Monday, March 14, 2011

First Game at State

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What an exciting weekend it was!
Lots of hockey and festivities!

We took 700 pictures over the course of the weekend and needless to say, it has been really hard to narrow it down- but I have tried. :)

Jake had to be at our home rink for a morning pre-skate.

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The team then loaded all their gear and boarded a bus to St. Paul and checked into their hotel where they would be staying for a few days and then headed over to the Excel to watch some of the afternoon games.

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Making some last minute plans.

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We went to the Excel to see the afternoon games as well.

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Then headed over to McGovern's for a little pre-game celebration with all of the families from our team (minus the players).

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Jake's team played their first game at 6pm on Thursday against the number one seeded Eden Prairie.

The boys came out to the bench before the game to get a look around.

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Warm ups.

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This first game is pretty special because it is televised and each member of the team is introduced.
(Jake said this was his favorite part of the tournament.)

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Unfortunately, we lost this game.

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But the boys would play again Friday at the Mariucci Arena  at the University of Minnesota.

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