Coworker who sits 20 feet from me is Mike Sislo's cousin. He's probably gonna be bummed that he won't be in the same division as the Gulls next year. He'd get free tickets whenever Tucson was in town.
I also blame Sislo for costing me a shot at $600. I was in Vegas sometime in February 2011. For fun, I took a look at the college hockey odds. I saw that Miami of Ohio was 30-1 while teams like Michigan, Notre Dame, and BU were 12-1. From what I knew of college hockey, Miami was on par with Michigan/Notre Dame when they used to be in the same conference.
I put down $20 on Miami. A couple friends did as well. In a somewhat comical moment, a pit boss came over and initially didn't take my last buddy's bet; It was almost like he was trying to figure out if we had some inside knowledge or something.
Miami promptly went on a 9-0-1 tear to finish the season and was a #1 seed in one of the Frozen Four regionals. Unfortunately for them, it was the regional in New Hampshire and their first round opponent was the University of New Hampshire.
It was a tight game, but UNH edged out Miami. Years later when my coworker mentioned his cousin was Sislo, I remembered his short time on the Devils and that he was on that UNH team. I looked up the boxscore and sure enough he had the game winning goal in that game. [/coolstorybro]