While traveling abroad with my broad last spring, we headed down to south Georgia, in preparation for the Wreckyll in Jeckyll. We made a stop in the beautiful city of Savannah, so I could show my baby one of the South’s true highlights, the River St. Saloon District.

At the end of the evening, we found ourselves in a sports bar, eating excellent pizza and enjoying our last drinks for the evening. When we were through eating, and getting ready to head back to the hotel, I happened to see a few familiar faces on the wall. Upon closer inspection, they turned out to be photographs of my old ice hockey team at Georgia Tech.

Luckily, there weren’t any pictures from the years I’d played: It would have been a little too weird to take my German girlfriend to the States, into a bar that I’d never been in, one that’s about a 6 hour drive from my hometown, and find a picture of myself on the wall. Nevertheless, a bit of googlin’ brought me to the Georgia Tech Hockey Club’s alumni pages, where the legend of Rube lives on, if only in mockery and contempt.

1990-1991





FRONT ROW (L to R): Jim Clay, Rob McConnel, Mark Goggans, Scott Anderson, Rick Norwood, Eric Williams [me], Steve Kessler 2nd ROW (L to R): Chris Ciovacco, Craig Leduc, Jim McConville, Mark Liebold, Fredrik Nilson, Joeseph Slater, Van Oleson, McAvoy Not Pictured: Chuck Shendl, Jim Meehan, Sean Wallace



1993-1994







FRONT ROW (L to R): Mark Stone, Steve Fischer, Dan Cnarich, Scott Anderson 2nd ROW (L to R): Coach Greg Stathis, A.J. Josyln, Victor Martinez, Albee Stein, Jim Meehan, Jonathan Su, Rob McConnell 3rd ROW Troy Jamison, James Scheider, John Krueger, Niclas Arvberger, Kevin Lemke, Eric Williams [me], Timo Lumikko, Fredrik Nilsson, Brian Holcombe, Dean Stahman, Dan Carlin 4TH ROW (L to R): Harrel Blatt, Edward Gallant, Jim Cowee, Mark Leibold, Van Oleson, Chuck Schendl. Not Pictured: Chris McConnel, Phil Stewart

Man, I sucked.