So, let's talk Hockey! Last night was the official start of the NHL season. All 30 NHL teams played. The big ones for me of course were the Canadian games. Toronto and Ottawa tangled and had the distinct honor of having the first regular season shoot-out. Ottawa tied the game late in the 3rd period and won the game in the shootout by having Dominic Hasek stop Toronto's attempts to score. Final score 3-2. Calgary and Minnesota played and because I'm sitting in class and don't really care whether Calgary wins or loses when it comes to Hockey, but they lost 6-3. Vancouver and Pheonix played, Wayne Gretzky made his coaching debut. Unfortunately for him, his team didn't do so well. Vancouver over Pheonix 3-2. Now for the game I really care about. Edmonton Oilers and Colorado Avalance, playing in Edmonton and the puck dropped at 8:30 Mountain time. Hockey was finally back in Edmonton and all the fans were pumped and ready. They left happy. Four goals in the first eight minutes had many thinking that it would be a scoring mess. But after the first eight minutes the goals stopped for a little while. With a whole new slew of enforcement rules and a much larger (4 ft wider than 2 years ago) penalties weren't exactly rampent but there were a lot of new rules calls. For more information on the new rules and more info on daily happenings of the NHL you can check out either TSN.ca or NHL.com (powered by MSN). Hockey is finally back! Yes, I know I left out Montreal, they beat Boston 2-1.
P.S. Really I promise I'll tell you how much stuff is in the back of my brothers truck. I forgot so I have to ask him, I'll try to remember tonight.
