To be honest, it was kind of weird. It was Sunday, we still had no idea who we were playing against. We knew we did not have the home advantage, so we had no idea where to fly to. So we were stuck in Nevada after losing our last game there, knowing that the best option was to wait in Vegas. I think it is best to summarize our playoff preparation as "what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas".

Lutz kept talking to girls at a strip club that he was a realist, but also he was ready to lead a Cinderella team, eager to cause the surprise of the first round and upset the whole hockey world by winning against a cup contender. Daisy, a regular, said that contrary to popular belief, it is not that rare to see a 6'2'' guy wanting to be a Disney princess at a strip club. Security kicked Valieva out of the hotel for an incident involving too much vodka and a game of rigged poker game with the local Russian mafia. Hammer tried to find the movie Miracle on ice and was surprised to find that Blockbusters were no longer a thing in Nevada. He claimed, pretty drunk, that he wanted to be a mix of Herb Brooks and Reggie Dunlop. We think Elmo got married. We are not sure. He was not on the bus this morning.

We had our first game in Detroit six hours later.

We lost.

Go Knights go!