Looking back on those days that were..

Those were the days..

Trask Photo -don't rightly remember?

when  Corey Locke and Matt  Beaudoin celebrated an Aeros win.

And we all sat on the edge of our seats : Will the boys move up to the semifinals? They did! Will they move to Finals? They did not. 
But it was a great and exciting year..that year!

Jerina  or Ahl Photo-don't remember?
And the next year we did not quite have such an exciting season but there were some highhlights as when  Anton Khudobin and Maxim Noreau skated in the AHL All Stars ?

Now an other Aeros season is to start soon in October with new and old favorites.

Will this be the season of the Calder Cup returning to Houston?

Can the new coaching staff make a miracle? Wait , pray and hope...OR one could wish that "Paul" the oracle octopus were here to be consulted ;-). But maybe he is not up on his hockey lore?

Apropos, Octupi, they seem to have some undervalued intelligence, or so researchers claim who have studied the species. A species, BTW, that has been around  prior to the 'fishy',-) ancestors, and is related to oysters. As one learns 'more or less recently' about the intelligence of primates (who evolved alongside homo sapiens..or so it is claimed), one finds that intelligence seem to be related to social behaviour of groups. On the other hand, Octupi are solitary creatures - so why would they need such intelligence? Studies show that theirs was developed to escape harm..the soft creatures are natural prey to many others in the waters. For more on this - fascinating (or not) subject - do click on http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/graphics/20100725_octopusGraphic/

"The Iceman cometh...."

In any case, it will be great to see hockey action, LIVE,  right here in the Bayou City, or Austin,

or San Antonio, or even Oklahoma City, wherever fans find themselves :-D ..

Good Bye LOIS, You have amused many, intoxicated some...and filled the coffers of the Museum of Natural Science whilst 'exhilarating' the senses of many!