Letters to the Editor
February 28, 2006
Men's Hockey Captain Thanks Fans
Dear MSU Athletic fans,
I would like to take this opportunity on behalf of the MSU Men’s hockey team to thank all of the fans that have supported us throughout the 2005-2006 regular season. We have been spoiled this year with some of the loudest and most energetic crowds that the Midwest Wireless Civic Center and the WCHA have ever seen. In particular, the last two weekends the encouragement of the fans at our games had a positive effect on the outcome. When the crowd gets going, the adrenaline starts to flow and, as seen over the past four games, the home team thrives and succeeds.
All of the fans that were in attendance this weekend and over the course of the year have helped the Mavericks be successful. The parents, the business people and the season ticket holders have been fantastic and have loyally supported us through the entire year and for that we are thankful. The band and the student section put the crowd at the Civic center over the edge over the past two weeks. As our fellow students made T-shirts, created signs, had synchronized chants (ole, ole, ole, ole; sieve, sieve sieve) and after game celebrations have made the atmosphere in Mankato second to none.
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you. It can not be said enough how grateful the entire Mavericks Hockey team is for the support that we were given this year, particularly the past couple of weekends. What you have done as a collective group will give us a needed boost and some momentum going in to next weeks playoffs. You are the greatest fans in the country and we hope that it continues into next year.
Thanks again, on behalf of the MSU Men’s Hockey Team,
David Backes
MSU Men's Hockey Captain