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Fronts reaching new levels of pettiness… blocking Neate Sager on Twitter

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:33:25 +0000

And I thought it couldn’t get more petty than the time they told the guy who controls the scoreboard never to allow my image to appear there.

Now they’ve blocked blogger extraordinaire Neate Sager from following their twitter account. Somehow I’ve been spared this humiliation, though.

But honestly, Neate’s a guy who’s been following this team for 25 years, grew up watching and cheering for them, and provides some of the best and most consistently informed analysis of the team that you’ll find anywhere.

Yet he’s an enemy… real smart.

On the plus side it’s led to some killer digs by the offended party:

Oh, too bad, I’ve been blocked from following @KingstonFronts … thankfully their tweets are even less useful…

Playoff dates

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:32:00 +0000

The first playoff dates have been announced.

Calgary will open up against the Broncos, Warriors, or Raiders with two games on Thursday March 18th and Saturday March 20. Meanwhile, the Giants will open up against either the Rockets, Blazers, or Bruins on Friday March 19 and Saturday March 20.

Brandon, Saskatoon, Tri-City, and Everett have not announced their first two home dates yet, although all four teams have clinched home ice for the first round already and therefore should be free to set those dates whenever they are ready.

As a side note, the people who pick the player of the week are on crack this week…..Martin Jones was 4-0 with three shutouts, a 0.25 GAA, a .992 save percentage, (and three first-star selections!), and that was apparently not as good as somebody with 7 points in three games.

Playoff dates

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:32:00 +0000

The first playoff dates have been announced.

Scoring depth

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:48:00 +0000

Something I was thinking about this morning….who are the top teams in the league in terms of depth of scoring? Brandon leads the league in goals with 301 (almost twice Prince George’s league-worst output of 154, think about that a moment) but which teams have the most scoring threats, as opposed to teams with one or two big guns?

The breakdown of snipers by # of goals:

	20-24	25-29	30-34	35-39	40-44	45-49	50+	Total 20+
Brandon Wheat Kings	2	2	3	0	1	0	0	8
Calgary Hitmen	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	7
Medicine Hat Tigers	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	6
Kootenay Ice	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	6
Tri-City Americans	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	6
Everett Silvertips	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	5
Vancouver Giants	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	5
Portland Winterhawks	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	5
Prince Albert Raiders	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	5
Moose Jaw Warriors	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	5
Spokane Chiefs	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	4
Regina Pats	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	4
Swift Current Broncos	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	4
Chilliwack Bruins	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	4
Saskatoon Blades	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4
Red Deer Rebels	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	3
Kamloops Blazers	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
Kelowna Rockets	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Lethbridge Hurricanes	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Seattle Thunderbirds