Hockey: Finally, hockey is back. Two games tonight in the pre-season. Toronto is hosting two games against Ottawa in the ACC. This is most fans first chance to take a look at many of the big names coming up and who've come in for the Leafs: Armstrong, Versteeg, and Khadri. Ottawa isn't dressing a fair number of their top few lines, including Aflerdsson, Spezza, Fisher, Gonchar, and Kovalev.
The Flames are also playing in Vancouver tonight. It's the first pre-season game for both teams. A few dressed tonight will have a chance to see each other again after the Young Stars tournament in Penticton, BC. Like most pre-season games, most of each side will be sitting out when it comes to the top lines. The Sedins, Kesler, Burrows, and a fair chunk of the defensive corps will not be playing; similar to the Flames who won't be dressing captain Iginla, Kipprusof, Conroy, Bouwmeester, Tanguay, or Jokkinen.
It's nice to have it back. Neither game is televised tonight. The Leafs' game against the Senators tomorrow will be on TSN at 1900 EST.
In other news, Roman Polanski's Ghost Writer has a scene that has the Canucks playing against the Blues on the television. It's at least a few years old. It was a broadcast from Rogers' Sportsnet (in upstate New York?) with the play by play being done by the best man in the business, Jim Houston. It was a Vancouver power play that included Elder and Ohlund on the back end and the twins with Markus Naslund up front. It definitely caught my eye.
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