clinging on to the winter olympics ice hockey finals fever - the battle between the americans and the canadians - my friends invited me to a sharks game. the teams were the san jose sharks vs. the columbus blue jackets.
what a scene it was arriving at the hp pavillion! almost everyone was wearing the sharks jerseys or sharks colors except us. as soon as we found out seats, the players skated in and the national anthem played. a few of the players from the sharks team actually played for the canandian team at the winter olympics finals, and they were cheered on like heroes by the fans. (hey, but they defeated us though!)
the game was pretty exciting given that i didn't have much knowledge about the rules. our friend stephen tried to explain as much as he can to us, but just watching the action on the ice was entertaining enough~ of course we got to see the inevitable fights on ice too... the referees just let them punch it out for a whole minute!
the three periods ended as quick as a flash light, and luckily the sharks turned the lead over and won 2 to 1. thanks anne, stephen and frank (he just disappeared during intermission so sharkie got into the pic in his place... ^^) for taking me to my first ever ice hockey game! not only was it fun, i also learned one new thing... that the ice resurfacing machine is called a zamboni!
