Recently the Silver C’s Club invited me to attend their meeting as a guest speaker, an area that I’m not especially gifted at, so instead of a speech, we got into a lengthy question and answer session dealing sports, local sports and the radio industry.
I really enjoyed it.
One of the questions that was posed was looking for an example of a funny story while travelling with the Attack.
The one that came to mind quickest was the time netminder Shawn ” Hi Ho ” Silver hid under the buffet table and splattered spaghetti sauce on the shoes of his unsuspecting teammates as they filed through the pre-game meal selection.
The hiring of Mike Stothers by the Atlanta Thrashers reminded me of several more good ones.
Like the time Stothers and his assistants honoured a bet with the club and walked onto the ice at Kitchener wearing their trademark lumberjack coats.
Or the time the game was delayed while they cleaned licorice out of the crease as backup Neil Conway had it stuck in his pads as he didn’t expect to see game action that particular night.
Or the time at Guelph, when dared by the local media, Stothers glared at the media room attendants, popped up and then wiped the scratches off the board with his shirtsleeve and marched out.
Or the time the PMCL bus driver quit 6 minutes into the drive to Plymouth.
If I gave this some thought, I’d have a great speech, so I hope, a year or so from now, the Silver C’s will invite me back and I’ll deliver a dandy speech for them.
I’m Fred Wallace