Wednesday, November 22, 2006

Take off ... to the Great White North ... take off

Now this is hockey weather!

Elizabeth and I landed in Calgary and were greeted with minus-11 temps and snow. Forecast calls for a lot of snow over the next day, so the Calgary leg of our Excellent Hockey Journey likely will be extended.

More evidence the hockey gods are smiling on us in this city: In addition to landing tickets with my favorite player, former Blackhawk and current Flame Tony Amonte, gracing them, our rental car (or in this case truck) is bright red, which works for either the Hawks or Flames.

Very much looking forward to tonight's tilt in the Saddledome and hopefully hitting the ice ourselves at the Olympic Oval on Thursday. More on tonight's game between Chicago and a Calgary team that will be seething after losing last night in Edmonton later on.

1 comment:

PCBohl said...

So I went to my first pro Hockie event ever and saw the Flames get pummeled by the Kings at Staples Center on 11/15/06. Never knew you were a Flames fan. pbohl