Wild!

My wife got tickets through her work to last nights Minnesota Wild game against the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Wild have never beaton the Leafs, well until last night when Minnesota won 5-3 in regulation. Hockey is such a fun sport to watch. It's fun on TV but the live action is much better. Hockey while fun on TV doesn't convey the speed of the game well or all the action that is always taking place. I thought it was going to be another Maple Leaf win last night when Minnesota gave up an early goal to the shorthanded Leafs. Minnesota stayed aggressive and played well though. With about 1:30 left in the game, Toronto scored a goal to come within one at 4-3. 30 seconds later they called Andrei Zyuzin with holding putting Tornoto on the power play. They of course pulled their goalie and were skating 6 on 4! Marc Chouinard came through when he stole the puck and hit an open net goal, his second of the night! A fun time as always! The seats that Thrivent has are great. Right at the blue line and 14 rows up. The seats are so good, the Governor, Tim Pawlenty, has his season tickets two rows in front of us. I knew this from a few years ago when we had the same seats but it's cool walking into the stadium and seeing the Governor. Unlike last time though, T-Paw actually watched the entire game. I think he was working on his org chart the first time as it was right before he took office.

So no poker last night but regularly scheduled poker will resume this evening.

Closed circuit to my sister-in-law if she reads this, what does St. Paul Travelers logo mean or supposed to be?