tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53105972398312375602024-03-04T22:27:14.183-08:00Steve's Select StoriesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5310597239831237560.post-43249058306549717332010-01-07T23:26:00.000-08:002010-01-15T00:16:36.296-08:00Day 13 - Zurich, Switzerland<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjThwPhVBu_gJluzalQi7fpAuh_rUaMSn-c-iTRiGkGNqIidVKUYL4jTK20IoOQ7cMMzjblLJpd9velNLYF3nK4R8knSRFYWItq4QJv8EtCrlvK2fv4-hPQCd2SXXalAlBbV4FOmG6y5e0/s1600-h/IMG_2245s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjThwPhVBu_gJluzalQi7fpAuh_rUaMSn-c-iTRiGkGNqIidVKUYL4jTK20IoOQ7cMMzjblLJpd9velNLYF3nK4R8knSRFYWItq4QJv8EtCrlvK2fv4-hPQCd2SXXalAlBbV4FOmG6y5e0/s200/IMG_2245s.jpg" /></a>After the game in Ehrwald, we stopped a few miles away and were treated to a post-game meal, our last in Europe. <br />
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Then at 1am we took off for a 6 hour bus ride back to Zurich, Switzerland. <br />
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</div>We received word that some players' flights were canceled due to impending weather, and some were delayed, but everyone arrived safe in New York. <br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD1-_qiKcwNWaO4i2Xm8gJiGdnlzur7Prf7AyjDSom0berGAAV3i4huDGAFmPGO7YVBAyW0k-2Rh-Vw1cKK8MzmmgTCBWy4TLkAC9XFgd_5oB6jzukocF_fD1bfmJzSc6-Dt-jKuZT7mU/s1600-h/IMG_2830s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD1-_qiKcwNWaO4i2Xm8gJiGdnlzur7Prf7AyjDSom0berGAAV3i4huDGAFmPGO7YVBAyW0k-2Rh-Vw1cKK8MzmmgTCBWy4TLkAC9XFgd_5oB6jzukocF_fD1bfmJzSc6-Dt-jKuZT7mU/s200/IMG_2830s.jpg" /></a>I want to send along a special thanks to Isabel (L) and Mary (who live in Fussen) for helping translate for us during the trip, their help with coordination of daily non hockey events along with Jim Tibbits our tour director, and for Mary's help running the video camera during the Select's hockey games.<br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5310597239831237560.post-29862539029967894032010-01-06T13:05:00.000-08:002010-01-17T14:24:01.588-08:00Day 12 - Ehrwald, AustriaDay 12 was a long cold tiring one, which was so big, it rain into Day 13. Starting in Fussen, Germany, it ran through Ehrwald, Austria, and ended in Zurich, Switzerland. We checked out of our hotels at 11:30am (10am for me) and stowed our luggage on the bus.<br />
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Today Neuschwanstein is one of the most popular of all the palaces and castles in Europe. Every year 1.3 million people visit "the castle of the fairy-tale king". In the summer around 6,000 visitors a day stream through rooms that were intended for a single inhabitant. <br />
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Had the weather not been about 15 degrees fahrenheit, we would have taken the horse drawn carriage. The uphill walk kept most of us warm.<br />
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Halfway up to the castle, we stopped for a rest to take a look at the scenery in part of the Swiss Alps.<br />
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The castle was not designed for royalty, but as a place of retreat for Ludwig II to escape into his dream world. Movement in the foundation area has to be continuously monitored, and the sheer rock walls must be repeatedly secured. The harsh climate also has a detrimental effect on the limestone facades, have been endlessly renovated section by section over the years.<br />
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We arrived at the top, and after a 15 minute wait, started the tour. Unfortunately, we were told in a stern manner by our tour guide not to take pictures of the inside. Yes, there was a sign as we walked in, but nobody reads signs, right? We could, though, take photos from the inside out through windows.<br />
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The pictures on the walls of the castle deal with love and guilt, repentance and salvation. Kings and knights, poets and lovers people the rooms. There are three main figures: the poet Tannhäuser, the swan knight Lohengrin and his father, the Grail King Parzival (Parsifal). These were Ludwig's models and kindred spirits. <br />
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Although the castle looked medieval, Ludwig used the latest technology of the time for comfort. The rooms were fitted with hot air central heating. Running water was available on every floor and the kitchen had both hot and cold water. <br />
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The toilets had an automatic flushing system. Walls were thicher than usual to allow servants to move through out the castle, and to stock the rooms with wood in the fireplaces for heating. <br />
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An hour later, it was time for me to find a broadcast location. Finally after an exhaustive search, we abandoned the safety the outdoor concession stand (where the parents decided to call home) for a corner of the rink away from fan traffic.<br />
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Our broadcast location.....<br />
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A 5-2 ACHA Select team win, the game was well played. From the EC Ehrwald website: "Coach Mario Bellina was very pleased with the overall performance (of the team) and saw this game as a good preparation for (league) games in the playoffs of the ongoing championship."<br />
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Scoring:<br />
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Per 1 - 03:14 - SEL - Kevin Mixon (unassisted) PP<br />
Per 1 - 08:38 - EHR - Stefan Somweber<br />
Per 1 - 16:58 - SEL - Bill Allen from Matthew Morang<br />
Per 1 - 19:24 - SEL - Kent Arsenault (unassisted)<br />
Per 2 - 00:58 - SEL - Kent Arsenault from Adam Thomas and Michael Truex<br />
Per 3 - 14:51 - SEL - Kent Arsenault from Bill Allen<br />
Per 3 - 16:00 - EHR - Florian Wilhelm (unassisted)<br />
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Powerplays:<br />
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Selects - 1 for 2, Ehrwald 0 for 3<br />
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Shots:<br />
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Selects: 49 (on Christian Schreibmayer), Ehrwald: 44 (14 on Adam Brown, 18 on Mike Poepping, 12 on Justin Sand)<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">The restaurant we had our meals at in Fussen....<br />
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They have a Woolworth in Fussen! I thought they went out of business in the U.S. many years ago.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Don't park here??!?!<br />
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</div>Changing things up a bit, we stopped at the St. Mang Monastery and Basilica in Fussen, and put off a tour of the Neuschawnstein Castle until Wednesday.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Per 1 - 01:41 - SEL - Jonathan Juliano from Jordan Jakubik <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Per 1 - 05:47 - SEL - Matthew Morang from Bill Allen and Michael Truex<br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5310597239831237560.post-12012051270482843572010-01-04T14:28:00.000-08:002010-01-10T09:38:45.241-08:00Day 10 - Munich, Germany<div style="text-align: left;">I'm sure you know what I'm going to say.....another early morning and a 9am train ride to Munich, Germany.<br />
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After our trip on the train we started our walk toward the main center of Munich.<br />
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The Glockenspiel celebrates two separate events from Munich's past with two levels of mundane clockwork action. The dancers are coopers (barrelmakers) and are depicted doing the Schafflertanz, or "Dance of the Coopers". <br />
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This is done in memory of the end of the plague in 1517 and every seven years some locals dress up much like Morris Dancers without the bells and perform the dance live. The other part is jousting knights. <br />
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These re-enact a famous tournament that was held for the royal wedding of Duke Wilhelm V which took place on Marienplatz in 1568.<br />
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A view of the Glockenspiel from another angle. The building that houses the famous clockworks is the only building, the residence of the Mayor of Munich, to stand in the area after the bombling of the city in the 40's.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Museum in Munich (below) was rebuilt after a fire without a dome. The dome originally built to capture rain water that was used for fire sprinklers was thought of as an amazing invention. The problem was the fire had to burn for a few hours before the water, which froze as ice on the roof, melted enough to be used as water.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Yep, it's time for my 1am treck back to my hotel...but this time we get to sleep in for a little longer. We have a 10am tour of Fussen, Germany which is where we are staying, and the Neuschawnstein Castle.<br />
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5310597239831237560.post-28368052568994052342010-01-03T15:44:00.000-08:002010-01-10T13:16:47.024-08:00Day 9 - Vipiteno, Italy<div style="text-align: left;">Up yet another time at the crack of dawn to catch the bus from the ice rink for a drive to Vipiteno, Italy and a game with the Bronchos. Have I mentioned that there is about 3 inches of snow on the ground? The roads are clear, but there is definitely a temperature change being in the mountains of Germany.<br />
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On our way we passed through the Lechtaler Alpen mountain range (the Swiss Alps) where not only did we see amazing snow covered mountains jetting from every side, but several castles embedded in the mountain side.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A 15-1 win, the Select team is now 4-0 on the 2009-2010 tour and 8-0 overall in European Tour play. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Per 1 - 06:04 - SEL - Von Mondevergine from Jerry Holden<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Guntas Noyas Yah! (Happy New Year in German)<br />
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</div>Day 8 – Fussen, Germany, January 2nd, 2010 - waking up early again, everyone met the bus at the ice rink for an 8:30am departure. <br />
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Our first stop was in Dachau, a concentration camp for political prisoners set up in 1933. (Munich is in the big box on the map, and Dachau is in the smaller box above. Germering, where the Select Team plays tonight, is west of Munich.)<br />
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It served as a model for all subsequent concentration camps and was under the command of the SS. In the 12 years of its existence, over 200,000 persons from throughout Europe were incarcerated here and in the numerous subcamps.<br />
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More than 43,000 died. On April 29, 1945, U.S. troops liberated the survivors.<br />
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</div>It was amazing and difficult to fully grasp what had taken place at Dachau since most of the barraks and chanbers were destroyed. The SS wanted to remove all traces of what had taken place.<br />
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Below is a memorial to those killed.<br />
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The entrance to Dachau.<br />
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During our visit, we were treated to a snow fall. I was taken aback how something so beautiful could take place in a place that had so much ugliness happen on its grounds.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">The order to open Dachau.<br />
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A memorial set up in the courtyard to remember those persecuted. This depicts what people - who at first did not believe happened to those sent to Dachau - saw when they finally took a look at the deceased piled in mass storage areas before being sent to mass graves.<br />
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After Dachau we headed for the rink in Germering for the third game of the European tour against the Wanderers. The Selects' first game is on video!! Yea! They won 5-3 in a great game.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Here's the opening faceoff, but the link to the full game is below.<br />
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Here's the link to the game ---> <a href="http://www.websportsradio.com/tv_selger">Click here!</a> Keep in mind the first 5 minutes doesn't have my play by play on it and the game starts at the 23:00 mark. I didn't realize a setting was wrong. Perhaps that's a good thing?? Ha!<br />
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For a game tracker, scoring summary ---> <a href="http://wanderers-fanpage.net/templates/liveticker/index.php?match=12">Click here!</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5310597239831237560.post-40191001718109657292010-01-01T15:35:00.000-08:002010-01-03T14:52:40.742-08:00Day 7 - Fussen, GermanyDay 7 - New Years Day! We packed our bags and left Geneva for Germany. A 6 hour drive through the foothills and small, but quaint villages was an amazing sight.<br />
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We arrived in Fussen with enough time to take the team to one hotel in downtown, the parents to another about 4 blocks away, and I am staying along with league officials in a small older bed and breakfast type place.<br />
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The team had practice then we went to....yes....another Pizzaria, but with a German flair.<br />
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<span style="color: #e06666;">Just a note that tomorrows game against Germering has been moved to 5 pm, which is 10 am Central time, 11 am Eastern, and 8am Pacific. Hopefully we will have internet access for the game.</span><br />
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Another note: There is no internet access where I am staying. The only access is at the hotel where the parents are staying and it's about a 1/2 mile walk from where I am. It's snowing now and without transportation, I'm not sure if I can keep this blog updated or not....as with everything so far....we'll see.....<br />
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11 am - December, 31st - Geneva, Switzerland - We get up...barely.... and get on bus #10 for a walking tour of Geneva. <br />
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This is a chance to get away from the hotel and look at another incredible part of the city. <br />
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This town is mixed with upscale shopping and business, with the older parts, dating back to the 16th century, just blocks away.<br />
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</div>After walking through the main part of town, we stopped through the old town. The building in the photo below to the left is the oldest residence in Geneva going back to the 16th century, but the basement is as old as the 9th century.<br />
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The flag is the photo represents a "canton" which is a division or state in Switzerland.<br />
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There are 26, and each canton is flown with the Swiss flag. <br />
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Having fun on the tour of old Geneva.<br />
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</div>Next we toured the Catholic cathedral of St. Peter. It became a Protestant church in 1536. John Calvin preached here from 1536 to 1564, and the cathedral became the guiding center of Protestantism. <br />
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</div>Like reformers all over Europe, Calvin's followers stripped Geneva's cathedral of its altars, statues, paintings and furniture. Only the stained glass windows remained.<br />
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You could pay 5 euro to go to the top of the church towers and boy was it worth it. Look at this view of the city.<br />
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</div>Walking past an outdoor cafe in downtown Geneva which has many outdoor areas surrounded by small tall buildings. Here is a close up of a beautiful fountain that is spread around several parts of the city.<br />
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<span style="color: #e06666;">Tonight's game will be (should be) live on the internet. Just note that the game is at 7pm and not 8 pm. So, using my conversion skills.....that's 12 noon Central time, 1pm Eastern, and 10 am West Coast time.</span><br />
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Talk to you soon.......<br />
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8 pm Swiss time - Unfortunately, once again internet capabilities are a problem. I have just a few minutes to tell you that we will be taping the game and hope that somehow we can post the video. <span style="color: #e06666;">(Video available below)</span><br />
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It's 2 am Swiss time now, and once again I'm filing this under Day 5. <br />
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This is where we stopped and took a tour of the Olympic Village and the Museum.<br />
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After the tour we went into Yverdon-Les-Bains, Switzerland to eat. </div>
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Others found the only place still open..... as Coach Lowden poetically put it, "I came all this way to Switzerland just to eat at McDonalds?"<br />
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Then we headed to the rink for game two, against HC Yverdon in Yverdon-Les-Bains. A 4-1 win, the Select team is now 2-0 on this European trip and 7-0 in the two trips.</div>
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Scoring:</div>
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Per 1 - 5:53 - YCV - Kevin Bonzon from Thomas Stastny (SH)</div>
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Per 2 - 00:14 - SEL - Adam Thomas from Kent Arsenault</div>
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Per 2 - 11:07 - SEL - Kent Arsenault from Chris Wagner and Ryan Hernandez</div>
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Per 2 - 14:10 - SEL - Kent Arsenault from Steve Black and Adam Thomas</div>
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Shots: 42 on Fabian Zaugg (YCV), 29 on Justin Sand (Michigan State) who gets the win.<br />
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YCV was 0-4 on the powerplay and the Select team went 1-5 with the man advantage.<br />
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Well, it's off to the same routine tomorrow.....ah....today..... breakfast at 9am and and 11 am departure for a tour of Geneva. We're supposed to have some time after to come back to the hotel and grab some sleep before the big New Years celebration in downtown Geneva. <br />
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Let's hope.....</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5310597239831237560.post-58076810622409249542009-12-29T02:13:00.000-08:002010-01-19T19:23:08.622-08:00Day 4 - Pralognan, France<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">9 am - After breakfast, the team assembles in the lobby for a tour of Switzerland and a 3 hour bus ride in a double-decker bus to Pralognan, France. Since the bus is here, this leaves me with just enough time to tell you that tonight's game probably will not be broadcast live. Internet may not be available....I'll keep you posted. I will upload the game after we get back to the hotel if necessary.<br />
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All the walking around left us hungry, and good thing we were set up to eat at Le Vivaldi Pizzeria and Restaurant. The food was C'est excellent ! Then we gathered for a group photo.<br />
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Located in the mountains, and running short on time, our bus driver Pierre Lungdique decided to best the time of the previous driver and get us up in record time.<br />
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Taking the corners wide and coming close to the guard rails, we made it alright, but with alot of trepidation. As Matthew Morang put it, "This is like a video game without a reset button."<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">The best part of the trip was passing through Albertville, France, the site of the 1994 Winter Olympics. In fact the Select's first game is being played in the Pralognan La Vanoise rink where the Olympic Curling event was held.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">Alright, now what you have been waiting for, and again it's 4:30 am in Geneva, Switzerland, but the results of the game between Val Vanoise and the ACHA Select Team.....<br />
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The first game was amazing, not from the standpoint that it was a 17-0 Select team win, but because the 2072 fans stayed through the end of the game, shook hands with the players afterward, and many kids asked for autographs. <br />
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Per 1 <br />
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3:17 - Jordan Jakubik from Jeremy Barber <br />
6:32 - Brett Galbraith from Joe Dabkowski and Jonathan Juliano <br />
14:06 - Von Mondevergine <br />
14:13 - Devin Zimmer from Jordan Jakubik <br />
14:49 - Kevin Brojek from Jordan Jakubik <br />
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Per 2 <br />
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2:24 - Jonathan Juliano from Brett Galbraith <br />
4:23 - Jordan Jakubik from Jeremy Barber <br />
5:48 - Kent Aresnault from Adam Thomas <br />
13:16 - Bill Allen from Kent Aresnault <br />
17:01 - Jeremy Barber from Jerry Holden and Shaun McTigue <br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">1:41 - Jonathan Juliano from Brett Galbraith <br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">2:56 - Jordan Jakubik from Kent Aresnault <br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">5:12 - Matthew Morang from Shaun McTigue <br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">9:59 - Jordan Jakubik from Devin Zimmer <br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">17:04 - Ryan Hernandez from Kent Aresnault Adam Thomas <br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">17:38 - Matthew Morang <br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">18:34 - Michael Truex from Matthew Morang <br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Shots: Selects: 55 on Jeremy Provost, Val Vanois: 26 shots in Mike Poepping (Missouri State), who gets the shutout win. Both teams were 0-1 on the powerplay. <br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">As for the game. It's saved but it's going to be a while before I can figure out a way to upload it. Time and internet capabilities are a factor.<br />
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Well, it's 5:30 am and the contacts are blurry, it's time to get to sleep. Assistant Coach Jim Martin of Michigan State, who's the only one left down in the business center with me, suggests I stay up all night and have breakfast at 6am. Sure...whatever!<br />
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We have an 11am departure time for Lusanne, Switzerland and a tour of the Olympic Museum tomorrow......ah.....I mean today.<br />
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Good night, Jim!<br />
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5310597239831237560.post-57068265085457031142009-12-28T04:29:00.000-08:002009-12-28T04:30:34.234-08:00Day 3 - Geneva, Switzerland9:27 am - Geneva time - We have arrived! Flight 023 was great, relatively smooth. The 7 hour trip didn't seem that long. Customs, baggage, transportation, all went well. With the time change, it's now 1pm as I write from the lobby of the Ramada Park Hotel Geneva. <br />
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There are several differences in Europe from the United States. One is the lack of internet access. I will try to do my best to keep everyone updated on things, but at the moment, photos and video will be a bit difficult to post.<br />
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<span style="color: #e06666;">This also reminds me that tomorrow's game with Val Vanoise may be broadcast on a delayed basis. The latest word is that there may not be internet access because we are playing in a different arena than originally scheduled. I will keep you posted.</span><br />
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Another difference is the European computer keyboard. The Z and Y keys are reversed. Punctuation marks are in a different place, plus there are several symbols to deal with: é, ö, ä, à, £, ü, è among them.<br />
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1:10 pm Geneva Time (6:10 am central time) - Some players have met their parents, who are here for the trip, and some took off to walk the town.....actually we have a rail/bus pass through the new year. Most didn't get that far though. Some want to sleep, but it's best to stay up and get accustomed to the time change. They do know it costs $12 for a combo meal at McDonalds....good thing we have most of our meals paid for.<br />
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At 4:30 pm we are heading for the rink for a practice then to eat dinner. Hopefully, there will be more photos and video to come. I'm working on it!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5310597239831237560.post-66386097610916262342009-12-27T09:43:00.000-08:002010-01-14T23:03:27.217-08:00Day 2 - Albany, NY<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic_eltaHQnCvDLozIAshIU9pezNloQwErL4X3tu2i7ZerX8z1JhQRDKVqbpfdUs4zxh6-m6dvBUz2Yj4Mku8Y7vrjVa-NY5dLP6vqpQE3yAyAPOVmHcfWJC8ul6vHlZtTEmnDthq2_X4Y/s1600-h/sel_team.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic_eltaHQnCvDLozIAshIU9pezNloQwErL4X3tu2i7ZerX8z1JhQRDKVqbpfdUs4zxh6-m6dvBUz2Yj4Mku8Y7vrjVa-NY5dLP6vqpQE3yAyAPOVmHcfWJC8ul6vHlZtTEmnDthq2_X4Y/s320/sel_team.jpg" /></a>Day 2 - Albany, NY - December 27th - After an 8 am breakfast, it was time to head to the Albany County Hockey Facility for a third practice and team photo before packing up all the gear and heading for New York City to catch a flight to Geneva, Switzerland.<br />
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</div>Before looking pretty on the ice, the team put on their game jerseys to look pretty for the camera. The team will bring three jerseys: red, blue and white.<br />
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Then it was time to get to work. Many players were a little rusty, having not played in a few weeks, but after the third practice things looked alot better. "We're looking good," Head Coach Paul Lowden said.<br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Kevin Brojek, decked out in the red Select jersey, shows his style..minus the skates. He says he doesn't need skates to move backward. Actually, he was in the back row standing on a bench and it was easier not to wear them for the team photo.<br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">The team is decked out with black helmets and uniformly placed stickers, which have each player's number on it, will make it somewhat easy for me to know who's who.<br />
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Here's a drill..... did you notice something different about this video?<br />
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Goaltender Adam Brown, of Sienna, starts the drill and Mike Poepping, of Missouri State, finishes the drill.<br />
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12:22pm Eastern - Well, that's all for now..... we are about to get on the bus for a 3 hour drive to New York City!<br />
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2:04 pm - We are packed in like sardines on the chartered bus. Luggage down the aisles, and hockey gear packed below. Somehow most of the players managed to grab and hold an empty seat next to them. Coaches and other non-players...well, we're one to a seat. I wonder how that happened!<br />
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Looking outside the window it's great weather! Sunny and 70....ok more like 40, but it's still a great day!<br />
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The DVD "Bodies of Lies" plays on the overhead screens in the bus. Never having seen it before, it does seem a bit violent, although I wouldn't mind seeing it at a later time.<br />
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I just looked at my computer battery and I have just enough time to save and send this. Talk to you when we get to JFK!<br />
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2:52 pm - Coach Lowden let me use his laptop. We're stuck in traffic on I-87 asfd;kl;kl ..... Arrghhh! A driver decided to squeeze between us and stopped taffic. Our alert bus driver stopped short of a collision. It's a Sunday, where does everyone need to go so fast? That's the consensus as we all recover from the jolt.<br />
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3:05 pm - Traffic seems to be moving better now. I finally get to look at the Appalachian Mountains. Baren trees due to winter, it would be interesting to see what this aea looks like in the summer time.<br />
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3:22 pm - More traffic! The Garden State Parkway is a mile away. Flashing red lights of a New Jersey State Police car heads down the right shoulder. Several cars are on the road, but there is no rhyme or reason for it. We inch along at 20 miles an hour. We'll make it sooner or later.<br />
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5310597239831237560.post-79002011128046173952009-12-26T18:43:00.000-08:002009-12-26T22:20:04.090-08:00Day 1 - Albany, NYDay 1 - Albany, NY - All players arrived in Albany, New York. That's the good news. The bad news is that 5 players (Michael Truex, Kent Arsenault, Brett Galbraith, Devin Zimmer, and Bill Allen) are without their equipment due to the winter storm that played havoic with the Midwest. At last report, the hockey gear should arrive by midnight.<br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Uniforms and all accessories line the locker room before players arrive for the first of two practices this evening.<br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Just like a scene from the movie Miracle, where players were given a first hand look at their new "teammates" who weeks ago they were battling against, it was an hour to get to know one another.<br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">After introductions, players spent about an hour to fix sticks, helmets, and face masks getting ready for the first team practice. <br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Once they got the new gear the way they like, it was time for Select Head Coach Paul Lowden to adress the team.<br />
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Goaltender Mike Poepping, of Missouri State, works on a deflection drill during the first practice. <br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Yea, I'll post more video of other players - promise - but hey....I've called Pep's games for 5 seasons. I know the Ice Bear fans want to see him in action.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In a last minute scheduling adjustment, the 2009-10 Select hockey games in Europe against teams from Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Italy, and France will be broadcast live on </span><a href="http://websportsradio.com/select" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">WebSports Radio.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'s Live TV starting with game one against Val Vanoise on Tuesday, December 29th at 8:45 pm European time from Pralognan, France - (1:45 pm Central) or 2:45 pm Eastern.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All games will be videocast live, as long as we have high-speed Internet capabilities, which at this point we should. The live feed can be accessed clicking on WebSports Radio broadcast link at the right. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Steve Casson and Phil Sweeney, an Assistant Coach with Davenport University, will bring you all the action. The pre-game show will be 10 minutes before game time.</span><br />
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Day 1 - Although I will arrive on Friday, things get serious on Saturday, December 26, 2009 in Albany, New York. The team will meet at the Albany County Hockey Facility for team meetings followed by the first team practice.<br />
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Day 2 - Sunday, December 27, 2009 - After breakfast, we'll head to the rink for a 2nd practice, then we'll pack our bags and board team bus for a trip to JFK airport for an overnight flight to Geneva, Switzerland.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0