They got rid of bottomless popcorn at LaBahn. There goes the last thing I was willing to buy at the rink! And they jacked up the beer price to $12 (after tax), I believe. Not that I would have bought one last year's price, either. (I like beer as much as the next person, but not at those prices!) I believe the only enhancement to the "fan experience" is the new signage throughout, and that is quite nice. I am also very happy that Todd M is back on the hockey beat.
The new players we saw this weekend live up the the hype. Maggie S is going to be a special player. As for goaltending, Chloe and Quinn each made quality saves when needed in each game. And wow, Casey O'Brien is sure good at faceoffs!
Another fan experience enhancement is bacon on the cheeseburger for more money LOL AND they put your pretzel in a paper sleeve for more money lol. They went back to the nachos being in the plastic bag. I always thought you got less in the bag than loose. I noticed the different popcorn containers. They held the cost of the bottled water at $4.99. I spent $55 on 2 burgers, 2 pretzels and 2 waters. The burger patty is a very good size, I'll give them credit for that.
I have not tried the brat yet......
A little disappointed in the attendance Friday, but HS football is still going on and it was Lindenwood after all. Saturday was worse, but the FB team was playing at the same time albeit on the road and it was still Lindenwood.
MJ shuffled the lines Saturday.
Edwards OB Simms
Gorbatenko Hall Eden
Enright Picard Halverson
McCarthy Scannell Woz.
Jungles Harvey
Murphy Potter
Venusio Kotlowski
I can see why Halverson got moved up, she was sneaky good Friday. Gorbatenko is very strong and crafty, reminds me of Curl or Roque or even Edwards.
Quite shocked to see both back-ups get a 3rd period, usually MJ does not do things like that. I did not like how on the Lindenwood goal how the D just kept backing up instead of closing time and space, she had support. It was a nice shot from inside the faceoff circle, but it never should have got to that point.
I did appreciate that Lindenwood actually played hockey the last 5 periods. I'm not sure what they were doing in the first first period. I think the coach waited way too long to call the time-out. Clearly they needed a pause to start to breathe. All 3 of their coaches are not so experienced at the D1 level. I would have loved to see who the candidates were when they hired this coach.