Guelph 2001 - Studio Ice

Studio Ice in Kentucky

After a long day's drive, we're ready for some hockey. Since Ohio had a big storm recently, most of our mid-point base station was closed to clean up from the "flood." Had there been any hills in Ohio, or had it sucked a little less, that 4 inches of rain would have run down into the sewers and we could have played hockey in Sports Plus, Sharonville. Pretty inconsiderate of Ohio to let this happen, eh?

We ended up in Kentucky. The rink was pretty small. Smaller than you think. Really small. Lengthwise, it was smaller than a standard rink is wide. It was so small there are nets built directly into the boards at the ends so you don't lose all that space behind the nets. I would imagine that people used to skating on backyard rinks are right at home. The ice was rough, too, like a pond. Mike still swears he hit a tree branch or a stump or something out there.


	This one is a little large. Andy took a series of shots for panoramic effect. There's a neat distortion of the shape of the rink this way. Click the image to get the large version (1582x408) or here for one more likely to fit on your screen.
Jim again	Choose your own caption: (a) Pull my finger. (b) Make a wish. (c) Hey, look at the hole in my pants. (d) Push-me, Pull-me. (e) I spent the night at Wally's.	Kevin creeping up behind Wally again.	[Foghorn]	I'm pretty sure there was a puck around here somewhere.
Shields are about useless here in the fog	No, guys. The puck's over there.	How Kentuckians dress for hockey	Is that it?	Aha, it went into the corner.
	From just outside the rink.	The net in the boards.	The real goal net.