This collection of entries is from March 02, 2002.
Well, we set off to the hockey game in the snow. The traffic was pretty light - not many people wanted to be out on the street. The traffic moved well, and we were there in no time. I was surprised at how many cars were in the lost an hour before the game. The Wolves played the Rochester Americans for the first time at the Allstate Arena. The referee (Dan O'Rourke) called everything, even Delay of Game. Lots of Misconducts, too. He wanted to be in control of the game, and for the most part he was. He was consistent at least - all you can ask for. The Americans have a guy (Andrew Peters) with over 300 Penalty Minutes. Well, they lit-up our goalie Frederic Cassivi (3 goals on 6 shots) so Coach Anderson replaced him with Norm Maracle, who stopped the rest of the shots. The game ended in a 3-3 tie after overtime. The official stats say the attendance was 13,119 - I find that a bit hard to believe because of the weather, though there really was a good crowd. In a nice gesture, the Wolves are allowing fans the opportunity to redeem last night's used or unused game ticket for admission to any other regular-season game, Sunday through Friday, for the remainder of the season. Aren't minor league franchises great? The ride home wasn't too bad, though the neighborhood wasn't too clean. Now, the temperatures are supposed to drop to zero tomorrow night...
Damn, it's snowing... no I mean snowing... The "lull" lasted for a few hours. It was in the low 30's, so sidewalks/driveways - when cleared - just melted. Now, it's coming down - hard. I lost the signal to the DirecTV satellite - except for local stations - those spotbeams are pretty strong. I wonder if the Wolves game is still on?
Yep, 6 inches of snow on the ground - and we're in a "lull" between storm systems. "They" are keeping the Winter Storm Warning through tonight, with the snow restarting early this afternoon through early evening - with another 3"-6". Should be interesting going to the Wolves game tonight. Pozo was here about an hour ago to plow the driveway and shovel the sidewalk to the door - I don't mind paying for this at all - it sure saves the back - this is a really heavy snow - it's right around freezing and "they" are now saying it's actually a mix of snow and drizzle right now. Not a lot of activity in the neighborhood - saw a few plows but not much other traffic.