THUMBS UP-THUMBS DOWN

Thumbs up to...

• the Sea Dogs. Enough said.
• Karel St. Laurent who silenced his doubters on Saturday with a 2-0 shutout. It was also nice to see him rewarded after carrying a shutout into the third period several times this season.
• Saint John for finally coming out to watch this team. Two thumbs up for those who braved the storm on Sunday afternoon.
• Lewiston head coach Don MacAdam for giving credit to where credit is due. He compared Saint John to last year's Drummondville squad and drooled over the Dogs defense.
• to Irving for giving out the cardboard clapper things (I don't know what you call them) at the door on Saturday.
• Scott McCain for making the trip to Saint John this weekend.
• to the return of Andrew Cromwell. It was only for one game and Peter McDevitt does a fine job, but it was nice to hear his pipes again.
• Felix Schutz. The former Sea Dog appears poised and ready to play for Team Germany in the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver.
• a Windsor Spitfire loss. Maybe, and finally, this could be the week Saint John gets placed number one overall in the CHL Top 10.
• the teddy bear toss! Who doesn't love watching people in the lower bowl beamed in the head with a stuffed panda.
• Scott Darling who purchased over 500 tickets for two games in January.

Thumbs down to...

• holiday fun night. I knew it would bad but this was pathetic effort to show off some holiday spirit.
• the video quality of Sunday's highlights on YouTube. Brutal.
• Olivier Ouellet. Looks like he will surely be traded come deadline time.
• Samuel Carrier of the Maineiacs. He high sticked an official by accident in a pushing match with Zach Phillips.
• the Daily Gleaner. I just don't understand this whole Mike Kelly location thing. If you don't know what I'm talking about, see Sunday's Sea Dogs Post-Game Notebook.
• Alexandre Leduc. He just about killed Mike Hoffman and tripped up St. Laurent in Saturday's game. I guess he didn't want to leave Saint John too much!
• the Lewiston Maineiacs who are now on a 13 game losing streak.
• to the Sea Dogs who never announced (or counted as far as we know) the amount of teddy bears tossed on the ice Saturday.