Notes From Practice - 2/4/13

Had a chance to spend some time at practice today and there were a couple of items of interest:

- Jamie Schaafsma has been called up by the Houston Aeros but should be back for Tuesday game.

- Trevor Hendrikx was skating with the team today so I assume he will be in the line up tomorrow night.

- Jarret Lukin was skating with the team but was wearing the green jersey that I think indicates "do not hit" so I would assume he is not ready yet for game conditions.

- Trevor Hendrikx was wearing number "7"at practice. I know numbers are assigned by seniority but I would guess there is usually some wheeling and dealing when new players arrive.  Being a rookie didn't give Garrett Clarke much leverage. Garrett was wearing number "51" at practice. I know from the interview I did with Garrett earlier in the year that the number "7" had no special meaning as it was the number he was assigned when he arrived.

- Talked to Adam Pineault who is rehabbing his injury and he hopes to be in the line up by the weekend. I think that is best case scenario as his injury is such that you don't want to come back too early and aggravate it again.

- I just caught the end of practice but saw lots of specialty team work. Martinson, Matvichuk & Ludwig were all on the ice and working  x's & o's.

- Shoot out practice was the last part of practice and it looked like it was serious and fun at the same time. Given the fact that we were 0-9 in the two shoot outs this past week it was probably time well spent.

- Have finished the Bruce Graham, "Where Are They Now" article and will post it later this afternoon.

- Hope to interview Adam Pineault on Tommy Daniels radio broadcast between periods tomorrow night. Bring your radio to the game or listen at home on KLAK 97.5. This is an on line broadcast for those that are not aware. We will hear first hand about Adam's NHL draft day (Bobby Orr was his agent), his call up to the NHL, playing in the Czech Republic, and his wife's battle with leukemia.