The two days spent sitting around making Hamilton sophomores and freshman aware of the Ice Hockey Club was somewhat successful. We got about 15 names of potential players interested. What was amazing to us that participated was the size of the incoming freshman class – 950+.
Huskies Days overall was quite busy. The football boosters were busying selling whatever they could to help fund raise for the teams travels to Florida. The track and field was looping their video of some of the highlights from last season. We stationed ourselves pretty close to the id line.. Everyone has to have an id. We did sell some of our last season merchandise (sun shades are a big hit in Arizona). We talked to many parents and students that were shocked to hear that Arizona hockey is really as big as it is. Some of the new transfer students – were really happy to hear that they do not have to give up on the sport that they love because they moved from the north.
All in all, we had fun. Some of the coaches, players and our school sponsor were on hand to liven up our time at the table. We talked about games won, games lost, funny moments on and off the ice and just enjoyed each other company.
Inquires are out for Ice time! We August being a slow month, we figured we would attempt to get a couple of sheets of ice to get all of the past, present and potential future players together to have a good skate, sweat a lot and have some fun! Have to run to check to see if any emails have finally come in from the rinks..
