Met up with Mx and her boyfriend, Nigel, as they have just returned from snowboarding in Whistler. We had din dins and then went to 'General Motors Place' to watch the ice hockey.
The Vancouver Canucks entertained the Chicago Blackhawks. The Canucks had a great start to the season, but have struggled recently. Ice hockey is the soccer of Canada. The Canadians live for it. The stadium is full with 18,600 fans who witnessed the most underwhelming rendition of the national anthems. He basically just spoke them really quickly. Mind I still haven't worked out why the fans bother coming. They leave at regular intervals for popcorn, hot dogs, beer, nachos, but never during a time out. They then leave 5 minutes before the end of the game to miss the rush, but miss the most exciting bit of the game.
The Canucks made hard work in a 3-2 win.
Bloo guide to American sports.
I've been fortunate enough to watch the four major sports in America in baseball, american football, basketball and ice hockey. I like them all for different reasons, but I also got to see lacrosse which was probably the most entertaining. "Hey, number 13, get in the box." None of them compare to football, but americans don't do football because they can't hold their attention for 45 minutes. They need to be subjected to mindless adverts. Don’t be fooled the games are not difficult to understand. If they were then americans wouldn't get them. They'll try to blind you with meaningless statistics, but once you get the acronyms then they'll make sense. At the end of the day it's down to who scores more. Still got moronic fans who only chant when the PA tells them to or shout "WOOOOO" at the top of their voice so it goes straight through you. Yes the games are boring and they're not really athletes, but it can pass a few hours. They do make them into events that have to been seen.
