Northwestern Creole French, as perhaps spoken in...

Utah*? Here's what supposedly makes this better than Pensacola: Quality of the franchise (The E Center, stronger operation); direct flights; later direct flights, which makes it easier to get guys in on short notice. It's not optimal -- there's buzz about the Islanders looking for an ECHL franchise of their own, possibly for Suffolk County, down the road, and they'd certainly have a closer affiliate if there were a spot open -- but that's what it is for this year.

Both conference finals down here are 3-0, with Hershey beating Manchester 4-1 and Hamilton winning 2-1 on goals by Stortini and Locke... Locke? How crazy was Lost? Yeesh. Anyway.

Other stuff: The BST ambassador program is up and running; apply at the link if interested. Barrett Heisten retires. It's been swell, Nashville. And my RSS reader always finds this place (name withheld) that compiles other news sources, similar to OurSportsCentral. This place (not OSC, to be clear) headlined the Bingham release with "Garth Snow named Bridgeport Sound Tigers assistant coach." That would be different.

*-Nick Reynolds**
**-Probably the biggest upset in almost two years on the blog is the lack of Kingston Trio references.