Buckeyes swat Flashes,Indians and Devils rally for wins.

Brian Hartline was the star of the game as the Buckeyes cruised to a 48-3 win over Kent State at Ohio Stadium.
Hartline's 90-yard punt return set an all-time record at Ohio State and his touchdown catch on the Buckeyes first possession set the stage for a long day for the Golden Flashes.
Donald Washington grabbed a Julian Edelman screen pass and ran 70 yards for the touchdown in the game's biggest defensive play.
A very dull second half saw only one touchdown, a two-yard run by backup QB Rob Schoenhoft, although the Bucks did kick two field goals.
Overall the game was pretty much what was expected-a big lead and lots of reserves in the second half.
Generally, pretty tedious, but the win seems to have been achieved without any major injuries and that is always a plus.
The Buckeyes tackle the visiting Michigan State Spartans next Saturday and should go into the game as the top-ranked team in the country after losses by the two teams ranked ahead of them in LSU and California.

The Cleveland Indians broke open an extra-inning contest with a seven-run 11th inning to earn a split of the first two road games with a 13-6 win in Boston in the ALCS.
Trot Nixon's pinch-hit single opened the floodgates as the Indians smacked around three Boston pitchers in the 11th.
Good thing that the Indian offense showed up as Fausto Carmona was routed in just 4 innings of work and the normally reliable Rafael Perez was torched in his relief outing.
The Indians hit 3 homers off Boston hurlers as Grady Sizemore, Jhonny Peralta, and Franklin Gutierrez all connected.
Tom Mastny picked up the win from the bullpen.
Game 3 is Monday night in Cleveland.
Perhaps more on this game tomorrow.

The New Jersey Devils came out ready to play, but then played horrendous defense in falling two goals behind the winless Atlanta Thrashers.
However, the difference between this game and the loss to Florida was easy to tell-this time the towel was not thrown in.
The Devils scored three unanswered goals to take a lead, allowed Atlanta to tie, but then as Patrick Elias struck his second power-play goal of the game with 28 seconds remaining gave the Devils badly needed 6-5 victory.
The Devil power play was working early as John Madden's early 1st-period power-play goal (3rd) gave the Devils the early lead.
The other Devil tallies went to Travis Zajac (1st), Sergei Brylin (1st) and Jay Pandolfo (1st).
The Devil defense was awful and the usual suspects stood out.
Johnny Oduya can be sat at any time, why not give new Devil Sheldon Brookbank a look and scratch Oduya?
He is consistently killing this team as he allows snipers to shoot freely from the outside and if he tries to stop that, they skate around him for point-blank shots.
But the effort tonight was better and the offense did seem to have a bit more flow, but that could be that Atlanta is pretty bad.
The tougher test comes Wednesday night in Pittsburgh vs the Penguins.
Even though it is another road game, it will be nice to play in real hockey towns.
All these Southern arenas are making me ill.........

Bullpen Notes

Anyone else that is watching the ALDS notice that Fox seems to either have microphones all over the place or has turned them up dramatically?
Either way, it sounds almost like video game baseball.
But at least they aren't cluttering the screen with the lead-off graphic like TBS is........

Dusty Baker has agreed to a three year to skipper the Reds.
I like Dusty, but I am not sure that this is a good fit for him.
Dusty seems to get more out of veteran, contending teams and the Reds are not really either of those...

Juan Diaz added the IBF Lightweight title to his WBA belt with a stoppage at the end of the 8th round as Julio Diaz did not answer the bell for Round 9.
We had Juan ahead 80-72 at the end of the bout.
Hopefully, a final unification can be arranged for Diaz against WBC champ Joel Casamayor in 2008.

The Cleveland Browns (2-3) battle the winless Miami Dolphins (0-5) in Cleveland today at 1:00.
A winless opponent with an inexperienced backup Quarterback adds up to this ......
Our pick-Browns 28-14

The Seattle Seahawks (3-2) face another winless team in the New Orleans Saints (0-4) tonight at 8:30 in Seattle.
This is a far more dangerous game than the Browns have as the Saints are sitting on a big game and the Seahawks are injury-plagued at wideout, but........
Our pick-Seahawks 21-17

Photo Credits
Hartline-Neal Lauron-Columbus Dispatch
Indians-Stephen Savoia-AP Photo
Elias-John Amis-AP Photo
Diaz-Nam Huh-AP Photo
Helmets-Helmet Project

Wahoos scalped in Boston

Lots of stuff to write about today.
The Cleveland Indians rolled into Boston riding high and having their ace starting in Game 1,had to feel good about their chances.
Instead after a 10-3 beating in Game 1,the Tribe has to look at tonight's game 2 as a must win.
David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez were never retired in the game once and that tells the tale.
You will not defeat the Boston Red Sox very often,if you cant get those guys out at least some of the time.
Sabathia was ripped for 8 runs in his less than 5 inning evening and seemed to almost be too strong.
He hadn't pitched for seven days and some pitchers can get too much rest and overthrow as a result.
That then leads to a lack of command or touch.
I think that was what happened to C.C last night and I believe that you will see a better Sabathia in his next outing assuming that the series makes it that far.
The Tribe started fast with a first inning homer by Travis Hafner,but sputtered thereafter,as Cleveland was able to just add two meaningless runs when the game was decided by Asdrubal Cabrera.
Cleveland needs Game 2 badly.
A victory and the Tribe returns to Lake Erie with a split and three home games coming up.
A loss and not only are they down 2-0,they are down by that margin with having used their two best pitchers.
Game 2 is tonight at 8:20 with the Indians going with Fausto Carmona against the Sox and Curt Schilling.

In a bonus for me,the Red Wings moved their start for last nights game vs the Blackhawks back an hour from its original schedule.
So I was able to watch and cover the game for here.
The Hawks fell behind early 2-0,but kept battling and working and within a 61 second span late in period 2 had tied the game at 2.
Patrick Sharp cut the lead in half with a power play goal that was assisted by the young guns Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane and then Brent Seabrook took a Robert Lang pass and fired a long laser by Dominik Hasek to tie the game.
Only one goal in the third period and it belonged to Chicago as Robert Lang finished off his old team with a power play goal to conclude the scoring at 3-2.
Seabrook and former Devil Andrei Zyuzin garnered assists.
Great game by the Hawks and any of you Hawk fans out there (Just Greg,I think) can start getting excited-this team has quite a future,if handled right.

The Ashland Arrows crushed the visiting Mansfield Tygers on Homecoming night in A-Town 35-10.
Five touchdowns for Taylor Housewright,as he tossed 3 through the air and produced two more on the field turf.
The Arrows move to 7-1 overall,5-0 in the OCC and keep their first place tie with Lexington.
The Minutemen cruised to a 43-0 win over Madison.
Both teams face quality teams before their game in two weeks as the Arrows take on the Clear Fork Colts,while Lexington faces the West Holmes Knights.

Bullpen Notes

The Ohio State Buckeyes return home today for a non-conference tilt vs the Kent State Golden Flashes.Should be a walk in the park,but never say anything for sure.
Our pick-Buckeyes 56-7.

The New Jersey Devils return to action tonight in Atlanta vs the Thrashers.
Here is hoping for better efforts than the other night in Miami.

The Hagerstown Suns released their 2008 schedule yesterday.
The Hickory Crawdads will be here for a four game series from July 11-14,while the Lake County Captains will make three visits to Hagerstown.
The Kannapolis Intimidators and Asheville Tourists return to the home schedule,while the Greenville Drive and Augusta Greenjackets drop from the home portion for 2008.

Anyone else surprised that Leo Mazzone and the Orioles parted ways?
That was destined to be when the Birds fired Mazzone's close friend Sam Perlozzo last year.
Another boneheaded Baltimore move.

And finally,a article on coaches that will not participate in the unsportsmanlike trend of icing kickers just before the snap.
The coaches that do that had better do it this season,I bet that option will not be there for them next season.

Photo Credits
Fenway-Jim Rogash-Getty Images
Blackhawks-Jerry Mendoza-AP Photo
Housewright-Jason Molyet-Mansfield News-Journal
Helmets-Helmet Project

One word-Awful

One word covers the New Jersey Devils play and (in most cases) effort last night-Awful.
The 3-0 loss to the Florida Panthers before 43 people in Miami was not awful because of the loss,it was HOW they lost.
Little enthusiasm, little spark and after the Panthers went ahead 2-0,it seemed that most of the Devils just wanted to head back to the hotel.
If the Devils goalie was not Marty Brodeur-the score could have been easily 7-0.
Now to be fair-the second Panther goal can blamed on the coach as after a bad interference call on David Clarkson,Brent Sutter made the power play 5 on 3 for calling the ref a name that Bill O'Reilly uses to order Ice Tea!
Yes,it was a bad call and should have been addressed,but that basically put the game away considering how the Devils played.
There are some legitimate reasons for the play thus far.
The injuries to Jamie Langenbrunner and Colin White are killing this team.
Langenbrunner adds scoring and toughness,while White is the steady hand defensively that this team is screaming for right now
And I am so tired of watching Johnny Oduya screw up every game.
Cant we please showcase Richard Matvichuk for a while and scratch Oduya?
God,he is terrible!
The defense is struggling but would look much better with the prospective addition of Danny Markov and White's return from the IR.
Things I liked:
Nice game from Marty,even in the loss.
David Clarkson,Mike Mottau ,Arron Asham,Vitaly Visnevski and Zach Parise never stopped trying.
Outside of that,not much.
The Devils play in Atlanta on Saturday night.

Bullpen notes

The Cleveland Indians begin the American League Championship Series in Boston tonight vs the Red Sox.
Game time 7:00 as the Tribe sends C.C.Sabathia to the hill vs the Beantowners Josh Beckett.
Coverage here tomorrow.

Dusty Baker is appearing to be the leading candidate for the Cincinnati Reds managing job.
Not sure if that is a great fit for Dusty.

Rumors are flying that the Rogers Corporation will attempt to buy the Buffalo Bills after the passing of current owner Ralph Wilson.
Wilson has stated that after his death,the Bills will be sold to the highest bidder and no hometown discount for Buffalo.
This would be a killer shot to the CFL as a league and could be its downfall.

Speaking of the CFL-The Hamilton Tiger-Cats lost in Montreal on Canadian Thanksgiving 27-19.
The loss dropped the Cats to 2-12 on the season and eliminated them from the playoff hunt.
Like that had not been decided long ago!

The Ashland Arrows battle the Mansfield Tygers (correct spelling) in Ashland tonight,as the Arrows attempt to keep their share of first place in the OCC.
As of now the 6-1 Arrows are in 7th spot in Region 6 and would qualify for the State playoffs.
One problem-the team that they are tied with for 1st (Lexington) is in the same region and holds the 6th spot.
So the Ashland-Lexington game that could (if both teams win out) decide the conference title,could also send the loser out of the state tournament.
The two teams play in Lexington two weeks from tonight.

Finally-Al Gore wins the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts on the environment.
Kudos to Gore for the award and all his work.
Now we just need him to run for President to put his efforts into the highest position in the world.

Photo Credits
Clarkson-Allen-Doug Benc-Getty Images
Helmets-Ohio Helmet Project
Gore-A inconvenient truth

Towes scores in debut,Blackhawks lose to Sharks

Pre-season Calder favorite Jonathan Towes fired in a goal on his first NHL shot,but that was the only goal that the Blackhawks scored,as the San Jose Sharks rallied for a 2-1 victory.
Two power play goals by San Jose's Milan Michalek made the difference in the game,but the big story was Towes making his NHL debut.
Towes scored his goal in spectacular fashion,as he grabbed a Brent Seabrook pass at the blue line,blew past Matt Carle of the Sharks and fired the puck over the Sharks backstop Evgeni Nabakov.
The first period goal gave the Hawks their only lead.
Towes centered a line that included first overall selection Patrick Kane and the two seemed to mesh well together.
Kane assisted on the Towes goal.
Nikolai Khabibulin was sharp in goal for Chicago as he stopped many quality scoring chances from the Shark shooters.
All and all-I am beginning to have hope for the Hawk future from what I saw.
There are still some pieces that need to be added,but there is promise in Hawk land.
Now,lets hope that the new Wirtz running things is an improvement on the old one.
Next game for Blackhawk coverage will be October 23 as the Hawks battle Columbus...

Bullpen Notes

The New Jersey Devils are in Miami to take on the Panthers tonight at 7:30.
Coverage here tomorrow.

Speaking of the Devils,turns out there is a reason that veteran blueliner Richard Mativchuk has been a healthy scratch in all 3 Devils games.
Coach Brent Sutter thinks he is too slow to be effective in his system and the Devils are looking to trade Mativichuk very soon.
I am not sure that moving him is a smart move,but better to get something for him than scratch him every night.
And it would also give extra cap space to acquire another player as well.
This also shows that (for now,at least) Lou Lamoriello is giving Sutter whatever he wants to do things Sutter's way.

Another Devils Note-Rumor is that the reason that the Devils want to move Matvichuk now is to have the cap room to add unsigned free agent defenseman Danny Markov before Markov is signed by another team.

Former NHL defenseman Rob Ramage was found guilty of five alcohol related charges in the crash that killed former Blackhawk Keith Magnuson in 2003.
The former Colorado Rockie that was traded just before the Rockies moved to New Jersey will be sentenced in January.

And finally-good news for Ryan!
Dennis Miller is returning to television!
Versus is giving Miller a sports talk show that will air after NHL Hockey on Tuesday nights starting in November.........

Photo Credit
Toews-Nam Huh-AP Photo

Season reviews-SAL edition

Since they are no games today,I figured that I would catch up on how some players that we follow did in 2007 and where they might go in 2008.

Position Players-Batting Average,Home Runs,RBI

Chris Marrero:
Hagerstown: .293, 14,53
Potomac: .259, 9,35.

Marrero tailed off a bit at seasons end,but had a spectacular 1st full season.
Chris could start the year at AA Harrisburg,but may also start at High A Potomac for a month or so.

Justin Maxwell:
Hagerstown: .301,14,40
Potomac: .263,13,43

Maxwell is finishing his season at Washington,but is not expected to be a threat to start there next season.
Maxwell is highly thought of and could begin next season at AAA Columbus,but is guaranteed to be no lower than AA Harrisburg.

Mike Daniel
Hagerstown: .290,7,37
Potomac: .296,4,41

Daniel progressed well,but needs to develop his power numbers.
Mike could start at either AA Harrisburg,but a brief return to High A Potomac is possible.

Adrian Cardenas
Lakewood: .295,9,75

Cardenas had a strong 2007 season and seemed to adjust well to a position change from SS to 2B.
Adrian will be at High A Clearwater next season.

Nick Weglarz
Lake County: .276,23,82
Kinston: .143,1,1

Weglarz had a spectacular first season as an outfielder and projects to have a quite a future.
Nick will return to Kinston,where he had a brief cup of coffee this season.

Matt McBride
Lake County: .283,8,66
Akron: .576,0,0

McBride had a solid season and had a cameo at AA Akron.
Matt is rumored to go to AA Akron,but really should be assigned to High A Kinston

Logan Morrison
Greensboro: .267,24,86

Morrison was a power presence in a great year for Greensboro.
Morrison should be the power anchor next year for High A Jupiter

Pitchers-Won-Loss,ERA

Erik Arnesen
Hagerstown: 6-7 4.61

Arnesen split time between the bullpen and the rotation this year.
Erik finished the season very strongly with two strong efforts.
Erik could move up to High A Potomac or begin the season back at Low A Hagerstown,depending on the Nationals needs.

Cory Van Allen
Hagerstown: 1-3,3.62
Potomac: 3-7,5.49

Van Allen's record was not great at Hagerstown,but that was due more to lack of support than poor performance.
Cory had some problems at Potomac,but showed flashes of potential.
Cory will likely return to Potomac to start 2008.

Marco Estrada
Hagerstown: 1-5,5.25
GCL Nats: 0-0,3.28
Potomac: 5-3,4.94

Marco battled injuries at Hagerstown and early on at Potomac,but was dominating in his last four starts,as he allowed just 4 runs over his last 25 and two thirds innings.
Marco's excellent stretch run should allow him to start next year at AA Harrisburg.

Mike Crotta;
Hickory: 10-5,4.39
Altoona: 0-1,10:12

Crotta picked up his game in the second half after a slow first half.
Mike's improvement was one of the main reasons for Hickory's last to first run in the SAL.
Crotta should start at High A Lynchburg.

Bradley Clapp;
Hickory: 6-10,6.41

Clapp's season was the reverse of Crotta's and seemed to have problems of some type in the second half.
Clapp will likely move to Lynchburg,but Hickory return is not out of the question.

Jared Hughes
Hickory: 8-9,4.64

Hughes was consistently the Crawdads best pitcher over the season,but really fell off over the final month of the season.
Hughes should start at High A Lynchburg.

Eric Krebs
Hickory: 2-2,1 save,4.82
GCL Pirates: 2-0,2.08

Krebs was out with injuries and upon his return was converted to the bullpen.
Krebs and his power arm may be better suited for the pen and his numbers seem to bear that out.
Eric could start at either Hickory or Lynchburg next season.

Alex Periard
West Virginia:7-7,2 saves,3.55

Periard was a main anchor in West Virginia's great season and looks to be a solid prospect.
Alex will start at High A Brevard County and could even move to AA Huntsville with a strong spring training.

Mike Ramlow
West Virginia:5-5,1 save,6.11

Ramlow struggled this season,but I think that he may have a future as a lefty bullpen specialist.
Mike could return to West Virginia or move up to Brevard County.

Bullpen Notes

Here is a great column from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer on the retiring Mack Strong.
A very nice goodbye to a good guy.

Nationals Farm Authority now has their look at Potomac up.

No Devils tonight,but a rare look for me at the Chicago Blackhawks as they battle San Jose on a Shawn off night.
Tonight is the debut for Chicago rookie Jonathan Towes and we will be covering the game here.

And finally,supporters of Al Gore took out a full page open letter in the New York Times (not cheap) imploring him to run for the Democratic nomination.
The main reason that we have not endorsed a candidate here is that we want to keep options open in case of a Gore change of heart.
Here is a link to their website.

Indians win ALDS and Senators defeat Devils

The Cleveland Indians led from the first at-bat of the game and never looked back in winning Game 4 and the ALDS with a 6-4 win in New York vs the Yankees.
Grady Sizemore hammered a leadoff homer to give Cleveland a lead and Jhonny Peralta added an RBI single to give the Tribe a 2-0 lead after their first at-bat that they would never relinquish.
Cleveland added two runs in the second to boost the lead to 4-0,as one run scored as Sizemore rapped into a 4-6-3 twin killing and a later Asdrubal Cabrera single drove in the second run.
Victor Martinez smacked a two run single in the 4th to conclude the Indian scoring and put the Indians in cruise control from there,as the Yankees were able to chip away at the lead,but unable to seriously threaten it.
Paul Byrd allowed two runs in 5+ innings to earn the win and justify the confidence placed in him by Eric Wedge.
I was not sure that was the best idea,but the gamble paid off,as now the Tribe can set up their rotation exactly as they like for the ALCS vs the Red Sox of Beantown.
I would imagine that would involve setting up the rotation for a possible three starts from either C.C. Sabathia or Fausto Carmona.
A well played series in defeating the Yankees,but Boston looms with an even tougher test.
The Red Sox have better pitching than New York and hitting that is just as solid.
This one should be a fun series to watch starting Friday night in Boston.

The New Jersey Devils fell behind 2-0 early in Canada's capital city,battled back,but eventually fell 4-2 to the Ottawa Senators.
The Devils goals were scored by Arron Asham and Zach Parise,first goals of the season for both of them.
I am encouraged by the effort and I also think that the system will work.
It will take time and patience,but in the end will be well worth the wait.
Highlight of the game other than the goal was the surprising win of the games only fight by the Devils David Clarkson over Ottawa tough guy Chris Neil.
I like Clarkson more every time that I see him play.
New Jersey returns to action Thursday night at the Florida Panthers.

Bullpen Notes

Battlin Bob sends us this link to the Hagerstown City Councils vote on some improvements to Municipal Stadium.
This would fix the infield and extend the Hagerstown Suns lease for two more seasons.
I am all for it.Lets get this done!!!

In a sad note,Ryan sends us this link to the career ending injury to the Seahawks fine blocking fullback Mack Strong.
Strong has been an excellent blocker for Shaun Alexander and pass catcher out of the backfield for years.
Strong herniated a disc in his neck that was pinching on his spinal cord in last Sunday;s game at Pittsburgh and to be safe Mack quickly ended his football career.
Tough break for a hard nosed player and good guy and the Seahawks will certainly miss Mack Strong.

All time great race horse John Henry was put down yesterday at his home at the Kentucky Horse Park at the age of 32.
The irascible gelding had been there for 22 years.....

And finally-the NHL Network is coming to the US!
The network has been available in Canada since 2001 will begin carried around the country sometime this month.

Photo Credits
Indians-Jim McIssac-Getty Images
Parise-Phillip MacCullum-Getty Images
Strong-Joshua Trujillo-Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Just another losing Sunday......

Three games on Sunday and three losses as the Indians lost Game 3 of the ALDS to the Yankees,The Browns lost as expected to the Patriots and the Seahawks lost in humbling fashion to the Steelers.

The Browns played the Patriots closer than any of their other victims in a 34-17 loss,but the game could have been closer and more interesting.
With the Pats leading 3-0 in the first quarter,the Browns marched to the New England 1 yard line for a first and goal.
The Browns then called two passes of the 3 plays and the 3rd was intercepted taking all momentum away from Cleveland.
New England then proceeded to take the ball and score a touchdown and the game was likely gone.
I was pleased in the Browns effort in playing the powerful Pats even up in the second half and never stopping grinding the game and got as close as 27-17.
New England scored a garbage TD with under a minute left on a Kellen Winslow fumble for the final score.
Derek Anderson threw 3 picks,but did fire 2 TD's and I thought made a fair showing considering the opposition and it looks even better when you consider that he had Jason Wright as his running back for most of the game after Jamal Lewis was injured on his first carry of the contest.
Another nice game for the improving Braylon Edwards with 6 grabs for 110 yards.
I am really impressed with the improved effort from Edwards this year.
Another player that I have ragged on played an excellent game yesterday.
Rookie CB Eric Wright played his best game of the season in basically controlling Randy Moss.
No other team had done that yet,so great to see Wright having a good outing.
Big injury losses with the losses of Lewis and Joe Jurevicious.
Lewis will have an MRI done on his injured right foot today,while JJ injured a knee and will know more today.
All and all,the loss was expected ,but some mistakes could have been prevented and maybe kept the first half closer.
If you do that,anything can happen.
We haven't seen New England challenged yet,would have been nice to have seen it yesterday and it could have happened.
The Browns return home next week at 1:00 to play the winless Miami Dolphins.

The Seattle Seahawks battled on even terms with Pittsburgh for most of the first half.
The Steelers scored the first points on their last drive of the first half to lead 7-0 and with the clock winding down in the half,Seattle was knocking on the door to respond with at least a field goal,if not a touchdown.
However,Matt Hasselbeck threw a awful pass that even the noted stone handed Steeler Ike Taylor could not drop and that ended the drive,the half and any other threat that the Hawks could muster in a 21-0 defeat.
The Steelers controlled the ball for 14 minutes and all but 3 plays in the 3rd quarter and the result was one touchdown and a drive that resulted in the Pittsburgh TD in the 4th quarter.
I cannot blame the Seattle defense under the circumstances that they played under.
A lesser defense would have allowed twice as many points.
The offense was simply inept as Shaun Alexander continues his steep decline and after the loss of Deion Branch to a sprained foot,the Hawks were sending out receivers that are strictly special team material.
Hard to say much positive other than Julian Peterson and Lofa Tatupa are going back to the Pro Bowl.
Seattle returns to action next Sunday night in the evening game against the winless New Orleans Saints.

The Indians knocked Roger Clemens out of the box and looked to be on their way to eliminating the Yankees,but it was not to be as the New Yorkers grabbed Game 3 8-4.
Cleveland led 3-0 paced by a Trot Nixon homer,but Jake Westbrook was hammered for 6 runs in 5+ innings and the Yankees finished with 7 combined runs between the 5th and 6th innings.
The Tribe's vaunted pitching just isn't that great once you get past Sabathia and Carmona.
Westbrook and Game 4 starter Paul Byrd are just pedestrian starters.
Byrd attempts to close the series tonight at 7:30 vs Chien-Ming Wang for New York.


Bullpen Notes

Lost a lot of respect for supposed class acts Tedy Bruschi and Junior Seau for their antics in yesterday's win over the Browns.
The taunting and celebrating for these two veterans was way overboard considering that their efforts were in a home game against the Cleveland Browns.
Hooray for you....

Watched the Samuel Peter-Jameel McCline fight.
Better than expected action wise as surprisingly it was McCline scoring all three knockdowns.
Peter won a razor thin unanimous decision.
We had the fight a draw at 114-114.

The New Jersey Devils are in Ottawa for a 3:00 game against the high powered Senators.
Today is Columbus Day in the USA,while being Thanksgiving Day in Canada.

Photo Credits
Browns defense-Elsa-Getty Images
Tatupu-Scott Eklund-Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Hafner-Bill Kostroun-AP Photo