Capitals 4, Canadiens 2

Bosnian food does not agree with me. However tasty bureks and chivapis may be (and I don't know if I even have the diacritic marks to spell those correctly), 24 hours later, the fun is gone, leaving gastric distress in its wake. The unbelievably awful arena pizza I ate at the hockey game didn't help.


Since it was only me going to the hockey game, I decided to spend a little extra on the ticket. What I ended up with was a seat six rows away from the glass, directly behind the $150.00+ price section (though I spent about half that amount). Anywhere below me, the seats were of the folding variety.

Hockey has a very different feel depending on where in the arena you sit. Higher up, you have a better overview of the game as a whole, and that can be fun. Down near the glass, it's a more intense experience; you can't see the game as well, but you get a better understanding of the feel of it. The speed at which these guys skate is best perceived when they're skating that fast right in front of you. When a player gets checked into the glass, you hear it, you see the ripples flow down the barricade in either directions.

The Habs played a solid game, and had the only goal going into the third period. They've got an aggressive penalty kill unit, if an uninspired power play team. And hey, Mathieu Dandenault plays for them now, which is cool.

But the Capitals have Alexander Ovechkin, and he's really, really slick. The hype is true. When he gets the puck, the crowd takes notice, and so does everybody else on the ice. He's fast and agile (though Montreal's defense stayed on him tightly the entire game), and enjoys shooting the puck.

It's been a good day.