Wednesday

Time Event Footnote
08:30:00 Wake up after Danny snoozes 5 times[i] 1
09:30:00 Leave for the X
09:34:00 Karl frantically puts out work-related fires from his cell phone
09:52:00 Karl turns off his work cell phone
10:00:00 Park at the Smith Avenue Transit Center - Lot #151[ii] 2
10:05:00 Karl takes his annual picture of the X to get 100 RTs and Likes[iii] 3
10:15:00 Buy Class A morning session tickets[iv] 4
10:28:00 Buy program[v] 5
10:35:00 Danny flags down first random forum/Twitter acquaintance[vi] 6
10:45:00 Find seat in Section 108 row 22 seats 15 & 16[vii] 7
11:00:00 "First game start time"[viii] 8
11:15:00 Admire flow
11:25:00 Puck drop of the first game: between Mankato East vs. Mahtomedi
11:38:00 First trivia question [ix] 9
01:00:00 "Second game start time"
01:20:00 Record YHH "Minute After" with Tony Scott
01:39:59 Admire flow
01:50:00 Puck drop of the second game: Litchfield/Dassel-Cokato vs. Orono
01:54:00 Enjoy lecture from random dad on why his team will win[x] 10
04:00:00 Record YHH "Minute After" with Tony Scott
04:00:59 Karl and Danny have severe cookie withdrawals[xi] 11
04:15:00 Arrive at Cossetas
04:20:00 The Great Debate on what to get at Cossetas ensues[xii] 12
04:45:00 Eat Cossetas "finally"
05:15:00 Get drink "insert bar"
05:45:00 Find seat in Section 108 row 22 seats 15 & 16
06:00:00 "Third game start time"[xiii] 13
06:15:00 Admire flow
06:24:00 Danny joins in on the Moose chant[xiv] 14
06:25:00 Puck drop of the third game: Monticello vs. Hermantown
06:50:00 Zach Halverson brings Danny and Karl cookies[xv] 15
07:15:00 Danny debates taking the Hermantown mascot's head[xvi] 16
07:43:00 Admire baby pictures with Eric Zimmerman[xvii] 17
08:00:00 "Fourth game start time"
08:15:00 Record YHH "Minute After" with Tony Scott
08:45:00 Admire flow
08:54:59 Puck drop of the fourth game: Thief River Falls vs. Alexandria[xviii] 18
09:15:00 Danny Scouts the best TRF Jersey[xix] 19
11:00:00 Record YHH "Minute After" with Tony Scott
11:15:00 Leave for Home
11:35:00 Get Home
11:45:00 Bedtime for Danny[xx] 20
12:20:00 Bedtime for Karl

1 - Danny sleeps too much
2 - Because this is the best bang for your buck parking that isn't 5 miles away
3 - This always is the most liked and RTed Karl tweet, unless he makes some reference to STA and Edina being the Axis of Evil
4 - Karl gets mistaken by ticket salesperson for a high schooler, and Danny is left wondering how old he looks
5 - Feel sadness at the decline of State Tourney programs
6 - Danny is a social butterfly
7 - These are our seats for AA, and we like consistency
8 - We start texting every person we know in the press box asking for cookies
9 - This is not actually a question, and we already knew it anyway. Danny complains that he could do better.
10 - Happens every year and you cannot break away
11 - The pain is real
12 - Danny debates sausage and peppers and gorgonzola salad. Karl just wants food.
13 - Karl waves around his stuffed moose
14 - Danny and Karl lost their voices doing this last year
15 - Zach reminds us why we are friends
16 - He says it’s for old time's sake
17 - Eric and his Fam had a baby the night of the 4AA final
18 - Attempt to figure out what a Prowler is and it's never what we think it is
19 - He collects and is looking to buy one off of a 10 year old
20 - Karl stays up locking threads on Hermantown on the forum