Monday, October 06, 2003
Now granted, hockey scribes are not geographers, but what's up with this Scorps article, which says the team's training camp locale in Corpus Christi puts them "near the noted Spring Break hangout of South Padre Island." That's like saying, Albuquerque's "near the ski resort of Taos." Shoot, the CHL's newest Texas team actually *is* near South Padre -- and still not near enough!
Hey, if Wilkes-Barre Scranton sent a dozen players -- that's 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12 players -- to Wheeling of the ECHL (owned by two guys who also hold an interest in the Penguins) where do you suppose the Colorado guys fit into the call-up pecking order?
Speaking of affiliations, thanks to Wolfie in Laredo for noticing this display of arrogance/ignorance on the part of Norfolk Admirals fan Christopher Smith, who says the Indy Ice affiliation with the Blackhawks, "gives the [ECHL] Florence Pride a place to call up players for the Pride."
A belated must-read: Brian Ross' MLN Sportszone piece on Taylor Hall, the Rays and the WHA-2 in Pelham.
Still plenty of slots left for the Central Hockey League junior reporter program. Get those sons/daughers/nieces/nephews/neighbors in the mix! So long as they don't have to meet that guy in the picture it should be a great experience.
As usual, Tim Harvey's Rinkblog is the place to go for an NHL labor round-up from the Sunday papers, among many other subjects.
Here come the the big, bad, Wichita Thunder.
And finally, R.I.P. Dan Snyder. Awful story, with awful consequences -- not to mention morbid, pitch-black irony.
