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I sought some travel stories from the Frost Heaves Fan Van folks, and here's what I received from Don Mandelkorn from both Halifax and Boston:

"4 of us made the trip to halifax - a small but hearty group of fans - our goal is to make all of the away games. Our band of travelers are margaret davis and don mandelkorn of barre and linda and dick rouelle of calais. We've battled snow covered roads both ways and a lot of bad coffee. The team really appreciates seeing us and hearing those hometown cowbells. We went to the post game meal with the team and let the guys know we'll see them in Boston on Saturday - the Fan Van will carry 7 fans to the game against the Blizzard"

and

"Greetings -

The Fan Van made the trip to Boston on Saturday, December 15, against the Blizzard. Van Fans included Linda & Dick, Helen, Tina and Darren, and Margaret and Don.

It was a weird experience - the Blizzard players strolled in at various times, some only 20 minutes before game time. The Boston fans were very quiet - next to no applause or cheering for their team - almost embarrassingly so. A number of Frost Heaves fans from Boston and friends of Coach Will showed up giving us about 20 fans - the Blizzard had, maybe, 35 people in the stands - must've sounded like a home guy game for our guys.

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Before the game Coach Dickie (Rouelle) warmed the guys up under the basket almost wearing himself out. One of the refs was the guy who tossed Will in Vermont during the Manchester game - he told us we couldn't ring our cowbells when the ball was "live" - said it was an ABA rule - Dickie, our rules expert, plans to hit the library to check that one out!! Even Coach Will went to our defense.

One of the Manchester Millrat assistants showed up and as soon as he saw us he said "Fan Van - really cool!"

As has become the custom, we had a team picture taken with the Vermont fans - we're beginning to have quite the away game photo library.

The guys started out a bit cold, but eventually cranked it up - final score 107-74.

We got home around 1:00 am - only snow we hit was the last couple of exits in Vermont - so concludes another Fan Van trip.

On Friday, December 21 the Fan Van makes the trip to Montreal for a 4:15 - we have a 12 seater at a 7 seater price - we have some seats available...

Hope to see everyone in Burlington Monday evening - "we want Manchester!!!"

Margaret & Don"

Thanks again to Don for sending me these updates and allowing me to pass them along to Sports Central readers.

--Anna Grearson