Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 6:52 PM Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 12:53 AM If there is anything in this world of sport that Mike Arace can't sum up in four quick paragraphs of economic prose, most likely it need not be understood.
Arace here. I jump in every now and then to blog a game. It allows the Puck-rakers a
breather and gets them out of the rink at midnight instead of 1 a.m. Then, they buy me a cold sasparilla. It’s win-win, save for the fact that you get the third string every so often. In any case, this game, from the Blue Jackets’ perspective, is worthy of the third string.
The Jackets were vaporized by the Detroit Red Wings. The final score was 9-1.
This was the first game between these teams since the Red Wings swept the Jackets from the playoffs last spring. It was an occasion where the normal traveling contingent of Wings fans, now gripped with angst, was not on hand at Nationwide. There was opportunity here. The Jackets came in tied for first place in the Central Division, the Wings three points behind. The Jackets had a chance to make a statement, to cement their position, to put down a depleted and injury-riddled team that has become just another body in the pig pile of parity. They had a chance to provide a treat to their home crowd.
Instead, the Red Wings tagged the Jackets with the worst home loss in the history of the franchise. And that is saying something. The Jackets haven’t been around for very long, but they have some horrific losses on their ledger. This was one of the all-timers.
-from Michael Arace's assessment of Game No. 17 on Puck-Rakers
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 12:04 PM Another blog new to the Blue Jacketsverse this season has quickly become one of my favorites. The writing is quite good. The regular features pregame and post are outstandiing. On top of that, they are including OUTSTANDING updates on Ohio college hockey.
If you want a one-stop-blog for all things Blue Jackets, Redhawks, and Buckeyes, look no further than Jackets Required. This fine site is listed under Blue Jackets Links and Miami Hockey Links here.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 11:53 AM Miami Hockey is off to a hot start on the ice this year. Sitting at 5-1-0-0, the Redhawks are leading the CCHA with 15 points (2nd place Michigan State -- representing Miami's only loss of the still young season -- has 13 points), and find themselves at the top of both national polls and the INCH power rankings. I figured it was about time I started throwing some links up here.
All of these now appear in my links section (click on "Links" under Navigation -- top of the left column on every page of this site).
The Blogs:
The official team site:
The League:
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 11:37 AM A couple weeks ago I added the awesome Dark Blue Jacket to the links page.
That got me to the task of adding a few more important links to the site.
I don't know how I got this far into this little hobby page without including two very important (almost obligatory) links. They are now on the links page.
The NHL has a terrific site and has helped to unify the look and behavior of team sites like that of our own Columbus Blue Jackets. May we never want for highlights, interviews, stats, standings....