Bruins Win 13th in a row at Home

"I hate when we fight baby..."

But that headline is barely the story today. I took Jimmys advice and went to the game today, (well actually my friend Dan asked me to go with his parents) So the four of us headed to the Garden to enjoy some Bruins action. Midway through the 2nd and 3rd period Dan's father told us he had a surprise for us and to go take a piss because we wouldn't be able to where we were going. I was intrigued, slightly afraid, and complied anyway. After the 2nd period horn, two Garden staff members approached us and we followed them through the arena. They brought us down, and as we got closer to the team benches I could not believe my eyes. In between the two benches, literally 6 inches closer to the ice than the players were, stood 2 folding chairs and a short bench, the whole thing enclosed in the size of a glorified phone booth. Those were our seats for the 3rd period. It was UNBELIEVABLE.

I've never been that close to a sporting event in my life. We couldn't have been any closer if we were dropping the puck for a face-off. So in between shouting encouragement to the B's and telling the Hurricanes they were smelly, Dan and I took in the sights and sounds. Lucic is a goofy fellow, and his nose makes Toucan Sam look like Meg Ryan. Rod Brindamour has quite a schnoz himself and makes Owen Wilson's nose look straight. The players are freaking huge up close and spit more than a camel crossing the Sahara. I took a bunch of pics with my phone but I have no idea how to load them on the computer and don't have the desire to, but trust me it was insane.

The game was exciting, the Bruins danced with the puck so much in the first period I thought it was Patrick Swayze out there. Finally they started putting some shots on net and tied things up in the second. The third was kind of a blur due to our died-and-gone-to-heaven seats. But I'm pretty sure some pucks went in some nets and more of them went in the Hurricanes net so we won. Needless to say the B's are quite a force, and certainly no fluke. If they can keep this up for another half season and take some momentum into the playoffs then we can make some noise.

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