The latest in the Stephen Colbert-Saginaw Spirit saga: Oshawa Mayor John Gray has made a wager with the sarcastic pundit on the Generals' Jan. 26 game in Saginaw -- if the Generals beat the Spirit next Friday, Colbert will wear an Oshawa sweater during an upcoming episode of The Colbert Report. Colbert has graciously accepted.
We'll wait and see if anyone takes Colbert's suggestion to throw copies of GM's third-quarter earnings statement on the ice next Friday in retaliation for Oshawa fans' teddy bear toss during a game against Saginaw back on Dec. 17.
Here's the clip that started the row with Oshawa, in case you haven't seen it:
Sabres 4 Canucks 3 (shootout): And Vancouver still hasn't won a game that Roberto Luongo didn't play in, after the Sabres played desperate and tied it on Chris Drury's goal with 39 ticks left before winning in the shootout. Seven of eight points for the Canucks on their eastern swing, although you wonder if they're for real.
Flames 3 Ducks 2: Anaheim's lead in the Pacific Division is down four points -- and the Sharks have three games in hand. That sort of puts a damper on Andy McDonald -- the one-time Ernestown Township minor hockey player -- being added to the Western Conference all-star squad.
NHL Scoreboard
Today's better games: Leafs-Penguins, 7; Team Mud-Bruins, 7; Sabres-Habs, 7; Flames-Oilers, 10.
Headlines: No one's saying much about the Penguins' meeting with Pa. governor Ed Rendell; NHL considers fines for players who alter uniforms -- is this part of Gary Bettman's "NFL on Ice" plan? Canadian women's team spices up camp with a 4-on-4 tournament (don't giving the NHL any ideas);
HOMETOWN BREAKDOWN
Both the 67's and Frontenacs won, taking over sixth and seventh spot in the OHL's Eastern Conference heading into Sunday's game at the Civic Centre. Ottawa goalie Brady Morrison extended his eerie Kingston voodoo to another division rival, shutting out Peterborough 4-0. At the Mem Centre in Kingston, Fronts captain Chris Stewart not only had a goal yesterday in a 4-1 win over Brampton, but was the subject of a feature on Sportsnet.ca. Good on him.
Lastly, in response to Sportsnet's Jim Lang's blog post (so-called), no one in the NHL today hits like the hockey player's hockey player from Kelvington, S-A-S-K, number 17, Wendel Clark.
This is not up for debate.
That's all for now. Send your thoughts to neatesager@yahoo.ca.
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