Rumblings from the Weekend

I made the trip up to Peoria on Saturday to watch the Rivermen against the Quad City Flames. First, I should not have made the trip. Springfield had freezing rain. I nearly wiped out on an overpass. I passed by no less than six accidents. The game was not good. Beckford-Tseu was bad, real bad. He couldn't control a rebound to save his life and had a hard time catching pucks with his glove. The Rivermen had played the night before and maybe he was tired but not a good sign in any way. On defense, Ryan Glenn (28 years old) and Alexander Hellstrom (20 years old) played well while Aaron MacKenzie (26 years old) and Micki DuPont (27 years old) did not. Roman Polak was injured the night before and is out anywhere from 2 weeks to a month. Trent Whitfield (30 years old) and Martin Kariya (26 years old) were the hardest working forwards on the team. Charles Linglet (25 years old) seemed to be the most skilled but seemed lackadasical and sloppy. Both Nikolay Lemtyugov (21 years old) and Nicholas Drazenovic (20 years old) showed potential, especially cycling the puck at even strength, but need work. I can't argue against the idea that the referee was terrible. Numerous penalties broke up the flow of the game that the Rivermen seemed suited for. We then proceeded to Richards where I had a steak sandwich and lost in bubble hockey 5-2.

As soon as I believe that the Blues might have good goaltending, they get smoked 9-5 by the Avalanche. If your team gives up 9 goals, everyone is going to look bad. Maybe Matt Walker will get to start next game. I don't really have anything else to say.