We lost our second game of the season last night in OT. We have only three games left in a 20 game regular season. I guess the good news about our loss is that we played possibly one of the worst games we've played all season against the 2nd best team in our division and only lost by 1 in OT. Hopefully, this bodes well for us in the post season. The other good news is that our best player, Jeff, found out this week that he gets to stay in Southern California. His company was moving him to San Jose which would mean he'd miss the post season. Luckily, Jeff loves SoCal so he scrambled to find another job to stay here and finally signed paperwork this week for his new job.

Our regular goalie was out sick last night and this kid, Chris, filled in for him (Chris is 18). I met Chris several years ago when he was 14 or 15 and playing at the Pasadena rink (in the adult league, by the way). It's been interesting to see him grow into an adult and a stellar goalie. He competed in the Kings skills clinic recently and came out ranked one of the top youth goalies in the state of California and is now playing as a free agent in the ECHL. He'll likely be picked up by a Junior B team next season. He told me last night that he sometimes plays in net for the Kings employee games. These are games where the coaches, front office personnel, and some former players get together for a game. He's played against Mark Crawford, Marty McSorley and Daryl Evans. Chris told me that Evans, a former King and current play by play announcer, sometimes announces himself in third person AS HE'S PLAYING. By this I mean, as Evans came at him with the puck, Chris could hear him saying, "Evans breaks up the boards...curls to the inside...he's going for the goal...he shoots, he scores!!!" It makes me wonder if Evans announces himself in other areas of his life. "Evans heads down the hallway...though the door...unzips his fly...score!"