MSU v. Loyola: HOCKEY Mississippi Style

Last Friday, Chris and I were invited by another couple in the class to drive to Tupelo, MS for Mississippi State University's FIRST EVER home hockey game. This was the most fun I have EVER had at a hockey game. UMAINE hockey rocks my world...but MSU hockey makes me laugh. The team has to drive hours to practice because there is no ice nearby. You might imagine, this is not quite the caliber of UMAINE hockey we are used to.


At one point during the game, the teams got a little rowdy. A fight broke out and as you can see from the scoreboard below, each team was pretty cozy in the penalty box! It took the refs a VERY long time to figure out the rules of the game in this situation.


Here is the crew having a blast! Jeff (Chris's classmate) on the right, Chris, Caitlin (Jeff's wife) and Courtney a pilot from another class. See that guy in the grey sweatshirt right behind Chris? He is an Ol'Miss fan (MSU's all-time rival) He and his pal were pretty drunk and stood up and sang an Ol'Miss cheer in front of all of the MSU fans. I can not BELIEVE they didn't get jumped! And yes, they served beer at this hockey game. We can't figure out if the venue allowed it or the hockey division allowed it.

This is a great shot of Caitlin and Jeff. We all stuck around for the open skate after the game.