Sunday, January 11, 2009

Thoughts on the Winter Classic

The Winter Classic was awesome (except for the final score, of course).

The excitement surrounding the game was so huge you could feel it on TV. Either that or I was excited enough that I felt that the city was that excited too.

I found it mildly amusing that the NHL Network was talking to Jonathan Toews and they thought that it was Sharpie. They even had Sharpie's stats up and everything. I was in the kitchen listening to the TV, not watching and I heard the commentator say Patrick and then the Blackhawk started to answer the question and I immediately said "Wait that's not Sharpie or Kaner that's Tazer." I thought it was funny when a few minutes later the same guy interviewed both Sharpie and Tazer.

I thought it was amazing that a game like that could make a few non-hockey fans scream as loudly as me while watching the game.

I was glad that the ice conditions were so good. I think it helped the game to go more smoothly.

During play, the first period was awesome, the second and third not so much.

ETA: We were all really tired the morning of New Year's Day because some insane person (that would be your delightful blogger) decided to get up after 3 hours of sleep. My cousin found an old stuffed penguin downstairs and dressed him up in the Blackhawks gear I had brought for my cousins and I took pictures.

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