Shots from the Point--"It's really the off-season" Edition

Bob Tory Quote of the Day:

"As we express gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them."  John F. Kennedy

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Oh hey, did you hear the Chilliwack Bruins are moving to Victoria?  The WHL announced it yesterday.  As if it was some big secret.  I don't have a problem with Victoria getting a team, but the way they've gone about it is ridiculous and flat out not fair to the fans of the Bruins.  As usual, Gregg Drinnan has the story, you can check it out here.

There was no mention in yesterday's press release of a current WHL team then being relocated to Chilliwack--which is something that was mentioned by Brian Burke a couple weeks back.

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Also released yesterday was the one-game suspension of Spokane's Tyler Johnson for the kneeing on Shinnimin the other night.  He'll miss game one against Portland on Friday night.

Another quote, one Westie's said many times--"the enemy of my enemy is my friend" so GO WINTERHAWKS.  In the big picture though I'm rooting for Kootenay.  Both Portland and Kootenay have gone through some rough years which as an Ams fan is nice, but as a WHL fan I don't like to see a team struggle so terribly, I feel bad for the players and the fans. 

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"Disappointed is an understatement," Beattie said. "We were one goal short on two different occasions. This one's sour, for sure."

"Normally, we'd have analyzed the tape, gotten ready for the next game," Beattie said. "But there's no following game now.

"The one thing you have to remind yourself is that these are just kids. We ask them to be adults, and for the most part they are. But it's all about momentum. It goes period by period, not just game by game.

"It used to be that a two-goal lead was the worst lead in hockey, but now a three-goal lead is a dangerous lead. Look at the New York Rangers tonight (they lost to Washington in double overtime after leading 3-0 after two periods). That's the randomness of hockey." (Examiner)

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In the "LOL" department:

Portland coach and general manager Mike Johnston says he didn't see any such incident and that Ross denied doing anything resembling the "golf swing" gesture alleged by Bartel. Johnston also says nobody in the Kelowna organization, from coaches down to players -- nor anyone else he encountered who was at the game -- mentioned that anything like that had happened. 

TV cameras trained on the game captured no such display, and if Bartel is indeed the only one reporting this, it's appearing more likely that he may have been looking for something that wasn't really there.  (Buzzing the Net emphasis mine)