Sunday . . .

THE MacBETH REPORT: F David Vrbata (Calgary) moved from Zvolen (Slovakia Extraliga) to his hometown team, BK Mlada Boleslav (Czech Extraliga). He had nine goals and 19 assists in 33 games for Zvolen this season. David asked for the trade to Mlada Boleslav so he could play with his older brother, Radim, who was assigned to Mlada Boleslav by Tampa Bay last week. . . . D Mike Egener (Calgary) signs with Vita Hästen Norrköping (Sweden Division 1).
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The Prince George Cougars have suffered a crushing blow with the loss of LW Dana Tyrell, their captain and leading scorer, for the remainder of the season. Tyrell, 19, suffered a right knee injury Friday while playing for Team Canada in an exhibition game against Sweden at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto. Once he undergoes surgery, Tyrell is looking at six months of rehabilitation. A second-round selection by Tampa Bay in the 2007 NHL draft, he signed with the Lightning earlier this month.
This is every major junior team’s worst fear when they loan their players to Hockey Canada for an evaluation or selection camp, or if a player makes Team Canada’s roster.
As Prince George Citizen sports editor Jim Swanson points out in Monday’s edition: “Not only do the Cats lose the chance to have Tyrell continue to mentor (highly touted forward Brett) Connolly in games, the Cats also have lost any option of trading the asset for needed depth.
“A year ago, the Cougars packaged older players such as defencemen Ty Wishart and Jesse Dudas, and winger Evan Fuller, to bring in younger players. Tyrell was the biggest prize for contending teams to bid on this time around.”
There isn’t a general manager out there right know with a player, or players, on Team Canada who isn’t thanking his lucky stars, stroking the rabbit’s foot in his pocket and rubbing his lucky talisman, and hoping he doesn’t have to face the agony Prince George GM Dallas Thompson is feeling right now.