Scout
11-22-2007, 08:30 PM
Courtesy Alan Caldwell
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Thursday notes
Couple teams pared their rosters by a player each yesterday....Kootenay has sent 16 year old goaltender Nathan Lieuwen to Jr A with the Westside Warriors of the BCHL. Lieuwen made the team out of training camp but suffered a concussion in a single-car accident after his first game of the season and had not been cleared to play again until recently. In the meantime, Thomas Heemskerk had solidified himself (2.16 GAA, .919 sv%) as the team's backup, which means Lieuwen is out of a job. He was the Ice's 2006 1st round bantam pick and should be back to stay next year.
Meanwhile, Vancouver has sent 17 year old defenceman Dillon Scholten to an unspecified team the BCHL. The Giants tidbit is from Steve Ewen's blog, where he also reports that Giants teammates Jon Blum and Spencer Machacek got into a fight at practice yesterday. It was quickly broken up and nobody was hurt; hopefully it was just due to some temporary frustrations and not a sign that the captain (Machacek) and alternate (Blum) don't like each other. It can't be good for a team to have two leaders being at each others throats all the time.
Couple random notes.....anyone who might have questioned the Blazers' firing of Dean Clark and/or the trading of Keaton Ellerby for Brady Calla is probably quiet now. Since the firing/trade, the Blazers are 6-1 (.857); they were 6-9-1-1 (.412) before. They are averaging 3.57 goals for per game and 2.25 goals against per game since the changes; they were at 2.18 goals for and 2.88 goals against before the changes. Meanwhile, Moose Jaw is 1-4-1 (.250) since the trade and were 9-5-3-1 (.611) before it. That means Keaton Ellerby's record this year is 7-13-2 (.386), if you're keeping track of all that.
Second note, the blog might not be updated again after today until next Tuesday. I'm going away for the weekend and may not be able to update it tomorrow or Monday. I'll be in Lethbridge on Saturday and am going to try to take in the Hurricanes-Oil Kings game that night....it has been a while since I saw a game in another rink between two teams I have no stake in, so it should be fun. Funny how the quality of the league's reffing always improves 100% when you're not cheering for either team.....
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Thursday notes
Couple teams pared their rosters by a player each yesterday....Kootenay has sent 16 year old goaltender Nathan Lieuwen to Jr A with the Westside Warriors of the BCHL. Lieuwen made the team out of training camp but suffered a concussion in a single-car accident after his first game of the season and had not been cleared to play again until recently. In the meantime, Thomas Heemskerk had solidified himself (2.16 GAA, .919 sv%) as the team's backup, which means Lieuwen is out of a job. He was the Ice's 2006 1st round bantam pick and should be back to stay next year.
Meanwhile, Vancouver has sent 17 year old defenceman Dillon Scholten to an unspecified team the BCHL. The Giants tidbit is from Steve Ewen's blog, where he also reports that Giants teammates Jon Blum and Spencer Machacek got into a fight at practice yesterday. It was quickly broken up and nobody was hurt; hopefully it was just due to some temporary frustrations and not a sign that the captain (Machacek) and alternate (Blum) don't like each other. It can't be good for a team to have two leaders being at each others throats all the time.
Couple random notes.....anyone who might have questioned the Blazers' firing of Dean Clark and/or the trading of Keaton Ellerby for Brady Calla is probably quiet now. Since the firing/trade, the Blazers are 6-1 (.857); they were 6-9-1-1 (.412) before. They are averaging 3.57 goals for per game and 2.25 goals against per game since the changes; they were at 2.18 goals for and 2.88 goals against before the changes. Meanwhile, Moose Jaw is 1-4-1 (.250) since the trade and were 9-5-3-1 (.611) before it. That means Keaton Ellerby's record this year is 7-13-2 (.386), if you're keeping track of all that.
Second note, the blog might not be updated again after today until next Tuesday. I'm going away for the weekend and may not be able to update it tomorrow or Monday. I'll be in Lethbridge on Saturday and am going to try to take in the Hurricanes-Oil Kings game that night....it has been a while since I saw a game in another rink between two teams I have no stake in, so it should be fun. Funny how the quality of the league's reffing always improves 100% when you're not cheering for either team.....