Greenville? ARE YOU READY FOR SOME....HOCKEY!?

I know. We all remember the Greenville Grrrowl. Wait. How many "r's" were there? Anyway, they were here. We sometimes went. We sometimes didn't. They actually won. Most times. But, regardless, they left. And, since that time, Greenville has been asking the question, "why do we not have another hockey team?"

Well, we do now. Get ready Greenville, because the Greenville (Name and Mascot to be Inserted Later) are here and alive and well at the Bi-Lo Center.

This morning, Kate and I wandered over to the Bi-Lo Center for a press conference to announce plans for a new hockey team. Now, this wasn't super surprising news. All the radio stations had mentioned it. All the hockey fans were talking about it. I even heard someone mention it as we ate lunch at Tsunami last week. But, no one knew anything else.

Well, they still won't. The team has yet to be named. The owners are a business man and a former GM for The Rangers (who has a Stanley Cup win on his resume). The deal is real. And, judging from the press conference, they mean business.

Hopefully, they will take a lesson from The Greenville Drive and realize that Greenville wants to be entertained. We love our sports, we really do. But, we also love to make our sports about a little bit more. At the end of the day it's about entertainment. The overall atmosphere. The ambiance. The wins and losses? They count too, and we hope there will more of the former than the latter. But, we want to be entertained and have fun doing it.

So we congratulate the Bi-Lo Center and the owners of the new Greenville hockey team. I think they could be called the Greenville Forwards, but that's just me.

Check out the new hockey website for more information about upcoming happenings and events. And, most of all, have fun!