Front Desk?? Yes, this is the Owatonna Express....

....can we get a 7:30pm wake up call for Saturday night?? Thanks

Of course I'm only kidding. The Express received all the wake up call they should need in game #3 a couple of nights ago. In some respects, I guess we should have probably seen a little bit of a letdown with a side of overconfidence going into Game #3, coming off of a phenomenal performance in Game #2 and a 2-0 game lead in the series. However, I didn't foresee the abject apathy coming that we witnessed at Shattuck Tuesday night. My apologies to goalie Freddy Bergman, as he played one of his best games all year, and kept it from being a blowout.

Okay, the Outlaws came out and dominated all aspects of the game (except the score), but the silver lining is: that game is but one single game, and that game is in the history books. There is way too much pride, anger, intelligence, experience, and sheer willpower in that cramped, smelly Express locker room to ever let that kind of performance happen again. The Outlaws had their backs against the wall, and they came out with a jump in their step that the Express couldn't match.

Now the skate is on the other foot. Nobody associated with our favorite junior hockey team, nor the boys in blue themselves, want to see a game #5 in Mason City on Monday. So I look for the Express to come out Saturday night and take care of business. That's all I got to say about that Lieutenant Dan.

Game time is 7:30pm on the new rink at Shattuck-St. Mary's in Faribault, Minnesota. It should be a large, loud crowd, with the Outlaws bringing a busload of fans up from Mason City.

I have rambled on long enough.

See you at the rink.

--BK