Jolly hockey sticks, indeed

[klwilliams]

Tonight Chaz and I went to see a San Jose Sharks hockey game with a couple of friends of ours. One of them plays on a women's amateur league, so we've been to see her and her team play a couple of times. While she is one of the best players on her team, the pace of those games has been slow enough that we've had a chance to learn a little bit about the game and how it's played. The Sharks were...better. faster. dare I say it, stronger. What a fun game to watch. They played the Canadian team the Flames. We stood at attention through "Oh, Canada" *and* "The Star Spangled Banner". The Flames got the first point when they only had four players, I guess because the Sharks were asleep. However, the Sharks came back to win 2-1, after some fast and furious skating.

Chaz wore a big smile all through the game. They stopped for commercials, and during breaks played games for prizes, with fans doing the playing. Musical chairs with soft blow up furniture, on ice, anyone? Chaz was heard to say, repeatedly, "We don't do that in England." We had a great time.

Comments

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you had such a good time and glad you got to hear "Oh Canada" as well as the SSB, because "Oh Canada" is an immensely better national anthem. At nearly every Canadian sporting event I've ever watched, the singer can toss the crowd a section and they will sing it well. If you tried that with the SSB, us Yanks would go, "Is the singer okay? What's going on?" and stand there like posts for the most part.

If you want to be taught specific hockey terminology for the stuff you've mentioned above, I am glad to be pedantic, but I will not whip out the pedantry uninvited.

[klwilliams.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I'm slowly learning the terminology from my hockey-playing friends. About the only thing I'm sure of at this point is "face off", but that should change.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

"When they only had four players" = scoring short-handed. Which is an unexpected reversal, so I like to see them 29 times out of 30. (The 30th is when they're scored against my Wild!)