The Bears head to Lake Erie without Mathieu Perreault.  Number 24 is out due to illness, and Patrick Mcneill isn't on the trip either after the hit he took last Friday in Adirondack. Michael Dubuc is listed as week-to-week due to injury, which means every other able bodied player is with us on the bus today.

It's a rough night for the staff tonight in northeast Ohio. The Cavaliers play the New Orleans Hornets at Quicken Loans Arena Tuesday, meaning the hockey gear won't be in the dressing room until after midnight tonight.  But for me, I'll do something tonight that I haven't done since I was 13 years old.  I'm attending an NBA game.  The last (and only!) time I've ever seen a game was with my dad in Indianapolis many moons ago when the Pacers played the Atlanta Hawks.  Moses Malone was playing for Atlanta that day, so you know it's been a while.  At the very least, it's something to pass the time until midnight when we move into our Cleveland headquarters.