Charles Wang’s daughter’s team (Al Arbour’s granddaughter is a teammate) played today at The Rinks at Shelton after Bridgeport’s skate; the owner gave a little talk before the skate. Got a couple of minutes at first intermission:
—On the team this year: “It’s good. Very good. We’ve got a good team, good young guys. They’re playing hard, as you can see.”
—On what he told them today: “I told them I was buying dinner if they win tonight. And I told them happy players who are having fun do good things. Stressed-out people don’t do as well.”
He seems happy with the off-ice direction of the team, and with how the players do off the ice, too. “Our job isn’t just making better hockey players, it’s making better human beings, giving them that quality of life. How to balance a checkbook is pretty important, too.”
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Drew Fata will probably play tonight after he took a good warmup last night and felt good today. Kip Brennan skated, too, and will be a game-time decision; Jack Capuano seemed to be leaning toward playing him. Pascal Morency is recovering nicely, but he’ll probably be out for a month.