Stars v Sharks Jan. 31 2007
Several months ago I bought tickets to this game against Dallas. I knew that games against Dallas were usually good and this one did not disappoint me. I also had never sat in the lower section before so when I found these 3rd row seats at a Dallas game I was extremely excited. When I got there they turn out to be better than I had hoped in one way but kinda sucked in another.
GOOD:
On the glass behind the players bench, no one in front of me (on an aisle), got food and drink delivered.
BAD:
far from bathroom, delivered beer sucked (cost the same for less volume of good beer), if I got good beer from above lots irregularly spaced steps to walk down, could only see half the ice (our defensive side for two periods, offensive one period).
Although the bad section looks worse than the good I had an awesome time and here are some of the pictures I took. Not very many action pictures came out because you have to choose to watch the game or take pictures, you can't really do both. Most were taken during stoppage in play.
I don't know if this was the first face-off, but I figured it would be a good picture to start out with.
Although the Stars are in front of us in the picture we controlled this play.
It was wierd being so close to the players.
There was a separate, little bench that one player would sit on by himself. What player sat there seemed to keep rotating. Here is it Curtis Brown's turn.
Because of the little bench there was a bit of a gap between the players where I could catch a glimpse of the play in the neutral zone.
Celebration after our first goal.
High fives from the bench.
Pretty much every girl I know is in love with Cheechoo so I tried to take as many picture of him as I could for them. This is my favorite.
The part of the boards in front of me did see a bit of action so when the play was on my side of the ice it was good.
Mark Smith everybody.
This is also a favorite of mine. I didn't realize there was a pass being made nor the reflection was there. I just wanted Hannan's back.
During the long breaks in play for commercial breaks everyone either skated around to keep loose or just chilled like Hannan here.
After the 3rd period I finally got a chance to get some good close shots of Toskala.
Once the regulation part of the game was over I got to see the friendly side of the refs.
Toskala returning to goal for the shoot-out that we lost the game in.
Despite a loss, Valerie and I had an excellent time at the game.
GOOD:
On the glass behind the players bench, no one in front of me (on an aisle), got food and drink delivered.
BAD:
far from bathroom, delivered beer sucked (cost the same for less volume of good beer), if I got good beer from above lots irregularly spaced steps to walk down, could only see half the ice (our defensive side for two periods, offensive one period).
Although the bad section looks worse than the good I had an awesome time and here are some of the pictures I took. Not very many action pictures came out because you have to choose to watch the game or take pictures, you can't really do both. Most were taken during stoppage in play.
I don't know if this was the first face-off, but I figured it would be a good picture to start out with.
Although the Stars are in front of us in the picture we controlled this play.
It was wierd being so close to the players.
There was a separate, little bench that one player would sit on by himself. What player sat there seemed to keep rotating. Here is it Curtis Brown's turn.
Because of the little bench there was a bit of a gap between the players where I could catch a glimpse of the play in the neutral zone.
Celebration after our first goal.
High fives from the bench.
Pretty much every girl I know is in love with Cheechoo so I tried to take as many picture of him as I could for them. This is my favorite.
The part of the boards in front of me did see a bit of action so when the play was on my side of the ice it was good.
Mark Smith everybody.
This is also a favorite of mine. I didn't realize there was a pass being made nor the reflection was there. I just wanted Hannan's back.
During the long breaks in play for commercial breaks everyone either skated around to keep loose or just chilled like Hannan here.
After the 3rd period I finally got a chance to get some good close shots of Toskala.
Once the regulation part of the game was over I got to see the friendly side of the refs.
Toskala returning to goal for the shoot-out that we lost the game in.
Despite a loss, Valerie and I had an excellent time at the game.
posted by DR at 4:32 PM
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