Congrats to former UAA and Alaska Aces winger Justin Bourne, who today got engaged.

And his gal, Brianna, is from all indications -- back-channel reports I've received from various sources, photos, etc. -- way out of Justin's league, so cool for him. She's the daughter of former Islanders stud Clark Gillies and he's the son of former Islanders stud Bob Bourne, so breeding potential looks strong.

In any event, Justin, who suffered a broken jaw last season at Sullivan Arena and has basically hung up his blades, isn't just through as a player, but as a playah, as well. (Is that even how you spell playah? Like I would know. I'm a thousand years old. Besides, Bourne evidently velcroed himself to Bri when these childhood friends reconnected, so I don't think he really had any "game'' to begin with).

Anyhow, to get the lowdown on Justin and Bri, click here to read Justin's most excellent blog, which is about 6,734 times (give or take a thousand) more interesting as this mopey one.

Also, thanks to Kronschnabel for the heads-up on the engagement news (you fall next, sucka).