If it is minus 40 outside it must be a Manitoba game!

Again, we are shivering in our boots in Chicago and again the Manitoba Moosers are in town, yes, they brought there weather with them. How nice of the boys from the north to have packed up a Alberta Clipper along with their gear.

Nice...

Last Wed night the Moose came to the Allstate Arena for one of their bi-seasonal matches against the Wolves. In the West we all miss the Meese, once the Moosers were part of the mighty west's regular schedule and we saw them,often . But like the Griffins of Grand Rapids they were moved to the north and our meetings have taken the form of old family reunions. Fun but kind of like seeing an old relative you don't really like but can't for the life of you remember why. This time both teams struggled for three full frames, finally deadlocked in a 1:1 tie. With just seconds left in OT when the specter of a shoot out loomed large, it happened. Was it a lunar eclipse, no Wolves Captain Darren Haydar passed the puck before the Moose goal through a maze of Moose and Wolves players. Moosie goalie Drew McIntyre then cleared the puck and shot it into the empty net of the Wolves, the Meese had won on the rarest of events, a netties goal!

As we all went into the cold darkness, finally remembering just why we didn't like this rival. They are good, very good, we may be seeing them God willing in May for the playoffs. The weather will be warmer and there are no eclipses scheduled. Still we better look sharp, but at least we know why we don't like this Canadian cousin once again.



powderhornhockey


Don't forget the ADA Black Hawk alumni/ITT alum game in two weeks:

Sunday March 2nd, Time is 2:00 pm.
Location is Oakton Park Arena
2800 Oakton St.
Park Ridge IL
# 847-692-3357

Tickets can be bought now at the arena for the price of $10.00, along with tickets on game day there will be raffles of BlackHawk autographed sticks, a jersey,and pucks by present and former Hawks.($5.00 each).

At this time I do not have a final list of Black Hawk Alum that will be playing, However, the usual suspects who often generously give their time to alumni events are; Jack O'Callahan, Steve Konroyd, Steve Poast, Jerry Korab, Dave Mackey, Cliff Korroll, Peter Marsh, Reg Kerr, Jose Charbonneau, Grant Mulvey, and Troy Murray.