PITTSBURGH — Nick Comito and Mitch Bell had a pretty solid Memorial Day planned out; the college students, both trumpet players, would play 'Taps' at a memorial service in nearby Greensburg, Pa., then head to Consol Energy Center to watch Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final outdoors on the big screen.
Those plans changed.
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By 2:30, both guys had claimed their space near the screen. Comito was sitting with an American flag he'd screwed into an old stick shaft.