Ottawa 67s Update On TEAM 1200

Dean and Gord spoke with AJ Jakubek, who is travelling with the team to tonight's game (to watch only, no play-by-play). Comments included:

• looking at the players from the training camp everyone is predicting another great year;
• there are 15 returning veterans (if Locke returns) so the team is shaping up to be a very verteran one with the potential to do some damage in the Eastern conference;
• the two Czech players (Kaspar and Petruzalek) have great chemistry and are a treat to watch, they are going to be all stars in the league, suspect that they will play for the Czech team at Christmas, and even if Locke is not back the marquee aspect of these two will make up for it;
• there are 7 returning forwards, 6 returning defencemen, plus the two goalies from last year;
• Kyle Wharton should be ready for the home opener against Sudbury, and it should be a big season for him;
• Will Colbert will be back and should be a top-two guy;
• Elgin Reid played really well during camp, he doesn't take a shift off and is an ornery guy that will hopefully replace Pierre Mitsou;
• goaltending is shaping up to be strong even though Mensator will not be back (he is playing in Czech Republic);
• both Battachio and Guadagnolo had great camps, in fact Guadagnolo looked better at this camp than he did during last season, suggestions made that they will push each other to be better; and
• the team that is going to lose big this year is an obvious one -- Guelph Storm -- who lost their head coach Shawn Camp along with a number of key players (including Paille, Jansen, Parise, and Kline).