No More Marty

As you may have noticed, the Bucks waived Marty Standish today.

This was obviously not much of a surprise, and seeing him pop up in another league wouldn't be, either. I guess he wanted to be a "Blazer for life" in the CHL, but we'll see what else he's willing to be for a little money somewhere else...like the IHL.

Anyway, here is my notebook that ran in yesterday's Times, which focuses mostly on Sebastien Centomo's Goaltender of the Week honors, the exceptional play of both goalies to date and the fact that more shutouts could be on the horizon with the rest of the team starting to catch up to its backstops.

I might be using some of my leftover quotes from Centomo in my preview for tomorrow night's game against the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees, but we'll see. I also talked to rookie forward Darryl Smith today, so I'll have his take on Game 4 of 14 between the teams this season, as well as Coach Ruskowski's, of course.

Last night in the CHL, the Mississippi RiverKings beat the Tulsa Oilers 3-1, and the Arizona Sundogs topped the Odessa Jackalopes 7-4. Odessa seems to have something against winning at home.

In the NHL, Edmonton Oilers beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 7-2, the Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Montreal Canadiens 2-1, the Pittsburgh Penguins scored on themselves then couldn't score against Niklas Backstrom (not to be confused with Nicklas Backstrom) in a shootout and lost 2-1 to the Minnesota Wild (Ugh.), the Florida Panthers needed a shootout of their own to earn a 4-3 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning, the Calgary Flames beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-1, and Jonathan Toews and Patrick Sharp scored in a shootout to seal a 3-2 victory for the Chicago Blackhawks over the Phoenix Coyotes.

Speaking of Toews, one of his biggest fans (at least in South Texas) has issued an apology to another man of the same surname for leaving him out of the Three Stars in the Wichita Thunder's 3-2 shootout win over the Killer Bees this past Saturday.

I kinda thought Toews deserved a star for his 36-save performance in the Bucks' 2-1 win over the Thunder the night before, but I guess his assist on Bobby Russell's goal didn't help his cause. Is that why he has a point according to his Poinstreak page? Oh, I guess Hockey DB says he does, too. Odd. Kinda like the fact that I have no say in the Three Stars at the LEC when I've been told they're supposed to be chosen by the media...

Sandalow also has his Southeast Division rankings for this week, which match up with the standings pretty perfectly.

In Corpus, Greg Rajan has news of defenseman Jason Krischuk deciding to leave the IceRays for a chance to play in Sweden. Meanwhile, Claude Lemieux's "unretirement" tour has sent him to China.

Yesterday, the league announced the "Performance of the Week" winner for last week as Jason Weitzel of the Amarillo Gorillas for his hat trick in the Gorillas' 6-3 win over the Rapid City Rush on Friday, Nov. 7. Apparently, Weitzel's hat trick got 21,950 votes, which is pretty crazy.

This week's nominees can be seen by following the link above and include Centomo's shutout against the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs on Saturday. So far, the Mudbugs' Travis Clayton playing in his 708th game (coincidentally the same one) to tie a CHL record leads the voting.

Speaking of good performances, the NHL has posted its Top 10 Goals of last week, which are displayed below. I'm a sucker for No. 1, personally.



There are also Top 10 Saves and Top 10 Hits video clips.

Tonight, the only CHL game pits the Colorado Eagles against the New Mexico Scorpions, while the Buffalo Sabres are at the Boston Bruins, the Vancouver Canucks are at the New York Rangers, and the Washington Capitals are at the Anaheim Ducks in the NHL.

Scores: Eagles 3, Scorpions 1; Bruins 7, Sabres 4; Canucks 6, Rangers 3; Capitals 6, Ducks 4.