Day 3: Back on the Road

Today was a bit of a boring day for the team. Everyone was pretty upset about the power outage last night in Powell River but there was nothing anybody could do about it. The team woke up at around 6:30 to eat breakfast and get on the road. We packed our bags at the rink knowing there would not be a make up game today. We left the rink at around 7 because we had to make sure we caught the first ferry out of town at 9am. The bus to the ferry was pretty quiet as everybody caught up on some more sleep. Fortunately, we caught the ferry at 9. While all of the guys usually get off the bus that is in the cellar of the ferry. Today was different as most of the guys stayed on the bus and slept some more. Myself included. The ferry was pretty short as it took around 45 minutes. The long part of the trip to Langley was the ride on the in-between ferries. This took around an hour and a half. The team was a little more active on this bus ride as everyone started to talk and wake up a little bit. We got to the ferry and had to wait around 20 minutes for the ferry to come. Everyone talked for a little while then boarded the ferry, as we all went up and got lunch. The food on the ferry was pretty good. As I told you on my first blog of the week the rookies had a scavenger hunt and the loser would have consequences. The “prairie dogs” compiled of the Albertan and Saskatchewan rookies were the losers. So in front of a group of people on the ferry they had to introduce themselves to these random people and shadow box in front of all of them. The harder they worked the shorter they would be up there. Patrick Mcgillis gave 100% and wasn’t up there for too long. On the other hand, Darrin Robak the Red Deer, Albeta native didn’t give it his all and sat down immediately on his own to save the embarrassment. I’m sure he’ll be hearing about that little stunt in court on Monday. After that we got back on the bus and drove through Vancouver and into Langley. As we arrived at two we checked into the hotel and went and settled in. While watching some Wild “N” Out and playing a few pranks on our roommates for a few hours, we got back on the bus and went and dined at East Side Mario’s for dinner. After that a bunch of the guys went to watch a movie at the theater a few minutes down the road. I personally would have liked to go and watch the Westside vs. Langley game but was not able to because it started at 8:30 due to a banquet at there rink. Adam, Cole and I stayed in and watched Adams’s beloved Calgary Flames lose in big fashion to the Chicago Blackhawks. Cole and myself’s fantasy hockey team had a huge night so that brought a grin to our faces, as we regained first place from the coaches team. After that we shut the lights off and got some rest for tomorrow's big matchup vs. the Surrey Eagles.