The Caps-Wild game: Sorry to be late. Jennifer and I sat ten rows off the ice behind the home goal at the MCI Center on Wednesday night. What should have been a dull dreary night was made quite exciting based on our proximity to the game. Im used to seeing everything at a distance, which makes strategy a bigger issue for me. But so close to ice level, I got taken in by every move on my side of the ice! We were ducking as pucks cracked off the glass (and climbing all over each other when the pucks shot into the stands). I was very appreciative that I got to see this seemingly pointless game between Minnesota and Washington.
Being close up, we got a good look at the Wild logo. "Aha," said Jennifer, "it is a bear in the woods. And we all know what bears do in the woods..."
The season ticket holders (lucky bastards) all around us spent a majority of the game ragging on referee Kurt Fraser and his helmet of hair.
I am glad to see that Caps fans finally understand the beating Jagr takes everytime he is on the ice.
The game was a minor-league showcase. Half the Caps are visiting from the minors. All but a couple of the Wild belong in the minors. But to give the Wild credit, while they cannot score goals, they are a heck of a lot faster than the Capitals...
On a final note, Richard "Tricky Dick" Park is back in the NHL! Last seen not getting any playing time with the Anaheim Mighty Ducks, Park seems to have finally gotten his shot with the Wild. He scored their only goal, and was their second-best player this evening (wunderkid Marian Gaborik was the best). He may be a skinny little midget, but he can skate and, once in a while, even score! He was originally a Pittsburgh Penguin, but the Pens gave up on him before he ever really got a chance to prove himself.
Thankfully, Park never developed a Napoleonic complex like fellow short-spud Theo Fleury.
Being close up, we got a good look at the Wild logo. "Aha," said Jennifer, "it is a bear in the woods. And we all know what bears do in the woods..."
The season ticket holders (lucky bastards) all around us spent a majority of the game ragging on referee Kurt Fraser and his helmet of hair.
I am glad to see that Caps fans finally understand the beating Jagr takes everytime he is on the ice.
The game was a minor-league showcase. Half the Caps are visiting from the minors. All but a couple of the Wild belong in the minors. But to give the Wild credit, while they cannot score goals, they are a heck of a lot faster than the Capitals...
On a final note, Richard "Tricky Dick" Park is back in the NHL! Last seen not getting any playing time with the Anaheim Mighty Ducks, Park seems to have finally gotten his shot with the Wild. He scored their only goal, and was their second-best player this evening (wunderkid Marian Gaborik was the best). He may be a skinny little midget, but he can skate and, once in a while, even score! He was originally a Pittsburgh Penguin, but the Pens gave up on him before he ever really got a chance to prove himself.
Thankfully, Park never developed a Napoleonic complex like fellow short-spud Theo Fleury.
posted by Howard at
2/08/2002 12:15:00 PM
