Over and out

I'm told the Spitfires haven't even played their best game yet. That includes the entire playoffs and this current 7 game win streak. So are we to believe the Spitfires have even more to offer? They can be better? If true that's nuts.

Either way (and any money it still won't be considered their "best") it's all over tonight. Beating Windsor 4 straight at this point is too monumental a task even for the likes of the talented, but worn down Colts. Point is, the writing's on the wall. This series isn't going 7. So how and where will Barrie find the detemination and grit (not stupidity) it needs to extend things another night? Maybe in that same hope their opponents once clung too. Two weeks ago the Spits were in virtually the same position, down 3-0 and facing life or elimination on the road. The difference is Kitchener at that time had both run it's course and out of luck. Tonight, Windsor is a team on a mission. Cohesive and confident. They're champions. And on the verge of officially keeping their title. Standing in the way, an eventual runner-up. Really, it's only a matter of periods (maybe 3) until the Colts succumb to their inferiority. What's say they officially realize that tonight, take their consolation prize from Windsor in the GM's kid and head home?

All in all I believe the Spitfires are one of the most deadly teams in Junior hockey history. A stature created by the team's General Manager, Warren Rychel. I was critical of his belief Kirby would be waiting for him in the draft, but you can't blame him for wanting his boy to play for him. It's worked out for the Hunters in London and Mike Foligno in Sudbury. And hey, it still might happen. Perhaps there's a deal in the works? Meantime, Rychel will continue to mould the Spitfires into an annual contender. Love him or hate him, he's good at his job. A grading that might just go up to 'great' by about 10:30 tonight, when yet another major trophy is awarded to a once lousy organization he built into a champion. A repeat champion.