Komets

This list is from the American Film Institute's Top 10 sports movies of all-time.

SPORTS
1 RAGING BULL 1980
2 ROCKY 1976
3 THE PRIDE OF THE YANKEES 1942
4 HOOSIERS 1986
5 BULL DURHAM 1988
6 THE HUSTLER 1961
7 CADDYSHACK 1980
8 BREAKING AWAY 1979
9 NATIONAL VELVET 1944
10 JERRY MAGUIRE 1996

I don't have much problem with the top six, but you've got to be kidding me? No way should Caddyshack or Jerry McGuire be on this list over Miracle, Brian's Song, Field of Dreams or Eight Men Out. How about The Longest Yard? Cinderella Man was also very good.

What do you think?

Mike Emrick was officially voted into the Hockey Hall of Fame today. Well-deserved.

Or how about a remake? You can read more about it here.

Komets General Manager David Franke said today he has sent offers to every player from last year's team. That doesn't mean everyone will sign, but he's hoping for a minimum of eight or nine. The Komets will maintain the players' IHL rights through the first 90 days of next season.

Here's an example of an official so good that no one wants him to retire.

The Komets announced Thursday that veteran winger P.C. Drouin has agreed to terms and will return for the defense of the 2008 IHL Turner Cup. Drouin, 34, will be skating his fourth season in Fort Wayne.

Last season Drouin was added to the Komet's roster in November after starting the season appearing in 20 games at Nottingham (EIHL).

At least it was a lot of fun for me to write. You can read it here.

The IHL addition of Youngstown could happen very quickly. I heard that the ECHL has told the SteelHounds they want the team to go dark for a year and come back in 2009-10. That's very unlikely to happen.

If it doesn't happen right away, that's a good sign, too, because it means the IHL owners are taking their time and are checking things out. They aren't just going in with hands out taking anyone who expresses a bit of interest. SteelHounds Owner Herb Washington is very well respected, though, so there likely won't be any problems.

Some other notes:

Can be read here.

October

17 - at Port Huron, 7:30 p.m.; 18 - Flint, 7:30 p.m.; 24 - at Bloomington, 8:05 p.m.; 25 - at Kalamazoo, 7:30 p.m.; 31 - Kalamazoo, 8 p.m.

November

1 - at Bloomington, 8:05 p.m.; 7 - at Muskegon, 7 p.m.; 8 - Bloomington, 7:30 p.m.; 13 - at Flint, 7:30 p.m.; 14 - Muskegon, 8 p.m.; 15 - at Kalamazoo, 7:30 p.m.; 21 - Port Huron, 8 p.m.; 22 - Kalamazoo, 7:30 p.m.; 27 - Flint, 7:30 p.m.; 28 - at Port Huron, 7:30 p.m.; 29 - Muskegon, 7:30 p.m.

December