Sunday, October 24, 2004
CRACK O' DAWN
I'm making time for this post after hand number 475 of downloadable Two Foot Texas Hold 'Em from the MSN Gaming Zone. The computer is my daddy.
MARINERS
Due to the World Series taking place, there is no Mariner news that is hot off the press. Of course, given the trend of most Mariner news (and moves) in recent memory, no news is probably good news.
SEAHAWKS
Since it's Sunday, that unfortunately means we don't get any top-notch fresh Clare Farnsworth material to read on gameday, so it's Times stuff. J-M Romero says that the Seahawks are finally ready to play after a week full of talk over Rice, Koren, and injuries. A few paragraphs are dedicated to the nutty amount of roster moves the Seahawks have made involving some lesser players. And yes, Kelly Wunsch was waived once again, but is expected to be re-signed. Steve Kelley also has some great words involving the Rice situation, the best of which might be that Rice "is the best $800,000 the Seahawks could spend" and that "trading for him is a signal that this franchise is committed to winning now." I like.
SONICS
Nate McMillan and Luke Ridnour wanted to see how Luke would stack up against Tony Parker. Parker got the night off, though, and Ridnour was left to guard Beno Udrih of Slovenia. But Ridnour's still got a ways to go. Coach McMillan is hoping for him to be more aggressive and hopes he establishes some sort of court camaraderie and/or radar with Ray Allen. Oh yeah, the Sonics lost 91-82 to San Antonio.
HOCKEY
Friday was a busy night for local minor-league hockey.
Seattle beat Vancouver, 5-2. Derek Couture had the golden sombrero, and a hat trick in the third period alone, over the span of 4:32. The three goals catapulted the Thunderbirds from down 2-1 to the eventual final score. The line of Couture/Gagnon/Scurko had 10 points combined in the game. Chris Durand had the other Seattle goal, and Bryan Bridges stopped 14 of 16 shots for Seattle.
Prince George completed the back-to-back sweep of Everett, 3-2. Everett blew a 2-0 lead after 40 minutes. Zach Hamill and Marc Desloges scored for the Silvertips, and Leland Irving stopped 33 of 36 for the 'Tips.
Tri-City beat Portland, 6-4. The Winter Hawks lost despite outshooting the Americans 43-23, by a 20-3 margin in the first period, and a 16-6 gap in the third. This enabled Tri-City goalie Carey Price to rack up 39 stops on 43 shots. The game was tied at 3 heading into the third period, but Tri-City would outscore Portland 3-1 in the period. Braydon Coburn had his six-game point streak snapped. Dan Da Silva scored his seventh goal of the season for Portland, and teammate Garret Festerling got his sixth.
Manitoba was stunned by Edmonton, 5-4. That's what allowing two goals in the final minute-and-a-half of play will do to you, especially if you're blowing a lead in the process. Wade Flaherty stopped 33 of 37, and Jason King tallied two more goals to bring his league-leading total to nine on the season.
Puget Sound beat Butte, 6-3. Puget Sound didn't have the whirlwind first periods I've been accustomed to, but they hung on tonight to sweep the weekend from the Roughriders. Though the score was much more out of hand the night before, there were many more fights in the contest tonight. Butte nearly came all the way back, scoring two quick goals in the third period to cut the Tomahawks' lead to 4-3. Puget Sound then toughened up and put the game out of reach on the other end of the ice with two goals of their own. The Tomahawks hadn't been playing too well with the lead in the third period until they'd gotten their fifth goal of the night. I can't believe this team...they're 12-2. It's nuts. Hooray hockey. Once again, I'll link up the Sun writeup in the morning. [Edit ~12:57p -- Amazingly, the Sun's recap is quite different from how I remembered the game. I seem to remember the Tomahawks leading 3-1 after the first period, and 4-3 after the second period. I also seem to remember the Tomahawks having a 4-1 lead at one point, and I never thought that Butte had tied the game at 3. Then again, I'm not sitting there with a note pad at the game, and I'm not getting paid to keep track of it either.]
Tonight: Saskatoon at Vancouver, Tri-City at Seattle
Monday/Tuesday: Manitoba at Saint John's
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Yes, it's Sunday. Here's to hoping that what's left of the Seahawks can take care of business in the Valley of the Sun.
[Edit ~12:57p -- Updated the Tomahawks' portion of the post.]
MARINERS
Due to the World Series taking place, there is no Mariner news that is hot off the press. Of course, given the trend of most Mariner news (and moves) in recent memory, no news is probably good news.
SEAHAWKS
Since it's Sunday, that unfortunately means we don't get any top-notch fresh Clare Farnsworth material to read on gameday, so it's Times stuff. J-M Romero says that the Seahawks are finally ready to play after a week full of talk over Rice, Koren, and injuries. A few paragraphs are dedicated to the nutty amount of roster moves the Seahawks have made involving some lesser players. And yes, Kelly Wunsch was waived once again, but is expected to be re-signed. Steve Kelley also has some great words involving the Rice situation, the best of which might be that Rice "is the best $800,000 the Seahawks could spend" and that "trading for him is a signal that this franchise is committed to winning now." I like.
SONICS
Nate McMillan and Luke Ridnour wanted to see how Luke would stack up against Tony Parker. Parker got the night off, though, and Ridnour was left to guard Beno Udrih of Slovenia. But Ridnour's still got a ways to go. Coach McMillan is hoping for him to be more aggressive and hopes he establishes some sort of court camaraderie and/or radar with Ray Allen. Oh yeah, the Sonics lost 91-82 to San Antonio.
HOCKEY
Friday was a busy night for local minor-league hockey.
Seattle beat Vancouver, 5-2. Derek Couture had the golden sombrero, and a hat trick in the third period alone, over the span of 4:32. The three goals catapulted the Thunderbirds from down 2-1 to the eventual final score. The line of Couture/Gagnon/Scurko had 10 points combined in the game. Chris Durand had the other Seattle goal, and Bryan Bridges stopped 14 of 16 shots for Seattle.
Prince George completed the back-to-back sweep of Everett, 3-2. Everett blew a 2-0 lead after 40 minutes. Zach Hamill and Marc Desloges scored for the Silvertips, and Leland Irving stopped 33 of 36 for the 'Tips.
Tri-City beat Portland, 6-4. The Winter Hawks lost despite outshooting the Americans 43-23, by a 20-3 margin in the first period, and a 16-6 gap in the third. This enabled Tri-City goalie Carey Price to rack up 39 stops on 43 shots. The game was tied at 3 heading into the third period, but Tri-City would outscore Portland 3-1 in the period. Braydon Coburn had his six-game point streak snapped. Dan Da Silva scored his seventh goal of the season for Portland, and teammate Garret Festerling got his sixth.
Manitoba was stunned by Edmonton, 5-4. That's what allowing two goals in the final minute-and-a-half of play will do to you, especially if you're blowing a lead in the process. Wade Flaherty stopped 33 of 37, and Jason King tallied two more goals to bring his league-leading total to nine on the season.
Puget Sound beat Butte, 6-3. Puget Sound didn't have the whirlwind first periods I've been accustomed to, but they hung on tonight to sweep the weekend from the Roughriders. Though the score was much more out of hand the night before, there were many more fights in the contest tonight. Butte nearly came all the way back, scoring two quick goals in the third period to cut the Tomahawks' lead to 4-3. Puget Sound then toughened up and put the game out of reach on the other end of the ice with two goals of their own. The Tomahawks hadn't been playing too well with the lead in the third period until they'd gotten their fifth goal of the night. I can't believe this team...they're 12-2. It's nuts. Hooray hockey. Once again, I'll link up the Sun writeup in the morning. [Edit ~12:57p -- Amazingly, the Sun's recap is quite different from how I remembered the game. I seem to remember the Tomahawks leading 3-1 after the first period, and 4-3 after the second period. I also seem to remember the Tomahawks having a 4-1 lead at one point, and I never thought that Butte had tied the game at 3. Then again, I'm not sitting there with a note pad at the game, and I'm not getting paid to keep track of it either.]
Tonight: Saskatoon at Vancouver, Tri-City at Seattle
Monday/Tuesday: Manitoba at Saint John's
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Yes, it's Sunday. Here's to hoping that what's left of the Seahawks can take care of business in the Valley of the Sun.
[Edit ~12:57p -- Updated the Tomahawks' portion of the post.]
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