It seems Coach Ruskowski was finally able to beg Serge Dube out of retirement, or at least convince his wife he needed him to play, because Dube signed with the team this morning.
The press release is too long for me to copy and paste into this post on my Blackberry, but you can check it out at http://www.laredobucks.com/home/headlines/dube_returns.html, and I'll post some more links and info later.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Quotes and Notes
Due to some absurdly severe flooding around my apartment complex this morning (yeah, seriously), I was not able to make it to the Bucks' final practice before their weekend 3-in-3 against the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees.
I have been in touch with the team, though, and it seems if any moves are going to be made to get more players in the lineup, they will be made tomorrow at the very earliest.
When I talked to Coach Ruskowski yesterday, here's what he had to say:
On the effort against the Corpus Christi IceRays in a 6-3 loss on Saturday: I thought the first period was good. The third period, we were shorthanded, and I thought we played hard and had opportunities to score but didn't do it. It was just the second period that was just a messed up period. They went to the net hard, they made good passes, and everything seemed to be clicking. For us, it just seemed like we couldn't stop them. But we learned a lesson from that, that if we're going to beat teams like that, we have to hit them, match them hit for hit.
On the 4-3 loss to the Odessa Jackalopes on Sunday: I thought we played very well. I tell you, when we lose, there's no TV, there's no lights (on the bus). After the game, I thought the guys played really well. The only thing we didn't do well was play smart. We took some penalties that ended up costing us the game. I really harped on that after the game, and hopefully it got through to them that we can't play that way and expect to win hockey games, especially against good teams. That was kind of the turning point. I thought we played a very strong game, and we actually had lights on and they could watch TV if they wanted to, and that's because I thought they worked very, very hard and it's just that we took stupid penalties. That was the difference in the game.
On the power play on Sunday: We were shooting, getting good shots and getting great screens in front of the net. We were shooting the puck three feet above the pads. When a goalie can't see it, they'll either stand up or go down and try to make themself big, and we were shooting the puck just a little bit higher than that. Good deflection on one, but the other was probably three, three and a half feet, high, and that was good enough to go over the pads. As the goalie was looking to where the puck was, it was already in the net. It was a good shot, but a really good screen.
On the consistently inconsistent defensive play: I harp and harp and harp at them, and I show them on tape, and it just doesn't seem to stick sometimes. The funny thing about it is they'll do everything I ask them to do three or four games, then all of a sudden, they'll go back to their own ways, and we're just not successful. They have to do it not just one time, but all the time. There are going to be faults, and there are going to be some mistakes, and I understand that. When you make mistakes trying, you can overcome that, but when you make mistakes not trying, that's when we have a problem.
On how important games have become: I wish the guys would pay attention to me more when I'm talking because they don't realize that until the time is done, I said that games in the earlier part of the season are a lot easier to win than at the end of the season because everyone is fighting for a playoff spot, jockeying for position and trying to make the playoffs. It's tough. It's very tough. We just need to know that every game we play from here on in could be a crucial win in deciding whether we make the playoffs or don't make the playoffs. They have to realize that every shift is very important.
On goalie play: I think they've been playing okay. I think that they're not the problem; I think the problem is us being shorthanded and that one period that we played against Corpus that really turned the whole weekend around. I thought we played really well in Odessa, we just had those stupid penalties, then I thought we played not bad the first and third period against Corpus but that second period killed us. What we have to do against Corpus is match them hit for hit. Knowing that hitting is not going to be a factor in winning and losing games for us because we do the same thing to them.
On this week's practices: First of all, just like everything else, we have to make sure we get healed up a little bit because we still have some banged up guys. (Tuesday), we went through our traps; a little skating and passing and shooting and doing our traps. (Wednesday), we'll basically go with our forechecking and do out power play so we're caught up with that also.
On Evan Schwabe: The doctor said that he's ahead of schedule, which is good, so I'm hoping that he can bear the pain that in a couple weeks, he can be back. Only hoping, though.
I talked to Ruskowski about a few other topics, as well, but I'm using those quotes for my notebook, which will run in tomorrow's Times, so I'll hold off on posting them until that gets published.
As I'm sure some of you noticed, Kyle Gajewski has already been waived by the Colorado Eagles, who put Andrew Penner back on their roster today.
He did not get any playing time with the team, unlike Jean-Philippe Levasseur, who got yet another start with the Springfield Falcons tonight and allowed all eight goals in an 8-4 loss.
Anyway, I'll be on the lookout for any roster moves tomorrow, but don't think a lack of news on that front will diminish the possibility of a new player signing later in the weekend.
I have been in touch with the team, though, and it seems if any moves are going to be made to get more players in the lineup, they will be made tomorrow at the very earliest.
When I talked to Coach Ruskowski yesterday, here's what he had to say:
On the effort against the Corpus Christi IceRays in a 6-3 loss on Saturday: I thought the first period was good. The third period, we were shorthanded, and I thought we played hard and had opportunities to score but didn't do it. It was just the second period that was just a messed up period. They went to the net hard, they made good passes, and everything seemed to be clicking. For us, it just seemed like we couldn't stop them. But we learned a lesson from that, that if we're going to beat teams like that, we have to hit them, match them hit for hit.
On the 4-3 loss to the Odessa Jackalopes on Sunday: I thought we played very well. I tell you, when we lose, there's no TV, there's no lights (on the bus). After the game, I thought the guys played really well. The only thing we didn't do well was play smart. We took some penalties that ended up costing us the game. I really harped on that after the game, and hopefully it got through to them that we can't play that way and expect to win hockey games, especially against good teams. That was kind of the turning point. I thought we played a very strong game, and we actually had lights on and they could watch TV if they wanted to, and that's because I thought they worked very, very hard and it's just that we took stupid penalties. That was the difference in the game.
On the power play on Sunday: We were shooting, getting good shots and getting great screens in front of the net. We were shooting the puck three feet above the pads. When a goalie can't see it, they'll either stand up or go down and try to make themself big, and we were shooting the puck just a little bit higher than that. Good deflection on one, but the other was probably three, three and a half feet, high, and that was good enough to go over the pads. As the goalie was looking to where the puck was, it was already in the net. It was a good shot, but a really good screen.
On the consistently inconsistent defensive play: I harp and harp and harp at them, and I show them on tape, and it just doesn't seem to stick sometimes. The funny thing about it is they'll do everything I ask them to do three or four games, then all of a sudden, they'll go back to their own ways, and we're just not successful. They have to do it not just one time, but all the time. There are going to be faults, and there are going to be some mistakes, and I understand that. When you make mistakes trying, you can overcome that, but when you make mistakes not trying, that's when we have a problem.
On how important games have become: I wish the guys would pay attention to me more when I'm talking because they don't realize that until the time is done, I said that games in the earlier part of the season are a lot easier to win than at the end of the season because everyone is fighting for a playoff spot, jockeying for position and trying to make the playoffs. It's tough. It's very tough. We just need to know that every game we play from here on in could be a crucial win in deciding whether we make the playoffs or don't make the playoffs. They have to realize that every shift is very important.
On goalie play: I think they've been playing okay. I think that they're not the problem; I think the problem is us being shorthanded and that one period that we played against Corpus that really turned the whole weekend around. I thought we played really well in Odessa, we just had those stupid penalties, then I thought we played not bad the first and third period against Corpus but that second period killed us. What we have to do against Corpus is match them hit for hit. Knowing that hitting is not going to be a factor in winning and losing games for us because we do the same thing to them.
On this week's practices: First of all, just like everything else, we have to make sure we get healed up a little bit because we still have some banged up guys. (Tuesday), we went through our traps; a little skating and passing and shooting and doing our traps. (Wednesday), we'll basically go with our forechecking and do out power play so we're caught up with that also.
On Evan Schwabe: The doctor said that he's ahead of schedule, which is good, so I'm hoping that he can bear the pain that in a couple weeks, he can be back. Only hoping, though.
I talked to Ruskowski about a few other topics, as well, but I'm using those quotes for my notebook, which will run in tomorrow's Times, so I'll hold off on posting them until that gets published.
As I'm sure some of you noticed, Kyle Gajewski has already been waived by the Colorado Eagles, who put Andrew Penner back on their roster today.
He did not get any playing time with the team, unlike Jean-Philippe Levasseur, who got yet another start with the Springfield Falcons tonight and allowed all eight goals in an 8-4 loss.
Anyway, I'll be on the lookout for any roster moves tomorrow, but don't think a lack of news on that front will diminish the possibility of a new player signing later in the weekend.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
A Question of Attitude
Something I've been meaning to discuss for a while is the attitude of the team and the way it affects their play on a nightly basis.
An anonymous commenter asked this question earlier today:
"how tough is Terry in practice with this team? Do u think it's because the players don't wanna be here that's why they don't wanna work hard?"
The answer? Honestly, not very tough at all. It's been weeks since a practice ran over an hour, months since I've seen him skate them hard, and quite some time since I've seen him yell at anyone in a way that could be taken too badly.
That isn't to say he takes practice lightly, but as I've noted on here before, he is sincerely afraid of having players get injured in practice considering how many of them are already out of commission.
Ruskowski yells when he needs to, but never anything insulting or profane, and honestly really only does so when players talk over him while he is giving instructions, which obviously should not happen.
Hard work is all he wants from these guys, and when he gets it, he reacts well to it regardless of whether the team won or lost. He said he liked the effort in Sunday's loss, so he let the guys watch TV and do whatever else they felt like doing on the bus ride home.
The only things he was really unhappy about this weekend were the unnecessary penalties and the second period of Saturday's loss.
When I asked him if there was anything he thinks he can really do to make those penalties stop, he said he's considering fining players when they take the really stupid ones that cost the team.
The idea of fining brings up the concept of money, which is one I believe is at the core of some of attitude problems you might see at this level.
Athletes who play at a minor-league level have to love what they do, it's just a necessity.
Yes, these guys get all their expenses paid, but they still make way less money than most people do, and that puts them in a position that might cause some of them to not take things seriously enough.
There are guys like Jeff Bes, who decided to stay in the CHL and play as well as they could knowing they will one day retire as one of the best in the league all-time; guys like Darryl Smith, who still have a chance to move up and play like they hope a scout is watching; guys like Justin Styffe, who skate and check and play as hard as they can because they truly love what they are doing no matter who looks down on their talent; and then there are some other types.
Now, I'm not saying those are the only three players on the team who are 100 percent into what they're doing - or that they are 100 percent every night - just using those guys as examples, but I think it's pretty clear not everyone on this team, or in this league, gives the game their all.
My first season covering this team, I may have just been too busy getting accustomed to everything to notice any attitude problems, but I didn't really see many that I recall.
Last season was a different story, and I truly didn't believe the team could get all that far considering the way some guys behaved, or misbehaved I should say, in practice and on the ice during games.
I'm not saying that practice should be a completely serious event; these guys play a sport for a living, and they're lucky to do so and have every right to have fun with it.
But there is a line between joking around at your job and thinking your job is a joke and not taking it seriously enough to succeed.
Ruskowski knows at this point that some of the players on his roster are a liability, always just a second away from taking a costly penalty or making the wrong move in a set play because they didn't pay close enough attention to practice, but he can't really do much when he needs to bring in more players, not get rid of any.
So, the guys who talk over him in practice and put the team down a man by taking penalties when they are already shorthanded in every way get to stick around and, sometimes, make him look bad.
Obviously, he is the person who brought them in here in the first place, but when you consider how many players on the current roster are not ones he hand-picked for training camp and the fact that some of them are playing way more than they should be because of injuries, it's difficult to say if he should be blamed.
All of that aside, there is no reason any player should not want to be here. They are given a lot better care than some less financially stable teams can provide, they get to go golfing and swimming and do all the things they can't do during the winter back home, and they are treated like royalty by the fans, including the girls who most of the single ones end up dating.
So, do I think it's because of Ruskowski or because they don't want to be here that some players fail to work hard? No. But do I think that the work ethic is lacking? Most definitely.
Hopefully that answers your question(s).
UPDATE: Sorry to leave you with just this and the injury post, but apparently editing the whole section, writing a spring sports notebook and taking about two dozen scores via phone call is more time-consuming than I had hoped. I have to be up early for practice tomorrow, so I'd like to be home before midnight, and I'm going to have to hold off on that quotes post until tomorrow. I will have time tomorrow, though, for sure.
One quick note on the always-popular subject of getting Jean-Philippe Levasseur back: As previously mentioned, he should be staying with the Springfield Falcons for the rest of the regular season, as further implied by them releasing Andrew Penner after Levasseur gave up six goals in an 8-2 loss on Saturday. Of course, Penner did allow six of his own in a 6-0 loss on Sunday, and he was there on a tryout, not a loan like Levasseur.
It is fair to guess Levasseur would come back for the playoffs, but that can only happen if the Bucks make it and if they are still around after April 11 - the final day of the Falcons' regular season schedule and three weeks after the Bucks' regular season ends.
Speaking of goalies, it should be interesting to see how Penner's return affects Kyle Gajewski in Colorado. He has yet to register any playing time with the Eagles, who have not added Penner back to their roster.
Back in Springfield, Levasseur's new net companion is Bryan Pitton, who has spent most of the season with the ECHL's Stockton Thunder and was briefly called up to the Edmonton Oilers but did not play. He could get the start when the Falcons take on the Worcester Sharks tomorrow night.
An anonymous commenter asked this question earlier today:
"how tough is Terry in practice with this team? Do u think it's because the players don't wanna be here that's why they don't wanna work hard?"
The answer? Honestly, not very tough at all. It's been weeks since a practice ran over an hour, months since I've seen him skate them hard, and quite some time since I've seen him yell at anyone in a way that could be taken too badly.
That isn't to say he takes practice lightly, but as I've noted on here before, he is sincerely afraid of having players get injured in practice considering how many of them are already out of commission.
Ruskowski yells when he needs to, but never anything insulting or profane, and honestly really only does so when players talk over him while he is giving instructions, which obviously should not happen.
Hard work is all he wants from these guys, and when he gets it, he reacts well to it regardless of whether the team won or lost. He said he liked the effort in Sunday's loss, so he let the guys watch TV and do whatever else they felt like doing on the bus ride home.
The only things he was really unhappy about this weekend were the unnecessary penalties and the second period of Saturday's loss.
When I asked him if there was anything he thinks he can really do to make those penalties stop, he said he's considering fining players when they take the really stupid ones that cost the team.
The idea of fining brings up the concept of money, which is one I believe is at the core of some of attitude problems you might see at this level.
Athletes who play at a minor-league level have to love what they do, it's just a necessity.
Yes, these guys get all their expenses paid, but they still make way less money than most people do, and that puts them in a position that might cause some of them to not take things seriously enough.
There are guys like Jeff Bes, who decided to stay in the CHL and play as well as they could knowing they will one day retire as one of the best in the league all-time; guys like Darryl Smith, who still have a chance to move up and play like they hope a scout is watching; guys like Justin Styffe, who skate and check and play as hard as they can because they truly love what they are doing no matter who looks down on their talent; and then there are some other types.
Now, I'm not saying those are the only three players on the team who are 100 percent into what they're doing - or that they are 100 percent every night - just using those guys as examples, but I think it's pretty clear not everyone on this team, or in this league, gives the game their all.
My first season covering this team, I may have just been too busy getting accustomed to everything to notice any attitude problems, but I didn't really see many that I recall.
Last season was a different story, and I truly didn't believe the team could get all that far considering the way some guys behaved, or misbehaved I should say, in practice and on the ice during games.
I'm not saying that practice should be a completely serious event; these guys play a sport for a living, and they're lucky to do so and have every right to have fun with it.
But there is a line between joking around at your job and thinking your job is a joke and not taking it seriously enough to succeed.
Ruskowski knows at this point that some of the players on his roster are a liability, always just a second away from taking a costly penalty or making the wrong move in a set play because they didn't pay close enough attention to practice, but he can't really do much when he needs to bring in more players, not get rid of any.
So, the guys who talk over him in practice and put the team down a man by taking penalties when they are already shorthanded in every way get to stick around and, sometimes, make him look bad.
Obviously, he is the person who brought them in here in the first place, but when you consider how many players on the current roster are not ones he hand-picked for training camp and the fact that some of them are playing way more than they should be because of injuries, it's difficult to say if he should be blamed.
All of that aside, there is no reason any player should not want to be here. They are given a lot better care than some less financially stable teams can provide, they get to go golfing and swimming and do all the things they can't do during the winter back home, and they are treated like royalty by the fans, including the girls who most of the single ones end up dating.
So, do I think it's because of Ruskowski or because they don't want to be here that some players fail to work hard? No. But do I think that the work ethic is lacking? Most definitely.
Hopefully that answers your question(s).
UPDATE: Sorry to leave you with just this and the injury post, but apparently editing the whole section, writing a spring sports notebook and taking about two dozen scores via phone call is more time-consuming than I had hoped. I have to be up early for practice tomorrow, so I'd like to be home before midnight, and I'm going to have to hold off on that quotes post until tomorrow. I will have time tomorrow, though, for sure.
One quick note on the always-popular subject of getting Jean-Philippe Levasseur back: As previously mentioned, he should be staying with the Springfield Falcons for the rest of the regular season, as further implied by them releasing Andrew Penner after Levasseur gave up six goals in an 8-2 loss on Saturday. Of course, Penner did allow six of his own in a 6-0 loss on Sunday, and he was there on a tryout, not a loan like Levasseur.
It is fair to guess Levasseur would come back for the playoffs, but that can only happen if the Bucks make it and if they are still around after April 11 - the final day of the Falcons' regular season schedule and three weeks after the Bucks' regular season ends.
Speaking of goalies, it should be interesting to see how Penner's return affects Kyle Gajewski in Colorado. He has yet to register any playing time with the Eagles, who have not added Penner back to their roster.
Back in Springfield, Levasseur's new net companion is Bryan Pitton, who has spent most of the season with the ECHL's Stockton Thunder and was briefly called up to the Edmonton Oilers but did not play. He could get the start when the Falcons take on the Worcester Sharks tomorrow night.
O'Leary to IR, Agarunov Out
Neither Igor Agarunov nor Mark O'Leary were on the ice for practice today, and Coach Ruskowski said after practice that he will be placing O'Leary on the injured reserve today retroactive to Friday.
O'Leary is out with a lower-body injury, while Agarunov is still pretty shaken up due to the upper-body injury he suffered on Saturday.
I'm sure all of you who were there on Saturday know exactly what kind of injury Agarunov suffered, and because he failed the recovery test yesterday, he will not play this weekend.
Agarunov is expected to return by next weekend if not in time for next Tuesday's Kid's Day game.
In their absence, Jay Holladay is playing as a forward and practiced on the top line, where he apparently played on Sunday, with Jeff Bes and Darryl Smith.
Ruskowski is hoping to bring in another skater by this weekend, but we'll see whether or not he can find anyone.
In better news, Evan Schwabe's recovery is progressing much faster than expected, and he was on skates today for the first time since suffering a lower-body injury during the All-Star Game on Jan. 13.
Schwabe didn't do much other than sit on the bench and get up to watch Ruskowski map out plays, but he could be back in games in as little as a couple weeks.
I talked to Ruskowski about a bunch of different stuff, so I'll post some quotes when I get to the office later.
O'Leary is out with a lower-body injury, while Agarunov is still pretty shaken up due to the upper-body injury he suffered on Saturday.
I'm sure all of you who were there on Saturday know exactly what kind of injury Agarunov suffered, and because he failed the recovery test yesterday, he will not play this weekend.
Agarunov is expected to return by next weekend if not in time for next Tuesday's Kid's Day game.
In their absence, Jay Holladay is playing as a forward and practiced on the top line, where he apparently played on Sunday, with Jeff Bes and Darryl Smith.
Ruskowski is hoping to bring in another skater by this weekend, but we'll see whether or not he can find anyone.
In better news, Evan Schwabe's recovery is progressing much faster than expected, and he was on skates today for the first time since suffering a lower-body injury during the All-Star Game on Jan. 13.
Schwabe didn't do much other than sit on the bench and get up to watch Ruskowski map out plays, but he could be back in games in as little as a couple weeks.
I talked to Ruskowski about a bunch of different stuff, so I'll post some quotes when I get to the office later.
Monday, February 1, 2010
Game No. 41 - Jackalopes 4, Bucks 3
Sorry I didn't get around to posting this sooner, but the Bucks lost their second straight in the third game of their 3-in-3 yesterday against the Odessa Jackalopes.
The final result of the game was just 4-3 in the Jackalopes' favor, which seems to imply the Bucks put up a pretty good fight considering they were down two forwards and working on very little rest after arriving in Odessa yesterday morning following an overnight bus trip.
The Bucks' third goal, though, was scored with Pier-Olivier Pelletier (0-4-1) pulled in favor of an extra attacker.
Pelletier, by the way, allowed four goals on 30 shots, while Joel Martin (18-3-2) did a great job controlling the Bucks with 45 saves on 48 shots.
All of the Bucks' goals against him came on a man-advantage, whether via power play or extra attacker.
You can read more about the game in Bryan Benway's press release and Lee Scheide's story for the Odessa American.
With the win, the Jackalopes improved their league-leading record to 34-6-4 (72 points), while the loss dropped the Bucks to 19-15-7 (45 points)
They fell back into fourth place as the Texas Brahmas improved to 21-17-5 (47 points) with a 5-2 win over the Tulsa Oilers.
The Bucks did not practice today after having to make the trek back from Odessa last night, but they will be out there tomorrow and Wednesday to prepare for their second straight 3-in-3 this weekend, which begins with a home game against the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees (18-18-6, 42 points) on Thursday.
The Killer Bees fell into a tie for fifth place in the Southern Conference, just three points behind the fourth-place Bucks, with a 6-0 loss to the Corpus Christi IceRays (18-18-6) yesterday.
Those former Southeast Division rivals now share a record, and the Killer Bees could make a move on the Bucks with the teams facing each other three times this weekend.
That 6-0 loss for the Killer Bees was a 6-0 win for former Buck Kevin Beech in his debut with the IceRays, who the Bucks will play again next Tuesday for their Kid's Day game.
I'll be sure to check for injury updates on Igor Agarunov and Mark O'Leary at practice tomorrow, but Benway offered this note about Agarunov on his blog yesterday:
As you might have expected Rosco put the game DVD in. But as might not expect he didn't have the guys watch the whole thing (which is normally what happens after a loss). Instead Rosco fast forwarded to the hit at the end of the second period that sent Igor Agarunov head first into the boards and kept him lying face down on the ice for about two minutes. Thankfully the enigma was not seriously hurt. He did not make the trip here to Odessa and it's not known how long he will be out.
That should do it for now; I'll be back with notes after tomorrow morning's practice. And just because this is already up on YouTube, you should treat yourself to watching it.
The final result of the game was just 4-3 in the Jackalopes' favor, which seems to imply the Bucks put up a pretty good fight considering they were down two forwards and working on very little rest after arriving in Odessa yesterday morning following an overnight bus trip.
The Bucks' third goal, though, was scored with Pier-Olivier Pelletier (0-4-1) pulled in favor of an extra attacker.
Pelletier, by the way, allowed four goals on 30 shots, while Joel Martin (18-3-2) did a great job controlling the Bucks with 45 saves on 48 shots.
All of the Bucks' goals against him came on a man-advantage, whether via power play or extra attacker.
You can read more about the game in Bryan Benway's press release and Lee Scheide's story for the Odessa American.
With the win, the Jackalopes improved their league-leading record to 34-6-4 (72 points), while the loss dropped the Bucks to 19-15-7 (45 points)
They fell back into fourth place as the Texas Brahmas improved to 21-17-5 (47 points) with a 5-2 win over the Tulsa Oilers.
The Bucks did not practice today after having to make the trek back from Odessa last night, but they will be out there tomorrow and Wednesday to prepare for their second straight 3-in-3 this weekend, which begins with a home game against the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees (18-18-6, 42 points) on Thursday.
The Killer Bees fell into a tie for fifth place in the Southern Conference, just three points behind the fourth-place Bucks, with a 6-0 loss to the Corpus Christi IceRays (18-18-6) yesterday.
Those former Southeast Division rivals now share a record, and the Killer Bees could make a move on the Bucks with the teams facing each other three times this weekend.
That 6-0 loss for the Killer Bees was a 6-0 win for former Buck Kevin Beech in his debut with the IceRays, who the Bucks will play again next Tuesday for their Kid's Day game.
I'll be sure to check for injury updates on Igor Agarunov and Mark O'Leary at practice tomorrow, but Benway offered this note about Agarunov on his blog yesterday:
As you might have expected Rosco put the game DVD in. But as might not expect he didn't have the guys watch the whole thing (which is normally what happens after a loss). Instead Rosco fast forwarded to the hit at the end of the second period that sent Igor Agarunov head first into the boards and kept him lying face down on the ice for about two minutes. Thankfully the enigma was not seriously hurt. He did not make the trip here to Odessa and it's not known how long he will be out.
That should do it for now; I'll be back with notes after tomorrow morning's practice. And just because this is already up on YouTube, you should treat yourself to watching it.
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