Down South December, 1996

By Sarah Blalock and Dedee Hynote

Friday: Head to Orlando to see the Utah Grizzles (with former T-Sharks Sean O'Brien and Rod Aldoff) take on the Orlando Solar Bears.

After making sure Sean was on the ice during the pre-game skate, we brought out our banner with messages from fans and members of the Tiger Sharks. I don't know if Sean was happy to see the banner, but he was smiling the entire time we held it up. He definitely knew he had fans in the O-rena. We passed the banner on to security in Orlando so that Sean could read the messages sent from Tallahassee.

Our Tiger Sharks jerseys were a big hit in Orlando. One of the employees at the O-rena tried his best to buy the jersey off De-ee's back. Sorry, no sale. But, she did leave him with the number of the Tiger Sharks front office so he could call and order one.

Some fans asked us about the jerseys and we gave them a short lesson on the ECHL. After the game, our jerseys led us into a conversation with one of the Solar Bears staying at our hotel.