Komets

LAKE ST.
LOUIS,

Chuckitt tells me that Skate had a kidney transplant over the weekend and will be coming home sometime this week. He'll be unable to attend the games for a few weeks.

So get well, Skate, and we'll do our best to keep you posted. We'll keep you in our prayers. Please keep us posted on how you are doing.

Imagine looking at Rosanne Barr naked. Knew I shouldn't have drank so much last night. This was a heckova picture to wake up to today. Thank goodness for the cutie on the left to take the edge off. This proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that the ugliest people always have the most beautiful children.

I have another assignment tonight so for a change you'll have to tell me what happened.

How'd they look five-on-five?

Who came out of the lineup for Rudenko?

Did Gabrielsen play any defense?

Did anybody go after Jason Payne?

Did Larry leave his mike on for the national anthem again?

Did Bozoian play?

How'd the ref do (remember the rule!)?

This may shock you, but i didn't think the Komets really played all that well, but Rockford was worse. The Komets gave up a lot of shots, especially early, but they weren't great scoring chances. They gave up better chances later and got burned. The defense was really struggling, and the five-on-five play was only fair. Thank goodness for the special teams.

Any time  you can beat Rockford is impressive, but...

So what did you think? Maybe I'm just having a bad day.

With the one-game suspension for Bogdan Rudenko, the Komets are putting Jonas Gabrielsen in the lineup tonight. His advantage is that he can play both forward and defenseman.

This is not a hockey story, but it is an important one to me, and to you in an odd way. Joe Sheibley, long-time managing editor  at The News-Sentinel passed away today. He was also a long-time Blake Sebring guru.

Or were the Scoop Guys throwing it a lot higher last week. Gulp! That means I have to pay more attention between periods. Either they've been working out or the stuff they are throwing just gots a lot further.

The league just ruled. He'll sit out Friday's game against Rockford.

Here's what he said earlier today about the hit:

Is at 7 p.m. tonight. It's a tape of Saturday's season-opening game against Quad City. Tim Hoke, Randi Marcom and Pat Stelte are back for their 16th season. Talk about needing to get a life! That's Comcast Channel 55, not WFFT Channel 55. The replay of the, um, replay, is at 11 a.m. on Thursdays.

As for possible Rudenko and Richardson suspensions, nothing yet. The league has requested the Komets' tape of Saturday's game and hopes to have a decision late today.