Tell ya what WV...buy tickets to a Pens game sometime next year (I'm sure playoff tickets are tough to come by and expensive as hell). Hockey needs to be seen live to get a true appreciation for the speed and skill of the sport (except for Derek Boogaard...aside to UofMN there
). It's far different from watching it on tv. You'll love it guaranteed (or your money back!)...even more so if you go with someone who can explain some of the rules. They really are not that complicated once explained.
Try to go to a game against the Flyers since the two teams hate each other so much...intrastate rivalry and all. You're bound to see a couple fights too. Good stuff I tell ya!
Oh, UofMN, if you had to choose between Crosby and Ovechkin, who would you take? For my money, I'd take Ovechkin every time...that guy is the most exciting player hands down, and if I'm a GM I want Vech cuz he is putting butts in the seats and getting more people to watch on tv than Crosby, and IMO is just as good if not better than Crosby.
Another aside, I got to watch the 2005 World Junior hockey championships in Grand Forks at the Ralph with possibly the greatest collection of talent of all time. Russia had Ovechkin (who was so cocky it was just ridiculous, but yet was entertaining) and Malkin, Canada had Crosby, Patrice Bergeron, Dion Phaneuf, Ryan Getzlaf, Jeff Carter, Braydon Coburn, Shea Weber, Corey Perry, Mike Richards, etc. That Canadian team was amazing...they were just unstoppable. Did you get to see any of that tourney...were you in Fargo at the time?
