Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Tuesday notes . . .

If you haven’t yet seen the goal RW Juuso Puustinen of the Kamloops Blazers scored Saturday night in overtime to beat the visiting Seattle Thunderbirds, now’s your chance. The goal has been posted on You Tube. Go to YouTube.com and search for Puustinen or Kamloops Blazers. . . .

Of all the comments I have seen regarding that goal, this anonymous one off the Internet somewhere was the best: “Let’s not call that a great goal. Let's call that the shift of the decade in hockey. That was a shift that Peter Forsberg would look at and tip his hat. I defy anyone to find me a better shift in hockey. I love Finns. I remember I had a Finn play for me once. I tested him by asking if he was a soft Euro. He said ‘my country is as tough as Canada’ and he was straight faced. Then he said, ‘My country was the only country that didn't lose the war to the Russians.’ “ . . .

The Red Deer Rebels are hopeful that they’ll get back C Brandon Sutter, 18, after he plays in an NHL exhibition game tonight for the Carolina Hurricanes. . . .

The Swift Current Broncos have assigned F Grant Toulmin, 18, to the BCHL’s Victoria Grizzlies. He had five points in 77 games with the Broncos over the last two seasons. . . . That move leaves the Broncos’ roster at 24, including eight defencemen and 14 forwards. . . . The Broncos will announce naming rights to the Centennial Civic Centre this afternoon. . . .

The Prince George Cougars have assigned D Wade Epp, 18, to the BCHL’s Surrey Eagles. The 6-foot-5 Epp didn’t play in either of the Cougars’ first two games. He played junior B in Hope, B.C., last season.

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