–The Ottawa Sun‘s Bruce Garrioch writes about last night’s game (link), with Jesse Winchester summing it up, “It’s not a nice feeling here now. We were in control of the game and we were playing pretty well. We had the upper hand early, but they (scored) too much in the third. We were able to push it to overtime, but we’re left feeling pretty empty right now.” Alex Auld took blame on himself, “I don’t know if I’ve gone this late (without a win). I’ve got to keep battling.”
–The Silver Seven‘s Mark Parisi wants to get onboard the Nick Foligno train (link). Like Parisi, I had given up on Foligno being more than a third-line winger (link). Normally when a player breaks out you can point to increased ice time, but Foligno has benefitted from numerous opportunities in the past and simply been unable to produce enough. The only change that’s apparent is the coaching staff, so either Foligno has evolved on his own or else the approach of Paul MacLean has helped. Regardless, the good play hasn’t been going on for a full six weeks yet and 17 games is a trend not a career change, but it’s great to see how good Foligno can be.
–Robin Lehner is expected to get the start tonight; Binghamton has only five healthy blueliners, but there’s no word yet on an ECHL call-up.
–Sports Illustrated writes about Carolina prospect Mike Murphy earning a loss without surrendering a goal (link), the first time that’s happened in the NHL
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