All-area…. wait, Friday notes

In the middle of the chaotic change of seasons (PODCASTS), popped in on the Sound Tigers this morning and found somebody missing: Josh Ho-Sang. Out sick, Brent Thompson reported. And insisted, when I asked a few different ways. So we’ll see how he’s doing tomorrow. Parker Wotherspoon (upper body) practiced.

Grant Hutton was on the ice with them, too, after signing the ATO yesterday and getting out with a few of the guys for yesterday’s optional. More on/from him in the paper.

Belleville plays tonight in Providence. Ottawa called up Erik Brannstrom and forwards Vitaly Abramov and Filip Chlapik yesterday; Abramov and Chlapik are back. While we’re scoreboard watching, Lehigh Valley is at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton tonight, which could knock the magic number as far as 11. Binghamton plays Springfield.

And disappointed to hear the news that longtime Penguins reporter Tom Venesky was laid off yesterday. This business, sometimes.

Michael Fornabaio