November 18, 2007

Feature: Making a Great First Impression

The following article on former Dartmouth forward Tanner Glass appeared November 18 on the Florida Panthers Web site. 

By Brian Goldman for floridapanthers.com

Imagine being woken up at 9:30 AM at your house in Rochester and told today is the day your dream comes true. You have been called up to the NHL, to the Florida Panthers to be exact. Only one catch. Your flight is in two hours and oh by the way, your first NHL game starts at 7:30 tonight. Don't be late.

This is exactly what happened to the Panthers Tanner Glass. Glass graduated from Dartmouth this past spring and signed his first professional contract with the Panthers this summer. After participating in Rookie Camp and Florida's Training Camp, Glass was assigned to the Panthers American Hockey League Affiliate, Rochester Americanes. On Nov. 12, at 9:30 AM, he got the call he had been waiting his whole life to hear.

"Getting called up was such a whirlwind day. I was late for the game," Glass recalls. "Everyone was congradulating me when I got there around 6:45. I didn't bring much stuff at all. I didn't even bring my computer. I didn't even bring shorts."

Complete article can be accessed via the Panthers Web site by clicking here.