Last night after the Capitals/Stars game I was still reeling with excitement and decided to call it an early night since I planned to hit Stars practice in Frisco on Friday morning. I was also looking through a few goodies I had picked up for friends, namely the Dallas Stars Foundation calendar – a blatant attempt to convince my girl friends that they should check out hockey! I had planned to send a calendar to my friend Kris in Cincinnati since she would be getting a Dallas Stars tattoo soon and decided it would be cool to get the calendar autographed at practice as a surprise.
At some point as I lay there restlessly, I came up with a great idea to do something really special for Kris at practice. I had decided to take my Flip camera and make a video of some of the guys wishing her good luck on the tattoo. After practice I got a chance to chat with Mike Ribeiro first, who promised he would help out just as soon as he finished hitting the weights. A little later, I caught up with Trevor Daley and Andrew Raycroft, who both recorded funny little clips for my project. The next guy to come out was Steve Ott. He was with his father, so I was hesitant to ask, but thought…it’s Steve Ott…this project would not be complete without Otter!! You can imagine my surprise when Ott asked my friends name and said that he and Adam Burish had actually JUST recorded something for the Dallas Stars website for her!
I was so excited I’m pretty sure I high-fived Ott, knowing that my friend would be so happy the guys did a video for her. I thought about giving up my project, but considering the footage I got from Raycroft and Daley, decided to finish what I started. I wanted to wait until Dallas posted on their website so as not to take away from what they had done, but also wanted to share this video with Kris. Hope you enjoy it and thanks again to the Stars for being so cooperative and funny!
LOVE IT – that’s all I can say right now.
OK – I’m cracking up that Loui told me he was Loui and he does love stripes.
What the heck did Wandell and Grossman say?
I don’t know Swedish, but I think the comments were “Good luck with your tattoo” and “Good luck.” And yes, I thought it was awesome that Loui said his name..and was wearing stripes.
This was definitely one of the highlights of the season, I can’t believe how cooperative and friendly a sports organization like this can be. Dallas Stars are a fantastic group.
This is so cool! I can’t believe how many of the players you were able to get to participate! Even B-rad! Also can’t believe that the Stars had already beat you to the punch on this. Good gracious! I love this team!
Myra, every guy that walked out while I was there was happy to participate. They were awesome…I missed Morrow because I was talking to Ott when he walked out. Barch had left earlier and the other couple of guys I missed just either left after I did or out the back door. Even the Swedes, who were a little hesitant because of the language thing (I don’t think they could understand me that well), piped up and were like, “Well we could say it in Swedish!” So very cool.
As for the Stars “beating me to the punch,” I don’t really look at it that way. I got the idea the night before..they were just reacting to the conversation on Twitter that am..I’m glad they are listening honestly.
I can’t believe how cooperative and friendly a sports organization like this can be.