Plan the Route

The Pats won a game. Now that IS news, but hardly worth getting excited for. No disrespect to the Moose Jaw Warriors, but Regina should beat them. And, they should beat them again tonight.



The trouble is, its really all for not. The Pats are clinging to the hope of sneaking into the playoffs by a thread. Even if they are able to mount a comeback in the standings, their prize? The Calgary Hitmen! Yeah, the Oilers did topple the Detroit Red Wings in 06...but they had some desire and a hot goalie. The Pats have shown they have neither.

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Good people deserve recognition. How about Peter Loubardias and Sam Cosentino? Not only do they do a fab job for Sportsnet, but they're just great guys. After Friday's game there were a number of sports media hanging at the Press Box. Both of the aforementioned took the time to come over and chat with me a bit on how things are going in my career. I remember listening to Peter call Estevan Bruins games when I was a kid. For him to show a genuine interest in me and take 20 minutes to just gab on about stuff was awesome. It's nice to meet the good guys and they're two of the best.

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The new TSN2 is a huge pain in my rump (cue jokes about my HUGE rump)...Last night in typical confusing fashion, TSN is scheduled to have the curling. But lone behold a Nascar race (Nationwide, not Sprint Cup) runs long. Big shock. So, they run a crawl saying curling will be on TSN2. Then a short time later, the curling is arbitrarily switched back over to TSN. Luckily I was waiting for such a foul up. I'm sure the people taping the curling last night were pumped! Thanks for that one TSN.

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Did I mention I hate the shootout? Even last night when Mats won it in his return to the ACC, still hate it.

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Trade deadline in 9 days. With the cap destined to go down will we see any big deals? Doubtful. Too much uncertainty and too much seperation between the good teams and the bad.

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Early playoff prediction. Calgary is the only Canadian team to make the second round, but that's where our Nation's hopes end.

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Good luck to Hillis and crew today. It'd be great to have both the Men & Women going to the CanWest final Four.

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A new thing I'm going to start is my Monday Morning Athlete of the Week...Watch for it tomorrow. The first edition will just be a bit of a trial run, but the plan is to do an in depth interview with a local athlete that is deserving of such an honor. Tomorrow will just be a trial, but the plan is to have pictures and more. It came to me last week when I had the pleasure of meeting Kali Christ a young and very accomplished speed skater. I have the best job in the world!