Bruins VsWinter Hawks 11/24/7

Oh man, hockey is so terrible on the television; the NHL playoffs coincide with the NBA' post season and since those hockey games are on satellite channels sports bar are the only place to actually see them. This past spring I'm trying to watch a basketball conference semi-final at the bar but a freakin hockey game is on the big-big screen and to make matters worse during the breaks the NHL plays Time Life record commercials, no joke. However, seeing hockey live is cool, the Portland Winter Hawks have been around for over 30 years and I've been going to games for jeez 15 years. Hawkey is great; seats are cheap, food isn't overpriced, the fans are talkative and these kids play their hearts out. Every year there is a night when after the Hawks score their 1st goal fans throw teddy bears onto the ice, which are then donated to charity. This year over 20k teddys got tossed, hmm.

The 1st goal got called back, it took over 20 minutes for the bears to be cleared off the ice. I was in the 3rd row by the Hawk's bench and was getting lit up by stuffed animals, dude behind me had a plate of nachos and he got cheese and chili all over himself, his date and my flippin chair thanks to an evil teddy bear landing in his dish. So I moved to the only real place to watch a Hawkey game, mid way up behind the goalie(pictured below). From there you can see the plays open up and got a quick exit if the fans get a little to rowdy, joking? So the picture below, dude on the left with the puck shot it then the guy in the middle (can you get a rebound in hockey?) scored off the miss.


Hawk goalie Kurtis Mucha (pictured below, sorta) had a club record 65 stops, saves or whatever. Hawks win 4-3.