Hey, I guess I just haven't been paying attention, but I just saw that the Memorial Cup is going to be held in Saginaw this year. I was wondering if anybody had plans to attend. I will be in the area, but likely too busy to attend any games. I grew up in the Bay Region, and its cool to see a significant event being hosted there. I think there used to be a couple of other posters on this board that were from the area, but I'm not sure if they are still around. Man, what memories, I remember when the Dow Event Center was the old Saginaw Civic Center. My first experience with pro hockey was watching the old Saginaw Gears play there. One of my childhood friends had a dad who loved hockey, and he would load a bunch of us kids up and take us to the games there. I remember thinking Marcel Comeau was the greatest hockey player ever
, and the Gears were a top IHL team when I was in junior high, I remember a couple of runs at the Turner Cup. It was the weirdest thing ever when the Gears left town, and their most hated rival, the Flint Generals actually made the move up I75 to become the new Saginaw Generals. Anyway, I am done reminiscing, I just was wondering if anybody was going to be around Sag-nasty for the tournament. We can go back to the normal Yzerman bashing and Wings-loathing now.
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