Just a few things to think about as we pass the halfway mark here at the 4-C's Resort in downtown Portland, where the Pirates trail visiting Springy (in the hockey vernacular) by a 2-1 count...
- Amazing how good a team can look when it's not sitting in the penalty box. The Pirates got off to a dreadfully slow start in this one, and it wasn't so much from a lack of either execution or effort. They were shorthanded for nearly all of the first 10 minutes of the contest. Once they stayed out of the bin, the game picked up considerably.
It's not rocket science, this thing called hockey...
- Umm, this just in: Mathieu Roy can flat-out shoot the puck. He just toasted Portland goalie Mike McKenna with a one-timer that McKenna didn't see until after it glanced off him and jiggled the net behind him. (That made it 3-1, with Springfield's 2nd PPG of the evening)
- Good to see Colin McDonald cashing a paycheck for playing the game at this level. I knew Co
lin way back when, when I was covering an underachieving Providence College program. McDonald was a hot prospect -- taken in the 2nd round of the 2003 Entry Draft by Edmonton -- when he hit Providence, but he was lost in the fog. He saw Paul Pooley leave the program after his first 2 years, marred by a knee injury, and then had to work through the next 2 years as former Pirates bench boss Tim Army put his stamp in the Friars.
lin way back when, when I was covering an underachieving Providence College program. McDonald was a hot prospect -- taken in the 2nd round of the 2003 Entry Draft by Edmonton -- when he hit Providence, but he was lost in the fog. He saw Paul Pooley leave the program after his first 2 years, marred by a knee injury, and then had to work through the next 2 years as former Pirates bench boss Tim Army put his stamp in the Friars.In 27 games entering tonight, McDonald has 6-8--14 totals, and he picked up a helper on a Liam Reddox goal back in the 1st period for his 9th assist of the campaign.
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