
— Scott Sepich (@SSepich) April 4, 2015

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THE MacBETH REPORT:
F Jamie Lundmark (Moose Jaw, Seattle, 1998-2001) signed a two-year contract extension with Klagenfurt (Austria, Erste Bank Liga). He had 29 goals and 29 assists in 51 games for Klagenfurt this season. Lundmark led Klagenfurt in scoring this season, one point ahead of John Lammers (Lethbridge, Everett, 2001-06), and finished fifth in the league.
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Former Tri-City Americans assistant coach Scott Beattie now is the head coach of Olten, a professional team in Switzerland.
One of his players, D Ronny Keller, suffered what is believed to be some permanent paralysis after being checked from behind during a game on Wednesday.
“There’s just absolutely no place in the game for contact from behind,” Beattie said. “Players have got to start to realize that.”
Sean Fitz-Gerald of the National Post spoke with Beattie on how he and his team are dealing with the situation. That story is right here.
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Dave Feschuk of the Toronto Star takes a look right here at the Wednesday night fight between Frazer McLaren of the Toronto Maple Leafs and David Dziurzynski of the Ottawa Senators.
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The Saskatoon Blades will be without F Michael Ferland and perhaps D Dalton Thrower tonight when they play host to the Medicine Hat Tigers. Neither Ferland nor Thrower practised Thursday due to undisclosed injuries.
Daniel Nugent-Bowman of the Saskatoon StarPhoenix also reports that the Blades will retire No. 7 tonight in honour of Gerry Pinder, who starred as a forward with the club for two seasons (1965-67). He had 221 points, including 112 goals, in 109 games over the two seasons.
The Blades have retired five other numbers — Brent Ashton (7), Bob Bourne (12), Wendel Clark (22), Bernie Federko (15) and Brian Skrudland (10).

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The Brandon Wheat Kings have received all necessary paperwork involved in gaining a USA Hockey release for F Jesse Gabrielle, 15, so he is eligible to play tonight against the visiting Edmonton Oil Kings. . . . However, the Wheat Kings have announced that F John Quenneville won’t play again this season due to an undisclosed injury.
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The Medicine Hat Tigers have signed D Ty Schultz, who was the 16th overall selection in the 2012 bantam draft. Schultz had 26 points in 36 games with the major midget Greater Vancouver Canadians.

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According to Steve Ewen of the Vancouver Province, the Vancouver Giants have brought in D Jake Kohlhauser for a look-see as time runs out on their season. Kohlhauser, who turned 17 on Jan. 28, should get a look as the Giants go home-and-home with the Victoria Royals tonight and Saturday. . . . Kohlhauser, a second-round selection in the 2011 bantam draft, played for the midget AAA St. Albert Raiders. 
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Former WHL F Chase Schaber (Calgary, Kamloops (2007-12) has signed with the ECHL’s Idaho Steelheads. Schaber, who turned 22 on Jan. 3, should make his debut tonight or Saturday against the visiting Gwinnett Gladiators. . . . Schaber, who is from Red Deer, played this season with the U of Lethbridge Pronghorns, putting up 18 points in 19 games.

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The Victoria Royals have been fined $1,500 and hit with nine games in suspensions for their actions during the third period of a 6-0 loss to the host Kamloops Blazers on Tuesday.
Head coach Dave Lowry was suspended for one game, because he is deemed responsible for his club’s conduct. Lowry is eligible to return tonight against the visiting Vancouver Giants after sitting out a 4-3 shootout loss to the Rockets in Kelowna on Wednesday.
Lowry watched that game in a Kelowna hotel room.
“It cost me $7.95 to watch it,” Lowry, who thankfully hasn’t lost his sense of humour, told Cleve Dheensaw of the Victoria Times Colonist.
Forward Tim Traber drew a six-game suspension for coming onto the ice during a line change and initiating a one-man fight. He will be eligible to return for the Royals’ last regular-season game, in Everett against the Silvertips, on March 16.
Defenceman Keegan Kanzig will sit for two games for his one-man fight. Kanzig sat out Tuesday’s game in Kelowna and won’t play tonight. he will be eligible to return in Vancouver on Saturday.
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A stick tap to AP for sending me this note yesterday:
“As a follow up to your note about the Alta AAA overtime marathon, (Wednesday) night in Saskatoon, the Saskatoon Blazers and Moose Jaw Generals played four overtime periods. The Blazers won 3-2 on a goal by Jackson Michalenko. The goalies were Evan Weninger and Ryland Pashovitz, who each made more than 50 saves in the game that lasted 127 minutes. With the win the Blazers won the series 3 games to 1. Players of the game were Pashovitz and Michalenko.”
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F Graham Hood of the Lethbridge Hurricanes has been hit with a ‘tbd’ suspension after taking a boarding major for a hit on Red Deer D Devan Fafard during the visiting Rebels’ 4-0 victory on Wednesday night. . . . Greg Meachem of the Red Deer Advocate reports that Fafard “required facial stitches, was re-examined Thursday and is listed as day-to-day.”
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The matchups, if the WHL playoffs opened today:
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Edmonton (1) vs. Kootenay (8)
Saskatoon (2) vs. Swift Current (7)
Calgary (3) vs. Medicine Hat (6)
Red Deer (4) vs Prince Albert (5)

WESTERN CONFERENCE
Portland (1) vs. Everett (8)
Kelowna (2) vs. Seattle (7)
Kamloops (3) vs. Victoria (6)
Tri-City (4) vs. Spokane (5)
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THURSDAY’S GAMES:
No Games Scheduled.
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From sports reporter Paul Buker of The Oregonian in Portland: “Attn: Jeff Hubert, new WHL media relations guy and 'bleep runs downhill' expert. OK, you've got a 24-hour grace period before we make …”
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Buker, cont’d: “...fun of you, question your job performance, or complain that you aren't returning calls #mediawhocovermosthatedfranchiseinWHL”
There are those in the Portland media who have had problems contacting folks in the WHL office since late Novemberr. Jeff Hubert has taken over from Cory Flett as the WHL’s director, communications.


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THE MacBETH REPORT:
F Jamie Lundmark (Moose Jaw, Seattle, 1998-2001) signed a one-year contract with Klagenfurt (Austria, Erste Bank Liga). He had eight goals and eight assists in 47 games with Dinamo Riga (Latvia, KHL) this season.
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MAX ADOLPH

In a column that appeared in The Daily News today and also is on this blog, I write about the retirement of Kelowna Rockets F Max Adolph.
Daniel Nugent-Bowman of the Saskatoon Star Phoenix spoke with Adolph on Tuesday and his story is right here.
“Although the Saskatoon native hasn't taken to the ice since suffering his latest concussion in a pre-season contest last September,” Nugent-Bowman writes, “he still can't jump around or move his head suddenly without suffering a headache.
“He won't be permitted to wakeboard at the lake this summer either.”
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Former NFL star running back Eric Dickerson, who is a Hall of Famer, has joined in a lawsuit against the NFL.
Dickerson, according to The Associated Press, is “the lead plaintiff among 15 men named in the suit filed Monday in federal court in Houston. Other plaintiffs include former Minnesota Vikings player John Randle and the estate of Ernie Stautner, a long-time Dallas assistant coach and former player in Pittsburgh.”
This is another lawsuit in a number that have been filed against the NFL over head injuries. Those lawsuits involved more than 1,000 former players.
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THE COACHING GAME:
The Philadelphia Flyers fired Joe Paterson, the head coach of their AHL affiliate, the Adirondack Phantoms, on Tuesday. The Phantoms were 37-35-4 this season and didn’t make the playoffs. . . . Patterson took over from interim head coach John Paddock in the middle of last season and was 62-55-8 overall. Paddock had replaced the fired Greg Gilbert early in 2010-11. . . .
Todd Gill, the head coach of the OHL's Kingston Frontenacs, has been named head coach of Canada's under-18 team that will play in the Memorial of Ivan Hlinka tournament that is , scheduled from Aug. 13-18, 2012 in Piestany, Slovakia, and Breclav, Czech Republic. The assistant coaches will be Yanick Jean of the QMJHL's Victoriaville Tigres and Scott Walker of the OHL's Guelph Storm. Canada has won the Hlinka event each of the last four seasons.
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JUST NOTES:
D Benjamin Gallacher was the fifth overall selection, going to the Green Bay Gamblers, in the USHL‘s entry draft on Tuesday. Gallacher, who turns 20 on Sept. 11, is the son of Portland Winterhawks owner Bill Gallacher. The younger Gallacher has committed to attend Ohio State and play for the Buckeyes. . . .
F Peter Quenneville, a fourth-round selection by the Prince George Cougars in the WHL’s 2009 bantam draft, was taken 13th overall by the Dubuque Fighting Saints. . . .Quenneville, 18, played this season with the AJHL’s Sherwood Park Crusaders and was the league’s MVP. He has committed to Quinnipiac. . . .
In the sixth round, the Fighting Saints took D Matt Benning, who played for the AJHL’s Spruce Grove Saints. You may recall that Bob Tory, the GM of the Tri-City Americans, acquired Benning’s WHL rights from the Kootenay Ice for a couple of conditional bantam draft picks. That deal was made on Aug. 10. Benning, the son of former NHL/WHL D Brian Benning, never agreed to join the Americans. . . .
D Griffin Foulk, who finished this season with the USHL’s Tri-City Storm, has signed with the WHL’s Everett Silvertips. Foulk, 17, was an eighth-round selection by the Edmonton Oil Kings in the 2010 bantam draft. The Oil Kings dealt Foulk and a 2012 third-round bantam pick to Everett for F Tyler Maxwell, 20, on Nov. 24. . . . Foulk, who is from Broomfield, Colo., began the season with the major midget Colorado Thunderbirds (23-1-2—3) before joining the Storm in January. He had three assists and 26 penalty minutes in 29 games with the Storm. . . . He is represented by Turning Point Sports Management. . . .
The U of Alberta is down to a shortlist of four candidates in its search for a hockey coach. The new head coach of the Golden Bears is likely to be announced early next week. . . . A source told me Tuesday that Kootenay Ice head coach Kris Knoblauch, who attended the U of A and played there, isn't on that short list. . . .
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The Ottawa Senators have signed F Darren Kramer, who played the last two seasons with the WHL’s Spokane Chiefs. Kramer was the Chiefs’ captain last season as he played out his eligibility. Ottawa selected him in the sixth round of the 2011 NHL draft. In 139 regular-season games, he had 54 points and 506 penalty minutes. . . . He led the WHL in fighting majors in each of the last two seasons. Kramer was involved in 26 fights this season, which was 20 fewer than the previous season. . . . He also went from eight to 22 goals, and from 14 to 40 points. . . .
Two former Chiefs stars helped the Norfolk Admirals reach the AHL final on Tuesday night. G Dustin Tokarski stopped 29 shots and F Tyler Johnson scored the game’s second goal as the Admirals blanked the host St. John’s, Nfld., IceCaps, 4-0. The Admirals swept the best-of-seven series and now will play the winner of a series between the Toronto Marlies and Oklahoma City Barons. The Marlies lead that series, 2-1. . . . The Admirals are affiliated with the NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning, while the Marlies are with the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Barons with the Edmonton Oilers. . . .
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Mendel Dubuisson “represents the first American of Haitian heritage to be drafted by the WHL and could be the first Haitian-American to reach the NHL,” writes Rich Bolas of the West Valley News in Sun City, Ariz. . . . Dubuisson was selected by the Medicine Hat Tigers in the sixth round of the WHL’s 2012 bantam draft.
Bolas’s complete story is right here.
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Chad Jassman used to be Rroary, the Medicine Hat Tigers’ child-loving mascot. That was before he was left a paraplegic after a 2004 car accident. Now he’s an international-calibre wheelchair basketball player. Vicki Hall of the Calgary Herald has his story right here.

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THE MacBETH REPORT:
F Ryan Stone (Brandon, 2001-05) signed a one-year contract with TPS Turku (Finland, SM-Liiga). He had 11 goals and 14 assists in 51 games with the Abbotsford Heat (AHL) last season. . . .
F Jamie Lundmark (Moose Jaw, Seattle, 1998-2001) signed a one-year contract with Dinamo Riga (Latvia, KHL). He had six goals and 12 assists n 34 games with the Milwaukee Admirals (AHL) and three goals and seven assists in 18 games with Timrå (Sweden, Elitserien) last season. . . .
F Jordan Knackstedt (Red Deer, Moose Jaw, 2004-08) signed a one-year contract with Bolzano (Italy, Serie A). He had 12 goals and 14 assists in 66 games with the Providence Bruins and Rochester Americans (both AHL) last season.
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Post-concussion syndrome has halted the career of yet another hockey player. Dave Scatchard (Portland, 1993-96) revealed Monday via Twitter that his career is over.
Randy Starkman of the Toronto Star talked with Scatchard and began his story like this:
Hockey journeyman Dave Scatchard can’t push his three young kids on the swing because of post-concussion symptoms.
He can’t remember anything from his final hockey game in April, when he was knocked unconscious for five minutes by a late hit while playing for the AHL’s Peoria Rivermen and woke up frightened in an ambulance because he didn’t know where he was.
Starkman’s complete story is right here.
Scatchard offers up some interesting thoughts on the late Rick Rypien and on concussions in hockey. But it is the last paragraph of Starkman’s piece that is the most haunting.
He quotes Scatchard, whose decision was made while at the Mayo Clinic, as saying:
“That’s something that the doctors at the Mayo Clinic are going to try to work with me on to see if we can get some of the symptoms to go away. I don’t know the treatment yet, but he promised me that he’d try to figure out something that could help me with that.”
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JUST NOTES: The Edmonton Oilers have added Duane Sutter to their staff of pro scouts. Sutter (Lethbridge, 1976-80) had been the Calgary Flames director of player personnel (2008-11). He was relieved of his duties following last season. He is the father of F Brody Sutter of the Lethbridge Hurricanes. . . . The Brandon Wheat Kings announced Monday that they have received transfers for their two selections in the 2011 CHL import draft. Swiss F Alessio Bertaggia and Slovkian F Bruno Mraz are expected to arrive in Brandon this week and should be on the ice when training camp begins next week.
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THE COACHING GAME:
J.P. Hoornstra of the San Bernardino Sun reports that the ECHL’s Ontario Reign was “set to extend an offer to Jason Christie to become the team's next head coach Monday, according to sources with knowledge of the discussions.” . . . Christie (Saskatoon, 1986-90) was the Central league’s coach of the year last season while with the Bloomington Prairie Thunder. . . . The Reign is looking to replace Karl Taylor, who now is an assistant coach with the AHL’s Chicago Wolves. . . . Hoornstra’s story is right here.
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And now for something completely different. . . .
If you haven’t yet heard about what happened to outfielder Matt Holliday of the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday night, check it out right here.

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THE MacBETH REPORT:
F Jamie Lundmark (Moose Jaw, Seattle, 1998-2001) signed a contract for the rest of this season with Timrå (Sweden Elitserien) after being waived by Nashville. He had six goals and 13 assists in 34 games for the Milwaukee Admirals (AHL) this season. . . .
F Richard Zednik (Portland, 1994-97) signed a contract for the rest of this season with AIK Stockholm (Sweden Elitserien). He had no points in two games with Banska Bystrica (Slovakia Extraliga) this season. . . .
F Lukas Vartovnik (Everett, 2006-08) has been assigned on loan from Banska Bystrica (Slovakia Extraliga) to Spisska Nova Ves (Slovakia 1.Liga). He has four goals and two assists in 39 games for Banska Bystrica this season. In a previous loan assignment earlier this season, Vartovnik had one goal in five games for Brezno (Slovakia 1.Liga). . . .
F Zdenek Blatny (Seattle, Kootenay, 1998-2001) was released by Kosice (Slovakia Extraliga) after nine days and four games. He had one assist in his four games with the club.
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Greg Harder of the Regina Leader-Post is writing that Regina Pats president Brent Parker has come under fire for not trading a couple of his aces last season. Apparently, there are people out there who feel Parker should have dealt F Jordan Eberle for what the Brandon Wheat Kings got for F Brayden Schenn on Monday, or what the Swift Current Broncos got for F Cody Eakin on Sunday. Except for one problem . . . those kinds of offers weren’t out there a year ago. . . . These situations provide classic cases of how the market can shift from one year to the next. . . . Harder’s story is right here.
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If you haven’t seen it already, there is a Daily News video on YouTube in which WHL commissioner Ron Robison is interviewed by reporter Cam Fortems following the meeting that took place in the Kamloops Daily News’ boardroom on Tuesday.
That video is right here.
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The man’s name is Bill Montague and he works for the Sault Star. Here is his take on the OHL’s Soo Greyhounds. If you want to see someone being critical of a major junior hockey team, check this out right here.
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They’re bracing for a major winter storm in Spokane, where the Chiefs and the Kootenay Ice are to play the WHL’s first outdoor game on Saturday. . . . Sally Showman of KXLY4 in Spokane has a story right here.
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JUST NOTES: The Swift Current Broncos have assigned G Derek Tendler, who turned 19 on Jan. 1, to the MJHL’s Winnipg Saints. Tendler got into seven games with the Broncos, going 1-2-0, 3.77, .878. . . . F Dane Muench, who was assigned by the Regina Pats to the SJHL’s Battlefords North Stars last week, was traded Monday to the BCHL’s Vernon Vipers for future considerations. . . . The Pats have assigned F Michael Sagen, 17, to the Melville Millionaires. Sagen, who has one goal in 17 games, will spend this week with Regina and then join the Millionaires. . . . The Brandon Wheat Kings have designated F Wheaton King, 18, and F Mark Mieritz, 19, for assignment. King, who is from Brandon, has 11 points in 38 games. Mieritz, who played for his native Denmark in the IIHF Group B World Junior Championship, had six points in 31 games. . . . King is with the SJHL’s Kindersley Klippers and scored the winner in a 5-2 victory over the host Yorkton Terriers last night. . . . There were eight trades in the WHL on Monday. Meanwhile, the BCHL’s Prince George Spruce Kings made seven trades themselves. Don’t believe it? Check it out right here. . . . And if anyone has a count of how many junior A trades there were in the four western leagues, I would love to see a number.

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