The Regina Pats beat the Swift Current Broncos 5-2 on Sunday night at the Dome. I had the pleasure of bringing that game into your living room if you watched it on Access as my good friend Kelly Remple and I brought you what I think is the first of five(maybe six) games on Channel 7 this year. The Pats dominated the Broncos right from the get-go and were far and away deserving of the two points they got. It just leaves me as to wondering why this team can't play like that night in, night out. Yes, I realize its junior hockey and you can't get the same out of young men in junior that you can in the pros, but if the Pats would see what it takes to win on a nightly basis, they could have a good team instead of one that I think will hang around the 500 mark all season long. It has to be very frustrating for Coach Curtis Hunt. If he ever gets the message out to the kids as to what type of effort is needed nightly, this team will be just fine thank you very much.
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So let me get this straight. Tuomo Ruutu flattens Darcy Tucker the other night. Tucker has to be taken off the ice on a stretcher and the Carolina forward gets a three game suspension. One night later, Florida's David Booth is taken off the ice on a stretcher after a hit by Philly's Mike Richards and the NHL says it won't suspend Richards. ????? Where is the consistency boys and girls. If Ruutu is to be suspended, which he should, then how can the NHL disciplinarians not suspend Richards? Is it because he is one of the NHL's young stars. You betcha! Just like the Iginla hit on Souray earlier this year. Iginla doesn't get suspended because he is Iginla. If that was Rene Bourque that had slammed Souray face first into the boards, Bourque probably would have gotten a memo from the league office, but not Iggy. Same rule apparently applies here. Mike Richards gets nothing, but a guy like Scott Hartnell or Dan Carcillo likely would get a game or two if he were the culprit. Hypocrisy in the NHL??? Not at all!
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The Yankees are going to the World Series after dispatching the Angels in six. As good a team as the Phillies are, I don't see them giving the Yankees much of a battle in the World Series. I will take the Yankees in four or five.
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Just some thoughts on the NFL after this week's games
--the Giants aren't going anywhere. They have fallen to earth with a great big thud
--the Saints must just be the best team in the NFC
--Who is going to beat the Colts?
--Who will the Rams beat?
--Seeing Jay Cutler suck is enjoyable
--The Bengals are 5-1?
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ESPN has fired Steve Phillips because of his "affair" with assistant Brooke Hundley. Yet it would appear as if Hundley--who has gone off the deep end--will not be sanctioned in any manner or at least hasn't been yet. There's today's society for you ladies and gentlemen. As I said earlier, Phillips isn't an angel here, but he's not the first guy to have an affair while married. As for Hundley, she has come off as some kind of psycho (rhymes with my name) and she appears to get off unharmed. Perhaps a promotion is in the works for her. It won't take long for Phillips to find work again. Look for him on FOX next year or the MLB network.
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I can't see this happening, but if the Blue Jays want to make a splash in free agency, throw some money Jason Bay's way. The Canadian would be a huge asset for a Toronto team that does need an outfielder. They could DH Adam Lind or move him to right. Who's kidding who, it won't happen, but if it does, remember where you read it first!
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Former Miami Dolphins quarterback Bob Griese is in some hot water for making what some think is a racist comment on the weekend. During the Minnesota-Penn State football game on Saturday, ABC ran an ad for a NASCAR race and then showed the Nextel Cup standings. It prompted Griese to ask where driver Juan Pablo Montoya was and then surmised "He must be eating a taco." Griese later apologized for that comment, but some are wondering why saying we are a little too politically correct at times and that we need to relax. I can see both sides of the argument. The funny thing is Montoya is Colombian and not Mexican meaning shouldn't he be too busy importing cocaine into the country (ITS A JOKE!!!!!). It will be interesting to see if ABC/ESPN punishes Griese in any matter this week. If he had slurred Montoya in any fashion by calling him a name, then do what you want, but sometimes I do think we take things just a little too far.
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The decision by Hockey Canada to have green jerseys honouring the Riders has made it way to US sports blog site "Deadspin". Take a look.
http://deadspin.com/5389513/canada-blaming-canada-for-shaming-canada
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If you watch RAW later tonight, you will see John Cena. He won the one hour iron-man match with Randy Orton. This is supposed to be the end of the Cena-Orton feud. I see Orton getting into a program with Ted Dibiase Junior leaving me wonder who Cena's next foe will be. Triple H? Will Cena and Edge renew their hostilities. How about someone new. Just not Kofi Kingston!
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Oh yeah, its time to start watching the new Melrose Place. Why is that you may ask???
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That's it. Have a good Monday.
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12 comments:
Question: If Hockey Canada wants to honour a team, why don't they honour oh I don't know---maybe the Pats and the Blades. Paying homage to a football team is dumb, you won't see the Riders wearing red and white anytime soon to thank Hockey Canada for bringing the event here. Its a marketing grab. Many will buy the jersey, but they would buy said jersey no matter what colour it was.
People do have to lighten up these days with everything that is said. I'm sure Griese meant no harm with his statement. There have been worse made that's for sure.
Nice job on Channel 7 last night. Wish there were more games on there, but Parker can't give everything away can he.
JN
The score was 5-2 not 5-1 do you even watch the games this is like the 3 or 4 time you have got the score wrong. And too that the Pats have not been puuting fore the effort game to game. I suggest to you Blair that you take the time too watch them play before passing out judgement. Just a thought!
Hold off on your Pats comments. Remember Swift Current was a tired team with a very inexperienced blueline. If Regina didn't win that game, there would be something wrong.
Hypocrisy in the NHL is alive and well. If Ruutu got 3(he should have got more) than Richards should get the same treatment. The NHL will not suspend its best players--end of story! Oh wait, they will suspend Pronger.
The Phillies are a better team than the Yankees. They win in 6.
HEATHER!!!!
BK
Hey Ed. It says the score was 5-2. Maybe you want to go to the eye doctor today. I can see you are not an English professor.
Hey Mitch. Why the hate on for the green jerseys. I think its great. We are Canada's team so why not get honoured by Hockey Canada. I have no problem with this. Its great!!
Murray
Hey Mitch, I just wanted to take a second to compliment you on a comment you made late in last nite's game. It was when Eakin tried going around Teubert and Colton would have nothing of it. You said those are the little things people don't notice and its one of the reasons he is the player he is. Bang on!! That play doesn't make the highlights, but if he gives up the puck and it results in a goal, it does. Teubert is where he is for a reason. Yes, he had a rough 2nd half last year as did all the team, but he is one of the premier junior defencemen in this country. He does a lot of good things that people either don't notice or don't choose to acknowledge.
Where did all the people hide during the game last night? The paper says 3800 people were at the game yet on TV it looked like there were maybe 2000 at best. Quit fudging the attendance numbers.
Paul
It said 5-1 then it got changed too the right score.
Murray don't talk about my english when you type things like hate on.
Steve Phillips situation is probably different for the norm. This was strike two for him in terms of causing an internal strife over his personal life. This is the same reason he was fired by the New York Mets. The reality is in today's world an organization has to have a "safe environment". It's a one size fits all model because if he's fired then the company still has the fiduciary responsibility, and will pay long after he's gone. MSG had to pay millions for Isiah Thomas' harrassment. The bottom line is in my experience although consenting adults these things never work out for an organization.
I like the green jerseys! Nothing wrong with the idea whatsoever in my mind.
Mitch, you forgot to put something in your poll question and that is a draw to the button for a million. I only say that because I saw the curling Sunday and they were yipping about it.
Roxanne
Steve Phillips..don't dip your dink in the company ink. I will never understand why people try to have workplace relationships. That being said, I'm guessing there is a lawsuit brewing if this girl stays employed when its proven that she's a little off-center.
Mark
She did get gassed.
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/phillips_gal_pal_no_longer_with_GIBB0ARUgTYxBI2LHVuciL
By the way Mitch, I agree with some of what you are saying here. I'm thinking Phillips made some kind of mistake(perhaps alcohol induced) and after he had done the deed perhaps regretted it or thought he could give "fat girl" some love that she wouldn't mind. Yeah, that's a cheap shot, but you know what I mean.
Brent
Brook Hundley is proof that
A)Fat girls get love too
B)Some men just have no standards whatsoever.
peter dalla riva
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