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Saturday October 18, 2006

Hockey.

Josh got to watch his very first live NHL game tonight. We went to the RBC center to watch the Hurricanes play the Stars. It was Josh's first live game and from where we were sitting, two rows from the top, it appeared to be many other people's first game, ever. I quickly realized that hockey in the South is very different.

Top 5 ways to know you are at a hockey game south of the Mason Dixon:

5. They play Shania Twain's "That don't impress me much" when the other team scores a goal.

4. Ric Flair appears on the jumbotron when the home team scores and yells "Whoo, Whoo Whoo!" (prefessional wrestler from the south)

3. Groups of fans are sitting around "explaining" the rules of the game to one another, except they aren't right.

2. For every 5 barbecue and sweet tea vendors there might be one hotdog stand. (Josh had a barbecue sandwich (eastern carolina sauce) while I searched for a hotdog.)

And the number one way to know you are watching a hockey game in the south:

1. The zamboni.

The Hurricanes won, 5-4. It was a great game and we had a lot of fun. No matter where you are, hockey is a great sport. Go Wings!