Senior defensive end Winston DeLattiboudere, a Baltimore native, had been to only three hockey games in his life, all Gophers games. So seeing his first pro contest between the Tampa Bay Lightning and Detroit Red Wings on Sunday at Amalie Arena was one of the Outback Bowl activities he most looked forward to.
“It’s going to be, like, reverse,” DeLattiboudere said. “We’re going to a hockey game in the warmth.”
Linebacker Thomas Barber, defensive tackle Sam Renner and holder Casey O’Brien participated in an on-ice tic-tac-toe intermission shootout against Outback Bowl opponent Auburn. Barber and Renner played high school hockey at Robbinsdale Armstrong and Maple Grove, respectively. O’Brien started playing at age 5.