Hockey Fun

Yesterday, Dad, Susan, Pat and I went to Nationwide to see the Blue Jackets play the Pittsburgh Penguins. I managed to get the company seats for this one and Pat and I were in the second row from the glass! (Dad and Susan were in our normal seats in the rafters.) Even from WAY down in the second row, we could hear Dad yelling 'Shoot the Ball!, uselius, Shoot the Ball!'.

Now, for some unknown reason, Pat is a big fan of the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Penguins. (Although we can't prove it, we suspect the reason is because he was dropped on his head as a child). Still, whenever the Pens come to town I make sure we get a ticket for Pat. The last time they were here, the Jackets thumped the Pens pretty good and Dad and I may have been a little rough on Pat as we celebrated. (OK, we were really obnoxious) Not surprisingly, he was still harboring some bitter feelings on that one. :) He was a good sport about all of it though and I'm really glad he'll still go to hockey with us!

The game was very exciting and it looked like we were on our way to a rout when the Pens scored 3 goals in 3 1/2 minutes. In the end, it went to overtime and then a shootout before the CBJ finally won.

Regardless of how it turned out, it was just fun to go to a hockey game with Pat. We all seem to be busy all the time and don't find time to get together for a bit of fun. This was a good night.


Also, want to give some props to my way cool wife who arrived from the game in her professional business attire, complete with pearls, and then threw on her CBJ sweater to cheer on the team. (shown here in the pic she sent me from her perch up in the nose-bleed seats) What can I say, she just completely rocks.