I have hockey on the mind today. I witnessed history last evening when the Cincinnati Cyclones became the world champions of the ECHL winning the Kelly Cup defeating a very good Las Vegas team.

There were over 12,000 fans at U.S. Bank Arena, the largest crowd to ever see a Kelly Cup finals. These fans were terrific. I confess that I purchased my first Cyclones ticket of the season the night before the championship AND I got a seat two rows behind the goal, which was a lot of fun. These boys played hard and the physicality was great drama.

As I scanned the crowd, it was a great cross section among young and old, male and female.

Another fun twist was that I was using Twitter.com to relay the score to the people following me. I got two responses, both from females, thanking me for the updates.

So, after the champagne is mopped up, the Cyclones need to ride this wave and collect as many season ticket deposits as they can. Good luck, boys.

And more hockey news from Pittsburgh...

My good friend, Pat Frew, also sent me an interesting story from Pittsburgh about the emerging fan base for the Pens. Check it out: http://www.postgazette.com/pg/08158/887863-61.stm