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Skellman:
I do believe the CAROLINA Hurricanes are the defending Stanley Cup champs, no?
I was once a die-hard Blackhawk fan but, Mr. Wirtz (the owner) has basically driven myself as well as the rest of the Chicago faithful away. I do follow the Hawks but, rarely am I able to see them on the tele.
I'm probably a minority but, Stanley Cup playoff hockey is awesome.
Have a good time at the game.

PS-there was nothing like a hockey game in the old Chicago Stadium. If you were ever there to hear Wayne Messmer sing the national anthem, it would give you chills.
Oh yeah, Wirtz fired him a couple years ago.

Skellman

96SC:
We went.  Me, a guy from SC, one from KY, and two from Puerto Rico (PR).

The guys from PR about froze to death.  Even when I told them to bring plenty of warm clothes, which they did.

Two minutes into the game there was a fight, which they all enjoyed, but it was the only fight of the night.  A minute later Atlanta scored and two minutes later Carolina scored...it all seemed scripted to keep the fans interest (the stadium was about half full).

The funniest part of the night was at the end of regulation, tied 4-4.  The guys from PR went to get another beer, one of the group told them that they probably quit selling so late into the game, but they went anyhow.  About a minute into OT the Hurricanes scored and everyone was leaving but the guys from PR hadn't gotten back yet.  After waiting for quite a while the other 3 of us went to the car, hoping the PR's had gone out there, which they had.  When we asked where they were, they said. 'We don't get hockey in PR but thought it was like football and had 4 quarters so we figured there was plenty of time to get another beer.'  They heard the crowd hollering when Carolina scored the winning goal and went back to our seats only to find everyone was gone.

Unfortunately, the Hurricane stadium (yep, home of the defending NHL champions) was more like watching a game in a school auditorium.  No smell of smoke or stale beer.  But everyone had a good time.

cooltoy2000:
Did everyone have fun?

96SC:

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Most of us had a 'ball' or should that be, had a 'puck'?  Especially the guys from PR.  The guy from SC was sort of so-so about it, but he was the only one who just wore a long sleeve shirt.
We sat above and just to the side of one of the goals so we got to see a lot of action around the net and with a total of 9 goals in the game we saw a lot of scoring. (the fight was just below us also).

I was really hoping for a 'hat trick' as one of the guys from PR asked what a hat trick was.  I explained it to him what it was and what happens (the ice gets covered with fan's hats) but seeing it would have made a better impression.

cooltoy2000:
A Gordie Howe hat trick is way better.

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