I want to start this post with a big thanks to the guys over at the Red Scarf Union. What started as a pipe dream in the SensChirp comment section quickly became a reality and it could not have happened without their help.
Steve, Michael and Chris were all fantastic throughout the planning and organizing of this trip and really helped bring this thing together. And thanks to Mike from the Sens for supplying some awesome prizes along the way. Your karaoke performance (which is on tape by the way) will live in my memory for years to come.
A huge thanks to the fans on the bus. I know the planning of this trip was a little sketchy at times but you were all patient throughout and really helped this trip come together. Great spirit on the way down and just amazing at the game. I've heard we made quite the impression on the fans and media in Binghamton!
I'd like to close out this post by thanking the fans of the Binghamton Senators. I have been to a ton of hockey games in my day but this really will go down as one of my all-time favourite hockey memories. From the hockey talks with die hard Bingo fans in the beer line, to the healthy scratches (Brodeur, Cowick, Hale) waving to us during the game, to the owner of the team greeting us as we got off the bus, it really was a first class experience the whole way.
So thanks again to the RSU, to the SensChirp readers that came along and to the city of Binghamton.
Hope to see you all again in Round 3!
Maybe next year!
I would have really liked to come but Saturday couldn't have been a worse day for it to happen.
Thanks so much for making the trip! And despite the loss this was without a doubt a top moment for me in years of being a season ticket holder in Binghamton. Your presence was the icing on the cake. The attendance last night even beat out the Scranton/Charlo tte game! I know Monday night will be a sliver of last night but I am looking forward to the Sens going up 3-1!!!
Great to see how nice the team and other fans welcomed you to the place... they kept talking about the people from Ottawa on the live stream yesterday
Aside from the guy seated next to me who seemed to have died a few weeks ago, the crowd was fantastic and very generous.
Daugavins wins the best playoff 'stache contest. Pure Burt Reynolds.
Also, love the pace of the AHL game. No farting around for TV commercials. Just hockey.
Are the rosters for WHC set in stone now that the tourny has begun, or can players eliminated from 2nd/3rd round of NHL playoffs still join?
There may be a cut off point in the IIHF but with each passing round of the NHL playoffs, players are simply too tired and banged up to want to go to World's. Plus late arrivals may disrupt established team dynamics.
So what was the booze situation on the bus? On the numerous bus trips to Whiteface and Vermont the US and Canadian border guards were pretty cool about booze on the bus but those are different border crossings...
Camylle (aka Pinot) and myself had a great time.
Definitely there for a repeat when you do the next trip.
A thief
The Toronto Maple Leafs have started a new 'Green-Initiati ve', They are conserving paper by not printing playoff tickets for the next 7 years.
That second one was Ian Mendes
HAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAH
LEAFS SUCK
Now that one is funny.
Yes they were mentioning last night on the way home, I believe, there may be another trip next round if the B-Sens make it -- or should I say WHEN.
Go BSENS Go !!
Do you think it would happen if the game was on a Sunday?
Any idea why Rundblad isn't playing at the WHC anymore?
http://senators.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=561622&cmpid=rss-brodie
its because the swedish team is rund-bladly
ha ha ha.
still no one with a real answer to my early morning question, I would've thought sandy, Bej, PA or AFM would have been all over it. must be the bingover (hangover..?)
GO BSENS GO!!
No was not hung over at all -- although I did consume quite a bit of wine. I was just very, very tired.
would be really interested in a road trip to watch Bingo this year. If so do you have any ideas what days they might be? Or has the AHL not released anytying until this round is done