Saturday, May 8, 2010

some answers

There were a few Q's about what guys will be doing until next year or whether or not they come back. For now all the guys will just be resting there bodies, a long playoff run takes a serious toll on a body, then it's usually time to get a real job and and start training for next year. It's very hard to predict what the roster will look like next year, some guys move on and retire, or find a team elsewhere or hopefully move up to a better league. I've been telling Batman that if he doesn't move up a league something is very wrong.

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

CHAMPS!!!

Hello everyone I'm blogging on very few minutes of sleep so please excuse and mistakes, well it's all over and when starting the playoffs and this blog it ended the way I dreamt it would almost every night. I'd like to apologize for the absence of the blogs lately the superstitious hockey player in me took over, let me explain. When I blogging I noticed a trend that i wouldn't write one after a loss then we would win and I'd just write about both games, mostly because I would be so rattled after the loss I wouldn't feel like talking about it, but then we'd win so I would share. Well eventually I realized our routine of going 1 win 1 loss the last 2 series and decided that every game after I wrote a blog we lost, and if I didn't write one we'd win, so after the game 3 loss in Allen I was obviously down about the game and didn't feel like talking about it so didn't bother with the blog, and a win in game 4 is when I became superstitious and decided against writing it, well all the talent on our team aside I really think we won it all because I stopped blogging and we won 3 straight.

Other than the games which most of you know about already not a lot has gone on, well other than a funny little incident on a elevator that I would love to share with you. It was Monday morning when our bus dropped us off at the Dallas/Fort Worth airport and we were flying home us a game and everybody was in great spirits, ready to head home and close out the series. When we walked off the bus we found an elevator that would take us to the ticket counter 1 story up. We filed about 10 guys in and hit the 2nd floor button and were off, when the elevator stopped and you expect the doors to open they wouldn't, when I looked around I couldn't help but notice a couple guys with a panic look on there face so I started to jokingly push against them because they were obviously claustrophobic and I thought it was pretty funny thats when the panic really came out of our most veteran player, Scott Wray, now for those of you kids reading this I'm going to have to ask you to put your ear muffs on because this story wont work well I edit Wrayzers exact words. It started with a very loud "Quit F@#$ING AROUND" then we decided to get some help so Wezzy being closest to the buttons started hitting the alarm button making a very loud bell noise, while Hansen made the call on the telephone. "STOP HITTING THE F#&@ING BUTTONS" screamed Wrayzer who when I looked at him had his fist cocked like he was going to punch poor old Wez. When I realized that he was legitimately FREAKING out I tried to calm him before he knocked Wezzy out but was laughing a little at the same time, I mean come on it was funny. Then Rich got through to the guy on the other end of the emergency phone and told him our dilemma, thats when Wrayzer started prying the doors of the elevator open to what I thought would be to climb out, Vandy thought he would offer him a drink of his gatorade and Wrayzers response was "WHY THE F%#K WOULD I WANT A DRINK" Vandy was again left speechless. Thats when I burst out laughing which didn't help poor Wray's situation but he pried the doors open enough to see that we were at the 2nd floor the doors just wouldn't open, then decided he could calm down because he saw people. Makes no sense to me but it was nice to see some of the blood leave his face and go tend to the rest of his body. When the elevator was fixed and we made it out of there it's was all smiles and laughter and a lot of making fun of Wray, because in total we were maybe stuck on there for 3 minutes and 47 seconds total. When I asked Wezzy about the incident he was just excited to be pressing buttons, " I never knew what that alarm button was actually used for, I have pressed it in the past as a joke but never realized it's there for serious situations, so I thought I would take advantage and really hammer down on it until Scott yelled at me to stop, I felt like a little kid getting in trouble from dad." Wrayzer refused to comment.

Well since there isn't any hockey to talk about left, I will be posting some pics of us hanging out with Ray ( Ray Miron Presidents Trophy ) for those who didn't get it. Also I'd like to say that if anyone has any questions about things that happened during the playoff run that you were curious about feel free to ask. I'll answer the best I can and if it's appropriate of course. Thank you and remember, KEEP FIT AND HAVE FUN

Sunday, April 25, 2010

TIED AFTER 2

The final series is everything we expected, the first game was a well played game by both with them taking advantage of a few mistakes in the second period and cruising to draw first blood in the finals. We prepared for game 2 knowing that a loss would be very devastating going down south to Allen down 2 games would be a tough task. A back a forth game needing us to score late with only 39 seconds left in the game to send it to OT. Dave Grimson has continued to shine throughout the playoffs in just his first full season of pro he's been great, we try not to tell him that though we just like to remind him that he's still classed as a "smelt" otherwise known as a rookie, a smelt is a small bait fish most commonly used in the feeding of dolphins. When searched the description of a smelt is long slender body with a big mouth, haha perfect description for a rookie. I'm kidding of course but we actually do call him a smelt,,,,well because he is. He earns his keep other than scoring huge goals for the team and playing awesome on the ice he is CEO of the smelts, leading the bus counts and the main squeegee operator in the shower room. Grimmer was also the hard hat recipient which was a no brainer. So we're off to Allen in a crucial 3 game set that obviously we need to win one down there to stay alive, but have our sights set a lot higher than that. Hopefully I see a few Rush fans down south for those who can't make it I will try and keep you as up to date as I can. Until then keep fit and have fun!!

Thursday, April 22, 2010

HEADED TO THE 'SHIP!!!

There is nothing better than getting a chance to play in a game 7, well there is one this better and thats winning a game 7! When the Northern Conference Finals started a couple weeks ago we knew going in that Bossier would be a very tough opponent and they were extremely tough believe me. They played a great game on Tuesday to force a game 6 and when we had a meeting Wednesday morning we knew as a team we were going to win game 7. We played hard all year to earn that home ice advantage and it came into play Wednesday, fans you were amazing as usual and were a big part in helping us come out the way we did and get that first period lead to never look back. That was my 3rd game 7 ever played and the way we came out and played there aren't many teams that can beat, with the quick turn around the biggest challenge of all starts tomorrow against an Allen team that just like us has earned there way to the finals beating a very good Odessa club. I don't have much to tell you other than only 4 more wins, see everyone tomorrow!

Saturday, April 17, 2010

Well were on our way home and traveling as a very happy hockey club right now, after a very dismal performance on Friday the boys bounced back with a great win tonight. I'm not going to touch on Friday because it will only make me mad. So I'll start with today, we went into the rink in the morning and cleared our heads joe had some video for us and we went over our mistakes and moved on, thats one of the most important parts of the playoffs is forgetting the bad and moving on. The guys came out flying tonight and so did they, it was a great first period that we ended in scoreless tie, the second was similar each team scoring a goal a piece. The third was ours, we knew win a period win a game and thats what we did, the whole team played a complete game which is fun to see and the d-core as a group played so stellar in the third. Dave Grimson has really stepped up and Gio bounced back with a great performance after missing game 4. Not much else to talk about today were just about an hour and a half into 23 hours and the internet on the bus isn't the best just wanted to drop a quick line and we'll see all you fans on Tuesday!!

Friday, April 16, 2010

pre game turmoil

It started out just another game day, hop on the bus and head to the rink for a morning game day skate, that all changed when Wezzy brought out a contract that had been written up between him and the Hansen's shootout team. Every pre game skate we finish with each player taking one break away against each goalie, with 4 players on each team, the team with the most total goals is owed a pre game meal by the other team. The Hansen team is made up of : Rich Hansen, Jon Pelle, Les Reaney, and Riley Weslewski. The Hodge team is made up of : Brendon Hodge, Jamie Vanderveeken, Derek Leblanc, and Dave Grimson.
But when Wezzy went down to injury Rich and Jon needed a replacement thats when they came to me, they had come to me before for a pre game skate when they were short, when I scored the crucial tying goal to save them from buying lunch I thought I was signed on for the long haul, but to my dismay I was quickly sent down off the team. So when the contract was scripted for my longer term signing to replace an injured Wezzy I knew something had to be made certain, I needed some sort of severance if they were to do that to me again. So my contract read as follows:

- If I were to score twice the team would provide juice for me after the skate if the team had won.
- I was only able to use the move to my backhand once in the shootout.
- I was allowed to chirp both Hansen and Pelle on any of there moves with no repercussions.
and the last one I was to make myself, so i took care of myself
- If I were to get sent down again the team would owe me 2 pre game meals as compensation.

After signed by all everyone was happy, except for Wezzy of course. So upon his return Wezzy brought a document that Hansen and Pelle never thought they'd see again, it was Wezzy's contract that went something like this:
- 1 cup of juice with 2 goals and a team win delivered to his stall with ice.
- No Waive clause. (that had been crossed out, but not initialed by any party therefor void)
- And a base salary of $0 give or take $10.

It was the no waive clause that had put Jon and Rich in a pickle, with the severance on my deal very costly, they needed to find an alternative, Wezzy threatening to sue for 2 meals if his contract was not honored, When Les offered to step down if only 1 of his meals be paid for that was the cheapest option for the Owner Hansen and GM Pelle. So that was it, Les was out Wezzy and I were in, seems funny letting go of a 90 point player for 2 d men but it had to me done. "With Fritsy's strong contracting skills and a flaw in Wezzy's contract we did what had to be done, and what we could afford at the time, we hate to see Les go but when he offered to leave we knew his heart wasn't in the right place for us to move on," explained by the team GM Jon Pelle. With the teams finally set the shoot out came, after the first round of players the score was tied 1-1 but the second round belonged to Hansen's team, with both players of controversy (Wezzy and I) scoring a goal a piece, Pelle scored the clincher to win 4-2, and was satisfied with there final decision. When asked what was going through his mind before he took that last shot Wezzy was heavy on the shoulders, "I was bearing a lot of pressure, after the fight I went though to get back on the team I knew I had to come through. Scoring what was eventually the GWG, the piano was off the back and it was nice to celebrate with the team again."

Thursday, April 15, 2010

game 3 win

We're up 2 games to 1 now, with a huge game 3 win we've regained the home ice advantage, but with both, them and us being great road teams that really means nothing. Bossier being one of the best road teams in the league we know it's very important to win at least one more game while we're here, obviously 2 would be great but this series is a tough one and no time to get greedy. Wednesday's game was a great fast paced game the minutes flew by and both teams played great. They're call up goalie filling in because of injuries was standing on his head while Bats did his thing(when I say that, he was unreal but he's always unreal and we just know that he will be every night). An even game right till the end every time we scored they would respond not long after, again our PK struggled but we're starting to right the ship. Headed into OT I think both teams were a little fatigued from the hard fought 60 minutes and at 15:30 of the first OT after a very crucial penalty kill, our amateur call up Corey Larysen threw the puck on net from the point and a fortuitous bounce and the game winner. We had an optional practice today and spent some time walking around the outdoor mall near the hotel and went to the hot tub time machine and howled!!! One of the funniest movies I've seen since the hangover. Two thumbs up from me and everyone else that saw it. Time to rest up and get ready for game 4 tomorrow....remember keep fit and have fun!

Sunday, April 11, 2010

hello everyone, we finally got this second round Northern Conference Final going this weekend with each team heading to Louisiana with 1 win. Game 1 was a very hard fought battle with each team taking some what of a beating which is what you'd expect when so much is on the line, after exchanging leads in the 3rd period and needing overtime for Reaney to burry his back to back OT winners. Scott Wray received the hard hat with an amazing 60 minute effort, "He's playing like a young 21 year old rookie, and he earned the honor tonight," said Cook the last winner of the hat and guy who handed it to Wray.
With less than a 20 hour roll over till game 2 it was a quick rest to get ready. We came out hard again and with several power plays were able to capitalize on the opportunity and take a 1-0 lead but they did the same scoring twice on the man advantage and had a 4-1 lead going into the 3rd. I think we let them get the best of us and get us off our game which can't happen and caused us to take penalties and our PK needs to be a lot better they've scored twice on it in each of the first 2 games. Down 3 we managed to crawl back to within 1 with 3 minutes to play but it was to little to late. All said and done we knew going in this was going to be a long battle of a series and thats exactly what it's shaping up to be, we know we've got a better game in us we just need to take it to the ice over the next 3 games in Boisser.

I leave you know just about to jump onto a 23 hour bus trip, i bet your all jealous. my biggest dilemma now is to pick out the right movies to get me through the trip.


Tuesday, April 6, 2010

First Annual Les Reaney Invitational

With just another day to kill on a Tuesday Les decided to host a dart tournament at his house consisting of 5 teams to be chosen from a hat. Teams were as follows:

Massholes - Hodge and Pelle
CHL All-Stars - Battochio and Reaney
Wet Gear - Fritshaw and Beaudry
Boner Soup - Campbell and King
Salty @#$ - Vanderveeken and Hanse

With a round robin style of format, it was a very intense few games with Salty @#$ finishing up in the basement with a 1 - 3 record that was not reflective of there play until the last game of the RR when Wet Gear dismantled them to win there 2nd in a row and clinch 3rd, and stay out of the play in game. Both Boner Soup and Wet Gear finished at 2 - 2 with Wet Gear winning the RR matchup to force BS to have to play Salty @#$ in the play in game to advance to the semi - finals. With the play in round underway, Salty @#$ jumped out to an early lead with the strong play of Vandy and never looked back.
"We knew going into this game it was do or die with the do resulting in a final 4 appearance, and once there we knew anything could happen," Rich's thoughts on the matchup.

Semi final #1 was a heated match early, Wet Gear played solid early but with the clutch throwing of a solid team game by CHL All-Stars they took the lead late and Wet Gear could not bounce back, with many chances to come back when the All-Stars struggled on the bullseye, it was inevitable that eventually the All-Stars would end them, and that they did. When asked about a great RR and run in the semi's Mig Beau was all in all happy with the tournament, "Fritsy and I battled and never gave up even when we were 0 - 2, we stayed optimistic and felt we had a great chance against the All-Stars but eventually fell apart and didn't have what it took."
Semi final #2 was just as dramatic as the heavy underdog Salty @#$ was up against the RR champion Massholes, with Pells and Hodgy just hitting there stride it looked like Vandy and Richy wouldn't stand a chance but the game went to the wire, with some screaming and name calling back and forth and odd times between teammates eventually the powerhouse team of the Mass. Educated tandem of Pells and Hodge advancing to the finals. Hodgy says after an early RR loss they took there bye to regroup and manage a game plan that works, " we had a chance to sit down and cool the jets to get ready to make a run at this thing and so far we've accomplished the goal that was set with the final goal being the championship. With the top seed and 2 games of the best of 3 final at our board we're very confident going to the final."
The stage is set, with home board advantage in the hands of Massholes, they shot first to jump out to an early lead but was caught in a hurry when Bottachio heated up and helped get Reaney to the bullseye where he quickly clinched game 1. After the first game upset CHL All-Stars were heading home and looking to close, and they definitely did just that, with another down to the bull overtime Battman did his thing after Massholes gave them plenty of chances, clinched the title in a 2 game sweep. When the confetti cleared i had a chance to talk with the MVP of the tournament Danny Bottachio, " I received the award but it was definitely a team win, i mean ya i made the most clutch shots of the tournament, including the championship winner, but Les contributed as well." Jon Pelle even with red tear filled eyes allowed me a chance to talk with him, " I have no regrets, both Hodgy and I did everything we could and never gave up. Its a chance we were hoping to capitalize on but only one team can win, and Danny did that, he played so well and was tough to beat all tournament, and I guess Les did alright too."

After a great day of darts the teams are exhausted and getting the rest, hope everyone has a great day, and remember keep fit and have fun.

Sunday, April 4, 2010

Hello everyone sorry for the delay in blogs it's been a busy couple days of relaxing and enjoying some days off after we swept the first round on friday night. It was a back and forth game ending in a 7 - 6 final with the winning goal scored by Les Reaney just over 2 minutes into OT, it was a very exciting finish in front a packed Civic Centre. The boys couldn't get over how defining loud the arena was after we finished shaking hands and saluted undoubtable the best fans myself and the majority of our team has ever played in front of. Aside from the GWG I'm pretty sure the highlight of the series must have been the second goal on friday, an 800 mph slapper from yours truly. kidding of course! But not really.....

The real enjoyment came when Les scored in OT and they credited Jarvis for the goal and made him first star!!!! not only that but made a nice long announcement and intro before he made his skate onto the ice hahaha brilliant!!

The hard hat of the night was handed to Brenden Cook another Bemiji State winner which isn't a big surprise you can throw that helmet in the room blind folded and there's a great chance it's hitting someone from Bemiji. The big question will be what Cookie will write on the helmet, hopefully he'll learn from his alum teammate and write it out first with pencil then trace over it so he can erase any mistakes.

With an entire week off before we start the next round we'll be looking for some nice weather and a chance to get several rounds of golf in, i'll stay in touch i hope everyone has a great week.
Also I ask that you keep Missouri's player assistant coach Jeff Christian's daughter Ryan in your thoughts and prayers as we all hope for the best for Ryan and the Christian family in there battle.

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Hello everyone, I hope everyone had a great night, I'll start tonight's blog with the run through of game 3. There was a lot of excitement surrounding the atmosphere inside the Civic Centre tonight for our first ever home playoff game. We came out a little to flat for my liking and a lot of the players liking and the Mavericks were playing like it was a must win. After a decent scoreless first we killed a couple penalties off but weren't very happy with it. The second started out similar until the Mavs broke the scoreless tie with a Power Play goal that I would like another chance to play different. When we were quickly sent to the penalty box again things didn't look good, but a great individual effort by Jon Pelle shorthanded tied the game for us and we never looked back. Scoring two more before the period end and adding another in the third we sent the fans and ourselves home happy up 3 games to 0. The boys know we played the last 27 minutes tonight that we need to play for 60 and will be doing that come Friday.

A special happy birthday goes out to Derek 'Gunner' LeBlanc, he turned a very young and spry 24 years old today. With his birthday Derek was hoping to sprout a little more facial hair for the playoffs, "I woke up this morning and went straight to the mirror to check, I'd like to say I didn't care when I noticed that my beard still struggled, but I'd be lying." When I offered Gunner the option of having a beard like myself but the back hair comes as a package deal he was quick to turn down the offer.

In other news, were sitting at my house right now just finished a post game meal and a BL, and in walks Cody Bostock with news that Canada had just purchased half of Hawaii!!!! I know outrageous right!!! Hard to believe he goes on to tell us about the website sympatico.ca that had this story so we checked it out of course with all of us here being Canadian we had to know the story. While reading the story it tells us that Canada spent 2.3 Billion dollars and that the U.S. did it to create income for the debt that they're in. They had Quotes from native people to the islands, the story also went into detail about the customs buildings that were going to be built and where the border would be through the islands. Sounds outrageous, and it was, when we finished the article there was a link at the bottom of the page that when clicked on the headline read APRIL FOOLS!!! We all accepted that we were dumb enough to believe the article, not only that we were very close to checking Air Canada flights to Hawaii hoping for some kind of deal to go visit our new province. I think it would have just been an addition to the province of Saskatchewan, it only makes sense.


Sunday, March 28, 2010

Hello everyone, I'm blogging from my bunk on the Powerhouse just hearing the count to make sure all the players are accounted for and we can head home. We came into Missouri and were very successful winning both games and heading back to the Civic Centre up 2 - 0. Saturday nights game was a great game for both teams with us only up a goal after 2, then our ridiculously skilled forwards took over in the third like they can and we won the first ever Rush playoff game. It was a great team win and the boys were pretty jacked up in the room afterwards with Danny Battochio winning the hard hat award, that kid would win it every night if that was possible, who needs feet when he's always standing on his head for us. After a lovely post game at Outback Steakhouse the boys got some rest and prepped for game 2. Going into the second game you keep the mindset that "you knew you had to get one game now lets go get two," Missouri had something else in mind coming out and outshooting us 10 3 in the first. The boys stayed with it with Les Reaney doing his thing and opening the scoring. After they tied it up we were heading into the 3rd with another chance to win a game on the road, a combination of Bats great saves some solid team defense, Scott Wray ripping the bottle off the net we won a game that we may have been out played, we survived and did what it takes to win in the playoffs. Game two's hard hat award went to a very deserving Blaine Jarvis who's quote on the helmet will be tough to beat when he wrote, "Pushing the Pase," after being questioned wether he miss spelled pass or pace he wasn't sure and struggled to fix it as everyone on that side of the room made sure he didn't get away with it. When asked about his typo Jarvy questioned his education from Bemiji State, "I spent 4 long years there, and being out of school for the last two years has definitely hurt my intelligence, I have no excuse other than I was so excited to receive the helmet I couldn't think straight." Finally on the road after a quick stop at QT gas station the majority of the boys are busy crushing a milk shake that is one of a kind, "It's unbelievable," says Scott Wray, "Just throw your favorite flavor in the machine and the most glorious treat returns for you." It's a good thing for us that the person who enjoys this amazing treat the most is Timbus, so you know we're not stopping anywhere else.

Leaving you now with only 11 hours of highway to go, hold on, just cursed by my bunk neighbor to the North Brenden Hodge when he told me, "Fritsy you have to take into consideration the time that will be added on when our bus breaks down." After some choice words back to him I knocked on wood and I'm sure the best bussy in the league will have us home on time.

See you at home Rush fans and remember, Keep Fit and Have Fun!

Saturday, March 27, 2010

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Friday, March 26, 2010

What was looking to be a very uneventful day of killing time at the mall turned out to be the exact opposite for us today. Last night we found out who we would face in round one as I'm sure most of you know, so after a 10 o'clock practice in Independence Missouri, the bus dropped us off at the mall to have lunch, maybe some shopping, mostly just to kill some of the day. That's when one of us changed from just another food court junkie, to a hero. His name is one Riley Weselowski. Unfortunately I was not there first hand, luckily for me my road roomy and D-partner was just feet away from the excitement. After enjoying a fine meal from Panda Express, Wessy was looking to take care of his sweet tooth with an oreo blizzard from DQ, I assure you even though Wessy likes to indulge in the odd sweet sugary snack he is one fit athletic specimen. According to sources three Bemiji alums were there so it has to be true, when Cody Bostock and Blaine Jarvis turned there heads to check out a cute .... ahhhh never mind, it's when they turned back they noticed Wessy with his arms around an older heavier set gentleman attempting to preform the heimlich maneuver, as the gentleman helped position the hands in the correct spot for Wessy, he went on to preform the act and helped the poor man get his breath back. When the dust eventually settled from all the excitement and the panic settled the three Bemiji Beavers made sure the man was OK and waited until the Paul Blart wanna be mall cop arrived at the scene on his segway. With the man still a little disoriented the two women he was with came over and thanked the fine young gentleman for there concern and quick thinking to help there sugar daddy out. when asked about the event, Wessy had this to say, "I wasn't looking for any thank you's or hero status, I just made sure nobody was dieing on my watch today. Was I nervous? no not really, because I knew deep down inside that this man was going to live to enjoy another day." There you have it, the soft spoken Weselowski never seizes to amaze, some wear capes, he wears number 24.

In other news Derek LeBlanc received a new doo, when several of his teammates highly recommended that he change his very stylish, just woke up out of bed look, into a very retro mullet. I had a chance to speak with Jon Pelle a close friend of Gunners and one of the main supporters to this lifestyle change. "After a while of convincing Derek to get the mullet he said the only way he would do it is if Chris Falloon and Dave Grimson agreed to join him. So we went over to Grimmer and asked him - absolutely not - he replied. Then we asked Looner who quickly replied - not a chance. next thing we knew Derek was sitting in the chair at Master cuts receiving a fine Kentucky Waterfall."

I assure you the events of the day are PRETTY much exactly what happened.

Thanks for reading today and until next time, Keep Fit, and Have Fun.

P.S. I have received several comments on my grammar and several type-o's i had in the first post, forgive me for that as I am a Tisdale Middle and Secondary School grade twelve grad and thats my only excuse. I'm not sure of the excuse of my proof reader who missed all the mistakes as he is a HARVARD....yes HARVARD grad. I'll try my best to limit my mistakes for the future.

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Hello everyone and welcome to the Rapid City Rush's playoff blog. This is Luke Fritshaw and i'll be composing most of the posts on this page with add ins from other players on the team. The main reason i wanted to do this is for the fans, you're a huge part of this playoff season and with this i hope to keep you posted on a few behind the scene events that most may not hear about, comments on each game and fun interviews with each player through-out what we hope to be is a very long and successful post season for us.
That being said i'll get started, one thing you'll notice with the way some guys talk, they use a lot of hockey slang, which i'll do my best to translate to make sense.

Wednesday March 24,

The playoffs unofficially begin for us today, at 6:30 pm we'll be boarding the Powerhouse (bus) and start to make our way south without an exact destination in mind, we're still awaiting our opponent but need to get on the road so we can practice tomorrow and prepare for Rapid City's first ever playoff game. For those of you who don't know on our trek home from Odessa Tx, we were 12 hours into our trip home when the Powerhouse took a hit it struggled to bounce back from, after Sam our trainer to a quick look at it he came to the conclusion that Powerhouse could not go on and needed a replacement. A charter bus was the savior of the day, piloted by a fine gentlemen named Aurthur. 12 hours on a bus then a break down can bring out the worst in a human, i assure you, when curse words were flying around a little to carelessly on the charter bus (not directed at anyone) just bursts of frustration, Aurthur kindly asked us to stop all the profanity, and like Colt King, we all quickly shut it for our bussy. Of course it did not stop us from throwing The Big Lebowski into the DVD player which, for those of you who haven't seen it, could set records on how many times an F-Bomb can be used in a movie. I'm glad to say that after being put on a quick 2 day IR the powerhouse is back and action and Timbus (Powerhouse Pilot) is back in the corner saucing the biscuit.