They Said They'd Be Back!!!!

I couldn't take it any longer. I had looked at the calendar and noticed that I was nowhere near being able to see a live game until Wednesday the 25th. This was not doing my soul any good.

I checked the practice schedule and headed to Iceworks this morning at 11 am for no good reason other than it was calling to me.

No laptop, no camera, no ulterior motive. Just me and a box of oatmeal raisin cookies.

For some reason, many of the plastic bleachers are broken. Considering how much money they've sunk into the place, I was really surprised and saddened by that. I took a spot on the bleachers center ice and just watched.

It was so good to see Doug Weight out on the ice in a yellow jersey. That's the "Don't touch me yet!" jersey, right? But he was working up a sweat, getting back to his old self, keeping up with the kids.

It's amazing how much fun Kyle looks like he has out there. I know that he and Josh Bailey are young, but they do look like they have fun even when they are working.

Also good to see on the ice was Andy Sutton. He was NOT in a yellow jersey. You can't miss Sutton as he is at least a head taller than everyone else. But he looked good.

Also looking good, and not as despondent as I would have expected was Bruno Gervais. He was skating by himself center ice, practicing his backwards defense moves. He really does skate beautifully.

Jackman was trying desperately to get a puck over the netting to a group of kids that were there. He finally tossed it over a doorway instead. He and his toothless grin made the boys very happy.

I was made very happy but a smiling Sean Bergenheim that stopped me to say Hello. When I asked him how he was doing, he smiled broadly. "Good. I'm feeling good. I should be back on the ice soon!"

I told him to hurry up.

Scott Gordon was taking his time today really talking to them. They surrounded him in a huddle listening intently.

I took a deep breath of the cold air, and headed back out to my car to head back to work. It was just a quick fix to get me to Friday.

Hopefully. Although I really wish I had remembered my damn camera! But Newsday DOES have a VIDEO!