January

For me January is a time where my desire for hockey gets out of control and really peaks. This past Saturday I had one of my more unique experiences. I got up early to head out to the US Pond Hockey Championships at Lake Calhoun with my uncle. I got the opportunity to watch many former gophers, and ex-NHLers on the pond up close and personal. It was very interesting to see guys like Bonin and Dziedic out in the pond-style format. Maybe even more interesting was to be able to stand less than a foot away at eye level with this talent. After being on the lake for over 3 hours I had all I could handle. I headed over to my uncle's for some time in the hot tub before the Gophers game. Gophers swept CC while Wisconsin was swept by Denver later on in the day. -w