Training camp proper starts Friday. The World Cup's most anticipated clash -- USA vs. Canada -- is tonight. Things are looking good for hockey fans.
- Arthur Staple was on Jason Gregor's Show -- hosted by a guy who missed last spring's playoff win, evidently -- to talk Islanders, including Ryan Strome, Mikhail Grabovski and probably that John Tavares never-Leaf guy. [TSN 1260]
- At the World Cup, Jaroslav Halak and his Island of Misfit Euros won again, defeating the country that represents two-thirds of the former country he called home.