Thursday, June 05, 2003
Gut feelings at bedtime:
I have no hard info one way or the other but am willing to agree there's nothing to the Indy thing, at least as far as the upcoming season. All fantasies, rumors and speculation regarding a transfer to the UHL, a CHL/UHL merger, interleague play, moving the Ice to Topeka or Missouri and Dominik Hasek returning to the franchise can now begin anew.
As for junior hockey in that city I have no idea, and the USHL wasn't answering its phone last time I tried to call.
El Paso: see ya in 2004. A necessary bummer.
Don't know about the playoff format, but here's a likely version of the new divisions
NORTHERN CONFERENCE
Northeast Division
Memphis
Indianapolis
Bossier-Shreveport
Fort Worth
Northwest Division
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Wichita
Colorado
New Mexico
SOUTHERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
Lubbock
Odessa
Amarillo
San Angelo
Southeast Division
Austin
Corpus Christi
Laredo
Rio Grande Valley
Interesting stuff from the McAllen Monitor: talk of no-touch icing, which is what it is, why not try it, and abolishing the instigator rule, which would be very cutting edge, and most welcome by a lot of fans and players.
Meanwhile, the Bees wish they could have gotten Sheehan, which is no surprise, while Tracy Egeland and Luch Nasato are playing phone tag.
I have no hard info one way or the other but am willing to agree there's nothing to the Indy thing, at least as far as the upcoming season. All fantasies, rumors and speculation regarding a transfer to the UHL, a CHL/UHL merger, interleague play, moving the Ice to Topeka or Missouri and Dominik Hasek returning to the franchise can now begin anew.
As for junior hockey in that city I have no idea, and the USHL wasn't answering its phone last time I tried to call.
El Paso: see ya in 2004. A necessary bummer.
Don't know about the playoff format, but here's a likely version of the new divisions
NORTHERN CONFERENCE
Northeast Division
Memphis
Indianapolis
Bossier-Shreveport
Fort Worth
Northwest Division
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Wichita
Colorado
New Mexico
SOUTHERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
Lubbock
Odessa
Amarillo
San Angelo
Southeast Division
Austin
Corpus Christi
Laredo
Rio Grande Valley
Interesting stuff from the McAllen Monitor: talk of no-touch icing, which is what it is, why not try it, and abolishing the instigator rule, which would be very cutting edge, and most welcome by a lot of fans and players.
Meanwhile, the Bees wish they could have gotten Sheehan, which is no surprise, while Tracy Egeland and Luch Nasato are playing phone tag.
# posted by JC @ 1:41 AM 
