I guess I am a hockey mom. My son plays competitive hockey and now my 7 year-old daughter is hockey obsessed. All they ever want to do is play mini-sticks or shinny and every morning they get on the computer and give us the lowdown on the previous night’s NHL games. But me? I don’t really watch hockey, aside from my kids’. It is not that I don’t like it but more that there are other things I would rather be doing with my time. So, for someone who is not a lover of the game I sure spent a good portion of my week around hockey.
When Ford Canada invited me to a Leaf’s game to meet some other writers and some Ford staff I felt guilty taking the opportunity away from my kids and my husband. Even my dad tried to convince me he should be the one to attend the game. I’m not sure a 70+ year-old man would be a great representative of UrbanMoms Auto Reviews section. But kudos to him for trying. So, I went and man am I glad I did! I haven’t been to a Leaf’s game in over 10 years and never like this. This, my friends, is how to watch hockey:
THAT is the view from my seat! Can you believe it? It was so exciting to watch the game practically on the rink. And, amazingly, the Leafs won 3-0 against the New Jersey Devils. My one instruction from my son before I left was “get a picture of Phaneuf”. It was his first game so I promised I would try. Well, as my seat was right beside the penalty box I got this:
Not quite close enough? OK. I’ll lean in a bit and get this:
And then I almost caught it…before dropping it down the crack never to be seen again.
But my hockey adventures don’t end there! Nope. As every hockey mom who already spends far too much time at a rink should do I spent the next night at the Hockey Hall of Fame for the launch of Dove’s new men’s line of products, Men+Care with my hubby and the always fun Jennifer from Trend Watch and her man. The best part of the night? Jen and I beat our hubbies at the shoot out competition. See Jennifer celebrate her perfect score:
But now it’s back to regular scheduled programming…my kids’!
Sorry – Phaneuf just looks wrong in white and blue 🙂
What fun!! You are the envy of moms and kids alike, methinks!
Glad King of the Universe got a puck in the head. Sounds like he deserved it. 🙂
I’m not a huge hockey fan (mostly forced to watch against my will…) but I’m jealous because that was a GOOD game! And FANTASTIC seats!!
Whose the very fun mom? Me or you? It was when the guy swore at us to stand and “support your country!” and neither one of us flinched that I knew I liked you. Laughter makes everything better! And yes, the universe bonked him right on the head. Ha!
Colour me jealous!