Rental On A Roll...Stampede Stampeding!

Rental goaltender Sebastioan Centomo is doing what he was brought in to do. Win, plain and simple. Regardless of what that drunkin scribe, Dougie Mac has to say, the Flyers are up a spot in the most recent Power Poll and Centomo has only one loss since arriving in Philly. Have they made changes? You bet and after a dismal start to the season, the trades are paying off. The down side is that the Flyers are a little weak at center and Joe Thornton goes down for ten games. That being said, five left to go and Philly is still on top of the division and even with a recent loss to the Maple Leafs, GM Jazz Matthews seems confident that the team is where it needs to be. "Sure, things change. But you know the old saying...the more things change, the more things remain the same. You wanna stay on top? Make changes! Just look at all the dynasties in the NHL. They make no changes on the fly and where are they now? Montreal, Islanders, Oilers, Detroit...no changes and down they go. We're not going to stand around and hope, we act".

Now, the Central Texas Stampede are on a 6 game winning streak and rumor is that the first female coach in pro hockey, Tannis Gaylene is back behind the bench or more accurately behind budding superstar Derek MacKenzie. With Mackenzie poised to make a jump to the Bigs, he finds himself engaged to his boss. Obvioulsy the team suffered iin the begining, but seems to be on track now. For his part, Mackenzie is showing up all over the stas pages with a shot at a 50 goal season.

Reporting here and there, Bubba Davis in Philadelphia and Breydon Strait in Commanche....