There's a battle ahead
Optional today at Shelton. So optional that Bernie Cassell was the only coach in the house. So optional that, between Paulie and John, Kimber Auerbach and his two camerawomen, an equipment company rep and me, we outnumbered guys who played Wednesday 7-6. Rank, Smith, Magowan, the Johnsons and Nolan went Thursday, plus Mole, the Black Aces of the moment (Desharnais, Ogorodnikov, MacDonald) and Boguniecki and Nielsen. No definitive word on whether the latter two would go, but the impression is no. Jeremy Colliton was there along with Blake Comeau for treatment; Colliton says he's feeling good.
The public skate followed. Ken Magowan tested out some new skates, and I wondered if he had paid to get on the ice. There's always some lite-poppy stuff playing during the public skate, and the only one that caught my ear today was Sixpence None the Richer's remake of the Crowded House classic "Don't Dream It's Over." I've always felt that song is more ominous than its literal lyrics should make it, especially at a time like this. But that's just me.
Rourke may have been a little more banged up than it appeared Wednesday night. He's being checked out. But I wouldn't bet against him for Friday.
Did not expect to arrive home last night/this morning, flip on the television and find Dallas-Vancouver in a fourth overtime after a 4-4 regulation. But there it was. Watching almost 10 minutes of hockey at 3-something a.m.? Love this time of year.
Insane amount of deer on I-84 last night, by the way. Insane. (Fortunately missed them this time.)
Scrolling through headlines this afternoon, I got my RSS groups mixed up but got an idea. The UHL has a search committee going to find its next commissioner? Two words: Reality Show. "Who Wants to Run the U-Haul?"*
Brett Sterling -- shocker -- is the AHL rookie of the year.
Since the Sound Tigers and River Rats can't end up tied in points and wins and season series anymore, there's only one other place that could happen: the Atlantic. If Worcester loses out in regulation and Lowell wins out in regulation -- including Sunday -- that race would come down to goal differential. I still think that would be an awesomely trippy way to settle a playoff spot.
Have you seen this yet? My brother passed it on: Go to Google Maps, click "get directions" and punch in "New York" and "London." I wonder if you have the same concern I do. (Concerns, actually.)
*-Fill in the punchline.
The public skate followed. Ken Magowan tested out some new skates, and I wondered if he had paid to get on the ice. There's always some lite-poppy stuff playing during the public skate, and the only one that caught my ear today was Sixpence None the Richer's remake of the Crowded House classic "Don't Dream It's Over." I've always felt that song is more ominous than its literal lyrics should make it, especially at a time like this. But that's just me.
Rourke may have been a little more banged up than it appeared Wednesday night. He's being checked out. But I wouldn't bet against him for Friday.
Did not expect to arrive home last night/this morning, flip on the television and find Dallas-Vancouver in a fourth overtime after a 4-4 regulation. But there it was. Watching almost 10 minutes of hockey at 3-something a.m.? Love this time of year.
Insane amount of deer on I-84 last night, by the way. Insane. (Fortunately missed them this time.)
Scrolling through headlines this afternoon, I got my RSS groups mixed up but got an idea. The UHL has a search committee going to find its next commissioner? Two words: Reality Show. "Who Wants to Run the U-Haul?"*
Brett Sterling -- shocker -- is the AHL rookie of the year.
Since the Sound Tigers and River Rats can't end up tied in points and wins and season series anymore, there's only one other place that could happen: the Atlantic. If Worcester loses out in regulation and Lowell wins out in regulation -- including Sunday -- that race would come down to goal differential. I still think that would be an awesomely trippy way to settle a playoff spot.
Have you seen this yet? My brother passed it on: Go to Google Maps, click "get directions" and punch in "New York" and "London." I wonder if you have the same concern I do. (Concerns, actually.)
*-Fill in the punchline.
posted by Fornabaio at
5:49 PM
1 Comments:
Saw that email, kinda funny huh? It works in reverse too, #40 or something if you do London to New York.
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