F Vladimír Sičák (Medicine Hat, 1998-2000) signed a one-year contract extension with Karlovy Vary (Czech Republic, Extraliga). An alternate captain, he had four goals and 18 assists in 49 games. Karlovy Vary was in 1. Liga this season and won promotion to Extraliga for next season. . . .
D Patrik Maier (Kamloops, Moose Jaw, 2014-16) signed a one-year contract extension with Liberec (Czech Republic, Extraliga). This season, he was pointless in 20 games. He had six assists in 41 games while on loan to Benátky nad Jizerou (Czech Republic, 1. Liga).
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The Vancouver Giants introduced Barclay Parneta as their general manager on Wednesday morning. Parneta, 47, takes over from Glen Hanlon, who left the Giants earlier this month after two seasons as GM. . . . The Giants’ news release is right here. . . . Steve Ewen, who covers the Giants for Postmedia, has a piece right here.
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The Kelowna Rockets have released Czech F Marek Skrvne, who turns 19 on Aug. 6, after just one season. He had four goals and nine assists in 69 games as a freshman last season. . . . The Rockets will make one selection in the CHL’s 2018 import draft, as Czech D Libor Zabransky, 18, will return for a second season. . . . “Marek did nothing to cause the direction we are headed except for the fact that I think we need a defenceman back there as we are trying to build a team for 2020,” Bruce Hamilton, the Rockets’ owner, president and general manager, told Regan Bartel, the team’s radio voice. . . . The Rockets are preparing to bid on the 2020 Memorial Cup. . . . According to the WHL Guide, the import draft will be held on June 26 or 27.
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The men who own the Regina Pats are going to take at least a $2-million bath on the 2018 Memorial Cup, which is being played in their city. Not only that, but they aren’t at all surprised; in fact, they expected it. . . . They ended up handing the CHL a $3-million hosting fee and another $650,000 to cover some expenses. . . . “If every seat had been sold for the Eagles concert — part of the gala opening ceremony at Mosaic Stadium — and for every game of the tournament, the owners would still have been staring at a seven-figure shortfall,” writes Rob Vanstone of the Regina Leader-Post. . . . You have to wonder what’s going on in the world of major junior hockey when one of the CHL’s partners is forced into taking this kind of bath? . . . Vanstone’s piece is right here and it more than adequately explains the financial situation surrounding this Memorial Cup.
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Last time a WHL champion won a game at the Memorial Cup was the @Kelowna_Rockets in a 9-3 win over the Quebec Remparts in the semi finals in 2015. Since then 0-10.— Regan Bartel (@Reganrant) May 24, 2018
WHL Champions are 0-8 at Memorial Cup last 3 years:— Bob Stauffer (@Bob_Stauffer) May 22, 2018
Too Many Teams (no depth)
Too Many Games (exhausted), + more travel
WHL 1 team per 487K (based on 2016 census-BC/ALB/Sask/Man)
QMJHL 1 per 577K (QC and Maritimes)
OHL 1 per 672 K
WHL-72 game reg. season
QMJHL-68 GP
OHL-68 GP
The Memorial Cup schedule (all times local):
Game 1, Friday – Regina 3, Hamilton 2 (5,678)
Game 2, Saturday – Acadie-Bathurst 4, Swift Current 3 (OT) (6,237)
Game 3, Sunday – Acadie-Bathurst 8, Regina 6 (5,832)
Game 4, Monday – Hamilton 2, Swift Current 1 (5,820)
Game 5, Tuesday – Hamilton 3, Acadie-Bathurst 2 (6,072)
Game 6, Wednesday – Regina 6, Swift Current 5 (6,484)
Thursday — Day off.
Friday’s Semifinal – Regina vs. Hamilton, 8 p.m.
Sunday’s Final — Acadie-Bathurst vs. Regina/Hamilton winner, 5 p.m.
5 assists by Sam Steel tonight ties the Memorial Cup tournament record for assists in a single game. Dan Hodgson (Prince Albert '85) and Jonathan Drouin (Halifax '13) the others. #MMC100— Terry Doyle (@Terry_Doyle) May 24, 2018
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Source tells me Oilers have signed deals with Trent Yawney and Glen Gulutzan to be assistant coaches. Will sign a third assistant as well. #Oilers— Jason Gregor (@JasonGregor) May 24, 2018
Speculation has been running wild in Edmonton regarding the likelihood that the NHL’s Oilers will add Glen Gulutzan and Trent Yawney to head coach Todd McLellan’s coaching staff. . . . Gulutzan was fired as head coach of the Calgary Flames after the season, while Yawney was let go by the Anaheim Ducks. . . . The Oilers have room for one more assistant coach and those same speculators are betting on Manny Viveiros, the director of hockey operations and head coach of the WHL’s Swift Current Broncos. The Broncos won the WHL’s playoff championship, but went 0-3 at the Memorial Cup, bowing out Wednesday night with a 5-2 loss to the host Regina Pats.
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THE COACHING GAME:
Clint Mylymok has signed on with the NAHL’s Maryland Black Bears as the first general manager and head coach in the franchise’s history. He had been the GM/head coach of the SJHL’s Notre Dame Hounds for the previous four seasons. The Hounds play out of the Athol Murray College of Notre Dame in Wilcox, Sask. . . . The Black Bears will play out of Odenton, Maryland, using the Piney Orchard Ice Arena as their home base. It once was a training centre for the NHL’s Washington Capitals.
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Geoff Grimwood has resigned as general manager and head coach of the SJHL’s Kindersley Klippers. Grimwood spent three seasons with the Klippers. He had been an assistant coach with the WHL’s Victoria Royals for three seasons (2012-15) before signing on with Kindersley.
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