Red and White Scrimmage - A Few Observations

Players salute fans after the Red-White Scrimmage on Sunday - photo by Jamie KellnerWhile I can't tell you much about the other festivities at the Caniac Carnival today, the Red and White game was a raucous affair. At time raggedy, it was still a very good test of primarily the youngsters. In fact the oldest player to participate was Drew MacIntyre who, incidentally flashed some impressive leather a few times.

Arriving a few minutes before the guys started taking their warm-ups, Bill Peters was waxing positively about the team and the season to come. To paraphrase Chip Alexander's tweet relating Peters' intimation, if some team is going to surprise people, why can't it be the Hurricanes.…