Tuesday, April 03, 2007

Sault Steelers to Storm to Steelers to Snow Storm

I remember making a suggestion to Barry and the boys, way back when we were the Storm, that perhaps going back to the old Steelers name of championships past would be a positive move. Though personally I liked Storm too, I just felt Sault Ste. Marie was like the Pittsburgh of the North (quite like the Steel City here in the Iron Triangle), so they should look like them too - especially as the logo Pitt uses is their brand also. But in light of the fact that the Soo has had one of the most massive snowfalls in its history this month, perhaps they need to change back their name with a slight change - the Sault Snow Storm (all white jerseys with the winter camo to go)! Well, they opted for the name change, but the uniforms changed after 911 to those Michigan Maize and Blue state colours, which is okay but I thought that they might as well have gone with the winged helmets too (with a S on the side just as we did with the Storm to keep those old traditions). Anyhow, a couple of the guys used the F-book and M-space to hit me up, great hearing from them all once more. Very interested in the offer to play for them, possibly this summer, on rush, receive and return down here for a Southern Ontario game like that one against the Imps of Sarnia (one the bad side of the French River divide - our own Mason Dixon up in the Great White North here in Canada) to fill in for the Nordique or Northmen who can't make the long trek. Nice to get back up with those guys from the zoo back in the Soo - keep in touch, boys!