Ah, November is upon us. Today finds me full of sugar, growing a Movember ‘stache and still thinking fondly of my wife’s Katy Perry costume last night. Life is good. By the way, if I ran Halloween, and I see no reason why I shouldn't, supervising dads could get a cold beer or JD shooter at every door. Alfie Gone for a Week
Daniel Alfredsson will miss at least another week with a concussion after the sucker hit he took Saturday from Wojtek Wolski. I hate to report time lines on concussion recovery, mostly because they’re never right. He is eligible to return Saturday but probably won’t. They could use him tonight vs Boston. He has 14pts in their last 14 meetings.
Bear Facts
Chatted with Bruins GM Peter Chiarelli at the opening of the Canadian Hockey Academy in Rockland this summer and he was concerned then about the short off season, hoping it wouldn’t affect the team too much. Think about it. The Sens’ season ended in early April, more than 2 months before the Bruins finally won the Cup on June 14th. Throw in a bunch of "my ultimate hockey dream came true" parties and you can imagine how hard it is to match the hunger that cupless opponents generally have.
The Bruins are last in the conference with just 6 points in October. Ugh. The NHL’s leading playoff scorer, David Krejci, has but one point. Their start is every bit as surprising as Ottawa’s. As the Senators seek a seventh consecutive victory tonight, the Bruins have dropped seven of their first 10. The Senators haven't won seven straight since a franchise-best 11-game run Jan. 14-Feb. 4, 2010. Ottawa is the NHL's top team on the power play with a 31.0 percent conversion rate, scoring on seven on its last 17 chances.
If you hadn’t watched the last 2 weeks of hockey, you could safely assume all those stats were completely backward. Someone is pulling a Halloween prank, right?
Tonight SENATORS (7-5-0) at BRUINS (3-7-0)
RADIO - Team 1200 - 5pm Pre game Show. 7pm faceoff.
TV: TSN, RDS (HD), NESN (HD)
