Jello wrote:
] Nanochick wrote:
] ] So I start to get excited about hockey season long before it
]
] ] ever begins. It happens about mid-July....I will be sitting
] ] there, and boom, all of a sudden I get a mad craving for a
] ] hockey game. (I guess I have a love for hockey in my genes).
]
] ] Hockey games are one of my favorite things to go to...there
] is
] ] nothing better than sitting in the stands (whether close to
] ] the rink or back at the top of the stadium, in the
] ] fear-of-heights-inducing seats), drinking a cold beer,
] ] surrounded by friends (and siblings) chanting "We want
] blood,
] ] we want blood", all the while hoping that the "kiss cam"
] ] doesn't land unsuspectingly on Tom and I (lets face it
] ] folks...that would just be akward:)). Thus, it saddens me
] ] greatly to hear that I might not get to have that experience
]
] ] this year. The owners and the players are having conflict
] over
] ] salary capping, and thus, there has been an NHL lockdown
] until
] ] further notice, and it isn't looking good. It is almost
] ] October 7th, the day that Nashville Preds were going to come
]
] ] down and play the Atlanta Thrashers...and that day will come
]
] ] and go with no hockey played. Last time this happened, in
] ] 1995, the lockdown came to an end in January...but it seems
] ] that they don't think that will happen this year. This
] ] lockdown could go on for more than year, which is just too
] ] much for me to think about now. Anyway, I just wanted to
] rant
] ] about how sucky this hockey season is going to be without
] any
] ] hockey. What is that hockey withdrawl helpline number again?
]
] ]
] ] -Nano
]
] If you get really desperate, there is always the Gwinnett Team
] that plays at the Gwinnett Civic Center. The drive from
] downtown is about 35 minutes in mild traffic, and the games
] are pretty good.

Thanks for the tip Jello:)

RE: NHL lockdown