Sunday Night Check In

By: Jeff Little • March 30th, 2009

Wife and I were victimized by the rather freakish snowstorm that hit certain parts of the midwest last night and early today. So, our rather simple 7:50 AM flight from St. Louis to Chicago, then Chicago to Columbus, turned into an 11:45 flight from St. Louis to Chicago, followed by a flight from Chicago to Cleveland, followed by a drive from Cleveland to Columbus. Lovely day . . .

Of course, got home to be greeted by a rare stinker by the CBJ. Time for the boys to take a day off, get their focus back. Tonight we had plenty of energy, just no execution, and some really catastrophic mistakes, particularly in our own zone. Steve made some great saves, but also some bad decisions. With Nashville winning as well, and Anaheim currently beating Colorado, things are tightening up. We are still in the driver’s seat, and the other teams have their challenges in the final half dozen as well.

We are 3-1-2 for the first half of the Dirty Dozen, so that ain’t half bad. 8 of 12 possible points — a .750 clip. Just need to get back to basics.

Exhaustion has set in, so will defer the game review and playoff status posts until tomorrow. Thanks to all the CBJ fans who represented well in St. Louis. Go Jackets!

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A native of the SF Bay Area, my first exposure to hockey was the SF/Oakland/California Golden Seals, including Charlie Finley and the white skates. Fast forward to the late 1980's when Gretzky and the Kings came up to the Bay Area for an exhibition game at the Oakland Coliseum Arena, for which we had glass seats. I was at the first San Jose Sharks game in the Cow Palace, and followed them for their first few pathetic years, before moving to Columbus in 1994. I attended the first pro-NHL rally downtown, and have been a season ticket holder since Day 1, wife & I are active in the Jacket Backers, and son is an avid fan as well. I cover the Jackets for Inside Hockey, and contribute regularly to a variety of hockey sites. I maintain contact with the Jackets organization, and like to dig into stories, bringing a fresh, and sometimes irreverent perspective to hockey.

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  1. Comment by Rick on 30 March 2009:

    Glad you made it back in one piece. The wife & I saw you on tv last night. Way to represent!!!

    Carry The Flag!!!

  2. Comment by BZArcher on 30 March 2009:

    Sorry to hear about the glad weather! Glad you’re home safe.

  3. Comment by roadman on 30 March 2009:

    Trips like that just take everything out of you. Ugh, hate it when that happens. Glad you are back.

    Sunday’s game was a stinker all right, but there will be some of those. On to the next game got to take down “Darth Vader”, Can’t get too high, can’t get too low. All we have to do, is do what we have been doing. I don’t think anyone really thought we were going to win out, just .500 from here is all we need. Just win the home games or even steal just one road win or OT point. It was never gooing to be easy. Nobody else has a cake walk either. So…

    GO JACKETS !!!
    CARRY THE FLAG.

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