This would have been worth sitting outside in a sub-zero wind chill.
Montreal won the Heritage Classic (that sounds so much better than "old-timers' game") and Edmonton won the game that counted, but I think the coolest thing would've been seeing the players shoveling the snow off the ice, just like they did as kids getting ready for a pond hockey game.
The business side of things have really been clouding my enjoyment this year. (Well, that and the Caps' power play. Or their play in general.) But seeing guys play for the joy of it, seeing guys I saw play when I was a kid and didn't realize it was a business, that can part the clouds for awhile.
The game wasn't on tv here in the US, so I'm being a bit hypothetical. I'm assuming that when I do catch the rebroadcast of ESPN Classic I will still feel this way...
Posted by Nic at November 23, 2003 09:10 PM | TrackBack