One in, one out

Edit: Arthur Staple tweets this afternoon to expect either Aaron Ness or Calvin de Haan to get the call to fill in for Steve Staios. For either one, it’ll be his NHL debut.

Casey Cizikas was back in practice today, between Scott Howes and Sean Backman. But they were still at 12 forwards: Jeremy Colliton wasn’t feeling well today, Brent Thompson said, so he sat out. Moving up in his place between Micheal Haley and Rhett Rakhshani was the guy who was in Cizikas’s spot yesterday, Brett Gallant.

Justin DiBenedetto, Trevor Gillies, Chris Langkow: all remain out indefinitely. Saw Mark Katic, who said he’s continuing to feel better. Anything resembling full activity is still at least a month away, but he’s making progress.

Edit2: Indications are that Kael Mouillierat will join Bridgeport from Idaho.

Players with local ties on Canada’s Spengler Cup team: former Sound Tigers Blaine Down and Kurtis McLean; former Hartford (and older brother of Drew) Rico Fata; former Beast of New Haven Byron Ritchie; and Nolan Schaefer, whose wife is from Orange. Tyler Haskins’ Wolfsburg Grizzly Adams* team and Marek Malik’s Vitkovice team are in the tournament.

Had you ever seen the flag of New England? Not sure I had. (Hat tip: Uni Watch, with some interesting stuff from the new baseball CBA.)

*-Which always inspires the “What you want, Grizzly Adams?” quote from “Clerks.”

Michael Fornabaio