You’ve lost that losing feeling, cause it’s gone, gone, gone. But we haven’t lost that hockey lovein’ feeling cause it’s far from gone. 4 in a row. We stopped a hot Kity Cats team… err Panthers that is. Yes, the Thrashers are known to be a streaky team. But that was before we got our new guys. I don’t think that streakiness will continue. At least, I hope not. Why? It simply can’t. Not at the point in the season. Not with our new guys. Not when we are trying to raise the Division banner and get into the playoffs. And thanks in part to the Canucks, the Thrashers are now looking like that just may be a big possibility. I was watching the Canucks vs. Bolts game last night on Yahoo! Sports… I wish they did more games… and lets just put it this way… the Bolts had minimal shots on goal, they were trying to be way too fancy with their passing, and their goaltending also let them down. The Canucks killed them. Slaughtered them. Embarrassed them. And the Thrashers and their fans are very thankful. Thankful because, one, that puts us back where we belong – in sole possession of first place. Two, well, the lightning our are hated rival; many Thrashers fans hate Tampa more than anything, and there’s no denying we love to see them get whopped like that. Even better, Tampa is playing in back to back games with no rest. They are in a different time zone than they are used to. They have no time to prepare or rest for the Oilers tonight. The Oilers have had three days off to rest and prepare for Tampa. They have home ice advantage. And with Tampa playing back to back games, I’d assume they’d pretty much have no other choice BUT to play their backup goalie, especially after the performance Holmqvist didn’t have last night. So, yet again, Thrashers fans are temporarily being transformed into fans of another team.. so GO OILERS! I have a gut feeling that Tampa just won’t be able to cut the mustard against the Oilers. The only bad thing is that the Oilers have lost their last two games pretty badly (5-0, 4-2) but hopefully they’ll be rested and ready to get back on track and take care of the Bolts for us. It would be most appreciated!
Now, back home to the Thrashers. Montreal will prove to be a tough contender, as usual, but with Huet out of the picture, things might be a bit easier for us. We’ll see. I told myself as long as we take 2 of 3 games this week (FL, MON, and FL again) then we are in business. Seeing as how 1 of those 3 have already gone our way, I don’t see why the next two can’t. Montreal will be tough, but we can beat them. And playing the Kitty Cats again… hopefully it’ll be the same as it was last night. But that is a game I simply can’t wait for. Our first ever away Thrashers game. Win or lose the game, I can’t wait for the experience. Of course it will suck if we go to our first ever away game and we lose, but I can’t be TOO upset if we do… but at the same time, the Kitty Cats are our bitch, so I don’t see why we can’t beat ‘em again. It’ll be weird seeing the Thrashers in the white jerseys – it’s been quite a while since we’ve seen them live in that jersey. It will be weird not hearing the goal siren when we score (of which I hope will be often and plenty.) It will be weird not hearing and seeing 99% of the crowd cheering when we score. But I bet we’ll be louder than the Florida fans. I bet there might be more Thrashers fans in the building then Panthers fans… then again, it IS a Saturday night game, so it might be packed… who knows. But our plans, since we are staying in Miami, is to get up to that outlet mall across from the arena, hang out there, and then get over to the game of course early so we can get in there and see what they have to offer.
Last night the attendance was poor. But at the same time, I can understand – it’s a weekday, the kids are in school, traffic sucks, blah blah blah… wait, no I don’t understand. Your hockey team is making a huge playoff push and you don’t show up? C’mon. What is with you people who don’t come? Kids? Traffic? Can’t afford it? You can get $10 tickets and go sit in Headlines Grill. There’s just no excuse. Get your asses in the seats! Do you ever see empty seats at a hockey game in Canada? No. This might not be Canada, but we should show the same love and loyalty to our team… there should be an ass in every seat in that arena. I’m glad the seats did seem to fill up a little bit once the game started, but there were still ENTIRE sections without a single person. What a waste. I know it’s a weekday, I know there was no game giveaway, heck they didn’t even give out the hockey bam sticks. But that doesn’t matter. It’s not about the fact that it’s a weekday or weekend. It’s not about the fact that there’s a game giveaway or not. It is, however, about the fact that there’s a hockey game going on and hockey is, by far, the greatest game and sport on this planet, and you need to come experience it and come to games.
This season, I’ve missed only ONE game – and that is for the Georgia vs. Georgia Tech football game, and I will always miss a Thrashers game if one happens to fall on the same date. It’s tradition and I just can’t and will never miss that. I hate Tech too much and love Georgia too much to miss it. But that being said, other than that one game, I haven’t missed any other games this season. Normally you can find me at the very front of the line too. Call it a little obsessive, call it crazy, call it what you will, but I love the Thrashers that much. Yes, I have a job and a life. But I find a way to be there, unlike some people who didn’t last night. You’ve got to find a way. If we make the playoffs and the place looks like that, even if the game is on a week night, it will be a bigger embarrassment than when people don’t show up for Braves playoff games. So get your asses in the seats…. TV is one thing for AWAY games, but if we are at home, COME OUT!!! It’s really not THAT expensive if you take MARTA and not pay for parking. It’s worth every penny. Hockey is never boring, expect apparently last night some folks thought it was and started doing the wave. Now, I’ve been to many, many hockey games and have NEVER, EVER seen that. It was wrong in SO many ways. Those who participated in the wave should be ashamed. Doing it a Turner Field is one thing during a ballgame, but not at a hockey game! I’m glad that it did happen against the Panthers, who maybe had all of two or three fans in the building… and I hope it doesn’t end up on highlights or SportsCenter for the entire world to see. That was bad. I wanted to hide the fact I was a hockey fan, much less a Thrashers fan, after seeing the wave. I don’t know what the hell people were thinking, but people need to THINK BEFORE THE ACT and NEVER, EVER do the wave at a Thrashers game, or ANY hockey game for that matter, EVER again! You could’ve waited a few weeks for the Braves home opener to do that!
But the important thing is that we won again… and hopefully continue to do so. It’s funny… KT was on the cover of the game program, and he scored his first two goals as a Thrashers. I’m hoping Kovy will be on the next one and score 2 or 3 against Montreal!
Till next time…
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away games are so exciting! i've been to two this season and i plan on going some more next season. enjoy the experience. we went to the carolina game a few weeks ago and it was incredible all the way around. enjoy the trip!
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