Crystal Thoughts

The RHL16 season started last Saturday and the Seattle Crystals have a .500 record after three games. The team is striving for 60 points in its inaugural season and has 3 of them already. The season opened for the Crystals at home in the KeyArena. A good test for the Crystals was the Calgary Vampyres and the result was a 3-3 tie. The next night saw the team travel to Cleveland to take on their expansion brethren the Cleveland Falcons. The Falcons had previously defeated the Victoria Cougars 5-0 and defeated the Crystals 2-1. Finally, last night saw the Crystals' third game and it was an overwhelming 7-2 drubbing of the Waterloo Thundercats.

The Crystals are sitting in 2nd in the Art Ross division and 4th in the Richard conference. The season is early but it's always nice to get off to a good start. After a day off, they'll play two games at home. The first will be against the Edmonton Eagles and then against the Grand Prairie Stingers. These will be the first two division games for the Crystals and they will be important ones.

At this time, 4th line winger Stephane Veilleux is out and is expected back after the game against the Stingers.