Happy 2013 to all, hope the holidays were good and that Santa brought everyone all the coal they deserved. Sorry that I have been slacking for the last month but I figured since there wasn't much going on through the holidays you wouldn't want to read about all the food I ate and work I didn't do.
The second half of the season started for the Black Bears on Christmas night when we had a team practice here at the Alfond. It was good to get things rolling again as my 4 days off were starting to get boring.The morning of Boxing Day (12/26 for those not in with Canadian holidays) saw us board the bus and then an airplane as we made our annual trip to Fort Myers to co-host the Florida College Classic tournament. We enjoyed the sun and warm weather in which I wore shorts and sandals to the rink every day...wait I do that even in the snow here. The team ended up playing to great games and won the tournament beating Minnesota Duluth and Cornell University. On a side note there is something wicked awesome about Fort Myers that not many know. They have amazing taste in beer at their gas stations. I couldn't go more than 3 feet without seeing ads for beers only found in New England. Shipyard, and Sea Dog were all over the place. And even more surprising was the abundance of Yuengling. To me that was the best part of the trip.
After Florida we had our always fun trip to Portland to play a home game away from home. This season we played Mercyhurst and after a Thursday filled with clinics and autograph sessions the team pulled out a win on Friday. "We won a game yesterday. If we win one today, that’s two in a row. We win one tomorrow, that’s called a winning streak. It has happened before." That quote from the Movie Major League sums up the feeling after Friday's win which was out third in a row. After that win it was time to pack and head back to Orono and set things up for a Saturday night game against the 'hurst. We ended up dropping that game which was not fun.
This past weekend we had another roadie which made me realize I have yet to really unpack from Florida. All that I have done was move the clothes from the bag to the washer, to the dryer and back in my duffel for the next trip. We started the trip at Northeastern where we skated to a 1-1 tie. Not the outcome we were hoping for but a point is a point. Saturday night was a totally different story as we were shutout by Merrimack. Not a great start to 2013 but we are making progress.
On a completely unrelated note I would like to add that I have again made it a full calendar year without ending up dead in some freak accident of my own causing or getting arrested. So 2012 was a win for me!
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