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His streak was also the longest w/ a single team. Unger had played for several teams during his career and actually was dressed the night his streak ended but never took to the ice.

Could simply be a courtesy to the assistants to let them look for a new job while a new HC is being identified. If that's the case, could see some of them back. When Whaley was canned by the Bills all the scouts were released but a few stuck around. Or, it could be more nefarious. Will assume it's out of courtesy until we hear otherwise.

Seems she was a cunning linguist. So, it likely was working for her. 😉

Due to uneven schedules & also to boost playoff revenues only the bottom 2 teams in each division missed the playoffs. So, in a 7 team division like the Amerks are in 5 teams made the playoffs & 3 teams avoided "round 1." But out west w/ 9 teams, 7 got in and only the top team got a bye. In the other 2 divions, there were 5 & 6 playoff teams respectively as they are a 7 & an 8 team division.

It seems he's a bit like Ted Nolan in that his players love him and his bosses tolerate him in good times and loathe him in bad times. (Well, they loathe him in good times too, but PITAs that are winning get tolerated much better.)

And yes, the arena clock operator (though not the official timekeeper obviously) might have tried to get away w/ something. But this has been an issue ALL season long w/ watching the Amerks feed. Really doubt that every rink operator in the Eastern Conference is pulling something shifty. It's far more likely the Amerks broadcast of their own, or the other team's, rink feed has issues because it has been a noticeable problem all year long.

And yet, if you go back to the puck starting w/ 3 something left, the clock didn't start running for about 4 seconds then it skipped forward 2 seconds & another 2 and was caught up. That happens every broadcast.

Sunday Monday Home Wednesday 7PM Home Friday 7:05 PM Game 5 if necessary Sunday

Nope. Most likely 2-2-1 as it is another best of 5.

They also were saying all 3rd period that the clock operator would slow things down. Have watched about 20 games on AHLTV and pretty much EVERY game had the clock (& often the score graphics) screwed up fairly often.

And it is over. 4-2. Bring on the Rocket. (What's with all these teams having UTI's? 😉 )

Not actually. That's been a common issue w/ the broadcasts. The clock on the feed tends to start late.

MacInnis, Malone, & Holmstrom out for the puck drop. Comets ice it. Same forwards.

Jankowski from behind his own goal line. 1:01 left.

Daws to the bench. Under 2 to go. Empty netter!

Amerks starting to try to clog the neutral zone. Fairly effective for a minute or so, but the Comets got a bit of pressure. 3:05 left. Faceoff to the left of Dell. 2:22 left. Faceoff coming up to the right of Dell. After a nice rush by Quinn. Back out of thezone.

Nice rush by Peterka & Krebs. No goal, but finally getting a faceoff in the bad guys' end. 4:43 left. Jankowski, R2Rou2, & Quinn out for the faceoff. 4:00 to go.

Dell seemed shaken up by his last save. Amerks iced it to give him a breather. 5:33 left. Play starting to stay in the Amerks end.

Peterka's helmet has been lying in the corner for the last 2:30 minutes. At least he'll be rested after the TV timeout. 6:19 left. Still 3-2. 8 shots - 3 shots. End to end action lately w/ no shots.

Nice hit by Alt at the side of the net. 10:33 left. Still 3-2. 7 shots - 2 shots thus far.

And Dell with a save of the 1st shot he's faced this period. TV timeout w/ 12:24 left.

Malone from Rousek! 3-2

R2 Rou2 on the PP!

2-1 through 2. Need to outscore them by at least 1 in the next stanza or the season is done. Let's go boys!

Murray just hasn't been the same since he got sent back down a while back. He was having a very good season & looked decent as a 4th liner in Buffalo, but he's been a shell of himself since. Hopefully he gets his head back on straight this summer. Well, in fairness, living in Utica is punishment enough. It's just cruel to rub it in on them. 😉