Komets

I just got ``Muskegon's Hockey History and Heroes'' in the mail today and gave it a quick read. Jay VandeVoorde wrote the 285-page book, and it's obviously a work of a lifetime for him.

The first minor league attendance rankings of the year are out here.

Justin's jerking my chain on his blog about a column I wrote about the league needing a Defenseman of the Week Award.

Though I was pushing for this even in the IHL, here was my most recent concept from an Oct. 18 column:

Tomorrow's story is about Arthur Kiyaga and some of the things he does away from the rink. He writes poetry and I think his work is brilliant. As a writer, I'm a little jealous. LOL. Seriously, the hardest part of this story was picking which of his pieces to share with you.

Appropriately enough, it's of newly named UHL Player of the Week Martin Gascon. Great pick from Pat.

You can see it here.

The United Hockey League (UHL) announced Monday that Fort Wayne Komets center Martin Gascon has been named Sher-Wood UHL Player of the Week and Rockford IceHogs goaltender Frederic Cloutier has been named Southern Sports Supply UHL Goaltender of the Week for the period ending Sunday, November 19^th, 2006.

One of the things Mario and I talked about last week was how I wondered if he'd get a call-up to the AHL because he certainly deserves one.

The gist of the conversation was he'd consider it, but it would have to be the right deal in every way. He's having a lot of fun here and loves his teammates, the money would more than likely be the same, he would likely not be going to a winning team and he'd go from being a major player who's on the ice for 30 minutes a game to a bit part playing 10 per game.

I asked Domber what happened in front of the Elmira bench and he said he was not lipping off. He was telling Jackals Coach Kris Waltze that he had not intended to shoot the puck at him. Then he got creamed. I had a direct line of sight to him and could clearly see his face, and I didn't think there was much venom at the time.

About last night's game. You can read it here.

All of you who love the fights so much, are you fans of boxing or ultimate fighting? If not, why? Why hockey fights per se?

I've also always wondered, what do you tell your kids?