{"id":328,"date":"2008-04-10T14:57:43","date_gmt":"2008-04-10T19:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/blogs\/frozen-four\/frozen-four-2008\/chris\/20080410\/the-early-bird.html"},"modified":"2008-04-10T14:57:43","modified_gmt":"2008-04-10T19:57:43","slug":"the-early-bird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/2008\/04\/10\/the-early-bird\/","title":{"rendered":"The Early Bird&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href='http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/pepsi.jpg' title='Pepsi Arena'><img src='http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/pepsi.jpg' alt='Pepsi Arena' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;has no life? It&#8217;s still two hours until they drop the puck here in Denver, but I and most of the USCHO crew are on site. I&#8217;m up in the pressbox, testing the wireless, which is going to be kind of important in terms of liveblogging ;). 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