Hump Day

Happy Wednesday, everyone. Lots of bits and pieces to report. Mike Butters will be holding a press conference this afternoon to address his situation regarding the Bighorns and Cuttys. I am anticipating that he will merge the operations into one franchise. Pending what happens in the next few weeks with the Junior Council, the franchise will be either in the AWHL or the NorPac. My money is on the franchise going by the Bighorns name. The El Paso Rhinos will be holding their invite camp June 23-25 at the Sierra Providence Event Center in El Paso. Camp costs $125.00 (non-refundable). Tryout camp consists of two practices and five games. Goaltenders will have extra sessions to be evaluated. Camp schedule will be posted on their website and also emailed to every applicant. Hotel information rooms under El Paso Rhinos: Baymont Inn and Suites $60 rate/night 7944 Gateway Blvd E, 915-591-3300. For more information or a tryout form, players can call the team at 915.479.PUCK. NAHL had their draft Tuesday, which in hindsight is another major reason for the conference call Monday to shove Bozeman and Helena to the inactive list. When the Montana players were made free agents, it also made them draft eligible, and previously tendered players were in fact drafted. Here are the links for those who can't find them tenders or draft list (the links are kind of hard to spot on the NAHL's website). Finally, thanks again to everyone who's been coming here. The blog officially passed 100,000 hits since its inception about midday Tuesday. Unofficially it happened a day or two earlier, as I didn't add a counter for the first week or so, and screwed up the counter code for a couple days back in February. I'm also seeing records for daily traffic smashed on a regular basis, and cracked the 1,000 hits/day mark for the first time with 1,107 hits Monday and 1,210 on Tuesday. Thanks!