9-4

That last Lethbridge goal at the buzzer did count so final damage not *quite* so bad. Still pretty bad. I love it when my team wins. Like really a lot. But I do feel bad when a team is perpetually terrible and loses night in and night out. I felt bad for Portland for several years, look where that got me now. Guess I should put on my big girl britches and take the win with no after thought.

It was Spencer Humphries best game of the season, by far. His one-timer from the point...oh man. That made me feel tingly in my lady bits. Goals like that is why I have a thing for defensemen. It's why when I gather up random hockey news bits I call it "shots from the point". Because it's damn sexy. Humps is playing with an edge that he didn't have at the beginning of the season and it's working. After his 2nd fight I tweeted that's why he's playing way more games than Dow.

Cam Gorchyski went into the game in the 3rd in relief of Drew Owsley, who passed American Brian Boucher for 4th in all-time wins.  Gorchyski did pretty good, he's big.  Two went in on him, including the one right at the buzzer when the Ams, up 9-3, were sorta standing around the last few seconds.

Another fantastic showing by the boys from Winnipeg. I know, that doesn't narrow it down, but specifically Hughesman, Shinnimin, and Wilgosh. There was some confusion over the 8th goal, it was officially changed to Willy's, so no hatty for Adam. :(

"I don't want to take credit for a goal I didn't score," Hughesman said. "That's bad karma."

"Jim (Hiller) and the coaches have always told us we have to take care of business at home," said Hughesman, whose 24 goals rank seventh in the Western Hockey League. "Losing at home is like giving away two points. We've got to take care of business at home and just do better on the road."

"We worked pretty hard tonight and deserved what we got," Hughesman said. "Me, Shinny and Wils have pretty good chemistry right now. We're finding each other on the ice, and this was one of those nights where everything was finding the net."

"I think I've just been working hard every night, doing the little things like crashing the net, and I'm finding a lot of pucks that way," Shinnimin said.

"We're playing our game right now and making teams adjust to us instead of us to them. We know that especially now, with us in a close stretch with Portland and Spokane, that these are must-win games at home. We have these opportunities, and we have to take advantage."

"I think it's important that Feser's line sets the tone," Hiller said. "They typically play against the other team's best line, and when they score, it allows our other lines to open things up offensively. We're getting back into that rhythm from last year."

"Obviously, this is a nerve-wracking time (trade deadline is tomorrow)," Shinnimin said. "You never know who's safe. That's part of the business. Quite frankly, though, I think the team has done fairly well."

Hughesman added, "I just hope we showed that we're good enough players here and we're willing to do what it takes to win a championship. But it's over now. There are no more games to show that. We'll see what happens." (Examiner)

Yep, trade deadline is tomorrow, closing at 3 pm Calgary time (2 our time).  No clue if Bob has something up his sleeve.  Who knows, "Trader Bob" might be done for the season.  I hate trade deadline time.

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Keeping up on the Drinnan/Blazers fiasco?  Caldwell weighs in.  Many very good links there about the situation, and the bottom line is it's not looking good for the league and the Blazers.  And it still won't be resolved, or even discussed, for two more days.  Stupid.

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Portland thinks they should get a parade for tweeting a lot. Newsflash, Twitter doesn't give two shits how much you, or anyone else, tweets. I've sent 8,085. Where's my parade? Maybe a nice cake?

 

 photo from Mariana Pugliese