Spoke to Keith Ballard yesterday and he sends everyone his best.
It's been a busy -- and productive -- offseason for Ballard.
He and his wife Jamie returned to Minneapolis soon after the season ended and had their first child -- a girl.
Ballard also had hip surgery to repair an injury that was nagging at him through much of the season. He says it was nothing major, but it was something that needed to be addressed before it did become something big.
He says he is still on crutches and probably will be for the next couple of weeks. He says he has been rehabbing each day in Minnesota and will resume workouts in the coming weeks. He adds that he will be 100 percent by training camp.
-- Move over Howard, there's another big name coming to Boca Raton.
Former Panthers enforcer Peter Worrell has been named the new hockey coach at Florida Atlantic University.
According to the release I just got, the Owls compete in the American Collegiate Hockey Association, Division III South Region.
Worrell is also the coach at North Broward Prep in Coconut Creek and led the Eagles to a state championship a few seasons back.
Congrats to Peter.
Fau hockey sucks. Maybe Peter will be a better coach than coach Frost was.
Posted by: Zipper | May 18, 2010 at 04:43 PM
There's college hockey down here?
Posted by: dan | May 18, 2010 at 10:21 PM
College hockey. Thanks to the press for the publicity re the games, the team etc.
Posted by: Gretzkysdad | May 19, 2010 at 05:32 PM