I’m going a little out of order here, but I wanted to post the pictures from the CHL All Star Game from Laredo, TX. It was certainly an interesting game, or at least, the hoopla around the game was interesting (yes, I said hoopla). At the very least, I had a great time. Let’s go to the photos:
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Hey everyone, it’s my good friend, Lord Stanley’s Cup:
This is kind of a surreal picture, maybe because the background is a little more in focus than I am, or the Cup for that matter.
And for all you Avs fans:
The way that 2000-01 Avalanche ring looks a little weird, like it was compressed a little in transit? It doesn’t look like the same ring as the one I saw in Cleveland a few years back.
Still, it’s a thing of beauty.
And I got my picture with another keeper of the Cup.
This is the second Keeper of the Cup I’ve had my picture taken with, and oddly enough, I was wearing the same jersey.
I am here to tell you, you have not heard the Canadian National Anthem until you have heard a mariachi band do it (OK, yes, you have, but you still have to hear it to believe it). Hopefully, the video I took on my iPhone worked out, and I can share it with you later.
When you set off fireworks inside a closed arena, you should have a sufficient ventilation system to get rid of the sulfurous smoke that is left behind. I am here to tell you, they do not have such a system at the Laredo Event Center.
Hey, you know who doesn’t know how to do the Y.M.C.A.? These women.
OK, on to the game:
Surreal image of the night:
Yep, still hazy:
OK, back to the game:
One penalty was handed out, to this guy:
Yep.
The goals picked up in the third period, and it was looking like an All Star Game:
The South Texas All Stars (made up of players from the Laredo Bucks, Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees, and Corpus Christi Rayz) beat the CHL All Stars (all the rest of the teams) 9-4. Final SOG was 62-37.
Team MVPs get win really small HDTVs.
This guy deserved the CHL team MVP.
All that was left was the player salutes:
The Killer Bees salute their fans:
That does it for the All Star Game. I still owe you pictures from the Colorado Eagles vs. RGV Killer Bees game. Oh, they are coming.
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3 responses to “Central Hockey League All Star Game”
They deserve more fans there damb it.you better believe I would have brought extra people.ugh sad to see empty seats at an all star game..stupid major league sports
My God I envy you your job. Whataburger on the boards? Is there a better fast food chain? (The flying burrito excluded? I’m taking good fast-food mass-market hamburgers.)
HEB was also pretty much the only grocery store in my area as a kid. Legend had it HEB was named after Harold E. Butt and that if he made a merger with Piggly Wiggly it would be named Wiggly Butts. I don’t care if it was fourth grade humor, I’d be proud to shop at the Wiggly Butts….as long as they had good cheese.
Love that jersey, man. Which team is that one from?
Great pictures, esp. the hammerhead(?) mascot.
Don’t forget that the 2nd part of the Christmas posts is also increasingly past due. 😉