USF_Girl

I ripped out a couple staples being clumsy, but Im walking on my own- I started yesterday. I schedule the massive surgery tomorrow, so I'll be out after that for about a month stuck in the apt.

Bring all your friends to the game!

sorry Ive been MIA, Ive had the 1st of 3 surgeries on my knee

The USF Ice Bulls (19-6) take on the FSU Seminoles in a home and away series this weekend.

Saturday is out LAST home game this year, the game will take place at the Brandon Ice Sports Forum at 9:30pm. It is also senior night and we will be saying good bye to some players that have been playing their hearts out of the past couple years.

We are currently out of place for Nationals, but are waiting for the official verdict from the ACHA. (2/16 is final verdict bids)

FREE with USF ID. General Admission is $5 and will goto Madison Goss (a 3 year old with a rare form of liver cancer we have been raising money for)

http://www.tampabays10.com/news/local/article.aspx?s=search&storyid=48697

UPDATE

Total Raised: $2010.85

Toys Raised: 30

USF will spend Friday at the Children's Hospital in Atlanta visiting Madi and passing out the toys we have collected to other children in the cancer ward.

An USF alumni from Atlanta contacted us and he will be doing media coverage via CBS for us up there at our Ice Bulls party the USF Atlanta Alumni Association is having for us! They are also unvieling the jersey we signed and sent to them that is framed at their local USF gathering place!

We hope to have $2500 and 60 toys by Thurs. when we leave. We have put together gift packages full of Bulls gear and goodies for Madi, her brothers, mom and dad. We can not wait to have the Goss family and friends cheering us on at our first game at Regionals!

I am collecting donations at Tampa campus and St. Pete tomorrow, please contact me if you are interested in donating and I can swing by.

Thank you everyone who has sent checks or donated at the game! The Goss family will really appreciate it!

We raised another $70 inside the gym at IM basketball tonight from the Greeks.

The school would not let the players stand outside the basketball game this afternoon with signs and buckets for Madison. Some people had asked why we were not out there, we could not get permission for it.

We are $730 short of our goal

Please help support Madi!

total raised: $1770.21

thank you everyone for coming out and bringing friends!

We are really excited to visit Madi and her family in Atlanta. We have gotten her and her little brothers USF gear and her 2 little brothers (and father) will be at one of our games at regionals. USF just made 5 new Bull fans!

Please continue to donate so we can reach our goal of $2500. We also are making care packages for her parents- and gift packages for her and her brothers (4 and 7) if you would like to donate gift cards (walmart, grocery stores, etc), toys, books or anything else you think would be good for their family at this time.

oh the score was 17-1 I believe. And the Ice Bulls are now currently 17-4 going into Regionals Feb 1st-4th in Atlanta, Georgia.

With 1 mail donation, Friday night game and tonight's we raised $1700!

We will be taking donations for Madi until we leave for regionals on Thursday. Our goal is $2500!

Channel 10 came back out and broadcasted a clip from the game with another interview that aired at 11pm and will air again tomorrow.

USF won by a good deal last night.

Come out and support Madi tomorrow. The Citadel will be arriving in uniform; color guard presentation, $800 worth of raffles and all $$$$ goes to Madi.

98 rock, 620 Sports, Channel 10, The Times- have been covering this for the past couple days- I will post a total on Sunday night.

havent see the footage of it yet, but was there at 5am this morning setting up.

We're just hoping if we get 800 fans and everyone brings $1 that is 800 to Madi for that night.

Center Ice Magazine Article

The War on I-4

http://centericemagazine.com/curstories174.html

this was out a week ago but unavaliable on the web until recently

Channel 10 did a "teaser" during the night news wed.

this morning they did 2 live interview segments, and 1 live skate segment.

I guess it went really well and they are airing something again at 5/6 or 11 tonight!

Here is the article and 2 of the videos will be loaded this afternoon:

http://www.tampabays10.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=47961

Come out and support Madi on Saturday!

Channel 10 did a "teaser" during the night news wed.

this morning they did 2 live interview segments, and 1 live skate segment.

I guess it went really well and they are airing something again at 5/6 or 11 tonight!

Here is the article and 2 of the videos will be loaded this afternoon:

http://www.tampabays10.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=47961

Early Birds- hockey coverage in the AM.

The best estimate is between 5:37-5:50 and 6:37-6:50 for the 3 min segment, they are live so both will be different.

Come support Madison on Saturday!

The coverage is for Thursday, tomorrow- each segment should run about 3 minutes each.

Channel 10 will be airing LIVE segments on the 5:30am and 6:30am news on THURSDAY. They will be showing practie, talking about our birth into regionals and our charity event for Madison this Sat.

Could someone tape this for me, as I will be there and unable to tape it, so we can put it on our website.

Please see Hockey Charity post for more information about our charity event for Madison Goss.

tickets are $5, 1/2 of what we make at the door will be going to Madi, and the other half will be going to pay for our services for the game.

"The Ice Bulls play their home games at the beautiful Ice Sports Forum at 10222 Elizabeth Place in Brandon. The rink is conveniently located just west of the I-75 /SR-60 interchange.

Checks can be made out to: Madison Goss Medical Trust Fund

email usficebulls@aol.com  to arrange pick up or for mailing address.

The Ice Bulls currently only sell t-shirts (green and gray) and hockey jerseys.

USF has the possibilty of re-playing the GT in Atlanta next weekend (Feb 1-4)

**if you want to donate but can not make it to the game I can pick up donations around the USF area, or they can be dropped off at my home**

The USF Ice Bulls (15-4) will be playing the Citadel Friday at 11:30pm and Saturday at 8:30pm.

Saturday at 8:30pm is Military Appreciation Night and a Charity Event of Madison Goss:

Madi is a 3 year old with a rare form of cancer. Right now she is undergoing chemo in order to shrink the size of the tumor surrounding her liver. She is the youngest of 3 children and her parents have started a medical trust fund for her, to help with the costs of her treatment. Last night she was moved from the Cancer Ward to ICU after having a fever and oxygen saturation problems with her lungs.

The Ice Bulls are selling raffle tickets to hundreds of dollars worth of items that local businesses have donated in order to raise money for Madi. Tickets are 2 = $1 or 12 = $5.

Items donated include:

-Tampa Bay Lightning goalie stick, autographed my the entire TBL team

-Tampa Bay Lightning shirts

-St. Pete Times Forum gift cards

-USF shirts (Bulls Outfitter)

-USF cozies (Palladium)

-$25 Malibu Grand Prix cards

-Free oil change gift certificates (Tire Kingdom)

-$50 Bowling gift cards

-$10 Jason Deli’s cards

-Block Buster gift cards

-Jimmy John’s Free Sub cards

-Photo Album (Scrapbook Inc.)

-Target gift cards

…and much, much more!!!!

Please help the Ice Bulls raise some money for this little girl!!

Free With USF ID

Saturday: FREE with Military ID + 1 free guest (actives, retired., reservists, ROTC)

Shirts for sale: $15 each (see www.icebulls.org - merchandise page for pictures)

another win tonight making the Ice Bulls 15-4 going into the Citadel weekend next weekend.

-ERAU has been told by the league to correct the "tie" immediately. According to ACHA DIII policies no game shall end in a tie (like the NHL rules now). They have until game time tonight to fix it (achahockey.org -ACHA manual pg.45) ACHA recognizes our record as 14-4 with the game last night 5-4 win.

The game is in Brandon, its free with USF ID, $5 donation for everyone else. Im working at the door, so introduce yourself and the kids will be free tonight.

We will be raffling off another Lightning autographed stick tonight, 2 =$1 or 12 = $5.

Shirts still for sale $15 each (green or gray)

Before I start the Ice Bulls (14-4) won in a shoot out last night (after over time), it was 1-1 after 3 skaters and went to 5 skaters when the Ice Bulls put one in the back of the net. Goaltending kept the Ice Bulls in the game after a sluggish 1st period. Game tonight at home at 9:30pm!

---------------------------

A full page story ran on South Florida and Central Florida in Center Ice Magazine entitled "War on I-4: Who's Number 1 on Ice in Florida" The article basically talks about the strength of hockey in Florida and the rivalry between us and UCF. It includes 2 photos; both of USF players.

Center Ice is a regional magazine covering hockey in the southeast and is distributed in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington DC, Ohio and NY.

I will post a link when center ice updates their website.

---------------------------

News crews will be filming the next 2 home Sat games in order to comply a 5 min segment that will air in Feb about the Ice Bulls! Come to the games and be loud and proud to be a Bull and get on TV!

another win! thank you everyone who came out.

our next game is against ERAU next Sat. at 9:30pm (it might move to 8:45- stay tuned)

Regionals rankings come out this Friday for the 13-4 Ice Bulls!

The Ice Bulls won 11-3 last night, Alabama did start their back up goalie for some reason.

USF is looking for one more win to get a better seeding for regionals. Game tonight at the Brandon Ice Sports Forum 9:30pm, free with USF ID, and the bar will be open for the game.

Raffle tonight: Autographed Tampa Bay Lightning hockey stick and SPTF gift card.

Gasser was my surgeon for my college soccer injury, he did an amazing job with everything he did and kept the scaring minimal for the amount of work he did and metal that was added.