FRIDAY COMMENTARY – DYING INSIDE

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COVERING A FEW TOPICS TODAY IN OUR 60 SECONDS ALLOTTED.

CURLING SASKATCHEWAN ANNOUNCED THE TOUGH DECISION THURSDAY THAT TEAMS MATT DUNSTONE AND SHERRY ANDERSON WILL REPRESENT THE PROVINCE AT THE BRIER AND SCOTTIES RESPECTIVELY, SINCE THE PROVINCIAL PLAYDOWNS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED.

IN THEIR DECISION THEY CALCULATED SEVERAL FACTORS TO COME UP WITH THIS FORMULA.

YOU KNOW WHAT IMPRESSED ME THE MOST? THOSE TEAMS’ TOP COMPETITION – TEAMS COLTON FLASCH AND ROBYN SILVERNAGLE – MADE CONCESSION ANNOUNCEMENTS ON TWITTER, DESPITE NOT REALLY LOSING AT ALL!

IT SPEAKS TO THE CLASS OF CURLING COMPETITORS, AND IS A NICE BREAK FROM THE ENTITLED WHININESS OF OTHER SPORTING FIGURES.

NUMBER 2 – IT WAS A FANTASTIC NIGHT OF NHL HOCKEY ON THURSDAY AND I’M CERTAIN MY WIFE WONDERS IF SHE’S GOING TO SEE ME AGAIN BEFORE THE SNOW MELTS.

I BOUGHT A SEASON PASS AT NHL.COM TO WATCH EVERY GAME AND IT’S A LOT CHEAPER THAN THE TRIP TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WE’D PLANNED. IT LASTS A LOT LONGER TOO.

AND NUMBER 3 – IT’S NO LAUGHING MATTER. HOCKEY PEOPLE IN SASKATCHEWAN ARE REELING, DEVASTATED AND FURIOUS OVER THURSDAY’S ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE PROVINCE THAT HOCKEY WON’T RESUME UNTIL AT LEAST THE END OF MARCH.

WE DON’T KNOW IF THAT INCLUDES THE WHL, BUT FOR SURE IT DOES THE SJHL, AND EVERY OTHER LEVEL BELOW THAT.

WORSE YET, IT FEELS LIKE SO MANY PEOPLE DON’T CARE. THE PRO-COVID CROWD SAYS, “WELL AT LEAST YOU DIDN’T DIE.”

BUT AS ONE HOCKEY PERSON PUT IT TO ME, “IF YOU’RE A 19 OR 20-YEAR OLD HOCKEY PLAYER, YOU MIGHT AS WELL HAVE.”

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