Rex Kirkby went to the annual SHL awards gala with the rest of his toonza team mates. He wasn't nominated for any awards himself but he thought that it wouldn't be looked on favorably if he stayed at home watching abducted in plain sight and smashing bourbon and colas alone on the couch instead of bonding with his team mates. Being with much bigger superstars he was able to pass by the media scrum without much attention until Beaujeaux decked out in a gold suit and black way farers grabbed him in a headlock and started yelling about how much he loved defensemen which of course meant that everyone started to take photos. Inside the event I was sat next to Jax Aittokallio and Mikhail Lokitonov. I played junior with Aittokallio and we were pretty good buds but when I arrived he turned to Lokitonov and said 'ML did I ever tell you how much you suck?'. I'm not sure Lokitonov understood but later I saw him crying in the bathroom so maybe he did. The rest of the night was pretty uneventful other than Dani winning another Dar trophy which was nice but didn't take away from our disappointment of losing another cup final.