Your Christmas Day hockey fix!

There is news from Moose Jaw on the scrap over whether, and where, to build a multiplex that would replace the Crushed Can and house the Warriors.
Here is the start of the Moose Jaw Times-Herald’s story:
“In a decision released Christmas Eve, the Saskatchewan Court of Appeals has dismissed the multiplex lawsuit appeal.
”In their written decision, judges Nicholas Sherstobitoff, Georgina Jackson and Robert Richards affirmed the Aug. 26 decision by Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Guy Chicoine’s and ruled in favour of the City of Moose Jaw.”
The Times-Herald story is here.
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There is plenty of speculation about the future of the Calgary Flames’ AHL affiliate, the Quad City Flames, which is based in Moline, Ill. The popular theory has the Flames relocating its top affiliate to Abbotsford, B.C., where a 7,000-seat arena is nearing completion.
One person who works in the sports field in the Quad City area had this to say about the AHL franchise:
“Nobody cares. Their actual attendance is around 900 a game. It’s horrible. I have been to four games (all on Friday), and there is nobody there. I do believe the minute they walk out the door there will be a Central League team. Or some other low level beer league chomping at the bit to get in here.
“I firmly believe it’s going to happen. I spoke with one of the owners here a few days ago . . . and he told me that they are bleeding ‘unreal’ amounts of money. They have gone to the city to ask them to re-do the lease on the building, but it doesn’t appear as if that will happen, and they can’t make it without some type of revenue sharing.”
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Brandon Wheat Kings D Mark Schneider, who is out with a broken ankle, has taken one step towards returning. He got the cast off the ankle on Tuesday and now is in a walking boot. The Wheat Kings, his hometown team, acquired Schneider from the Kamloops Blazers earlier this season. His father, Ken, also played for the Wheat Kings and is, in fact, president of the team’s alumni association.
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This time, Ron Toigo may have gone too far for his own good. A couple of weeks ago, Toigo, the majority owner of the Vancouver Giants, held a news conference to announce that Michael Bublé had joined the team’s ownership group. Well, on Christmas morning, a CBC Radio announcer, after playing a Christmas tune by Bublé, told his listeners that Bublé owned a chunk of the Giants along with “get this . . . Gordie Howe, Pat Quinn and couple of other guys.”