SLUGGO SPORTING HOCKEY RASH

Suns drop opener 5-2 to Minnesota Club wearing Air Force NCAA jerseys...go figure.  I think they were the equivalent of understudies to defending champ Heartland.  Down 3-1 entering the third, Suns' John Miller sniped early, bringing SV within 1 and then the club did some buzzing, generating a handful of grade-A chances to tie what was becoming a gripping contest.  But the Gopher wannabe's popped one in late, added and empty netter, and then it was over.  Nothing left to do but some serious processing while replenishing the carbo load.

U Maine coach Tim Whitehead, a virgin Sun who's always dreamt of wearing the black and red, got his wish and played well with his Hamilton pal Sparky.  He designed a power play breakout against a metal locker in the pre-game meeting that glazed a lot of eyeballs, a highlight in a night that was found lacking. Coach Cubby Burke won "best dressed" with his Al Sharpton style warmup track suit adorned with his name, number and Suns logo. 

Final analysis, we were literally introducing ourselves at faceoffs, and it showed.  Feeling out period (or two) cost us a lot of initiative, and placed us in a hole we couldn't quite dig out of.

Now we play a local club fortified with Detroit's finest skaters. Perfect. Got em right where we want them.