Eric Scovill Day 1 Blog…

Eric Scovill

Our Wednesday started out before the sun woke up.  We met at the rink at 6 to get packed and on the road.  After 15 minutes of chaos, our bus soon turned into a mangled heap of bodies and sleeping bags.  Throughout the next 12 hours, guys rotated sleeping in their seats, under their seats, and sprawled across the aisle.  Some of the new guys were lucky enough to get a spot on the air mattresses in front.  We stopped once on our 12 hour trek.  The only things that helped split the trip up were the movies we watched and all of the food provided by Mrs. Kuehl and the other parents.

Guys were excited to finally get off the bus and back on the ice.  We were able to have a normal Wednesday night practice, and get back to the hotel at a decent time.  We’ll hopefully get a decent sleep and then get back on the road early Thanksgiving Day.

Mike Morgan Day 1 Blog…

Mike Morgan (G)

The team met up at the rink dark and early at 5:30. We piled our bags on to the bus and started to pile into the bus. It was pretty hectic at first with everyone trying to figure out the seating and air mattress situation. Once the bus got moving, everyone was settled in for the most part. Burger King breakfast sandwiches were handed out and we chowed down. The seating situation on a bus is always uncomfortable, but Kaskavitch and I made the row of seats we shared work out for the best. I managed to wiggle my way between the seats and stretched out on the bus floor while he stretched out on the seats. Once I found a comfortable position, I dozed off as the movie Tears of Sun was just beginning.

About 3 hours later, I woke up and struggled to get out from beneath the seats. Most of the guys were still asleep. Nothing really worth noting happened in the next hour.

After we stopped to go to the bathroom and stretch the legs a bit, I busted out the laptop and did some web surfing since there wasn’t a whole lot to do. The coaches also started distributing sub sandwiches and finger foods. At this time, guys were started to come out of their zombie-like states and we popped American History X into the DVD player.

Once the movie was over, the chirp show started between many guys, although I will say Gayzer was chirping basically the whole bus ride. Passing through South Bend, IN was a pretty cool experience since you could see the Notre Dame Cathedral. Other than that there was not much to see in northern Indiana.

We finally reached our destination for the day, Mentor, OH, about 12 hours later. We got to a local rink and skated off the bus legs. Practice was a bit rough, but as stated, the bus ride probably had something to do with it. We were on the ice for about an hour and fifteen minutes. Then, we piled back into the bus and made our way to the hotel to close out the day.

Photos…

Jesse Johnston

Brandon Larson

Tom Lescovich