1. thanks to john wong and mark grassl for getting me in the door of the bradley center 2. thanks to bill fenwick for finding 2 of the 4 tickets my hosts needed 3. thanks to the air force academy cadet sponsor program for assigning us a cadet whose folks live in milwaukee and who are avid hockey fans 4. thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Guenther (cadet parents) for a) being such neat hosts b) picking bill fenwick up at the airport c) the adventure at the bar on east oklahoma street getting the last two tickets d) the gymnastics meet on sunday 5. thanks to Bill and Bobby Ingraham (and Cal's other two brothers) for letting me "watch some offense" with them from the BU section saturday night. Bill is Cal's dad, and Bobby is his brother who plays at Air Force. 6. thanks to the Wisconsin hockey-l folk for their arrangements for between periods and before the evening games 7. thanks to carol for this year's button 8. thanks to the list members for their insightful comments about the games 9. thanks to the players and coaching staffs of all 4 teams for some OUTSTANDING hockey 10. thanks to wayne for his efforts in providing this outstanding forum for college hockey fans. 11. thanks to those in attendance at the thursday lunch for liking my introduction (though i must admit i hadn't received the email before introducing myself that way) (those of you who weren't there who want in on this, please send me mail) 12. thanks to heather for liking my headband so much (another "you had to be there" item best explained via e-mail) 13. thanks to the nc$$ for scheduling opposite the basketball NOT 14. thanks to whomever for the ticket scalping NOT (it really bothered me to see and hear so much news of people not coming to milwaukee because no tickets were available, to see first hand that tickets for the championship were being sold at over double the face value, and to see empty seats at all 3 games 15. thanks to brian ricci for his officiating NOT (the incident that really got me going was when he "called" and then, after learning that Shephard had another delayed penalty called against LSSU, changed his mind and refused to assess a penalty that would have given BU a 5 on 3 advantage in the second period) 16. thanks to the nc$$ for the abundance of souveniers that didn't say nc$$ on them NOT charlie shub -- [log in to unmask] (719) 593-3492 on leave at the University of Iowa (319) 335-0739 [log in to unmask] (fax) 335-0627