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Sunday, January 14, 2007
Hockey - Flames vs Stars
James from the office invited us again to his cheap seat season tickets to watch the Flames take on the Dallas Stars at the Dome last Saturday. Like I said before, ice hockey is not the most interesting game for me to watch. Although I do quite enjoy having a good ol' ogle at the girls at the games. Just a reminder - Canadian girls are hot! Seriously hot!
Jamil, Herman, Dari and James - the photo is being taken by one of the belterest belters of ever, pity no pics of them though...
See the gallery of the hockey.
Lacrosse - Roughnecks vs Stealth
Any way, I worked pretty hard last week and wasn't planning to do much Friday night (and cos temps have dropped to the -20s), but then managed to organize tickets to the office box to watch the season opening Lacrosse game - Calgary Roughnecks vs San Jose Stealth. I called them the Rough-Riders by accident (Freudian slip?) and got some disapproving nods from the mothers that were there.
Lacrosse is like a stoopid combination of a couple sports - the fighting bumpiness of ice hockey and American football, the ball movement of soccer and skimming your swimming pool with your pool net. There don't seem to be many rules - get the ball into the other team's goal. Or if you're defending, shhmack the dude with the ball upside his head with your net, elbows, body and head! A kick to the head or groin when he's down is optional, but recommended.
I totally offended all the Canadians when I said that lacrosse was more interesting to watch than ice hockey. But truly it is! Much more crowd participation and screaming, almost bordering on football-like hooliganism. And goals. Lots of them! At full time they were 16-16. But the 'Necks lost to a sudden-death golden goal in overtime.
'Scuse the blurry photos - H's camera - crappy Sony's...
I might go next week again to watch the 'Necks play the Colorado Mammoth. Dumb name but, hey, they're from Denver!
Lacrosse gallery.
James from the office invited us again to his cheap seat season tickets to watch the Flames take on the Dallas Stars at the Dome last Saturday. Like I said before, ice hockey is not the most interesting game for me to watch. Although I do quite enjoy having a good ol' ogle at the girls at the games. Just a reminder - Canadian girls are hot! Seriously hot!
Jamil, Herman, Dari and James - the photo is being taken by one of the belterest belters of ever, pity no pics of them though...
See the gallery of the hockey.
Lacrosse - Roughnecks vs Stealth
Any way, I worked pretty hard last week and wasn't planning to do much Friday night (and cos temps have dropped to the -20s), but then managed to organize tickets to the office box to watch the season opening Lacrosse game - Calgary Roughnecks vs San Jose Stealth. I called them the Rough-Riders by accident (Freudian slip?) and got some disapproving nods from the mothers that were there.
Lacrosse is like a stoopid combination of a couple sports - the fighting bumpiness of ice hockey and American football, the ball movement of soccer and skimming your swimming pool with your pool net. There don't seem to be many rules - get the ball into the other team's goal. Or if you're defending, shhmack the dude with the ball upside his head with your net, elbows, body and head! A kick to the head or groin when he's down is optional, but recommended.
I totally offended all the Canadians when I said that lacrosse was more interesting to watch than ice hockey. But truly it is! Much more crowd participation and screaming, almost bordering on football-like hooliganism. And goals. Lots of them! At full time they were 16-16. But the 'Necks lost to a sudden-death golden goal in overtime.
'Scuse the blurry photos - H's camera - crappy Sony's...
I might go next week again to watch the 'Necks play the Colorado Mammoth. Dumb name but, hey, they're from Denver!
Lacrosse gallery.
