Friday, November 2, 2007

Grizz back home to clash with Clips

by Sharie Epp of the Victoria Times Colonist

Stuck late at night on a dark road with little traffic, Grizzlies staffers Dan Webb and Rick Burke finally hopped a ride on a logging truck back to civilization to try to find transportation for the team. Two hours later, with players and equipment loaded on a bus lent by the
Summerland Junior B team, the Grizzlies were in Castlegar, where there were enough rooms for 12 people.

They arrived at 7:30 a.m., slept until noon, had lunch, and slept 'til 3 p.m. After hitching a ride on a bus being used by a visiting team from Quesnel to get to the arena, the Grizzlies pulled off a 4-3 win over the Vees, one of the top teams in the B.C. Hockey League.

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