‘I’ll have a bye.’‘Make it a double.’‘One for the road.’‘Make that a double.’‘And keep it comin’.’“It’s a different schedule for us — it’s something we haven’t had before,” said Roughnecks GM Mike Board. “Everybody’s got them.”In particular, the Roughnecks have seven bye weeks this season and three weekends consisting of two games each. Then they were handed two straight bye weeks — a double bye — before last Saturday night’s home-opening, 8-7 overtime loss to the Colorado Mammoth. “Christmas, obviously, we all (got) to go home and spend quality time with our families,” said Roughnecks rookie Marshal King. “We’re just going to play what’s in front of us — we’ve got no options,” said Roughnecks head coach Curt Malawsky.

Source: National Post December 26, 2019 23:37 UTC