This collection of entries is from February 24, 2007.
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The story here is actually the weather... it's miserable, Winter Storm Warnings... Carol continually questioned me and commented as we drove toward the Allstate Arena. It was sloppy. Fortunately there weren't a lot of people on the road, but it was very slow going... I was surprised on how many cars were in the parking lot. Clearly, this was... or was going to be... a well-attended game. Another way to tell - The Grille was open for business - it's only open and staffed when there's a good crowd.
Clearly, the AHL counts tickets sold and not turnstile for attendance figure, because the official attendance tonight is listed as 14,113.
This wasn't the same team that we had saw the last time we were here. Lethargic. We were outshot 15-5 in the first period. I took a walk during the first intermission - I saw somebody going outside for a smoke, and it looked like a blizzard outside..
The game sucked - another 1-0 game... until they pulled our goalie in the last minute... dumb move if your defense hasn't stepped-up. Omaha scored.
Speaking of Omaha, this is the first time that we saw this team. The Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights. Odd name. Ak-Sar-Ben is Nebraska spelled backward. And speaking of spelling...
...the tickets for tonight's game, as well as tickets for another game coming up, where all misprinted.. instead of saying
OMAHA AK-SAR-BEN KNIGHTS
it says
OHAMA AK-SAR-BEN KNIGHTS
...how embarassing...
(Game Summary - Gamesheet)
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I have this feeling that the recent... umm... crazy astronaut events, had the press digging through NASA documents and making FOI (Freedom Of Information) requests to fins out what are the procedures if an astronaut goes a little "nutty" during a mission? - NASA plan for unstable astronauts: Duct tape, tranquilizers