Quick Strikes for Saturday, February 20

• It’s the time of the season for trading. Minor moves have helped compel the Bolts further in the past than anyone imagined, including to the title of Stanley Cup Champions. [Tampa Bay Times]
• In case you don’t want to watch hockey on TV on Sunday night when the Bolts play the Carolina Hurricanes, our own Clark Brooks will be participating in a comedy tournament event at Side Splitters Comedy Club at 7 PM. [Facebook]
• Continuing off the topic of hockey – the drive to raise awareness of Neurofibromatosis Type II continues with the Deke the Deuce campaign. [GoFundMe]
• Six years ago today was the first ever outdoor AHL hockey game – featuring the Syracuse Crunch.
  

  It’s been six years since Kevin Lalande got the win at the Mirabito Outdoor Classic.#TBT pres. by @TWCNewsCNY pic.twitter.com/lJH9NdAXfi

  — Syracuse Crunch (@SyracuseCrunch) February 18, 2016

• The latest roundup and summary of things AHL. [Around the A]
• The World Cup of Hockey returns this summer and roster announcements and such are forthcoming. Here’s a projection of Team Canada’s participants. [Today’s Slapshot][
• The hottest action figure is about to hit the market – the HoltBeast!! [Russian Machine Never Breaks]
• The Dallas Stars current salary cap situation allows them to make acquisitions or a big singular acquisition at the trade deadline. Psst! Stars… make sure it’s a rental player as the cap should be going down next season)[Defending Big D]
• In Montreal, change is needed and the only thing that fans can do is wait for change to take place. [All Habs]
• P.A. Parenteau as a rental-player acquisition might be solid for one team or another… It just doesn’t mean he’s done as a Toronto Maple Leaf, potentially. [Pension Plan Puppets]
• Former Bolt Teddy Purcell, now on the Edmonton Oilers, could be a trade candidate for the Oil as the deadline nears. [Today’s Slapshot]
• And the white-flag-waving fire sale pitch continues at Canuck’s Army. This time, it’s Radim Vrbata being pitched with the five top destinations he could go to, [Canuck’s Army]
• As fans, you have to have faith and trust in a coach for team success. Now try to imagine parents going by this regarding teams their children play on. This becomes quite an obstruction — parents challenging coaches. [I Love to Watch You Play]
• The NWHL had equipment issues go viral through Twitter. The story’s been updated with a direct league reaction to the situation. [Today’s Slapshot]
• It’s just summary of the past week in NWHL/CWHL antics but you know what? The title alone makes it worth linking to: “Hockey Tonk Women”… [The Committed Indian]

How often do you check opposing team websites on game day?