Sat, 10/16 - Fri, 10/22
The River Otters played the Muskegon Fury.
Sat, 10/23 - Fri, 10/29
- The skill level of play was similar to the ECHL and CHL games I've seen.
- There were many familiar names: Josh Legge, Lars Petterson, Dennis Vial, Brent Belecki to name a few.
- The arena seats 10,000. With 2,489 paid attendance, it looked pretty sparse this evening.
- The UHL goes straight from a tie after the third period to a shoot out. No 4 on 4, 5 minute OT. I was a bit disappointed in that. I kind of like the 'bonus' hockey.
- I sat one row above the media area. That was quite interesting. Radio announcer (he was awesome to listen to), a guy who must have been updating the River Otters web site (but mostly he was IM'ing people), video and camera crew, 4 men who dressed exactly alike (newspaper?) in tan pants, white shirts and blue sweaters, two TV guys. Yeah, an interesting group.
- The camera man seemed to like to point out and display the pretty young women with tight jeans and low cut blouses.
- The sound system in the arena had seen better days but I was able to catch the goals and penalties (lack of crowd noise).
- The fans were talking about attendance being low (similar to what I hear Grrrowl fans stating). I'm not sure about advertisements in the area but based on passing conversation, I suspect there is little.
Sat, 10/30 - Fri, 11/5
Sat, 11/6 - Fri, 11/12
Sat, 11/27 - Fri, 12/3
Sat, 12/4 - Fri, 12/10
Sat, 12/11 - Fri, 12/17
Sat, 12/18 - Fri, 12/24
It was quite nice to be so close to listen to him.
