Four Barrels of Coffee

Just stringing together short shifts and big barrels of Joe as I try to make it through another day after a long night.

The World Junior Championship tournament is struggling to hold my interest. Canada is blowing everyone out. The announcers on TSN have pretty much exhausted all the superlatives they can use for any given 30-0 blowout. That pretty much leaves what elementary school they attended as the final note.

If I didn't have "On the Fly" to watch each morning, I'd pretty much be stuck with basketball highlights, NFL news and promos for whatever ESPN thinks is more important than hockey. Glad I have the NHL Network.

The Los Angeles Kings return to Calgary on Wednesday night. They better have an answer to Mark Giordano, who pretty much took it to Dustin Brown and the Kings. Giordano hit Brown everywhere on the ice and the Kings had no response. If you want to compete with the big boys in the Western Conference of the National Hockey League, you had better respond with a strong checking game of your own when called out. The Kings are on notice.

And now, the fourth barrel of coffee has been consumed. Can I get a refill?

As I run for more Joe, here's TSN's top plays of the decade, with an assist earned by From the Rink.



THE SCOREBOARD
NHL
At New Jersey 3, Atlanta 2
Carolina 6, at Washington 3
At Columbus 1, Detroit 0 OT
At Ottawa 4, Montreal 2
At Tampa Bay 2, Boston 1
Calgary 4, at Edmonton 1
Minnesota 4, at Los Angeles 3
At San Jose 3, Phoenix 2 SO
The standings are here.
The roundup is here.
Three-stars by Puck Daddy.

AHL
At Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 4, Adirondack 3
At Hamilton 5, Toronto 2
At Milwaukee 5, Grand Rapids 2
At Houston 5, Syracuse 4 OT
At Manitoba 2, Abbotsford 1 SO
The standings are here.
The roundup is here.

ECHL
At Victoria 5, Alaska 4
The standings are here.

QMJHL
At Lewiston 3, Victoriaville 2
At Gatineau 3, Montreal 2
At Rimouski 8, Quebec 1
At Drummondville 7, Shawinigan 4
The standings are here.
The roundup is here.

OHL
At Plymouth 3, Erie 2 OT
The standings are here.
The roundup is here.

WHL
At Swift Current 4, Brandon 2
At Vancouver 6, Kamloops 3
The standings are here.
The roundup is here.

USHL
No games scheduled.
The standings are here.

WJC
Group A (at Saskatoon)
Canada 6, Switzerland 0
The recap is here.
Group B (at Regina)
Russia 2, Finland 0
The recap is here.
The standings are here.
Three stars by Puck Daddy.