Boogie with The Noogie: Memories of a Team Lost

Rumor mongering can be an ugly thing ladies and gentlemen. When you are given a forum like ours and so many others across the internet, you must know that this comes with some responsibility. It's one thing to print it, and something completely different to deny that your words were indeed your words. Since there is absolutely nothing I can add to this subject that Bryan has so elegantly worded in his first foray after retirement, I thought maybe we could all share some memories of a team lost as we are apparently about to lose another.

Yet this was not what sticks out in my head about this game. It all started from the upper deck of the Met Center. A row of either drunken Minnesotans or some folks from Atlanta who wanted to know what this sport played on ice was started the tomahawk chop, complete with the chant that accompanies it. As one might imagine, this did not sit well with the Minnesota faithful. The response from the fans was immediate and very loud. A "BRAVES SUCK!" reply chant broke out inside the Met Center, drowning out the tomahawk chop instantly.

It is a story I will tell over and over again until my final day on this planet. I suppose if I move to the moon before the grave I will tell the story there as well, but that would be an unlikely scenario. Often times our memories of games go far beyond the game itself. Whether it is a pre-game get together or a post-game celebration, when it is all said and done all we have are memories.