2009 is here. Happy New Year and hopefully you haven't broken your resolutions already. We rang in the new year with a 9-1 win over the Evansville IceMen at home after another eventful day at The Rink. The game was supposed to start at 2pm, but would it really be any fun if something didn't go wrong? Evansville's bus broke down on the way and set them back about 3 hours before they got a new one to pick them up and they didn't arrive until 3:30pm. About 250 Revolution faithful stuck around the cold rink, waiting for them to show up. I think the newly acquired beer stand was something that helped them stay.
When things finally got underway we took it to them pretty good from beginning to end. New guys Justin Nattress, Dan Kohanchuk and Battle Creek native Ryan Huggett all helped in the win. Natty and tough guy Mason Cossette both scored their first ever professional goals. Hugger got into his first pro fight at the end of them game, part of a line brawl that broke out with 5 seconds left in the game that even included the goalies. Our goalie Justin Grevious won his fight pretty convincingly and also picked up his first pro assist. The remaining fans definately loved the fight at the end of the game and hopefully will come back to our home games next weekend against Evansville.
After the game guys went off on their own to celebrate the new year, some went over to Kalamazoo to watch the KWings play Muskegon in the IHL. Others went to Kalamazoo to hang out and the rest of us brought in the new year at a small bar up the road from our house.
We couldn't party too hard because we were back at it again yesterday afternoon against Chi-Town in Dyer, Indiana. We loaded up the vans and I was excited to play because they have an Olympic size ice surface, which I have always loved to play on. But, on the way to the game our coach was informed from the league that I was suspended for the game due to my fight with 4:37 left to play in the 3rd period. I got hit from behind, got up and protected myself, but somehow got an instigator penalty. The instigator in the last 5 minutes of a game carries an automatic one game suspension.
It sucked to watch the boys yesterday from the stands and not be able to help. Watching the game with our captain Mark Allen (leg contusion) wasn't easy, knowing that two leaders of the team couldn't do anything was tough to swallow. We lost the game 7-4. Kevin Demers and Cossette tried to jumpstart the boys with a few fights, but it didn't work. We came to life too late and it wasn't enough.
We're back in Chi-Town tomorrow and Sunday, again we will short benched. Allen, Demers and Kohanchuk all have to return to Canada due to visa issues this weekend and we should have them back by next week.
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Jon, I was so upset I missed that game with Evansville. I figured Evansville to be a soft team but didn't know you boys in BC planned on rearranging their faces. Glad you stuck up for yourself.
What do you think about the B.S. that the Chip-ster pulled down in Evansville, misleading all the Evansville fans into believing that the Detroit Dragons were going to make it down? I even called Swonder rink, said "Hey, I'm traveling from a far distance and want to make sure that the Dragons will be there." They said "yes" but low and behold, the Dragons weren't. Chip flat-out mislead everyone!! I also heard that the stats for that game they played against the mens league team will count. Real professional of a league, huh? Glad to see BC is getting their stuff together though. Keep up the fight!!
Jon, are the Revolution willing and ready to accept former Dragon Nation fans into the Revolution fan base? I hear they may be coming. These are the most hilarious, mean-spirited fans in the biz. Think Demers can live up to their expectations? The 6-on-6 brawl was a good start but for these fans, that can't be the highlight of the season. They expect that day in and day out. Would love to hear you address this in your next blog posting or as a comment here.
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