I can tell he’s mad by the way he growls*

Lots of chalk talk today; a meeting before practice, some meetings during practice, some meetings after practice. One drill didn’t go exactly right, and Capuano smacked a guy’s stick on the restart to make sure he had it. They worked on faceoffs, they worked on battles, they worked on the systems, forecheck to backcheck and breaking out again.

A tweak to the D-pairings, with Spiller and Fraser together, and Kohn with Wotton.

New daddy Joey MacDonald got back late last night. Mike Mole was still here for now, with Mike Dunham in town.

Check out the bottom of the Patriot-News gamer from yesterday. That Clymer-Fata tussle came from somewhere else.

Carolina recalled Ryan Bayda and Keith Aucoin Sunday. The Whalercanes’ site also had a Jeff Hamilton feature last week.

Edit: The AHL announced Jesse Boulerice isn’t eligible to play down here until Dec. 16.

*-Bobby Fuller (10/22/42-7/18/66), Mustang 3014-B

Michael Fornabaio