No. Just...no.
Tonight, in a season that had been remarkably free of injuries, one team suffered a crippling blow. The Comets, in their bid to dethrone the mighty Victorias, must now dig deep to prove they have the mettle of champions.
In the first period of a critical road game against the surging Thistles, Comets winger Billy Gilmour buried a pass from Frank McGee to give his squad a 1-0 lead. With 12 points in 9 games, Gilmour was having the best season of his career. Moments later, just as Tommy Phillips scored the equalizer for the Thistles, Gilmour went down. The prognosis (delivered in pitiless black-and-white on the Strat-O-Matic Split Card) was grim: Gilmour would miss the remainder of the game as well as the next two contests. In other words, he would be out for the rest of the regular season.
What now for the Comets? The league's highest-scoring team (at 3.33 goals per game) will turn to Fred "Steamer" Maxwell to help make up for Gilmour's lost production. Maxwell -- acquired from the Vics during the off-season -- has suited up for only three games thus far in Season 3, but he's a two-time champ with great speed and the ability to play all three forward positions. I think he'll slot in nicely at right wing on a line with Harry Trihey and Jimmy Gardner, while breakout star George Richardson jumps to the top line alongside McGee and Blair Russell. Can the Comets' reconfigured lines bring home a playoff spot? We'll soon find out!
Tonight, in a season that had been remarkably free of injuries, one team suffered a crippling blow. The Comets, in their bid to dethrone the mighty Victorias, must now dig deep to prove they have the mettle of champions.
In the first period of a critical road game against the surging Thistles, Comets winger Billy Gilmour buried a pass from Frank McGee to give his squad a 1-0 lead. With 12 points in 9 games, Gilmour was having the best season of his career. Moments later, just as Tommy Phillips scored the equalizer for the Thistles, Gilmour went down. The prognosis (delivered in pitiless black-and-white on the Strat-O-Matic Split Card) was grim: Gilmour would miss the remainder of the game as well as the next two contests. In other words, he would be out for the rest of the regular season.
What now for the Comets? The league's highest-scoring team (at 3.33 goals per game) will turn to Fred "Steamer" Maxwell to help make up for Gilmour's lost production. Maxwell -- acquired from the Vics during the off-season -- has suited up for only three games thus far in Season 3, but he's a two-time champ with great speed and the ability to play all three forward positions. I think he'll slot in nicely at right wing on a line with Harry Trihey and Jimmy Gardner, while breakout star George Richardson jumps to the top line alongside McGee and Blair Russell. Can the Comets' reconfigured lines bring home a playoff spot? We'll soon find out!
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