A 7:00 game? To quote my father, that’s the most unheard of thing I’ve ever heard of.
The Canes came back from a wobbly west coast trip at 3-3. The injuries piled up on the trip and, by the time all was said and done, Aho, Andersen and Pesce joined Svech on the shelf. Kochetkov was sent back to Syracuse, Burke was left in Colorado, and there is hope that all but Svech could play tonight. Svech practiced in a regular jersey yesterday but he said he’s still a few practices away. Maybe at the end of the week.
As disappointing as the Canes have been, the Bolts at least equal it. They’re 2-2-2 so far and, without Vasilevskiy in goal, they’re not keeping the puck out much better than the Canes, allowing 4 goals per game. But they’re still scoring and the usual suspects and Brandon Hagel are all averaging at least a point per game. But they’re top heavy, they have 14 skaters on the scoresheet but 6 of them have 2 points or fewer. And while Point is averaging better than a point per game, he hasn’t had a goal yet (I know, first of the season incoming). Jonas Johansson has started 5 games in goal. He’s been around, having played 35 games for 3 organizations over 4 seasons. He’s at 3.58/.902 for the season, his career numbers aren’t any better, 3.35/.890.
Bally Sports South for TV. All 32 teams are playing tonight with start times staggered from 6:00 to 11:00 tonight. ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN+ are running a “Frozen Frenzy” all night.
The Canes came back from a wobbly west coast trip at 3-3. The injuries piled up on the trip and, by the time all was said and done, Aho, Andersen and Pesce joined Svech on the shelf. Kochetkov was sent back to Syracuse, Burke was left in Colorado, and there is hope that all but Svech could play tonight. Svech practiced in a regular jersey yesterday but he said he’s still a few practices away. Maybe at the end of the week.
As disappointing as the Canes have been, the Bolts at least equal it. They’re 2-2-2 so far and, without Vasilevskiy in goal, they’re not keeping the puck out much better than the Canes, allowing 4 goals per game. But they’re still scoring and the usual suspects and Brandon Hagel are all averaging at least a point per game. But they’re top heavy, they have 14 skaters on the scoresheet but 6 of them have 2 points or fewer. And while Point is averaging better than a point per game, he hasn’t had a goal yet (I know, first of the season incoming). Jonas Johansson has started 5 games in goal. He’s been around, having played 35 games for 3 organizations over 4 seasons. He’s at 3.58/.902 for the season, his career numbers aren’t any better, 3.35/.890.
Bally Sports South for TV. All 32 teams are playing tonight with start times staggered from 6:00 to 11:00 tonight. ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN+ are running a “Frozen Frenzy” all night.
