has anyone seen a hockey cherry? because I lost mine

It's no secret the Canucks and the NY Islanders are, uh, not the best teams in the NHL, but when Curtis informed me he had a windfall of two free centre ice tickets to the 'nucks vs Isles game on the 16th I jumped at the opportunity. Night out with friends? Check. Free tickets? Check. Seeing a live pro hockey game for the first time eva? Check and check.
It's so different from seeing it on TV, where the camera largely follows the puck; you can see plays developing [and get a contact high off all the testosterone; Luongo, I WILL HAVE YOUR BABIES.]

So even though Curtis and I had never seen a LIVE hockey game before [because pro hockey tickets are also hella expensive] we weren't total noobs. Which didn't stop either of us looking up hockey basics for dummies the night before the game. Oh quit it. It's not like Canadians are born knowing this stuff.

As you can see, the seats were AWESOME.

Goalie Roberto Luongo [newest member of Juno's harem] is on the far right of the sausage party.

SEEING the puck headed towards you at 90mph is not going to make it leave less of a dent.

Zambonis were so much more badass when they were solid black. A zamboni that looks like a giant shopping cart is the anti-badass.

Mmmmm, Mike's Hard Lemonade slushies, coming right up...that IS where they come from, right?

Oh come on, does this much adorableness need a caption?

So, yeah, we ended up getting shellacked by one of the worst teams in the NHL. Which didn't stop me from jumping up and screaming "SUCK IT!!! SUCK IT!!!" at the Islanders whenever we scored on them. And the spirit of Olympic woo is still strong in Vancouver; when time came for the national anthems, I was belting out O Canada, yet couldn't even hear myself for the sold-out crowd doing same. Good times.