Midweek Musings: Game Reaction and All Star News...

Morning all...

This post is a fairly short one, so let's waste no further time...

Well, that was all very civilised, wasn't it?: Over in Northern Ireland, Belfast and Manchester played out a fairly calm game, with two goals from the returning and resurgent Andrew Martin the difference in a contest which only saw ten penalty minutes and four powerplays handed out in the entire game-a measure of how benign it was can be gained from the fact that nearly hald of those minutes went to Jason Rushton for "accidental high sticks"...For the record, David Beauregard scored for the Phoenix...

Now, if they could just sort out the other 59 minutes then this season could still be interesting: Meanwhile, over in Nottingham, Coventry did their best to throw away their clash against Nottingham but again scored twice in the final minute to go from 5-4 down to 6-5 up, with Erik Hjalmarsson netting another crucial goal-he seems to make a habit of scoring just when the Blaze most need a goal in such games...

Well, if the arena's as empty as rumoured, I've got to find something to do:There is a chance the Breakaway will be providing live updates a la Five Minute Major of the EIHL All-Star game this Thursday from about 7.15 onwards, although given that only 400 tickets have so far been sold, I'm wondering whether there'll be enough interest out there to justify the effort of carrying a laptop into town...

However, I'll let you know on Thursday early evening if this is happening...

Keep keeping your eye on the puck...