BUNCH OF STUFF ... LIKE: DID DOBSON HIT McAVOY WITH SHOT DELIBERATELY?
Headline seen on-line:
Will Penn State live to regret
firing James Franklin?
Better to ask:
How Long Before Franklin Wears Out His
Welcome at Virginia Tech?
***** YOU COULD almost feel sorry for BILL
BELICHICK… except it is Belichick after all … so
what doesn’t seem fair gets a pass, nevertheless, when the
media goes out of their way to trash the six-time Super
Bowl winner for attending his 24 year old girl friend’s
cheerleading contest after his North Carolina football
team loses another game.
Given a choice, it says here, every one of his critics
would do the same thing. Besides, his assistant coaches
had to be pleased, too, that is if rumors of Belichick’s
reaction to losses while coaching in the NFL are only half
true.
We know one former aide who told horror stories of
Belichick unable to sleep which meant his staff had to
stay up all kinds of crazy hours and work, too.
***** WAS IT only me, or did the slap shot by the New
York Islanders’ NOAH DOBSON that hit the face of
Boston’s CHARLIE McAVOY look deliberate to you?
Either that or Dobson needs to see a good eye doctor
pronto.
McAvoy was standing well wide left of the Bruins’ goal
when Dobson wound up and drilled him high, straight on,
no deflection. The all-star defenseman did not return to
the game. McEvoy underwent surgery Tuesday, and no
timetable was set for his return.
***** IF YOU ARE going to showcase an American
Hockey League game on the NHL Network, why not
instruct the home-team announcers to be a bit more
balanced than usual? Wednesday night, during a low-
information pregame show, the entire focus was on the
hometown Lehigh Valley Phantoms. Only Rochester
player mentioned until the opening faceoff was the
starting goaltender, DAVON LEVI. No starting lineups,
know nothing about the visiting Americans who currently
employ Richmond’s ZAC JONES on defense.
“Watch out for Jones on this unit,” said TV analyst
STEVEN SWAVELY during Rochester’s first
opportunity with the man advantage. “[He has] 11 assists
on the power play this year [12 games].”
It’s doubtful he knew Jones had 13 in all, by far the best
among AHL defensemen.
Jones added No. 14 early in the third period on the power
play, the team’s 20th of the season.
The Amerks cut the deficit to 3-2 with 6 minutes to go on
another PP. Guess who got his 15th assist? … but Lehigh
Valley won 4-2.
Until next time …
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