Re: Quinnipiac Bobcats '12-'13 Post Season - The view from the top...
Hey everyone.. just wanted to share a personal story on the eve of the biggest game in program history.
I was at QU for 2 years, transferred after my Sophomore year. Had some issues with roommates and a bad breakup with a girlfriend.
The only thing that was ever really great for me at Quinnipiac was the hockey team. I was able to bring my camera down Sophomore year and film a few games and even get postgame sound from some of the players and Rand.
It was a rough time for me, but the team was my solace while dealing with some other things.
I remember going down to the rink during practice with a member of Q30 to film some stuff and we got great shots. I asked Brandon Wong at the end of practice if he'd take a shot on net with out camera behind the net. He said yes.
All of the players were so nice and would talk to me whenever I was down there, I remember being asked if I had watched the Vancouver Canucks game from last night, of course I hadn't. These guys just love hockey. People still today ask me, why do you love the team so much if you didn't have a good experience at the Q? It's because the team was the very best part of my time there. Going to the Times Union Center for the ECAC final as a freshman, going to countless games, as a hockey nut, there was nothing better.
I've gotten my friends from home into the team, we even went to a game at the Bank and the ECAC Championship in AC this year.
This feeling, of this team now 60 good minutes from eternal glory, is incredible. There are so many people who have put in so much hard work and time to get to this point and i'm overjoyed that I get to watch them in this game today.
I know this is sort of a random rant, but it just makes me proud of the time I spent there. That this team is becoming a household name.
I will be at Wicked Wolf in Hoboken with a bunch of friends decked out in QU gear rooting to make this dream a reality.
Can't wait for the puck drop.
GO BOBCATS!
BEAT YALE!