FRIDAY CAT COUNTRY COMMENTARY: 3 THOUGHTS IN :60

(Listen daily for the Rod Pedersen Commentary at 9:50 am and 5:20 pm on Cat Country 98 FM)

TODAY … THREE THOUGHTS IN 60 SECONDS. LET’S GO!

THE THEME FOR THE STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS SHOULD BE “NO LEAD IS SAFE”. EXHIBIT A IS TORONTO BLOWING A 3-NOTHING LEAD IN GAME 3 AGAINST COLUMBUS LAST NIGHT, AND LOSING 4-3 IN OVERTIME. TSN’S BOB MCKENZIE CALLED IT “SOUL-CRUSHING” AND WE’LL FIND OUT TODAY IF THEY CAN REBOUND.

SAME GOES FOR THE OILERS WHO SHOULD HAVE A 2-1 EDGE OVER CHICAGO BUT INSTEAD FACE ELIMINATION TODAY AFTER LETTING A LATE LEAD SLIP ON WEDNESDAY.

AND HATS OFF TO THE FLAMES WHO BARELY TOOK THEIR EYE OFF THE BALL IN DISPOSING OF THE JETS IN FOUR AND ARE THE FIRST WESTERN TEAM TO ADVANCE.

SOME CONSOLATION FOR WINNIPEG IN THAT THE BLUE BOMBERS GOT THEIR GREY CUP RINGS LAST NIGHT.

SPEAKING OF THE CFL WE FLIMSILY ANTICIPATED AN UPDATE ON THE SEASON THURSDAY AFTER THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS GOT TOGETHER. IT DIDN’T COME. CHECK THE CALENDAR FOLKS … THERE’S NO WAY THEY’RE GONNA PLAY.

AND LASTLY, LAST NIGHT WAS A FIRST. AT THE KRUGO FEST ROOFTOP CONCERT IN REGINA, COUNTRY STAR JESS MOSKALUKE HAD TO LEAVE THE STAGE BRIEFLY BECAUSE SHE WAS OVERCOME WITH EMOTION.

SHE AND HER BAND HADN’T PERFORMED SINCE DECEMBER AND THE REACTION SHE RECEIVED FROM THE COUNTRY FANS HANGING OFF THE BALCONIES AT THE DOUBLETREE MOVED HER TO TEARS.

I’M SO GLAD I WAS THERE TO SEE IT.

THAT’S TODAY’S ROD PEDERSEN COMMENTARY ON CAT COUNTRY 98.