ain't it funny how you feel

 when you're finding out it's real (N.Young)

funny story....don't think i have shared this one before.....but i was just watching Boomer & Gio and they had the Stanley Cup in the studio.........reminded me of a visit i made to Toronto a while back. I was in town with Navy Ace Admiral Jack Duffy and we were going to see the Maple Leafs play in the historic Maple Leaf Gardens before it went away. After spending the morning drinking Labatts in the great One's bar and enjoying Grandma Gretzky's pierogi's for lunch....we walked over to the Hockey Hall of Fame...which was housed in the old  Bank of Canada building....a building that was known to be haunted by ghosts , appropriately enough.

anyway they had just recently removed a band of names off the Stanley Cup to make room for more, including the 1940 NY Rangers.......and so i approached the 90 year old security guard and asked him where they kept the names that had been removed....he pointed to a vault on the other side of the Cup Room....and i told him that since "My Team" was going to win the Cup this season i wanted to see /pay homage to the last time my squad had won......he smiled and asked me " oh yeah, you're going to win the cup this year eh ? , and who;s your team".......i confidently responded "THE NEW YORK RANGERS"............to which he began to belly laugh at me.....old geezer thought it was the funniest thing he ever heard.......i just smiled and said "You'll see" and walked to the vault to see Bryan Hextall & Co........

the date was October 19th 1993 .........we saw the Leafs beat the Hartford Whalers and go to 7-0 on the season......the reason i know the exact date was because the next night....we watched the Blue Jays beat the Phillies 15-14 in game 4 of the World series from a Toronto Strip Club....possibly the craziest WS game ever down in Philadelphia....

the Rangers ?? yes of course they went on to win the Stanley Cup and the Leafs are still holding their breath.

Though you're thinking that you're leaving there too soon
You're leaving there too soon