Ian got us ice side tickets for the Flyers v Montreal Canadiens on January 8, 2014. The seats were sick, we had a great view of the entire game.
I am not a sports person. I don't care about your home team's foosball homerun derby. I don't get it. Never have. Mom was a huge Yankees fan and when I lived in Boston I would often receive taunting texts from her about how "we" beat "you" guys! What? The royal we? Why would you turn to violence? Keep in mind I was in Boston when they won the World Series after 37 decades of losing. Riots. The people rioted because they WON. A neighbor's car was overturned and set one fire. Beantown, why you do?
So yeah, I don't really get the whole sportsfan thing. After the hockey game though, I could kinda understand! Watching the game up close and personal was REALLY fun. I don't understand the physics behind how they skate like they do. One second they are skating forward and then they turn around but are still going in the same direction, only facing backwards. What? Magnets, how do they work??? Also, how the hell do they keep an eye on the puck? It moves so damn fast and is pretty dang small. The sound it makes when it hits the plexiglass though, made me very thankful those things were strong. Fuck, imagine getting a puck to the face? I guess missing a front tooth IS the ultimate hockey accessory though, huh?
Everyone in the stadium was STOKED to be there. There was 1 Habs fan in our section. She had balls to wear that jersey in Philly, luckily everyone was pretty polite and refrained from throwing anything at her and just booed instead. Also, Habs? You're the Montreal Canadiens. Where does Habs come from? I know I can google that, I don't actually care to.
The energy in the place was infectious. I found myself screaming in unity when 2 guys started fighting. I yelled HE THREW HIS GLOVES OFF with glee! OMG who am I??? It was awesome that the refs just let them fight it out! YES. I knew hockey had fights and stuff but I never realized the refs just watched and also enjoyed the fight with the rest of the screaming maniacs standing around like rabid wolves.
The food wasn't too bad either. We hadn't eaten anything so I went to grab some snacks. Ian said the hoagies looked good but sorry bro, $10.50 for a fucking hoagie? GTFO. I decided on $5.50 hot nuts and funnel cake. Yeah, I said it, hot nuts. Hands up to those of you who think I managed to eat the entire funnel cake without making a mess. Haha, WRONG. I spilled it all over the nice, black, wool pea coat of the gentleman sitting in front of me. Ian looked at me like I was a fucking animal. You can't take me anywhere, for real. Oh, and $12 for a Bud light? I wasn't planning on drinking but that sealed it. $5.50 for a Coke though. Fucking shit.
Anyway, we had so much fun. I know mom would have had a great time too. It was something she would have thoroughly enjoyed and I am glad I went even though it wasn't necessarily something I would normally think to do. Maybe 2014 can be the year of getting out of my comfort zone. Also, doing so to honor Mom just makes it even sweeter.
We weren't the only weird beards taking selfies.
Ian's friends were also there. They are big fans.
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