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Friday, May 30, 2008
Wolves Win Wild One
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Chicago Wolves jumped out to a 3-0 lead against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins then held on for a 5-4 win in game one of the Calder Cup Finals. Scoring goals for the Wolves were Jordan LaVallee, Bryan Little, Joel Kwiatkowski, Kevin Doell and Jesse “I know NOTHING” Schultz.
The Wolves outshot W-B/S 36-34 and eleven Chicago players found their way onto the score sheet with at least a goal or assist.
Game two of the series is set for Sunday afternoon at Allstate Arena in Chicago.
There now…NASCAR Dave will be very happy with me that I didn’t mention anything about Jason Krog and his 2 assists.
Penguins Avoid Endangered Species List…For Now
The Penguins are alive in the Stanley Cup Finals. The 3-2 win in game three sets up the possibility to draw even in Saturday’s game four. It also moved the Penguins home record to 9-0 during the playoffs. Sidney Crosby netted a pair of goals for the Pens and Marian Hossa supplied assists on them both. However, the eventual game winner came when Adam Hall used the backside of Chris Osgood to bank in a shot.
Detroit again outshot Pittsburgh, this time 34-24. As we Thrasher fans know, you can win a game here or there while being outshot, but over the long haul…it’s not really a formula for success.
Regardless, the Pens are indeed alive…alive and well? Ask me after Saturday night’s game.
Luc Bourdon, (1987-2008)
Tragic story out of New Brunswick as Vancouver’s Luc Bourdon was killed Thursday in a motorcycle accident. He was 21-years of age. Condolences to his family, the Canuck’s organization and their fans.
Weekend Reading & Viewing Assignments
ThrasherRyan posted a link to this last night, but…looks like Former Ranger/Current Thrasher/Possible Former Thrasher in the Future Bobby Holik has got some extra money coming his way.
Holly Gunning of Thrashers Prospects Annex had a chance to chat with someone who has played for Peter DeBoer. As you might have heard, the rumor mill has churned out the name of the GM/head coach of the Kitchener Rangers as a candidate for the coaching vacancy here in Atlanta. As always, nicely done Holly.
Mats Sundin wins the Mark Messier Award and chats about his future. The 37-year old will be a UFA come July and pulled a salary of $5.5 million last season.
Rick Westhead of The Star is promoting a way to get some of Canada’s dilapidated rinks put back in order… without Canadian’s having to pay for it. Oh, and did he cite Atlanta among one of the “destitute” franchises?
And lastly… this clip of Mariah Carey shows the pop icon performing the worst “first pitch” in the history of baseball. For the love of God and all things holy…let’s just hope that she never conducts a ceremonial puck drop.
