Mr. Cheng has hockey fever!

First thing's first. Here is how you properly cite a TV show in MLA format:

"Name of episode." Name of program. Network. Station, city. Date of broadcast.

Now, since this clip came from a locally-produced news program, there is no need to cite the network (which would have been NBC); nor is there a name for the episode, since news shows don't name their episodes. Sometimes news programs do title their segments, so if that information had been available, I would have listed it first. Since it wasn't, I am beginning with the name of the program; thus, the proper citation for this news clip would be as follows:

KARE 11 News at 10. KARE, Minneapolis. 26 Feb. 2009.

Now, contrary to popular belief, I do not have all of this information stored away in my brain as if I am some kind of MLA-formatting Rain Man ("Yeah... definitely alphabetize by author's last name... ten minutes to Wapner" - that's a really OLD reference). I looked it up on the Purdue Online Writing Lab that I am frequently recommending to you. When I don't know how to do one of these things, I look it up, just as I expect you guys to. It's really not as hard as it might seem. There are plenty of clear instructions and examples, and if you're not sure, you can always take a stab at it and then ask me to check it over for you.

On to the hockey fever part. Man, some of you EHS kids can skate! From Feb. 20 to Feb. 27, I attended three high school hockey games and listened to another online. I have plans to attend another later today (Feb. 28). I generally like sports, enjoy watching the occasional NHL game, and really got into some of the playoff runs of the Wild and late-great North Stars teams, but I never understood the high school hockey tournament hype in Minnesota. Until this week.

It really helps to know some of the players on the team. From EHS's section champion / state tournament girls hockey team, I have two students. I'd love to name them, but in the interest of privacy, I'll just leave it at that. Suffice it to say that they both were involved in scoring plays in the quarter- and semi-final games. It's been a thrill to watch them shine in areas outside the classroom. I'm so proud of these kids; I can only imagine how their parents feel.

Anyway, if you haven't watched it yet, the clip is from the channel 11 news of some of the team's highlights from their Thursday afternoon victory. Go Hornets. Guess I'm a cake-eater now : )