Winter Classic (Ice Bowl)

That was one of the coolest things I've ever seen in my life. I can't
believe I didn't go ! I've lived here all my life, been a fan since
1970, and I couldn't get tickets. I'm such a loser. I'm so jealous of
everyone who was priveledged enough to witness that live. The CBC TV
broadcast was amazing, especially their pregame salute to the old Aud.
That brought a tear to my eye. Then the bagpipe players came out with
the drums too and THAT was AMAZING ! Then Ronan sang God Bless
America, and at the end, I got choked up. Then came the fly-by
helicopters and fireworks to top it off. It was freakin brilliant !
And I wasn't even there ! I can't imagine how awesome that must have
been in person. The puck was about to drop and 71,000 people were
screaming and going nuts and chanting LETS GO BUFFALO ! That came out
real nice on TV. Both networks really did a fine job of talking up the
event and our city. All those people to see an outdoor hockey game ?
Are you kidding me ? People around the country now know what we all
know : we are the best fans in the world !

What a great event. I want to see another one !

Kris

On Jan 2, 9:25 pm, Kris <kritte... DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote:
> That was one of the coolest things I've ever seen in my life. I can't
> believe I didn't go ! I've lived here all my life, been a fan since
> 1970, and I couldn't get tickets. I'm such a loser. I'm so jealous of
> everyone who was priveledged enough to witness that live. The CBC TV
> broadcast was amazing, especially their pregame salute to the old Aud.
> That brought a tear to my eye. Then the bagpipe players came out with
> the drums too and THAT was AMAZING ! Then Ronan sang God Bless
> America, and at the end, I got choked up. Then came the fly-by
> helicopters and fireworks to top it off. It was freakin brilliant !
> And I wasn't even there ! I can't imagine how awesome that must have
> been in person. The puck was about to drop and 71,000 people were
> screaming and going nuts and chanting LETS GO BUFFALO ! That came out
> real nice on TV. Both networks really did a fine job of talking up the
> event and our city. All those people to see an outdoor hockey game ?
> Are you kidding me ? People around the country now know what we all
> know : we are the best fans in the world !
>
> What a great event. I want to see another one !
>
> Kris

I expect that we will see outdoor games more frequently in the future
because of the success of this event (and plus Bettman hinted that he
wants to do it). I doubt we will see another game in Buffalo any time
soon, they probably will want to spread it out a little. If I hadn't
been experiencing the worst hangover ever, I might have been as
excited as you seem to be about the game, but it really was a cool to
watch. Towards the end of the game I just wanted it to be done so I
could go back to sleep but it just kept going. I have to say that the
shootout seemed to screw the Sabres because it killed the momentum
that they were staring to build at the end of the game, but that's how
it goes in the regular season.