Dustin Kohn and Gregg Johnson are the apparent scratches as Joe Rullier makes his season debut.
Phil, I think, will join the team in Hershey.
Your referee is Francois St. Laurent. The linesmen are Fraser McIntyre and Chris Woodworth. The anthem will be sung by the Norman Luboff U-E Jazz Choir*.
To avoid making postgame the longest blog post ever, some early bottom stuff:
Great story from Mark Herrmann on Newsday’s blog. Involves a Nighthawk of some note. Speaking of the NHVMC: Former Beast of New Haven (and Harlan’s brother) Nolan Pratt signed with Buffalo.
The Writers Guild set a strike date. I don’t claim to be up-to-date on it all, but considering that it seems to be a lot about compensation for new-media airings, the effects of this thing could reach pretty far, no? Meanwhile, Scott Ott from politico-comedy site ScrappleFace sees it ending differently…
*-Cheap joke made only to shout out to what was my favorite album before I discovered the Beatles at age 8… so yes, it was a “Sesame Street” record. “You’re making enough noise here to wake up a parking meter.” Anybody else have that one?