Happy New Year!

Happy new year everyone! The clock struck midnight twice last night. Once while in Indiana and again while in Illinois. However, there was not much to celebrate as we came out flat in the third period and lost the game 5 to 1. They scored 57 seconds into the period on a shot that trickled off of Martin's glove. Fort Wayne was also able to score two more power play goals and finish 3 for 5 on the power play. Besides the first period, we got seriously out shot and did not really generate many quality chances. With the win Fort Wayne stayed in 3rd place with 3 more points than us, having played one more game than us. We stayed in 4th place. Dayton is 2 pts behind us, but has played 4 more games. We arrived home around 2:30 am.
Cole Ruwe took a stick to the face last night with no call. Also, Bill Bagron was cut above the eye, and received stitches, not exactly sure how that happened. I was in the locker room sharpening a skate, but there also was no call.
During warm ups one of the linesmen told me that he looked at my blog. Looks like it is doing exactly what I wanted, bring positive attention to the team.
We were given the day off today. Days off aren't necessarily days off for myself and the trainer. I know Joe had treatments today for some of the guys with nagging injuries. I went into the rink today for 3 hours with my daughter. I cleaned the room, did the laundry, and restocked my stuff to go to Quad City tomorrow. My daughter enjoyed the morning playing with tape, her little stick, and eating anything that I would give her. 3 hours is not quite enough time to finish up everything, so I will be back at the rink early tomorrow to finish things up before the guys get there.
We got home just in time to watch the Winter Classic. I love hockey, but I don't watch many games during the season on tv, but I always watch these games. I can wait to see where they play next season. I am a big time baseball fan, so I love the idea of playing in these classic baseball stadiums. I would love to see a game in Yankee Stadium or even Busch Stadium. I also like to see the old school jerseys.
Speaking of jerseys, we are not going to have a jersey auction in January, but we are planning a great one in February.
Well, now that December is over, we are going back to wearing the white jerseys at home and the darks on the road. Our blue jerseys were good at home in December as we had a 5-1-1-0 record in them. We were 0-1 in our white jerseys and 0-2 in our gold jerseys on the road. Lets hope our blue jerseys will continue to be hot on the road. We will be wearing blue tomorrow in Quad City.
Be on the lookout for Martin to wear his new pads. We received a new glove, blocker, and pads for him on Wednesday. I won't ruin it and tell you what color they are.
Have a great day.

Kinch