Road Trip!

Dozens of Ice Bears die hard fans hit the road to Alabama to cheer on the Bears as they took on the Havoc.

More than 50 fans loaded a chartered bus from Knoxville to cheer on the boys against their chief rival.
"I believe we were louder than the Huntsville fans,” Dave Weatherford, Ice Bears fan said. “They had 49-hundred people there they said, but i think we out-shouted them."

These "road warriors" paid one price for the bus trip, game tickets and the chance to support the Ice Bears while all spectating as one large Knoxville contingent at Huntsville's Von Braun center. "The guys glance up there and it gives you an extra little something to dig for and that kind of support is pretty rare,”Ice Bears Coach Scott Hillman said. “So we sure appreciate that."

"When we started to get back on our bus, Coach Hillman was on the bus and he was shaking everybody's hand and thanking them for coming to the game,” Weatherford said. “And then right after that, Swider and Carter got on the bus and got on the p.a. system and thanked everybody for coming. so, it was great."

Late getting back - the road warriors didn't pull in until almost 5 am on Sunday.