11/11/11 Gameday Morning Skate

Last time we were in town we hit up the morning skate for a few autographs. The players were all really nice, especially Fleury, but there were a few guys we missed. So we headed back down to the arena this morning to try to catch them and we scored big time.

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We showed up with a jersey apiece that we've been collecting signatures on. Also, we had the new photobook that I had recently made.

Matt Niskanen was the first to stop. He signed our jerseys.

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And our book.

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Next up was Matt Cooke. He had already signed our jerseys a few weeks ago, so we took the opportunity to get a kick-ass sock photo...

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And he signed his page in the book (tough to see, but it's there).

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Sid came by and signed for a few people, but it was a madhouse so he had to cut things short.

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Chris Kunitz rolled in and signed our jerseys...

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and his page in the book.

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Arron Asham was next. You guessed it, he signed the jerseys...

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and the book. For a minute it looked like he was going to sign for Joe Vitale, but luckily he realized it in time and signed his own page instead.

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CFA.

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Geno didn't have time to stop.

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Ben Lovejoy was great. Cast on his broken left wrist, he still signed like a trooper. We also chatted a bit about his appearance the day before on TribLIVE Radio.

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He seemed to really enjoy signing for everyone.

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That all happened before the morning skate. There were still a couple of big names we were hoping to get. We would not be disappointed when the morning skate was over.

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Letang was awesome. He really focuses and provides the most consistently good autograph of anyone on the team that we had encountered so far.

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Sid came out right behind Letang.

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He had already signed Knitting Lady's jersey last time around, so we got him to sign mine this time.

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We were going to settle for the jersey, and be very happy with that, but he got caught in a bit of a traffic jam and had a little time on his hands, so I got him to sign the book.

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Our jerseys are loaded now, though there's still a little space for 11 and 71 if they decide to actually stop one of these times. Not complaining, though, as this team continues to show why they are #1 in the league in fan relations.

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