Best Way To Sell Concessions?

If there's one snack at a hockey game that might get overlooked, it's the classic order of french fries. Sure, you can get them all fancy as a poutine and no one would complain, but a good, crisp french fry just has that sound as you bite into it, that taste as the salt and fat on the exterior of the potato hit your tongue, and that warmth from the fying process that it might be one of the best hockey-watching snacks when sitting in an arena.

Of course, in this year, there haven't been a lot of opportunities to visit the concession stand for those crispy, golden fries, but it seems that the Knoxville Ice Bears might have the best concession sales team skating for them this season in the SPHL!

Centerman Josh French and forward Connor Fries stood side-by-side on the bench to give us the above moment in the game last night between the Ice Bears and the visiting Macon Mayhem. Fries scored a goal at the 19:00 mark of the first period, but French didn't hit the scoresheet in the 6-3 Ice Bears loss to Macon. You have to wonder if the Ice Bears or some other restaurant will offer up free fries if French and Fries combine for goals this season. It would be a fun promotion!

With the loss, Knoxville drops to 1-2-0 on the season to sit in fifth-place in the five-team SPHL, but they've also played one less game than three of the other teams and two less games than league-leading Pensacola who are four points ahead of Knoxville.

If you're looking for the Canadian angle on this story, former UPEI Panthers centerman Gabe Guertler scored at 1:53 of the second period and added an assist on Brian Bowen's first-period marker for Macon while former Queen's Golden Gaels winger Jared Bethune scored at 5:04 of the second period for Macon in helping them to the 6-3 win. Not a bad night for a couple of U SPORTS kids!

Until next time, keep your sticks on the ice!