The new week was very quiet in terms of personal activity, the morning errand runs were about all that went on. The Royals were in Portland for the middle three games of the playoff series, they went there up two games to none and came out of it up three games to two. Maine got on the board with an overtime win in game #3 and evened the series with a regulation victory in game #4, in the pivotal fifth game the Royals rallied from a one-goal deficit in the third period to win 4-3. Talk about crazy scheduling: the first two games were back-to-back at home on a Friday and Saturday, after one day off for travel the series immediately resumed with a three-in-three (with fifteen extra minutes thrown in thanks to overtime) on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in Portland. Game #6 is at home on Saturday the 29th with a possible seventh game on Sunday afternoon, should the series go the distance the clubs will have played seven games in ten days. Most of it has to do with arena availability, certain dates at this time of year are held open in advance for hockey but concerts and other entertainment acts often get priority. Years ago in the AHL the championship series was delayed for eight days because neither team could get into their building, another time the deciding game of a best-of-seven was scheduled for a neutral site because the higher seed's arena was unavailable. It's all part of the wacky world of minor league hockey. Rain moved into the area on Friday morning and it's expected to be a wet weekend overall, could make for an interesting commute on 222 on Saturday. Take care, thanks for reading.
