Before every game both teams huddle up at their net around their goaltender to pump each other up for the match.  This is a great shot of our MERC championship team doing exactly that, which was the cover of one of the game programs.  Peter Ascherl and I were in these two positions for every game... Part of the superstition thing one often hears about...  Thanks to a long time fan of MERC, Markus Bonte, for sending this pic along with the following ones to me.