Friday News

St. Louis Blues head coach Andy Murray is divesting himself from ownership of the Salmon Arm Silverbacks. At this time there are no indication he will do the same with th Southern Minnesota Express... The St. Louis Bandits' website is claiming 10,252 spectators attended their exhibition game in the Scottrade Center. However, many fans are claiming the turnstile count was closer to 4,000-5,000 butts in the seats. At least when Indiana papers the house for their big games in Conseco, most people actually show up. Still, since the game was an exhibition, Topeka (which seats 7,777) has the potential to break the NAHL's regular season attendance record when hockey returns to the city. Fortunately for the Bandits, I don't think Mark Zeigler has any plays for a follow-up article about attendance inflation... Winnipeg Saints head coach steps down...