a night at the rink

Above is a photograph of the 1945 Thief River Falls high school hockey team, who lost to Eveleth in the final game of the 1945 Minnesota Boys' State Hockey Tournament.

And this...

...is a photo of the next boys' hockey team from Thief River Falls to make it to the state tournament...41 years later, in 2006.

We witnessed the historic moment Wednesday night when the Prowlers took the ice at the Xcel Center, watched them take a 3-1 lead over a team that had beaten them 9-1 earlier in the season, and then watched as (sadly), in the third period, they lost that lead and ended up losing their quarterfinal game, 4-3.

It was quite an exciting night.

(For those of you wondering how this is relevant to us: Andy's dad grew up in Thief River Falls, where many of Andy's relatives still live. His cousin is a senior on the 2006 team.)