New Players

Ankara, Turkey - So the team finally found two new players to replace the Canadians. The Latvian, Jurijs Klujevskis, played in the 2006 World Junior Championships that were held in British Columbia (Canada won Gold and Pogge was in net). He was playing in the second level in Russia (below KHL) when his team ran out of cash so he was transfered to another club. That club didn't play him because of some politics, so he wants to finish out the season playing instead of sitting in the stands. He becomes a free agent next season so I can play anywhere in Russia or the Belarus league.

The second player is a defensemen from Slovakia, Michal Tomasik. He played in Turkey two years ago, but I do not know where he was playing this year. He also played two years in France and a season in Slovakia.

I will be meeting the new players today at practice. Brittany plays her second pro game this Sunday against Ankara University. Kate is not allowed to play because Sunday's game is a make-up game that was cancelled in December and since Kate's paperwork wasn't ready for that game, she cannot play in this game now.

My schedule has changed, again, with my next game being played on Wednesday at 1pm. Yes, 1pm. I expect to have no fans at this game since everyone will be in school or working. However, every other Super Lig team will be travelling to Istanbul this weekend to play in the brand new arena there. Interesting.