Blazers watch a horror flick

From The Daily News of Thursday, Oct. 11, 2007. . . .

The Kamloops Blazers went to a movie on Tuesday night.
It was a horror flick.
The Blazers gathered at Interior Savings Centre and spent the evening
watching video of their 4-2 loss to the visiting Calgary Hitmen on Monday
night. The Blazers were badly outplayed by the Hitmen, who held a 40-13 edge
in shots on goal.
The night at the movies didn’t include popcorn, but it did include lots of
stopping and restarting of the video.
“I think the boys know now what they did wrong in that game,” offered Dean
Clark, the Blazers’ general manager and head coach, who hustled back from an
uneventful Tuesday meeting of WHL GMs in Calgary so as not to miss the show.
Then, with a chuckle, Clark added that assistant coach Steve Gainey ran the
video machine and “he ended up with carpal tunnel” syndrome.
The Blazers are 3-3-0-0 and preparing for a four-game swing into the U.S.
Division.
They are to practise this morning at Memorial Arena and will leave for
Everett around noon. They meet the Silvertips (2-5-0-0) on Friday, then
travel to Seattle for a Saturday night date with the Thunderbirds (2-0-1-1),
the only team left in the WHL not to have suffered a regulation-time loss.
Then it’s on to Portland for a Sunday game with the Winter Hawks (1-5-0-0).
The trip ends Tuesday in Kennewick, Wash., against the Tri-City Americans
(7-1-0-0), who are the third-ranked team in the CHL’s latest rankings.
Defenceman Mark Schneider, who suffered a dislocated wrist just before
training camp opened, returned to full practice this week and may get into
action on this trip.
JUNIOR JOTTINGS: The WHL’s 20-year-old deadline arrives today. The
expansion Edmonton Oil Kings are allowed to keep five 20-year-old players,
with the other 21 teams each allowed to keep three. The Blazers have three —
D Ryan Bender, C Brock Nixon and D Ryan White — on their roster.