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The 12th annual Blue & White, Ryerson Rams Hockey Alumni game was held at
George Bell Arena in Toronto from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm Saturday,
January 23, 2010. Proceeds from the game, $550 profit, will go to the Rams Men's Hockey
Team via the Ryerson Adopt A Team program. The game was played
prior to the Rams vs RMC game at 2:00pm and the Rams won
their game 7-2, much to the delight of their predecessors in the stands.
In the Alumni game, Team White appeared bound to continue their
winning ways when they jumped into a very quick 2-0 lead early in the first
period. However, Team Blue rookie Daniel Care would have none of that.
By the time the first period had ended, Team Blue had scored 5 unanswered goals,
4 by Care who netted his first two in a 22 second span.
Another highlight of the game was, after arriving late, Alex Fex stepped on
the ice for his first shift of the game in the second period and it took him
about 10 seconds to score a goal. Alex is a member of the Ryerson Sports
Hall of Fame and played on the championship team of 1962. He was the most
experienced player in the game by at least 5 yeas.
When all was said and done, after falling short for 6 straight years, Team Blue finally got to savour
a taste of victory with what ended up being a 10-3 win but that's really not
what this day is all about.
In the "meeting" room after the game, the score was quickly forgotten and the
recent acquisition of Maple Leaf Gardens as the new home of the Rams quickly
became the hot topic of discussion.
A special thanks goes out to Ryerson's Manager Of Interuniversity Sports,
Beth Ali, who picked up the food tab for the event. Also deserving a tip
of the hat are, Alumni Officers Anjela
Wilson and Erin MacDonald, our
faithful volunteer Latoya Dixon, who ran the bar and did a great job, Ivan Joseph and the rest of the Athletic Department
for their backing and support, the Rams game-day staff for showing up early for
our game and Rams coach Graham Wise for helping out with our event and
leading his team to victory for us on Alumni Day.
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