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Blackhawks Home Opener.

Last night Julie and I went to the United Center for the Blackhawks home opener against the Redwings. Before the game the Stanley Cup was on hand for the raising of the championship banner. The whole ceremony was well done. The 1961 Stanley Cup Championship team was on hand to pass the banner over to the current champions before it was raised to the rafters.

The hawks were out played by the wings and ended up losing 3-2. Clearly it’s too early to jump to conclusions but I think the Blackhawks are going to miss a lot of the guys from the 2010 team.

Julie has some great pictures of the rest of the ceremony and game here.

Stanley Cup Final 2009 – Game One.

Saturday night Julie and I headed to Detroit for the last time in my life. After the seeing the first to games of the Stanley Cup Final last year (2008 Game One, Game Two) I decided to tempt fate again and I have learned my lesson. Nothing good will ever come out of my presence in the city of Detroit. The Pens played a decent game and if not for the dual goal tending defensive strategy employed by the Wings the outcome could have been different.

Visiting Detroit is a lot like entering the Thunderdome:

*Side Note:
The rest of my photographs are on Flickr.

NHL Winter Classic at Wrigley Field.

Yesterday Julie and I went to the NHL Winter Classic at Wrigley Field. To say the least it was amazing. The first period was worth the (steep) price of admission. The Blackhawks ended up falling to the Redwings 6-4. The weather wasn’t unbearable and our seats were blocked from the wind. We had a really good view of the entire ice and the seat next to us was empty. The opening festivities were a little over the top (introducing Chicago Sports Legends twice) but once the game got going it was awesome. The first period was pretty much non-stop action with a Detroit player getting upended into the Hawks bench.