- Media passes baby!
- Shutout #9 (my lucky number!)
- "War party" back at the biggest hotel room ever
- Laughing 'till I cried over Mystery Science Theatre 3000
- Vijay: "Ok, I'm definitely shocked and awed now"
- I am the new Air Hockey goddess
- Cornell vs. Hahvahd (spelling intentional).. 'nuff said.. but details below :-)
- Sitting 3 rows back behind the players' bench for the game since the nice
people at our hotel gave us tickets
- Praying all through the 3rd period and having flashbacks to last year
- Mark McRae is a god!
- Watching that puck vear away from the empty net and holding my breath
- Sam Paolini -----> Goal ------> Complete euphoria
- Asking Jon 100 times if we really had won
- Shaking and crying for a much better reason this year than last
- Being able to watch our team celebrate out on the ice
- Gathering in the concourse of Pepsi arena as we're being herded out of the rink and
cheering "Let's Go Red" and enjoying the cowbell in an oh-so-acustic friendly spot
- Spilling out into the streets of Albany in a large sea of RED
- Waiting for the team to arrive with other fellow hockey fans
- Greeting the team and having Schafer say: "Follow us all to Jillian's"
- Drinking out of the cup (see below)
- Having tons of fun with some of my favorite friends
- Being able to personally congratulate the team
- Talking the bouncer into letting Bridget and I cut ahead of 100 people to get up to the
dance club
- Hockey players can DANCE!
- Wrapping up the greatest night ever
- Waking up with the worst hangover in the entire world ...
but knowing that yes, we really had won
May there be many more celebrations in the future
Thank you for the most amazing senior year ever
And thank you, too, to the most wonderful friends that I've been able to share all of this with:
Jon, Vijay, Age, Hermo, Bridget, Danny,
Christine (x 2!), Matt Kenney, "Tres", Fred,
Some of the special guys on the team,
and all the rest of you!
Here's to memmories I'll NEVER forget!