Stephon Thorne has been activated off the reserve list and Brett Smith has been placed on it. Thorne will be in the lineup tonight.
Stephon Thorne has been activated off the reserve list and Brett Smith has been placed on it. Thorne will be in the lineup tonight.
Gary Bettman went nuts today, well, at least more nuts than usual.
As I've said from the beginning, I'm on the players' side on this one. Is it the players' fault that the owners didn't limit the length of contracts in the last agreement? Heck, no. The owners didn't intend to pay off any of those longer contracts, anyway.
You can read the story here. And all about his poor wife.
Komets General Manager David Franke said today that forward Eric Giosa is trying to shoot for coming back after the Reading/Wheeling trip at the earliest. He tweaked his ankle again a couple of weeks ago and the team doctor decided to shut him down and rest it all the way so he could totally heal before coming back.
I still can't wait to see a line of Giosa, Beauregard and Smith play.
Matt Kennedy is back in Norfolk working on an upper leg injury and hopes to go on the ice next week. Once he gets in shape, the Admirals will decide if he's coming back or not.
And the North Division race will go to the final weekend. You can read it all here.
Komets center Brett Smith returned to practice today after missing Friday's game with a sore groin. He'll take the spot in the lineup of Kaleigh Schrock who has to sit out this Friday's game because of an automatic suspension. Schrock received an instigation penalty in the last five minutes of last Friday's game.
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Marc Magliarditi of whom Indianapolis Coach Bob Ferguson, yes now Norfolk's Bob Ferguson, once said, ``He's not like your normal goaltender in that he's normal.''
Congrats to Marc.
Bob Chase and Mike Emrick appeared together on Sportstalkny, 540-AM in New York on Sunday evening. You can listen to their 35 minutes here. Thanks to Mark Rosenman for sending me the link and doing the interview. There's a lot hear you may not have known before.
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Please considering picking up some snacks, videos, books, magazines, hard candy or whatever for our troops during your holiday shopping.
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For his instigation penalty inside the final five minutes Friday night.
46.21 Fines and Suspensions – Instigator or Aggressor in Final Five Minutes of Regulation Time (or Anytime in Overtime) – A player or goalkeeper who is deemed to be the instigator or aggressor of an altercation in the final five (5) minutes of regulation time or at anytime in overtime, shall automatically be suspended for one game.
Heard today that forwards Garrett Klotz, Ryan Lasch and Luca Caputi are all coming north with the Komets after tonight's game. All three were assigned to the Komets by Norfolk of the AHL earlier this week. No idea how long they'll be staying with the Komets.
Also, Brett Smith is sitting out tonight's game with a sore groin and is helping coach Al Sims behind the Komets' bench. Kaleigh Schrock is back in the lineup after sitting out Wednesday's game.
