Welcome to the Official, Unofficial Express Blog

I want to take a minute and welcome all the new folks who have been visiting the blog recently. I would also like to thank the hundreds of folks who have been reading and contributing over the last 13 months. It has been a fun and rewarding experience for me, and I hope you guys are enjoying our favorite junior hockey team's one and only blog.

To the new folks, I extend an invitation to join in the conversation by using the "comments" feature at the bottom of each post. This is a relatively open forum for discussion, and I welcome your opinions. If you disagree with me, have a question, or heard some juicy rumor, please feel free to leave a comment. If you would like to contact me without it going on the blog, you can always drop me an email at owatonnaexpress@yahoo.com. The more people that participate, the more fun we all have.


For the last year, I have had a counter installed on the blog to log how many folks are visiting on a daily basis. The counter I chose was not always functioning correctly, so I decided to switch to different hit counter software. The software I chose provides me a great deal more information than the previous one did. When people log onto the site, I get a record of where they are, where they came from, what they looked at, and the like. I have had the new counter up for just a week so far, and have had visitors from: Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Texas, Colorado, California, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Florida, Alabama, Washington, Massachusetts, Virginia, Connecticut, Alaska, and Kansas. Along with Canada, Germany, Australia, Slovakia, Norway, Sweden, Czech Republic, and Japan.


--Main Tryout Camp is almost here. It kicks off this Friday and wraps up Sunday. Less than 1 week from right now, the 2009/10 Owatonna Express team will have been chosen. The draft picks, tenders, the invitees from Open Camp, and some of the veterans from last season, will make up the 4 teams. There will be plenty of talent on the ice, so make plans to stop in and see some action this weekend. The schedule is:

Friday, July 17th:

Green vs. Black 10:00am-11:30am
White vs. Gold 11:45am-1:15pm

Green vs. White 4:30pm-6:00pm
Black vs. Gold 6:15pm-7:45pm

Saturday, July 18th:

Green vs. Gold 10:00am-11:30am
Black vs. White 11:45am-1:15pm

All-Star Game #1 5:30pm-7:00pm

Sunday, July 19th:

All-Star Game #2 11:00am-1:00pm


See you at the rink.

--Big Kahuna