Ottawa did what we normally do before a long stretch of road games; we all got together in the locker room after our last practice before the start of the post-season, fired up the grill for some hotdogs, got the local bagpiper to play us a few jolly tunes, and told some jokes to each other over the goofy mishaps that happened during the season. Sure Ottawa may not have finished as strong as we would have wanted, but we had fun for the majority of the season. We took that mentality into the first series of the post-season to ride a wave of hopeful wonder as our fans were able to cheer us on from the stands. This would help propel us through the first round where we defeated Nevada in a hard fought series. Unfortunately OTT would fall to the regular season league leaders in MET after just a quick five games, winning one more than I personally thought was possible.