First of all, I won't pretend I was at every hockey game this year, but I did see a few important ones. I'm also not exactly a layman when it comes to IM floor hockey here at UMBC (check Fall 2001 champs pic). Of all the games I saw this year, the game with the bext two goaltenders was defeinately the semi-final match between SAE and the Dawgs. Michal Kuckera and Tim Ballor respectively were the best I've seen in a while (since Gonzo blew his ACL and Miniscus, however you spell that thing). They were pretty darn good. Kuch even complimented Tim after the loss saying that his glove was the quickest he's ever seen. Of course they are baseball guys, but that's still a pretty big compliment from a worthy adversary. And so the Dawgs victory over SAE was one of the bigger upsets of the year. Though I must note that SAE was playing without Cliff and little Cliff (maybe his real name is Scott, but I'm not sure). If they were there, the outcome may have been very different. But they weren't, and so goes intramurals. It was fitting that they were playing the victors of another semi-final upset. The Predators beat the unstoppable and possibly overconfident Ice Men in the semis only to fall to Tim, George, and the rest of the Dawgs in the finals. Congrats to both and I'll look forward to the Dawgs/SAE basketball game this spring.