The Avalanche Come to Town

In an assembly this afternoon, two members of the Colorado Avalanche NHL team came to our school to give a short talk. Dan Hinote and John Michael Lyles came up from Denver and met with us in the big Gym.

I sat in the back of the bleachers with the 7th Graders. I now have a headache.

They talked about goals, lessons, and so forth. It was kind of cool, but it was hard to hear them sometimes and the kids around me were pretty loud, as well.

They seem to think that the NHL might be back in play soon, possibly by the start of the year. I don't think so. We'll see.

A lot of the girls in the school were kind of nuts over the two guys, shrieking, asking for hugs, etc. It was kind of "junior high."

Apparently, one of our teachers, Ms. Verti, is "seeing" John Michael Lyles socially and invited him to come to our school. It was kind of cool, I suppose.