Old-school hounding

Over the past few years, most of our hounding has taken place before morning skates, gametime bus rides to the rink or personal appearances by Tampa Bay Lightning players. Seldom, if ever, have we hounded following a game.

Last Saturday, after watching the Lightning fall to the New Jersey Devils, we gave it a try, hanging out by the Lightning players' parking lot at the St. Pete Times Forum. Know what? It was pretty fun.

Made for a late night, though, as we didn't get home until after 11:45 p.m., well past most of our bedtimes.

Beyond Colin adding a few more signatures to his Tampa Bay Jr. Lightning hat, including Vinny Lecavalier, Marty St. Louis and Eric Brewer, we also snagged an extra autograph from Lecavalier on this game program.