Wednesday was awful. More turnovers than Arby's. Losing races to loose pucks. Not strong with the puck. Defensive breakdowns. Uncleared rebounds. Atrocious special teams play. It would've been far worse than 3-0 if Madore hadn't been standing on his head. At least the debacle wasn't witnessed by many people (announced crowd was 2947 and it wasn't even that big), and it was mercifully quick. Game was over by 9:25.

Friday was a MUCH better game. Best effort all season so far, but unfortunately another loss. (Sometimes that just happens - play well but still lose.) The pink ice was splotchy, but an interesting visual nonetheless. Best moment of the night was off the ice though, when Lane Goodwin's mom and brother were announced as the Sweetheart of the Game and Blizzard's Buddies Kid of the Game. They got a standing ovation and there weren't many dry eyes in the house. Such a cool moment.

Saturday...another loss to the Wings. Can't say much about it since I didn't see it. Interesting that K-zoo only drew 2838 on a Saturday night with orange ice though.

Sunday was decent for two periods, but then everything fell apart in the third. Madore, making back-to-back starts for the first time, wasn't on his game. Too many discipline issues, highlighted by Beach getting tossed for continuing to punch away at a turtling Christian Ouellet. We killed off the major, but then gave up a couple goals not long after that. Tough to win when you're averaging 22+ PIM per game and your PK stinks.

And so we're 0-6-1, the last team in the league without a win. (Last year, conversely, the IceMen started 6-0-1 and were the last team without a LOSS.) The special teams have been atrocious, and our veteran leaders have been terrible. (The 4 veterans - Robinson, Plante, Gens and Tetrault - have just 9 points and are a combined -22.) Scary to think about where we might be without the guys who've been sent down by our affiliates.

The potential is there. The talent is there. It's just a matter of finding the right combinations and turning a spark into a fire. If we play more games like we did against K-zoo on Friday, we'll win a lot of games. If we play more games like we did against Gwinnett last Wednesday, it's gonna be a VERY long season.