Sunday, October 18, 2009

It's a Jekyll and Hyde Thing


Well, it's a month into the WHL season and people are still trying to decide what they think of Kyle Beach. I decided to give him a second chance to be the player he's capable of, both on and off the ice. I am glad I gave him that shot. However, he did revert back to the other Kyle Beach while in Kootenay on Friday night as he was responsible for 11 of the 16 Spokane Chiefs penalty minutes, including a tripping penalty in the third which led to the Kootenay power play that produced the game winning goal and the 4-3 win over Spokane. This led me to the obvious and inescapable conclusion:

Kyle Beach has an evil twin!

This has to be it. Beach has done well so far with Spokane. Then the Chiefs travel to Kootenay and the evil twin must have sneaked onto the bus as they were crossing the border. Someone needs to find this evil twin and lock him up for the rest of the season. Anyway, Chiefs lost on Friday 4-3. Kenton Miller, Mitch Holmberg, and Jared Cowen were the scorers for the Chiefs. Chase Martin stopped 26 of 30 shots as he filled in for James Reid, who was back home due to a death in the family.

Saturday was better. After a lallygagging first period the Chiefs woke up and beat Kootenay 3-1. Steve Kuhn, Kyle Beach (good twin, his evil twin must have forgotten his passport), and Kenton Miller scored the goals. The newly acquired Michael Tadjdeh looked rocky in the first but shook off his nerves and played well down the stretch, stopping 24 out of 25 shots. He might make this roster when all is said and done. I'm honestly surprised that he didn't earn a star in that game.

Now I know we're still a couple of weeks away from Christmas but I'm starting my wish list already. First off, I wish that Mitch Wahl would start playing like Mitch Wahl. The more we get into the season the more frustrated he gets. It really showed this past weekend. Snap out of it, Mitch. We need you. Second, I wish coach Sauter would stop tinkering with his lines. You would think three weeks of practice and one month of a regular season would be enough to figure this out. Set your lines and give your players a chance to work with each other on a regular basis. That actually might be one of the things that is frustrating Mitch Wahl.

No games all week until Saturday when Tri-City comes to town again.

Saturday is also buck night.

Hide the liquor.

Go Chiefs!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Not Wahl sure he likes the coach

Hitch said...

Either that or he misses Drayson Bowman. Those two worked well together.

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