Keep The Good Times Rolling

Well we may not be exactly on a winning streak we are at least on a 4 game unbeaten streak that includes two wins on the road against Boston College (#3 at the time) and our first win of the season at home Sunday against UMass-Lowell. It was a pretty quick week for us here in Orono. It took a few days for me to recover from the adventures in Providence last week but by Tuesday I was back to my normal crazy self and ended up having a really productive few days at work.
Friday the men hosted Providence College and we ended up tying 2-2 after being down 2-0 late in the 3rd. It was a good game and I think really showed a lot of what this team can do. Saturday the girls played BC in their annual Skating Strides game while I set up for a rare Sunday matchup for the guys. The girls ended up loosing 6-3 but raised a very impressive $4700 in their jersey auction.

Here's my chilli, cooking away in the office. Secret ingredient is skate dust.

Then comes Sunday, Superbowl Sunday to be exact. A day filled with good food, good hockey and "good" beer.  In order to fully enjoy the festivities of game I slaved all day over a pot of chilli I had cooking in the equipment room. And by slaving I mean I turned the croc-pot on and left it until kickoff. This sparked an idea though and a new feature that will soon be coming to the equipment room. I decided that for the rest of the year on game days I will have a pot of stew, chilli, or some sort of food going throughout the day. We normally take a lunch break and order out but the idea of having food at the ready makes my mouth water just writing about it. But I digress. Sunday we played UMass-Lowell to end the season series with them. When we first played them back in November we split loosing the first but winning the second. Sunday would be a game of first for us this season. We managed to score 4 goals, win in OT, and do so at home in front of a great crowd. It was a huge monkey to get off our backs and you could tell the mood in the locker room after was one of relief. For the freshmen this was their first ever win at the Alfond which in years past has been almost automatic. It's still hard to believe that it took us until February to pull out the W at the most intimidating arena for visitors in front of the best atmosphere in the college game. All that matters though is that we did it and we can now say we are unbeaten in our last 4 games.