1. i'm a genius. i fucking KNEW i had to go to game 4, and not game 3. if i had gone to game 3, i'd have witnessed the ducks win 2-1, and the wings get crocked out of the tying goal. but since i knew what i was doing, i got to witness the wings spank the ducks 6-3.
2. anaheim has some shitty fans. the ducks scored 42 seconds into the game, and in most arenas that will buy the team really loud cheers for at least the entirety of the first period. the cheers at honda center died down within a minute. and when their team was losing with 5 minutes left, they were leaving in droves. the hell? finish the game and cheer for your team-- win or lose.
3. the red wings contingent was fucking HUGE and LOUD and FUN. the wings have awesome fans in every arena, i'm sure. where i was sitting, wings fans largely out numbered ducks fans. there were a whole lot of us and we were louder than the ducks fan majority for most of the game.
4. now that it's over and i witnessed such a good game, i'm kind of sad that that's probably the last hockey game for me this season. :(
like i said, the ducks scored 42 seconds into the game and detroit was looking like shit. just terrible. obviously this made me sad because i want detroit to win, sure, but also because this was miguel's first time seeing detroit. he's been listening to me talk about how fantastic this team is for years now, and he has still never witnessed them happen. so when they opened the game looking like crap, i was like shiiiiit. we're here for the one game where they're gonna get owned.
it was really strange watching them turn it on, though. they started off BAD (being outshot 5-1 in the first couple minutes) and they couldn't connect any passes and just... no. they were bad. and then slowly the passes started coming together. and then they started making clean entrances into the offensive zone. it was like someone was turning a dial and as the minutes passed, they were turning the dial from "Crap" to "Awesomeness." So by the 10 minute mark, the wings were in full domination mode. and that lasted almost the entire night. it was so hot. i'm glad miguel got to see sexy, sleek red wings hockey. it's funny, too, because i saw him become more and more delighted with their play as time passed. especially on the power play :)
anyhow, badass game. well worth the ridiculous amount of money i spent on the experience ;)
2 comments:
yay!!! i'm glad it went so well!!!!! you usually have such bad luck with hockey games (maybe just when i'm there) so i was hoping it was good!!! =)
yeah, seriously, who leaves before games end??? it's not like the ducks are trent and asked some crappy team to play after them and everyone was supposed to stay and love it... lol was that a fabulously crafted analogy or what? haha.
omigod did you see that they're postponing the katy perry concert in santa barbara??? what if they do that to us??
yeah, i've been worried about the santa barbara situation. ...because, most likely, we wouldn't be getting a postponement :( muh.
hopefully the fires clear up by then.
i love your analogy. it's fabulous. and TRUE. >:O i wonder how many people will be leaving.
i KNOW!!! i usually have TERRIBLE luck!!! but that's because i usually pick a game based on who is playing. this time i picked a game based on analysis of playoff trends. apparently, that's how you do it. (also, this was the ducks' worst loss of the playoffs so far. so i really picked correctly!)
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