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Home Cooking with 5-2 Win Over The Blues

October 12, 2008, 10:40 AM ET [ Comments]

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There was some parking issues. There were some flack about the new goal song. There was a new glazed nut food stand. There was a levitating stage with a live band playing. There was a Scott Gordon "Not Going To Talk About Rick" jedi mind trick attempt. ((video below)). There was Rick's flat denial of the TSN.ca report that said his knee was like a small balloon of fluid.

It was the Blog Box's return as the Isles opened the season. It was a good time. There was a lot of effort by the Isles not only on the ice, but off-ice in the production and desire to put on a good show for fans.

Big on the ice was Andy Hilbert, who notched a goal, an assist and was a plus 2 for the evening. In my mind he was the first star. Kudos to Joey MacDonald who once again showed that his summer work and preseason focus is paying off with solid work in goal. Bruno Gervais had 2 assists and a +1.

Mark Streit had the most minutes with 26:14, and assist and +2. So far, I like what I see with Streit Play Express.

Making it count: Sean Bergenheim had the least amount of minutes with 09:47 (Martinek played less, but had to leave the ice), but still had 4 shots and a goal.

I figured it might be interesting to see what I saw during the coaches interview with the press after the game. As you can hear, it was during the concert.


Scott Gordon Meets the Press After His First Win




I mentioned podcasts the other day, and we had a lot of great feedback, ideas and offers for help. Much thanks. We'll be in touch. Another thing I forgot to mention is that this season I will, like earlier this summer, using the video camera more. Whether commentary along with it, or just BD's birds-eye view, this will be a more frequent item in this season blogs.


- BD
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