Today, my family and I enjoyed our off day. It started off with some glow-in-the-dark mini golf and then we headed to the Frozen Four Fan Fest, which was in the Renaissance Center. The fest was cool as it had some interactive hockey games and a time line of NCAA Hockey. I also got interviewed by a local website about the Frozen Four. After that we headed over to Windsor, Canada for a few drinks and then headed back to the States for the Skills Competition.The competition was nice as always, but the only bad thing about it was that you couldn't get right up to the boards. I also miss Barry Melrose hosting the whole thing. Union's Jason 
Walters was a member of the East squad, who lost to the West once again. Even though it doesn't matter at all, Wally was pretty disappointing and was probably the worst player on the ice statistically (but once again who cares). He put his team behind in the puck control relay, didn't score once in the rapid fire shootout, and failed to get a shot off in the penalty shot competition. At least he wasn't as embarrassed as former Union goaltender Jason Mrazek was two years ago when he took part in the competition (see video here). Other ECAC representatives included Harvard's Alex Biega and Cornell's Ben Scrivens. Also, at the competiton I saw my first Union jersey (besides mine) at the Frozen Four. It was a vintage Josh Coyle jersey.
Walters was a member of the East squad, who lost to the West once again. Even though it doesn't matter at all, Wally was pretty disappointing and was probably the worst player on the ice statistically (but once again who cares). He put his team behind in the puck control relay, didn't score once in the rapid fire shootout, and failed to get a shot off in the penalty shot competition. At least he wasn't as embarrassed as former Union goaltender Jason Mrazek was two years ago when he took part in the competition (see video here). Other ECAC representatives included Harvard's Alex Biega and Cornell's Ben Scrivens. Also, at the competiton I saw my first Union jersey (besides mine) at the Frozen Four. It was a vintage Josh Coyle jersey.Friday was also the day when the Hobey Baker Award was given out and the All-
American teams were announced. Sadly, no Union player was awarded. The Hobey went to Wisconsin's Blake Geoffrion, who will be playing for the national championship tomorrow. He is the first Badger to win the award.
American teams were announced. Sadly, no Union player was awarded. The Hobey went to Wisconsin's Blake Geoffrion, who will be playing for the national championship tomorrow. He is the first Badger to win the award. You can check out the All-American teams here. Cornell's Ben Scrivens and Brendon Nash, along with RPI's Chase Polacek were named to the East First Team, while Yale's Broc Little and Sean Backman were named to the Second Team.
Tomorrow we will be heading to Comerica Park to see the Detroit Tigers take on the Cleveland Indians. The ballpark looks awesome from the outside and I'm really excited to see t
he inside. After that we might head to Cheli's Chili Bar (owned by NHL legend Chris Chelios) and then on to the national championship game. Hopefully, the final game of the Frozen Four will be a good one (it can't be any worse than either semifinal game). I think it's going to be a high scoring affair as each the Eagles and Badgers sport top ranked offenses. I'm going to go with Wisconsin 5-3 because BC has lately been prone to let up a ton of goals to top ranked offenses. They let up six goals to Maine (#4 offense) in the Hockey East championship game and allowed seven goals to Yale (#1 offense) in the regional final. The Eagles won both of those games, but I think that streak will come to an end. Either way, I just want to see an awesome hockey game and wouldn't mind a 50t game.
he inside. After that we might head to Cheli's Chili Bar (owned by NHL legend Chris Chelios) and then on to the national championship game. Hopefully, the final game of the Frozen Four will be a good one (it can't be any worse than either semifinal game). I think it's going to be a high scoring affair as each the Eagles and Badgers sport top ranked offenses. I'm going to go with Wisconsin 5-3 because BC has lately been prone to let up a ton of goals to top ranked offenses. They let up six goals to Maine (#4 offense) in the Hockey East championship game and allowed seven goals to Yale (#1 offense) in the regional final. The Eagles won both of those games, but I think that streak will come to an end. Either way, I just want to see an awesome hockey game and wouldn't mind a 50t game.
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