Re: Rep Retirement Lodge #183: The Final Approach To Off-Season
H. H. T.
STILL never lost on the first round.
First drink is on me, St Clown.
Yeah, that blew. Thanks.
I liked the 3rd period, that part was fun. I scalped a pair of tickets ($40 each), first row behind the FSU bench, I was against the rail for the players tunnel. I heard your coach talking with the boys, and how your forwards didn't think much of Widman - #5 for SCSU. They decided on the bench to target him that very shift. Well, they beat him on a play that shift and scored their first goal. Williams, your #3 goalie, his equipment smells extremely bad.
After the first period, my brother and I moved to one of the open seats at the end zone, one of the top rows opposite from the Zamboni entrance. It turns out that's where the injured FSU players were watching the game, and spent a lot of time listening to them scheme and talk player weaknesses and such. The whole game was an interesting experience. Now if only the outcome had been different.
Also, either I made it onto TV or just the in-house scoreboard for the arena, the latter's more probable. I was leaned forward, concentrating on the game, and my brother was slouched back in his Gopher jersey, doing something on his phone. Eric Vegoe, there writing for USCHO it turns out, took a picture and sent me an email of it. I never noticed.
BTW, for those in the arena, USCHO, or maybe all the college hockey sites' writers present, were up in one of the two suites that were actually occupied.