{"id":113,"date":"2007-04-05T14:23:21","date_gmt":"2007-04-05T19:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"\/blogs\/2007\/04\/05\/night-on-the-town\/"},"modified":"2007-04-05T14:23:21","modified_gmt":"2007-04-05T19:23:21","slug":"night-on-the-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/2007\/04\/05\/night-on-the-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Night on the Town"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday night saw coaches, players and various dignitaries converge on the Arch in St. Louis for a pre-tournament reception. There were lots of speakers, including broadcasters Gary Thorne and Barry Melrose, as well as St. Louis Blues General Manager and ex-goalie  John Davidson. All four coaches also had brief comments.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" alt=\"2007 Kids\" src=\"\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/ncaa2007_kids.thumbnail.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The players were all business. They were happy to sign autographs, especially for the many kids in attendance, but there was no joking around. There was a five minute video that featured highlights from this past season for all four teams, and I was watching the player&#8217;s reactions, especially when it was themselves on the screen, scoring an overtime game winner or making a big save. Nobody cracked a smile.<\/p>\n<p>After that, the USCHO crowd attended a media reception at a downtown establishment. It was great to see familiar faces and talk in person to people I correspond with via IM and email the rest of the year. Unlike the players, we were able to unwind a bit.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Skip Strandberg for his picture of some of the kids in attendance, resplendent in their  t-shirts adorned with player autographs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday night saw coaches, players and various dignitaries converge on the Arch in St. Louis for a pre-tournament reception. 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