about half way through the season i thought it would be a neat idea to document how far i have travelled this season for whl games and other whl related events. the km's arent exactly correct to the specific location of the game or event, i just google mapped "current location to (city i went to)" and put those distances. the only section where i was specific was for the event section. i live about 30 minutes west of saskatoon, so thats why a few are pretty high.
TRAINING CAMP & PRE-SEASON:
To Martinsville and back for training camp x4: 639 KM
To PA and back for preseason game: 402 KM
To Warmen and back for preseason game: 170 KM
To Saskatoon and back for preseason game: 110 KM
TOTAL: 1,321 KM
REGULAR SEASON:
To Saskatoon and back for all (but two) games x34: 3740 KM
To Edmonton and back: 1016 KM
To Calgary: 597 KM
Calgary to Red Deer: 147 KM
Red Deer to Saskatoon: 534 KM
To Moose Jaw and back x5: 2880 KM
To Swift Current and back: 488 KM
To Regina and back: 638 KM
To Prince Albert and back x3: 1206 KM
TOTAL: 11,246 KM
SEASON TICKET HOLDER & BOOSTER CLUB EVENTS:
To Saskatoon and back for horse races: 131 KM
To Saskatoon and back for Christmas party: 136 KM
To the Dakota Dunes Casino and back for brunch: 190 KM
To Saskatoon and back for skate: 110 KM
To Saskatoon and back for pie auction: 136 KM
To Saskatoon and back for Booster Club meeting: 260 KM
TOTAL: 963 KM
PLAYOFFS:
To Saskatoon and back for game 2: 110 KM
To Medicine Hat and back for games 3 and 4: 986 KM
TOTAL: 1,096 KM
MEMORIAL CUP:
To Saskatoon and back for training x3: 330 KM
To Saskatoon and back for venue setup: 110 KM
To Saskatoon and back for opening banquet: 131 KM
To Saskatoon and back for work x6: 660 KM
To Saskatoon and back for games x7: 770 KM
*i drove back home after working and went back in later for the game every night except once.
TOTAL: 2,001 KM
SEASON TOTAL: 16,627 KM
Sunday, March 17, 2013
SASKATOON BLADES: FEBRUARY & MARCH 2013
what a couple of months, wow. so the boys went undefeated in february. 18 straight wins, followed by a terrible third period/overtime in moose jaw, so that was the end of that. any one could argue that we played basement teams during our streak, which yeah, we got super lucky with the timing of our wins. we had 15 games in february, six being away games. the next couple on the edge episodes are gonna be pretty sweet whenever they air. although we didnt end up passing calgary in points (so we get bumped down to 3rd place after the first round), we did pass prince albert so we get to hang another banner at the opener next season!! march was kind of like any other month we've had. ups and downs, we won a couple thrillers in edmonton and vs regina. by the way i didnt end up going to edmonton or prince albert for the first game because my car was still impounded haha. astles played his first game back after missing FIFTY games due to his wrist injury. the boys finished up the regular season in prince albert, losing the first in overime and the second in a shootout.
back to medicine hat for playoffs! we won all four games vs them this season. lets hope that carries over and lets hope we DONT GET SWEPT AGAIN.
back to medicine hat for playoffs! we won all four games vs them this season. lets hope that carries over and lets hope we DONT GET SWEPT AGAIN.
WHAT HAPPENS IN MOOSE JAW...
...ends up in a blog?
...will get you arrested?
soooo....last saturday me and my friend (tenesha) made our first trip together (of what will be many) to watch "our" edmonton oil kings play in moose jaw. we stopped about half way there for some roadbeers, and who do we see at the liquor board? former oil king jordan peddle... anyways, we got to moose jaw about an hour early like always, and parked about 50 feet from the bus. we decided to write notes (creepy i know) and leave them for the boys, but once we were walking past, the two security guys were on us like we just killed someone. so our plan didnt go through... we got inside and the first thing we did was put our sign (im not really a sign person, but we wanted to get rowdy) down by our seats and get some beer. we waited for warmies to start and went down to see the boys, we decided to put our little notes to use and stick a few of them on the glass with stick tape. a few of the boys (cough cough moroz) got a kick out of them. so the game started and i cant remember a whole lot after that, we annoyed a shit ton of fans in our section, rang the shit out of our cowbell, banged on the glass and were just obnoxious "albertans" the whole night. surprisingly security didnt come talk to us. cheek scored a couple, moroz and lazar got the other two. i do remember, st croix and cheek got second and third stars, and throwing the cowbell (and possibly our sign?) down at them after the game. after the game we went out and waited by the bus... their bus driver took a few pictures for us then i'm guessing we annoyed the shit out of the players when they were loading. all i remember is dancing and screaming shit to them. we then stalked our way to the gas station and waited for the boys inside there, with the windows down and country blaring. we followed them all the way back through saskatoon (and also creeped up beside them so teesh could stick her head out the window and point to my jersey...). we lost the boys in the middle of the city when they turned and we didnt. we then made the home stretch back to our town...we were about 20 minutes out (apparently) when i saw the lights chasing us... two beer in the console, shot glasses on the floor and a case in the back. i guess thatll get you "detained". i was put in the back and when i blew the big letter "F", i was officially under arrest. then someone got called a "fucking cunt" anddddddd then we were both headed to cells. half hour later we got to their detachment and started the long process of "blowing" and answering questions... "do you know any one on the team? did you see them?" fuck...longest 2.5 hours of my life waiting in there. in the end, i got a zero four and they didnt make us stay. at around 4:30am we got picked up and went home. good game anyways....
...will get you arrested?
soooo....last saturday me and my friend (tenesha) made our first trip together (of what will be many) to watch "our" edmonton oil kings play in moose jaw. we stopped about half way there for some roadbeers, and who do we see at the liquor board? former oil king jordan peddle... anyways, we got to moose jaw about an hour early like always, and parked about 50 feet from the bus. we decided to write notes (creepy i know) and leave them for the boys, but once we were walking past, the two security guys were on us like we just killed someone. so our plan didnt go through... we got inside and the first thing we did was put our sign (im not really a sign person, but we wanted to get rowdy) down by our seats and get some beer. we waited for warmies to start and went down to see the boys, we decided to put our little notes to use and stick a few of them on the glass with stick tape. a few of the boys (cough cough moroz) got a kick out of them. so the game started and i cant remember a whole lot after that, we annoyed a shit ton of fans in our section, rang the shit out of our cowbell, banged on the glass and were just obnoxious "albertans" the whole night. surprisingly security didnt come talk to us. cheek scored a couple, moroz and lazar got the other two. i do remember, st croix and cheek got second and third stars, and throwing the cowbell (and possibly our sign?) down at them after the game. after the game we went out and waited by the bus... their bus driver took a few pictures for us then i'm guessing we annoyed the shit out of the players when they were loading. all i remember is dancing and screaming shit to them. we then stalked our way to the gas station and waited for the boys inside there, with the windows down and country blaring. we followed them all the way back through saskatoon (and also creeped up beside them so teesh could stick her head out the window and point to my jersey...). we lost the boys in the middle of the city when they turned and we didnt. we then made the home stretch back to our town...we were about 20 minutes out (apparently) when i saw the lights chasing us... two beer in the console, shot glasses on the floor and a case in the back. i guess thatll get you "detained". i was put in the back and when i blew the big letter "F", i was officially under arrest. then someone got called a "fucking cunt" anddddddd then we were both headed to cells. half hour later we got to their detachment and started the long process of "blowing" and answering questions... "do you know any one on the team? did you see them?" fuck...longest 2.5 hours of my life waiting in there. in the end, i got a zero four and they didnt make us stay. at around 4:30am we got picked up and went home. good game anyways....
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