
The ticket.
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The program cover.
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I took the warm up pictures from the top of the tunnel in Section 105.
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Thorburn waits for a pass.
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Hainsey looks as though he may pass it to me!
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Colby Armstrong.
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Our kick ass rookie defenseman, Zach Bogosian.
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Kovy.
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More Kovy.
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A not so great pic of Colin Stuart. We call him "Shorty" for his knack for scoring short-handed goals.
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Finally, a Finnish friend for Kari. Say hello to Anssi Salmela.
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I see you, Moose.
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Little, Thorburn, and Salmela head toward the net.
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The goalies lumber out along the red line.
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General hockeyness.
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Kaptain Kovy.
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Salmela.
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How is it that I always snap the pic right before he spits? Ugh, terrible.
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Boulton tossed some pucks over the glass for the kiddies.
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Bogosian.
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Boulton.
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Hedberg warms up.
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Some very distracting signage.
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Hainsey and Oystrick.
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Oystrick fiddles around with the puck.
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Kozlov the rock star.
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I'm pretty sure this is Bryan Little. Man, this kid isn't very photogenic.
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Armstrong and Thorburn (rock stars).
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Oystrick the rock star.
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Bogosian the rock star.
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Hedberg bursts out onto the ice just before the game begins.
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The boys line up on the bench, ready for action.
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Kari is never still enough for me to get pictures in this dim lighting.
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Alright, left to right: Hedberg passes gas, Hainsey reels back, Bogosian takes a drink, Salmela (?) checks his manicure, Oystrick asks "Why me?", Slater checks his wallet, and Kozlov does his "Blue Steel."
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The game begins.
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A confused pause in the action.
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Mara is sent to the sin bin. He feels shame.
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Kari always looks like this.
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Is he looking at me?! Well, no, he's waiting on the officials to make a decision and move forward with the game. But we'll pretend he's looking at me.
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The boys are bored, so Reasoner starts a rumor about Bogosian.
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Thrash harrasses the Rangers' goalie.
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The boys get ready for their close-ups. Haha, I swear this could be a calendar photo. Toby especially. "Hello ladies."
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One crazy mascot.
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Play resumes and this happens. Note the semi-dead Kari.
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The enforcers work out the details. Kari is slow to respond.
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Oystrick stops by to check on his fallen teammate.
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Kari walks it off and finishes the first period.
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The second period comes and the Moose is on the scene.
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Moose waits for play to resume.
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He gets into the stance.
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Thrash serves to distract.
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Moose doesn't need lens juice like Kari, so he paces during commercial breaks.
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Bogosian does his thing.
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Travis's favorite ice girl, Sarah F.
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Someone has apparently upset Kovy.
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Moose does the chicken dance.
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It's the end of overtime, and we're tied at 4. Moose prepares for the shootout.
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The team watches the action.
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Bryan Little is first. "Hey, is that an open five hole?"
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Nope.
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Kozlov is the man when it comes to shootouts.
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And yet somehow Steve Valiquette denies him.
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Next is Kovy. I love him, but I have no idea why they insist on playing him in a shootout.
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And he's off.
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And surprise (sarcasm), no goal.
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Perrin is next to give it a try.
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He too is denied.
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Peverley steps up to the challenge.
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And quickly sits back down.
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I guess I haven't mentioned that Hedberg has successfully stopped all of the Rangers' attemps too. The pressure is now on Todd White.
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He puts it home!
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Thrashers win!
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The final score.
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Todd White is named the game's first star.
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