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Saturday, January 30, 2010

Bisons move on!

The Balgonie Bisons swept their first round series, 2 straight, against the Avonlea Arrows after a 4-1 win Friday night. The Bisons will now take on the Langenburg Warriors of the Triangle Hockey League. Langenburg took out the Cupar Canucks in their first round series.
The Bisons are looking forward to getting former Moose Jaw Warrior and U. of R. Cougar, Jason Weitzel, back for this round. Weitzel has been out for two months with a broken wrist.

Including the two Provincial games, the Bisons are 20-0-0 for the season and 53-6-0 over the last two seasons.

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Profile of the week.....

The Carolina Hurricanes ice team called the Storm Squad.


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Check out the full squad here...
http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=45923

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I heard an interesting thing about the Leafs this year. They've had nine games with at least 40 shots and lost all of them. The problem is, the guys shooting the pucks aren't very good. Frustrating to say the least!

Later

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Trade rumours.....

With the NHL trade deadline, March 3rd, closing fast, alot have big names have been mentioned in the media that could be traded.
The biggest name that could be on the move would be Ilya Kovalchuk. He will be a UFA in the summer and it doesn't look like Atlanta can sign him. The front-runner to acquire Kovalchuk could be the L.A. Kings. That have the the young players (Jack Johnson, Wayne Simmonds & Oscar Moller) and prospects (Brandon Kozun, Thomas Hickey & Colten Teubert) to make such a deal and not hurt their "core".
One other big name that could change teams would be Dion Phanuef. Calgary needs a shake up but i don't see many teams willing to take on his contract.
I hope the Leafs can aquire a few young players and/or draft picks but they don't really have any "assets" to move! Brian Burke has some serious work to do.

Later

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Schwartz ranked 29th

Wilcox native, Jaden Schwartz, is ranked 29th for the upcoming 2010 NHL draft. Here is what TSN has to say about him..........

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Centre - Tri-City (USHL)
Born: 06/25/92
Hometown: Wilcox, SK
5-10, 193 lbs.
Stats (Through Jan. 24): 20 G, 35 A, 55 PTS, 14 PIM

Notes: Despite being the youngest player on the team, Schwartz is the Tri-City Storm's leading scorer. He has great offensive instincts and is very strong on the puck despite his size. He has committed to Colorado College for next season. - International Scouting Services

January rumblings.....

I haven't blogged in the last month because i didn't really have anything nice to say. The whole Eric Tillman situation got a lot of people down, on both sides of the argument. My opinion was, because there is a "code of conduct" in place, the only decision was dismissal. It would be a political nightmare to keep him on. I don't think it would be fair to anyone, to have this distraction around for another season. Ok, enough with that!

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The Leafs have fell back to earth over the last month, only two wins in their last 10 games, after a promising start to December. Their goaltending and penalty kill have continued to be one of the worst in the league. Jonas Gustavsson will be given the chance, over the final 30 games, to become the Leafs starting goalie, for this season and beyond.
Phil Kessel continues his Jekyll and Hyde play. Awesome one week and then invisible the next. In his defence, he hasn't had anyone to play with. Hopefully that changes before next season. A true first line centre, would be a good start for the Leafs.
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The Bonnyville Pontiacs have been on a major slide as of late, 2-8-0 in their last ten, and have fallen to .500 for the first time this season. Injuries to key contributors has been the biggest issue this season.
Balgonie native, Tyler Henry, has had a good sophomore season with 43 points in 51 games.
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The Balgonie Bisons began their quest for a Senior A Provincial Title last week, with a 5-2 win over the Avonlea Arrows, of the Highway Hockey League. Balgonie has added former NHL'er, Jamie Heward, to their Provincial roster. Check out Jamie's pro career at ...... http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=2260
Game two, of the best of 3 first round series, goes Friday January 29th in Balgonie. The series winner faces the Triangle Hockey League's, Langenburg Warriors.
Later folks!