This is the Jeff Merrick Show on the Sports Net Radio Network. So at the break I was having a look at that video that Brian Costello tweeted out

which I am amazed by

The Phantom Hockey Stick following Dylan Dubay

in that Calgary Washington game yesterday

and a couple of people were quick to point out it's probably due to the puck that

gets rimmed around the boards that pushes the stick forward towards Dubay as he skates to the bench. The stick is not a puppy following its

owner to the bench. To which I say, boring, phantom stick, voodoo stick, haunted stick.

May not be real, but that's what I'm choosing to believe.

Thank you very much.

Eric Francis joins me now for comments on the dueubestick phenomenon and a lifeless effort by the

Calgary flames against a Nashville predators last night.

Eric, how are you?

I'm good and I'm glad that some of your listeners kind of unraveled the mystery because I heard you

talking about it. I mean I was there in Nashville last night I didn't I watched do they go

off the ice because he was clearly banged up on that

play like he was hurt pretty bad from that cross check and I was watching him

on the bench I did not see this incident but since you read since you put it on

Twitter and I just retweeted it I've been examining it like the

the Pruder film which is ironic because I'm in Dallas right now and it's just if a if a puck hit it that's great and that

solves the mystery what I got to be honest what I was more

fascinated with last night and I wrote about it because I just was Mackenzie Wigger throwing his stick

to break up the two on nothing late in the game like I just thought the coach didn't like it I get it it's kind of a sucky move but I come

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