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Extra goalies

Katie Strang reports that the Islanders do plan to toll Evgeni Nabokov’s contract, which means its terms roll over to next season. Assuming it does happen, that’s 28 NHL contracts for next year,

Wednesday Roundup

Justin Taylor had two goals as Kalamazoo won 5-4 and took a 3-0 lead on Reading. Game 4 and a chance to sweep is Friday. Kevin Colley and Utah, needing a win down 2-0, appears set to go to overtime

Notes from the first day of the rest of our lives

–Mark Wotton, caught as he was leaving the barn early this afternoon, said what he has said all along, that he’s still a player. He wouldn’t comment on any conversations he may or may not have had

Second sweep

Jonathan Bernier ain’t bad. Had to have stopped at least the first 30 tonight, by which time the Monarchs were well on the way to a 7-2 win and a sweep over Portland. And Worcester came from behind to

Good example/Bad example

In the aftermath last night, forgot about Further Down on the Farm. The Sound Tigers can hope to take some hope from Odessa, which stayed alive with a 6-3 road win but still trails the series 3-2.

What more can you do?

–Score a little more. This is a recording, BST-10. Three of their five goals are from defensemen. “Two goals are not going to beat these guys,” Jack Capuano said. –Stay out of the box. Dustin Kohn

Grizzly Gannon

Utah’s in the middle of Game 5 right now and leads 4-0 at this writing. Listening in on Adrian Denny’s call. Jake Gannon has two assists in his ECHL return. If this holds up, he and Dustin Friesen,

Finishing up

A disappointment, though not one they seemed to be too, too down over. Wanted to get more pucks to the net. Thought Hartford got some bounces doing just that. There it is. Game 80, here and gone.

Don’t talk about playoffs

When even reinforcements like Dylan Reese got called up, some people figured it was over. Some people wondered if they’d win another game. They were at a skin-of-their-teeth pace to begin with. Over

Koskinen rebounds

–Mikko Koskinen got the chance to come back, starting back-to-back nights for the first time west of Dublin. He gave up a goal 2:29 in but stopped everything else in a 4-1 win, and Utah tied the