Before his mercurial career could continue taking flight, Manitoba Moose rookie forward Cody Hodgson had to learn a little bit about how AHL teams get on an airplane.
That small, but important, detail was crossed off the list during the Moose-Houston Western Conference finals.
The possible explanations are a little murky. Perhaps the brilliant prospect thought that travel days were dress-down days. It could be argued that Hodgson's roommate -- whom he did not want to publicly blame -- should have tipped him off differently.
The bottom line was that when Hodgson showed up at the airport for the flight to Houston, he was rocking shorts and a golf shirt.
Um, no. The actual dress code for such occasions calls for a suit. Hodgson quickly ducked into a restroom to change into something a little more formal, but the damage was done. Cell phones were whipped out, pictures were taken and one somehow found its way to the phone of head coach Scott Arniel, who was en route to the airport and missed seeing the show in person.
"The guys had a good laugh about it," said Hodgson, 19. "It was a good learning experience."
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Sean Zandberg
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Funny! I was interested in this bit later in the article:
“Hodgson is still too young to play a full regular season with Manitoba next year, so that leaves the Canucks or Brampton. Hodgson has already shown how much he plays above that latter level”.
So it’s back to junior in fall if he doesn’t join the Canucks? I wonder how hard he’ll make that decision for them…
Hopefully hard as hell.
He’s getting better in every game with the Moose right now, but he’s running out of time….
I guess it depends on who Gillis brings in and where Hodgson will fit in after that
by Sean Zandberg on Jun 2, 2009 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions





















