"I recently lost a good friend. Men and women I've known since we were boys and girls poured into my Minnesota hometown for the funeral last Friday, some from as far away as the coasts. Outside the church, at the crack of the rifles for his military honors, a tear ran down my cheek and promptly froze into the upper reaches of my beard. He will be greatly missed."
"Mitch had been a staple at a longstanding tradition amongst a group of his peers: hockey weekend. This tradition entails everyone meeting up from wherever they've ended up in the country then going somewhere for the weekend to attend a Minnesota college hockey game (not necessarily in Minnesota, the Dakotas and other nearby states are in the mix too). We also gear up like old times and attempt to play a hockey game ourselves."
"In the past, outdoor ice conditions had occasionally prevented us from doing the amateur hockey game part of hockey weekend. Though we are all citizens, the skin tones of a couple of our buddies nonetheless served as a compelling reminder that outdoor ICE conditions in the Twin Cities merited a postponement of that part of the tradition. We would still watch a college hockey game, though. This year we were traveling to the St. Paul campus of my old law school alma mater"
A close friend died and attendees who had known each other since childhood traveled to Minnesota for the funeral, some from across the country. Outside the church during military honors, a tear froze in a beard, marking grief in the cold. The deceased had been central to an annual hockey weekend when peers gather to watch college hockey and play an amateur game. Outdoor ice conditions and concerns about immigration enforcement affected plans for the pickup game. Despite grief and nearby protesters, the group intended to attend a college hockey game at the St. Paul campus.
Read at Above the Law
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