Thursday News

It's "Return of the Skating Dead" Week here in North Texas. Our babysitter came around last night selling a coupon book for a school fundraiser, and what do we find in it? Yup, 50% off coupons for the Lone Star Cavalry (click the images for a larger view). Nevermind that not quite three years ago exactly the team rode off into the sunset for a three-year sentence in Santa Fe. Oh well, maybe I can redeem these in Topeka, eh? These may indeed be the last remaining artifacts of an extinct franchise (at least in the local sense), unless there's still the banner and giant embossed sign hanging in the arena formerly known as Blue Line. Merritt Centennials coach Al Glendinning joins national team... Cowichan Valley Capitals trio keeps progressing... Cowichan Valley Capitals land former Acadie-Bathurst Titan goalie Brant Miller... BCHL FANZONE and website upgrades announced... Frontenacs' rirst-round draft pick agrees to report, blows knee ("...if it weren't for baaaad luck, they'd have no luck at aaaaaallllll...")... Kitchener Rangers could have crowded crease... Jason Bergeron joins Niagara IceDogs after a season at UMass-Lowell... Windor Spitfires hold annual intra-squad game... Here's an interview with Sudbury Wolves player Kyle Tarini... Not many vacancies on deep Calgary Hitmen roster... Matt Strueby hasn't missed a beat with the Regina Pats... Niagara IceDogs unleashed, open camp... Tony Romano bails Big Red for London Knights... Former Pittsburgh Forge captain Denis Kirstein signs with Youngstown SteelHounds...