Late Night Phone Call Makes My Night

Just got off the phone with my best friends Bjerk and Joel. Joel lives in Fort Worth and Bjerk and his son Alec are down there visiting. Joel got tickets to the Dallas Stars vs. Nashville Predators game tonight and Bjerk, via his Perham connections, scored passes to the players/coaches area after the game. So while Joel and Alec were in the Stars players' area scoring autographs, Bjerk was across the hall having a couple of beers with Stars head coach (and former Sioux) Dave Tippett! Tippett spotted Bjerk wearing his "Perham" shirt and led him into the coaches area for some cold ones. He has a place up north near Perham - Bjerk said they talked about the north country as much as they talked about hockey.